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06-17-2009, 11:35 PM

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Item 5: Flu Exposure—Just a Little Bit Late on the Notification, There, Eh?

We got this from one of our pilots. A friend of his, a 756 FO, got a call from management about a week after returning from Rio. The call was to tell him that he had been exposed to the H1N1 virus on his flight the week earlier.

Sometimes we open our mouths and no sound comes out. Then we shake our heads.

All we can do, apparently, is urge management not to keep these things to themselves and perhaps notify those possibly infected with life-threatening viruses in a somewhat more timely manner. If it’s not too much trouble.

Item 6: Management Issues Guidelines for Engine Overhaul

Flight operations management, in conjunction with Maintenance Control and Tracking, today issued a joint CCS Pilot Bulletin on the proper method of engine removal, overhaul, and replacement.

“We saw what flight operations management did a couple of weeks ago with the “e-Sign-in” bulletin thing and we thought, heck, if they can get the pilots to troubleshoot the computers and printers without getting paid for it, we could get them to do our overhauls for us,” said a Maintenance Control supervisor. “When we got the data on how much sit time the pilots had between their flights in and out of our IAH and EWR hubs, and when we found out there was a provision in the pilot’s contract for sitting around the airport on alert, we realized what a gold mine all those empty hours were for us.”

Instructions and overhaul manuals will soon be placed in all pilot’s V-files. Pilots are urged to familiarize themselves with the engine removal and replacement protocol. While maintenance coveralls will not be provided, special arrangements for our pilots to purchase these coveralls have been made with the Continental Airlines company store for a 2% cash discount.

Item 7: Mr. Kellner’s Pay Calculator

Mr. Kellner earned his money again this week. At last week’s shareholder’s meeting, he had to face a salvo from Captain Jay Pierce followed by a barrage from Michelle Bixby. And all this while maintaining that same grin on his face that shines down upon us from the safety demo video.

When the history of Contract ’08 is written, when the turning point in our effort against management is sought, the line will be drawn directly to the June 2009 shareholder’s meeting.

According to Forbes Magazine (April 30, 2008 issue) Mr. Kellner’s total compensation for 2007 was 10.3 million dollars. Extrapolating forward, this means that Mr. Kellner has made:

This week: $198,072.00
June 1, 2009 to date: $594,216.00
2009 year to date: $4,499,064.00

We heard that Mr. Kellner bought another house in California this week.

Item 8: Request for Committee Volunteers

All of our committees need volunteers. If you are one of the many somewhat selfish and untested among us, if you are interested in committee work, if you have special artistic talents of any kind, or if you just like to chew the legs off your dining room table, we want you to help your fellow EWR pilots. If you are interested or have previously expressed interest via e-mail or a phone call, please confirm your continuing interest in an e-mail to Captain Kaye Riggs, Secretary-Treasurer, LEC 170 at [email protected]. Please put your name and the word “Volunteer” in the subject line.

Item 9: Special Request For Chairman of the EWR Council 170 Membership Committee

Due to numerous unsatisfactory membership issues, we are conducting a search for a EWR Council 170 Membership Committee Chair. Duties will be limited to a few tasks for which you will be showered with gratitude, followed by a banquet in your honor where you will receive many parting gifts. During your term of office, you will have hundreds of volunteers at your beckon call who will do things like walk your dog and pick up your dry cleaning—and pick up after your dog.

In the mean time, your duties will be light and pleasant, requiring almost no coordination with ALPA National, and almost everyone will speak to you with warm regard and respect. For those who don’t, your many assistants stand ready to remove the foul presence from your vicinity and have them shot.

Our sole goal is to ensure that everyone is in good standing come the big day for the Contract ’08 vote. Pay up—and let your voice ring out! I AM…SOMEBODY!

Item 10: Next Meetings

Please join us at our next local council meeting. Check back here in a couple of weeks for the date.

Our next MEC meeting has been scheduled for July 14-17, 2009 at the union building in Houston.

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