Until the merger, my flying career had been within the protections of a negotiated contract. Many PMDL flight attendants came from other airlines that were merged with Delta. Those FAs clearly understand how a negotiated union contract offers CLEARLY defined, written rules that MUST be adhered to by the company. If you review all of the cluster issues that many FAs had to endure, I can assure you that no flight attendant would be trying to sleep on an airplane at the gate, lounge or terminal...and be expected to work the next day. It would NEVER be considered legal rest. On call indefinitely in the terminal? With a contract, if there was NO flight for you, then you go to the hotel. Either scheds HAS a trip for you or they dont. Limitations on how long and where you wait for a trip assignment are spelled out clearly. How long you wait for a hotel van is defined. After a specific time has passed, the company reimburses you for taxi expense. No hotel rooms assigned? If you are not assigned one after a specific time, you make yourself a reservation and payment will be authorized....per YOUR CONTRACT. Every time the system is thrown into weather or summer staffing chaos...all of us are on call indefinitely where we are. We get the usual pat on the back email after the fact from management for surviving. This is not enough. You will never be provided with work rule protections unless they are negotiated. Review every outrageous story on these FB pages and IFS360. The outcome would have been far different if a contract spelled out all the gray areas, loosely worded rules and issues that are simply not addressed. EIG will NEVER solve these problems. VOTE UNION! SIGN or RE-SIGN A CARD!
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 03:48:57 +0000
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