Source: Elines and Dear AFA

Uniform Name Bar Order Form

You may have noticed in the November 26, 2014 edition of Inflight Services Weekly, that the company will replace name bars for pre-merger United Flight Attendants who had a preferred name listed in their FDMS screen as of March 1, 2013.  Well, Unice, there’s more to the story.

In August of 2013, an MEC Grievance (MEC 6-13) was filed when the company issued new name bars to Flight Attendants for the new uniform and unilaterally chose to use the names that were listed on the TSA Crew Badge rather than affording Flight Attendants the opportunity to choose the name by which they would be referred to while on the aircraft, including any registered alias.
 
In full resolution of the dispute, AFA and the company have reached an agreement that will provide those Flight Attendants who had a nickname in the FDMS screen or an approved alias on file as of March 1, 2013 and who did not receive name bars with the alias or nickname with the ability to order replacement name bars at company expense through December 15, 2014.  You can access the name bar order form from the link on the home page of unitedafa.org. 
 
We have received a number of questions from those Flight Attendants who are also purser qualified seeking information as to how to request the different name bars required by the company's appearance standards.  Purser qualified Flight Attendants are issued two different name bars.  Uniform standards require that purser name bars have a first and last name on them while name bars for those not working in the purser position require only a first name.    We have confirmed with management that those reviewing and processing the name bar requests will be watching for those Flight Attendants who are also purser qualified and are anticipating that they will receive two (2) separate requests – one for the purser name bar and the other for the Flight Attendant name bar – for these individuals.