ExpressJet

MAJOR MOVEMENT TOWARDS RECOGNITION OF CABIN AIR QUALITY SAFETY CONCERNS

Late last year, IAM Legislative Director Hasan Solomon and myself met with staff of Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal.  Senator Blumenthal had several constituents who thought they had been exposed to contaminated cabin air and the Senator asked the Machinists Union to explain how that happens and what needs to be done to protect the flying […]

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UNITED JUMPSEAT FOR EXPRESSJET AND COMMUTAIR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS

The IAM has been in communication with United regarding jumpseat implementation since we were able to negotiate the return of a reciprocal program in late 2016. The United IT/EmployeeRes team is in the process of updating the profiles of all eligible Flight Attendants from ExpressJet and CommutAir, which is why some CommutAir members earlier this

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EXPRESSJET FLIGHT ATTENDANTS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

Sisters and Brothers, While we are waiting on a response from the National Mediation Board (NMB) regarding our proffer, your IAM joint contract negotiations committee met from Monday, June 12, 2017, and continued through Friday, June 16, 2017, in Springfield, Missouri. The company presented your negotiations committee with a Section 3 (Compensation) proposal, including a

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EXPRESSJET CRJ TDY FOLLOW-UP

The IAM sent out a bulletin on June 5, 2017, concerning multiple violations that occurred when the company offered a month of TDY/Temporary Vacancy Assignments. As of June 7, the Union continued discussions with the company concerning the violations and the company agreed that the contract has been violated. The company also agreed that they will no

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IAM FLIGHT SAFETY WORKING TO IMPROVE SAFETY FOR EXPRESSJET FLIGHT ATTENDANTS

Sisters and Brothers, In the last month several events have occurred and discussed with the Company concerning Safety. During the monthly Inflight Safety Meeting, turbulence injuries were discussed. It was noted that although some injuries occurred during clear air, several were during rough air.  An email was sent to all the line pilots at Expressjet

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