Back from Boston and headed to New York, ugh! No rest for the weary. I am in San Jose right now at my favorite little dive hotel called the Granada Inn. If you want to get technical, I am actually in Santa Clara. For those familiar with the area, near the intersection of El Camino Real and San Thomas Expressway. Just a couple of miles from the San Jose airport. When I landed at SFO tonight, I looked in the computer to check a flight back to Las Vegas tonight on United. Upon doing so, I discovered crew scheduling gave me a trip to New York tomorrow. Oh well, I don't make any money while I am on the ground anyway, so I should be happy with the hours.
While on the subject of work, I am SAFE from being furloughed, for now. The company will only need to furlough an additional 401 flight attendants, for a total of 1401. I had 3300 flight attendants below from the beginning of this, so I still have a nice pad below me should another round of furloughs be necessary, although that doesn't seem likely. As a matter of fact, the total number of flight attendants needing to be furloughed has dropped by about 100. Hopefully this will be the end of it all, and we can pick up from here and move forward.
Still on the subject of work, in my previous blog entry I was talking about American changing things, and blaming it on the FAA. Upon notification of the FAA by several flight attendants, including myself, AA has come clean and said although they sought FAA insight, the FAA did not require the change. So, you wonder, what am I so heated about? In San Jose, next to our crew room is a quiet/sleeping room originaly intended for flight attendants with long sit times. As the San Jose airport has grown, so too has the flight attendant corps, bringing more flight attendants, such as me, who commute from other cities. The sleep room became an overnight sleep room as well, which is not uncommon and occurrs at every hub American has. San Jose just wansn't accustomed to it before because it wasn't a hub city. In fact, San Jose now has a larger operation for American than San Francisco. The room has now been closed for overnight sleeping. Management has sighted a concern for safety since the room is located within the confinds of the airport, and is actually closed off from the outside from 11pm to 5am. There is, however, access to the outside in the event of an emergency, so the concern is unfounded. So, instead of taking this into consideration, local AA management in San Jose acted irradically and without regard to the consequences crew members would face. I am still very angrey, although management has been good at responding to my e-mails and concerns. In the end, the room is stilll closed, and now I have involved Flight Service in Dallas at corporate headquarters, the FAA and also San Jose airport officials. The battle has just begun. I am fully aware management is more stubborn than myself, and this is a battle I am not likely to win, but I have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Fortuantely, I have a very good relationship with the management involved, and they know me to be intelligent and well informed, so they take me half way seriously. With that said, the frustration remains.
By the way, if anybody is reading this blog, I am none the wiser. Nobody has used my recently installed message board to discuss the daily blog or other interests with me. I am upset and disappointed. Please take a moment to tell me your thoughts. I check the message board daily, only to find nothing has been written. And, while I am on the topic, I will pat myself on the back for updating the blog more often: nearly every day the last week. And for what?
Ok, enough of that. I really am a happy person and not bitter! I am especially happy now that I know my job is secure enough not to have to worry about closing on the house. Closing is still on schedule for November 15, which is getting so close. Bethany and I can't tell you how excited we are. We actually mentioned to oneanother the other day we need to start packing soon. Hate that, but so excited at the same time! I can't wait!
While on the subject of work, I am SAFE from being furloughed, for now. The company will only need to furlough an additional 401 flight attendants, for a total of 1401. I had 3300 flight attendants below from the beginning of this, so I still have a nice pad below me should another round of furloughs be necessary, although that doesn't seem likely. As a matter of fact, the total number of flight attendants needing to be furloughed has dropped by about 100. Hopefully this will be the end of it all, and we can pick up from here and move forward.
Still on the subject of work, in my previous blog entry I was talking about American changing things, and blaming it on the FAA. Upon notification of the FAA by several flight attendants, including myself, AA has come clean and said although they sought FAA insight, the FAA did not require the change. So, you wonder, what am I so heated about? In San Jose, next to our crew room is a quiet/sleeping room originaly intended for flight attendants with long sit times. As the San Jose airport has grown, so too has the flight attendant corps, bringing more flight attendants, such as me, who commute from other cities. The sleep room became an overnight sleep room as well, which is not uncommon and occurrs at every hub American has. San Jose just wansn't accustomed to it before because it wasn't a hub city. In fact, San Jose now has a larger operation for American than San Francisco. The room has now been closed for overnight sleeping. Management has sighted a concern for safety since the room is located within the confinds of the airport, and is actually closed off from the outside from 11pm to 5am. There is, however, access to the outside in the event of an emergency, so the concern is unfounded. So, instead of taking this into consideration, local AA management in San Jose acted irradically and without regard to the consequences crew members would face. I am still very angrey, although management has been good at responding to my e-mails and concerns. In the end, the room is stilll closed, and now I have involved Flight Service in Dallas at corporate headquarters, the FAA and also San Jose airport officials. The battle has just begun. I am fully aware management is more stubborn than myself, and this is a battle I am not likely to win, but I have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Fortuantely, I have a very good relationship with the management involved, and they know me to be intelligent and well informed, so they take me half way seriously. With that said, the frustration remains.
By the way, if anybody is reading this blog, I am none the wiser. Nobody has used my recently installed message board to discuss the daily blog or other interests with me. I am upset and disappointed. Please take a moment to tell me your thoughts. I check the message board daily, only to find nothing has been written. And, while I am on the topic, I will pat myself on the back for updating the blog more often: nearly every day the last week. And for what?
Ok, enough of that. I really am a happy person and not bitter! I am especially happy now that I know my job is secure enough not to have to worry about closing on the house. Closing is still on schedule for November 15, which is getting so close. Bethany and I can't tell you how excited we are. We actually mentioned to oneanother the other day we need to start packing soon. Hate that, but so excited at the same time! I can't wait!
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