In this Edition (October
22, 2015):
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15 Years of Wings Over Wall Street
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Minimum Rest Fight Continues
15 Years of Wings Over Wall Street
AFA
Members, Toni Diamond and Warren Schiffer,
became founders of the extraordinary benefit,
"Wings Over Wall Street" when Toni was diagnosed
with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also
known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. They turned their
greatest challenge into inspiring work to fight
ALS through research funded by the Muscular
Dystrophy Association. In 2004 we lost Toni, our
flying partner, but her care-giver husband,
Warren, continues to work in her memory.
Watch
this video of a radio interview Warren recently
did explaining why he is so passionate about
Wings and its cause: http://youtu.be/M6U-roDGR-Q
Wings brings together the spirit of our work in
the skies, the financial contributions of Wall
Street and an event that has celebrity appeal to
become a multi-million dollar benefit each fall.
Wings has accomplished a great deal by raising
millions of dollars and none of this would have
been possible without the support of Union
Members and the generosity of the business
community.
You can contribute, even a dollar makes
a difference. Make a secure ONLINE
DONATION. AFA is proud of Warren's activism
and proud to support Wing Over Wall Street.
Congratulations on 15 years of making a
difference!
http://www.wingsoverwallstreet.org
Minimum Rest Fight Continues
Flight
Attendants are entrusted with the safety,
health, and security of our passengers on a
daily basis. The FAA reauthorization, and
Congress, is critical to promoting and
maintaining the highest safety standards in our
industry.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a
bill on Sept. 28 to extend federal aviation
funding until March 2016. While it is welcome
news that the funding has been extended, we must
continue to fight for the inclusion of
provisions in the FAA Reauthorization Bill that
call for an increased rest time of 10 hours.
Studies have been commissioned by Congress
making it clear that more rest should be
mandated for Flight Attendants, but the
regulations remain paltry, and with the rules in
place today, Flight Attendants could have a mere
8 hours of rest following a 14-hour duty day.
Unfortunately, those 8 hours don't add up to 8
hours of sleep; we still have work to do as soon
as the clock starts ticking before we can get
some sleep.
We are fighting to achieve the minimum
rest of 10 hours now required for our
counterparts in the flight deck along with a
Fatigue Risk Management Plan that will allow us
a meaningful program to address fatigue issues
in the operation. But
we need every Flight Attendant voice included.
Tens of thousands of petition signatures have
been hand delvered to Congressional offices.
These signatures urge Congress to provide a 10
hour minimum rest between duty period. Sign
the petition now.
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