The notes were turned over to in-flight services and the flight attendant was suspended. Section 24.F.10., states all complaint letters must include the name of the person writing the letter or making the complaint. Contact your local union office if you experience any problems with a verbatim complaint. Rob Fuhr agreed to revert to the previous procedure of only having the senior flight attendant confirm that the flight attendants have an up-dated Emergency Manual. Side Letter L-22 of the 2000 Agreement states, both parties will enter into discussions to formulate a revised procedure to ensure cabin jumpseats are awarded to flight attendants in accordance with system seiortiy order.
Meetings are to be scheduled in the near future.
The issue in this case was whether the Company violated the Agreement by denying night time pay for vacation pay claims for reserve flight attendants who did not break their guarantee. AFA's grievance was denied by Arbitrator James Conway. Arbitrator Conway did not believe the company violated the Agreement. The Arbitration Award affected only those flight attendants not breaking their minimum monthly guarantee. As a result of the recent ratification of the Flight Attendant Working Agreement the following grievances were withdrawn.