more furlough details...

[jetstewus]

According to John McCorkle, 236 voluntary furloughees are coming back, bringing the number of reductions needed up to 723.

The voluntary seperation package seems pretty unattractive- 10 year flight attendants will get medical for 90 days only, passes for life but at an S5 boarding status (after active employees but before companions) and they will NOT be eligible for any unemployment benefits.

The voluntary furlough will only offer paid medical for 90 days (So if you take a 6 month voluntary furlough, you will only have paid medical insurance for half of that time.) They are saying that the unemployment claims will not be contested but John recommends doing a little research ahead of time before applying.

Interesting that he knows about all this and tells us before the AFA does. $39.00/month...makes you wonder....

[quickcallqueen]

I also read John McCorkles' newsletter , and I am on his mailing list. I always enjoy reading his newsletters. I like his editorial opinion.
He mentioned all that about the VSIP and voluntary furloughs.
Many of us just yesterday found out about the VSIP. I knew that AFA was in discussions with management with coming to an agreement on the VSIP. I was really concerned myself when I did not hear about a final deal for a while.
I am glad that they are offering something in that regard.
Hopefully , really soon they come to some kind of an agreement with the voluntary furloughs, it would be great that they could make some more enhancements.
I have seriously thought about taking a voluntary furlough myself. I would prefer to take a voluntary over getting involuntary furlough.I know I have to wait and see what happens. I do understand that in regards to the VSIP and voluntary furloughs being offered, senioriy applies, and all VSIP and voluntary furloughs will be granted in seniority order.It is a roller coaster ride for all of us here at US Airways at the moment.
Hopefully no one gets put to the street on December 2. Hopefully those who are junior and want to work will have jobs, still. And, those who want to take time off or take advantage of the VSIP will see it as an opportunity.

[quickcallqueen]

I just read the latest eline update from AFA. Worst case scanario if no one took advantage of VSIP or the VF2(Voluntary Furlough 2002), then flight attendants with a September '99 senority dates and all those junior would be involuntarily furloughed.
Of course, the amount of flight attendants who take advantage of the VSIP and VF2 will offset the total of junior flight attendants who are to be involuntarily furloughed.

[quickcallqueen]

Time will tell with how many jobs get saved with VSIP and VF2 in regards to offseting the total amounts of involuntary furloughs.
Yes indeed, it is a "roller coaster ride" for all of us. It will be interesting to see how everything plays out for the next couple months. I know that many of my fellow flight attendants are really worried about the final outcome. In the perfect world it would be nice to see it work out just fine for everyone.
Yes indeed , it has been a really rough year for all of us at US Airways. With furloughs and displacements , it has wrecked havoc on many of our fellow employees. We still have alot of our members on furlough at the moment. And those of us lucky to still have jobs have been displaced to other bases. Many out there are sick and tired of it all. Consequently, many have quit. Ask any inflight supervisor and they will tell you that there are a number of flight attendants that have been quitting.
When 50 of us got recalled in July to go to LGA. The company had to go through 130 off the seniority list to get 50 to go to LGA. Yes, 50 of us out of 915 involuntarily furloughed were luck to get to come back to work. Almost all of us were in the same class two years ago(August2000).
As we speak, we still have 800 of our fellow flight attendants who are still on furlough. They were the ones who were furloughed in September and November 2001. It was a year ago this month when the probationary flight attendants were let go by the company. I know it has been a very long time for all of them. I personally know many who are still out there.

[quickcallqueen]

As I said before the whole situation at the present time is a "roller coaster" ride for all of us.
We can hope the best for each other.
We will see how many of our fellow flight attendants will take advantage of VSIP and VF2. I personally think that between the two, more flight attendants would opt to take VF2 rather than VSIP. I really think that there are more people who want to take time off rather than resign. I am guessing that there are plenty who would probably want to take 6 months or a year off. I know that there are those of us who want to take time off, and if the dust settles, then there is the option of coming back. It is unfortunate that things are in horrendous shape.
As stated before, I am will ing to step forward and say that I will take a 24 month voluntary.
Hopefully, there will be enough of us that actually take the voluntary furloughs and it will offset the amount of involuntary furloghs of junior flight attendants. In other words, those of us who want a "career break" see it as an opportunity take advantage of it. Consequently, those flight attendants who are junior will still have jobs and want to still be flight attendants.
In the perfect world, it would be lovely to see it happen this way. I hope it works out for everyone.