TA 2025: Voting and More
Dear Crew,
Our TA 2025 presentation is now available on demand on YouTube. Watch the presentation at your earliest convenience here: https://youtu.be/vcQOHpZ2C6o.
We are highlighting TA improvements and answering crew questions. This newsletter discusses how to vote and answers crew questions.
All eligible voters should have already received their activation codes in the mail and are able to vote either online or via phone.
Voting via Phone
- Dial (888) 488-7288
- Enter your activation code
- Write down your username
- Create, confirm and write down your password (4-number minimum)
- Follow the prompts to cast your vote
- Write down your confirmation number
Voting Online
- Go to afacwa.org/elections and choose “Click Here to VOTE”
- Enter your activation code
- Write down your username
- Create, confirm and write down your password (8-number minimum)
- Follow the prompts to cast your vote
- Print your confirmation (or screenshot/save as a PDF)
If you have not received your activation code in the mail, you can verify your status using the AFA Membership hub.
Login to the membership hub using your personal email HERE and verify your personal information such as address, etc, are up to date.
If you are Eligible to vote, you will see something like this:
Once you have updated or confirmed your information and eligibility, you can request an activation code online using this link: https://afacwa-elections.org/request-new-activation-code
This code will be sent to your personal email so that you can successfully cast your vote.
As a reminder, you can only vote once! Voting closes on May 14, 2025 at 12 noon ET.
Question #1: Can we add for Positioning flights that we need our tickets booked separately and that they need to include seat selection, carry on bags and checked bags? We should not have to pay up front for any of these items and wait to get reimbursed.
Answer: We have language specifically in Article 6, Section M of the TA discussing the requirements for passive travel.
- Positioning flights will always be carried out with a confirmed ticket. The Company will reserve a seat with a meal, one (1) piece of carry-on luggage, and one (1) piece of checked luggage for CCMs required to position. CCMs will be afforded the same check-in and seat assignment opportunities as passengers. The Company reserves the right to pull Crew from the flight at check in if the flight is fully booked.
- The Company will not require a CCM to occupy a jump seat while engaged in passive travel.
Regarding booking tickets separately, this is something that we will discuss when we go to Riga to continue to work on our scheduling policy in mid-May.
Reminder:
You can find all the information about our TA at norseafa.org/2025TA
Submit any questions you may have about the TA to https://forms.gle/PNNCSFGEqVR95EoL8 and we will be sure to answer them in upcoming communications
Thank you and Solidarity,
Your Negotiations Team: Kat, Ted, Dylan and Jhen
