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System Board Decision MEC 5-18 – United Premium Plus (UPP) Seating
Apr 01, 2022
APR 1 - MEC 5-18 was filed when, after the company introduced a premium economy product, they failed to book deadheading...
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Barcode Required for Known Crewmember (KCM) Checkpoints
Mar 18, 2022
MAR 18 - Effective March 31, 2022, the TSA will require KCM program eligible crewmembers to scan a KCM-issued barcode ca...
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Update on Our Representational Rights and Our Members
Mar 04, 2022
MAR 4 - As we previously reported, AFA and United management have an active dispute over the investigation and terminati...
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January 2022 Semi-Annual System Seniority List Published
Jan 21, 2022
JAN 21 - You will have a maximum of thirty (30) calendar days from January 26, 2022, to dispute any alleged omission or ...
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Post-Duty Contractual Legal Rest vs FAR Clarification
Jan 14, 2022
JAN 14 - We want to be clear that legal rest is “free from duty” and not just the time between the arrival of one flight...
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Pre-Departure COVID-19 Testing – Pay & Duty Time
Dec 28, 2021
DEC 28 - As a reminder, last March, AFA entered into a Letter of Agreement with management to ensure United Flight Atten...
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Sick, in a Pandemic, Happens
Dec 21, 2021
DEC 21 - We’ve heard from many of you that while you understand the reasoning behind management’s message, you were high...
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Scheduling Action Addressing Medical & Religious Reasonable Accommodation Grants
Nov 12, 2021
NOV 12 - As we reported earlier this week, today (November 12, 2021) United management will be acting on the schedules o...
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Aviation Workers Win Airline Worker Sick Leave Inclusion in Illinois
Nov 02, 2021
NOV 2 - Illinois HB 106 will extend the right to use employer-provided sick leave to care for an ill or injured child, s...
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