Partnership Program June 2012 Bidding

Date: April 10, 2012
Source: AFA Article

The Partnership Flying Program was negotiated by AFA in an effort to further reduce the need for involuntary furloughs.  The current Partnership Program was implemented on March 2, 2012. Many of our flying partners have taken advantage of the flexibility of the program and helped save the jobs of others who might have been impacted by an involuntary furlough.

AFA and United have agreed to continue the Partnership Program for another 3-month period, based on domicile need and cost effectiveness of the program in the aggregate.  The current partnership program ends on May 31, 2012, and a new bid of partnerships will commence on June 1, 2012 through August 30, 2012.

You must find a partner to bid with to participate in the program.  If you are looking for a partner, you may use the POSTRD option in Unimatic, and likewise if you are looking for a partner, you may search via TRDBRD.  All current partnerships will need to be re-bid if you wish to participate in the program for another three months.

Summary of the Partnership Program

• Partners must be based at the same domicile.
• Partnerships will be awarded based on the seniority of the senior partner.
• Line awards will be based on the seniority of the junior partner.
• Participants must possess the same aircraft qualifications.
• Purser and non-purser qualified Flight Attendants can partner, however, they cannot bid a purser line.
• Language qualified Flight Attendants can partner with a non-language or another language, however, they cannot bid a language line.  Partnerships may be formed between Flight Attendants with the same language qualification.
• Domestic and IST qualified Flight Attendants may partner, however they must bid a domestic line.
• Partners will be compensated at their own rate of pay.  Sick leave and vacation will accrue at one half of the Contractual rates.

Partnership Program Bidding & Award

April 10, 2012              Partnership Program bid period opens at 1600 Central Time.
April 25, 2012              Partnership Program bid closes at 0800 Central Time.
April 25, 2012              Partnership Program awarded by 1700 Central Time.
June 1, 2012               Three-Month Partnership Program begins.

Refer to the June 2012 Partnership #7 Program for Flight Attendants package (.pdf) for complete details about the program including bidding information.

Printed from the official United Master Executive Council website at www.unitedafa.org.