MEC Hotel and Transportation Committee
Contractual Legal Rest And Your Layover
January 7, 2008 - If you believe you will not have a legal rest at any layover station, call the Crew Desk to ensure you are placed in a contractually compliant hotel or have them change your ID to afford you a legal rest at the assigned hotel. Full Story >
How to Check Your Hotel Room for Bed Bugs
December 4, 2007 - Still a rare occurrence in our layover hotels, Cimex lectularius, commonly known as bed bugs, are making a comeback and can be encountered in our crew hotels, even 5-star luxury ones. Full Story >
LAX Field Hotel Improvements Gained, But Travel Unacceptable
August 24, 2007 - Over the past several months we worked together to address problems with the LAX Radisson layover hotel. Persistent TVLLOG reports provided our Hotel and Transportation Committee with the ammunition necessary to get management to move us from this unacceptable lodging and into new field hotels as of this week. While the new hotels are a vast improvement, AFA is not satisfied with the change due to unacceptable transportation. Full Story >
About the Committee
The MEC Hotel and Transportation Committee is responsible for monitoring trends and investigating complaints on current layover facilities. The goal is to improve the overall safety and comfort level to Flight Attendant layover hotels.
Along with recommended changes, there are also the Flight Attendant Hotel Standards which were agreed to by both AFA and United management on September 22, 1999.
The MEC Hotel and Transportation continues to work on improving the quality of all hotels, system-wide, and resolve Flight Attendant Hotel and Transportation issues whenever they arise.
Always use TVLLOG when writing up any hotel or transportation issue. You have thirty (30) days to input up to four (4) issues per day regarding your transportation and lodging. Using TVLLOG directly benefits flight attendants in resolving problems of transportation and hotels. Inputs are viewed daily by AFA and the company.
Please check back here often to review the latest updates.
H&T Committee
Julie Miller
Chairperson
hotels@unitedafa.org
H&T MEMBERS:
Sharon B Caldwell
Terry Knoy
Dirk Schulz
L. Kristin Spivey
LATEST REPORT
ARTICLES
Layover Safety
(April 11, 2008)
Writing an Effective TVLLOG
(April 11, 2008)
How Does AFA Inspect Hotels?
(Mar 28, 2008)
How to Check Your Hotel Room for Bed Bugs
(Dec 4, 2007)
Using Self-Help to Change Hotels
(Feb 21, 2007)
Addressing Hotel & Transportation Issues
(Feb 14, 2007)
What is a "Walk?"
(Mar 24, 2006)
LOCAL ISSUES
For issues specific to your Council, please contact the Hotel and Transportation Committee Chairperson in your Local Council.
