Dear Carl Gautreaux,

 MEC System Board of Adjustment Elections

According to the AFA American Eagle MEC Policy and Procedures Manual, the Positions of one Permanent Member to the System Board of Adjustment and the second alternate position are up for re-election. The positions will serve a two-year term.

If are interested in running for these positions, please submit your commitment to serve to MEC President Veronica Tenerelli at vtenerelli@aol.com .

The following are some of the duties, responsibilities, and scope of the positions:

·          System Board members will act in the best interest of the membership and the Association and will be consistent with the Agreement between the Flight Attendants and American Eagle Flight Attendants.

·          System Board members will be elected by a majority vote of the MEC from active members in good standing.

·          System Board members will be elected for a two year term of office. One alternate Union member will be elected each year to ensure, insofar as possible, that both alternate Union members will not at any time be new.

·          The MEC President will have the ability, in the event of an emergency, to appoint a qualified member in good standing to fill an ad hoc position on the Board, should the Permanent or the Alternate members be unavailable.

·          The MEC on an ad hoc basis, by majority vote, may appoint an expert as a substitute for a member of the System Board of Adjustment.

·          The System Board members will serve as the AFA-appointee on the American Eagle Airlines Flight Attendants System Board of Adjustment (“the Board”) for the purpose of gathering evidence, testimony and argument, whether written or oral, whenever the Board convenes to arbitrated disputes and/or grievances which arise under the terms of the Agreement between American Eagle Airlines and its Flight Attendants.

·          The System Board members selected to serve on a specific Board will apprise themselves of the issue(s) involved in the dispute(s) to be arbitrated, as well as the Union’s theory and arguments of the case(s).

·          The System Board members selected to serve on a specific Board will attend the entirety of the arbitration, whether conducted in person, telephonically or by other electronic communication.

·          The System Board members selected to serve on a specific Board will attend any Executive Session(s) called by the neutral member of the Board, the Company appointee(s) to the Board or the Union appointee(s) to the Board.

·          Draft Decisions of the System Board of Adjustment will be considered to be “confidential” until such time as the decision has been signed by a majority of the Board members comprised of the Union-appointee, the Company-appointee and a neutral member of the Board.

·          The System Board members will contact the MEC Grievance Chair on a regular basis to apprise her/him on the status of any work currently assigned.

The election will be held at the next MEC meeting, June 17-19, 2008 in DFW. For more info go to www.afaeagle.org .