Dear Sisters and Brothers: On Tuesday, December 20, 2022, the Delaware Bankruptcy Court approved ExpressJet’s plan to exit Chapter 11 with an equity sale. ExpressJet will sell its operating certificates to a new company, Polaris 8, which plans to operate a small, wide-body charter operation starting with one plane. While the buyer and ExpressJet initially […]
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Dear Sisters, Brothers and Union Family: As you know, ExpressJet has filed for bankruptcy. We want to assure you that DL 142 is doing everything we can to protect your interests at this unfortunate juncture. Our attorney Richard M. Seltzer, of the law firm Cohen, Weiss, and Simon LLP, has submitted a proof of claim
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POST ON ALL IAM BULLETIN BOARDS Dear Sisters and Brothers: Your IAM leadership has been meeting with bankruptcy attorney Richard M. Seltzer on behalf of all IAM members at AHA! airlines. We are working with the IAM Grand Lodge and the IAM Legal Department, preparing documents to protect all monies owed to our members. We
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POST ON ALL IAM BULLETIN BOARDS Sisters & Brothers: On Monday, August 23, 2022, ExpressJet/Aha! Airlines announced they have filed for Chapter 11 protection in federal court and will cease operations. The IAMAW was notified of this action after the fact by the company. We are continuing to communicate with ExpressJet/Aha! to ensure our members’
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POST ON ALL IAM BULLETIN BOARDS Dear Sisters and Brothers: Every May 31st we celebrate Flight Attendant Appreciation Day, also known as International Flight Attendant Day and World Cabin Crew Appreciation Day. This special day of recognition was first celebrated in 2015 in Canada. From there it spread to the U.S. and countries all over
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Sisters & Brothers: As you may know United will soon be hiring for Inflight positions. We have expressed to United that nobody is more qualified for United Inflight positions than our ExpressJet flight attendants who have been representing the United brand for years. United has agreed and will move our members to the front of
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Sisters & Brothers: We have been advised by ExpressJet they changed their process for updating their address information. For anyone needing to update their address please utilize the following process rather than email: Please use this link to log into Employee Self Service (ESS): https://n23.ultipro.com/default.aspx · Your Username is your emp#: 70XXXXX · Your initial
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Brothers and Sisters: As we previously stated, ExpressJet has applied for approval from the U.S. DOT to restart operations as an independent carrier. Keep in mind they will be beginning with only one aircraft and looking to increase to ten aircrafts within twelve months. We are in communication with the Company and we have reaffirmed
Brothers and Sisters: As you may have seen, ExpressJet has been given tentative approval by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to restart operations as an independent carrier. We are currently in communication with the Company to find out how this may impact our IAM ExpressJet flight attendants who are all currently furloughed. Under the
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Brothers and Sisters: We know many have heard the news of ExpressJet filing an application with the DOT to launch independent service. The Company was not expecting this to be public at this time and their application has not yet been approved. However, the IAM is still the bargaining unit for the flight attendants and
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