The company today announced that they intend to recall an additional 400 Flight Attendants from voluntary furlough per Section 21.A.4.c. of our Contract effective September 15, 2005. Higher than expected Flight Attendant attrition is a contributing factor in the decision to recall. Flight Attendants junior to and including those with System Seniority number 6004, with an SW classification seniority date of March 20, 1988, as listed on the System Seniority List dated August 4, 2005, are subject to recall from voluntary furlough. This is a permanent recall.
The recall will be conducted in inverse seniority order. As required by Section 21.A.3.e. of the Contract, all Flight Attendants being recalled will return to the domiciles from which they were furloughed. United will send notification via FedEx or certified mail no later than Monday, August 8, 2005 to those being recalled.
Additionally, the company plans to return the 446 remaining Flight Attendants on voluntary furlough although specific information on how they plan to complete the recall has not been communicated. They are currently evaluating the return dates and all affected Flight Attendants will receive the contractually required 30-day notice of recall.
This recall is in addition to the 1100 Flight Attendants previously recalled effective July 25, 2005 August 8, 2005, August 9, 2005 and 150 recalled effective August 15, 2005. We encourage all Flight Attendants on voluntary furlough to review the voluntary furlough information package available on our website at www.unitedafa.org and SkyNet.
The following is a breakdown of the number of Flight Attendants to be recalled at each domicile and includes the SW Classification Seniority of the most senior Flight Attendant to be recalled on each recall date:
Domicile | September 15 Return | SW Seniority |
---|---|---|
BOS | 03 | 07-11-89 |
DCA | 49 | 06-19-88 |
DEN | 38 | 05-01-88 |
EWR | 20 | 05-29-88 |
FRA | 01 | 11-19-89 |
HKG | 04 | 06-11-89 |
JFK | 21 | 03-20-88 |
LAS | 06 | 05-01-88 |
LAX | 71 | 04-17-88 |
LHR | 03 | 03-19-89 |
NRT | 02 | 06-18-89 |
ORD | 109 | 04-17-88 |
PHL | 09 | 07-03-88 |
SEA | 04 | 06-11-89 |
SFO | 60 | 05-01-88 |