Hotel Accomodations
Crew Accommodations Alert
As you know, the Company
recently changed hotels in MCO. This hotel is a great
improvement over our previous RON hotel. We have had many crews
who have stayed there and really enjoyed the rooms, the
amenities and the location.
Early on, there was a
problem with the use of the hotel’s health club. The problem was
with the hotel charging for its use because the health club is
attached to the hotel’s Spa facility. This problem was
alleviated through renegotiated language with the hotel and
crews will no longer be charged for the health club use.
An unfortunate issue was
brought to the attention of the AFA Hotel Committee. Crews
engaged in bad behavior (both East and West, pilot and flight
attendant crews) created enough problems for the property that
US Airways may lose this contract. Crew Accommodations is
working with the property and we hope to be able to work out the
issues and keep our crews at this location.
Everyone has had
bad days when nothing goes right and you’re exhausted by the end
of the day. However, just as it is not appropriate for
passengers to take out their frustration on us, it is also not
appropriate to take out your frustrations on hotel staff. As a
reminder, please remember to be professionals when dealing with
hotel issues. If there is a problem with the hotel that cannot
be resolved, complete a Hotel Electronic Form report on the AFA
Council 66 website
www.afa66.org
or forward a written report to the AFA Hotel Committee as soon
as possible.
David McCullar, AFA Hotel
Committee Chair
As a note, our properties in
Hawaii are not
under contract, and are in fact month to month. As all of these
properties are stellar (5 star in some cases), we want to thank
our work group and management for dealing with any glitches at
these properties with kid gloves and professionalism. We all
want these properties to stay in our system and ask that Flight
Attendants address any issues with continued professionalism.
A. Overview
The Hotel Chairperson and Hotel Committee
shall work with the Company on matters pertaining to crew hotel
selection and suitability in accordance with the AWA/AFA
Contract, Section 12-Crew Accommodations.
B.
CHAIRPERSON RESPONSIBILITY
The MEC Committee Chairperson represents the
MEC and shall provide information to MEC Officers regarding all
committee activity. The Committee Chair will support and convey
the MEC’s policies and positions to the Company regarding Crew
Accommodations.
The Committee Chair or their designee shall
attend meetings with the Company, perform site inspections, and
monitor all hotel-related irregularities and events. Travel may
be required.
The MEC Committee Chairperson will
communicate and confer with the MEC, Committee members, ALPA
Hotel Committee, and the general membership on a regular basis.
The Committee Chairperson or committee
designee shall respond to members questions or concerns in a
timely fashion.
The Committee Chairperson will be familiar
with AFA-CWA organizational structure, MEC/Union policies and
procedures, and shall conduct AFA business in a manner that does
not discredit the MEC, the
Union, or the profession.
Committee Chairperson shall be fiscally
responsible in the management of the Committee budget, including
the use of flight pay loss.
The Committee Chairperson shall maintain files and transfer them
to her/his successor.
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