Member Update
Service & Performance Leadership Course
Early in the year the company approached the TU regarding the introduction of a new two day training event for senior crew to be held at TBC. The company advised that they would be unable to provide transport for all days of the course. We can confirm the following arrangements have been arranged to mitigate the transport issues:
– The company will provide hotel accommodation for the course.
– They will also reimburse delegates the cost of travel including; petrol, public transport and parking.
– Delegates will receive elapsed hourly rate (plus ONA where applicable) from the beginning of day one until conclusion of the course on day two.
The nearest terminus to TBC is Terminal 4. We can confirm that all airport workers who carry an airport I.D. may use local buses around the perimeter road free of charge. The transfer time from Terminal 4 to Hatton cross is 9 minutes.
Excess Leave Payment
On Monday evening your LGW representatives identified an issue with Excess Leave payments in April’s payslips. This was raised with the company on Tuesday morning and resolved the same day. Pay & People Services had applied an incorrect formula to the payments. The correct formula involves dividing the crew members annual full time basic by 260 to determine the daily rate. This is then multiplied by the amount of owed excess leave days. Pay & People services had incorrectly divided the basic by 365. The mistake is being rectified and will be paid to the affected crew.
Jersey
We continue to be concerned with the JER service and associated crewing figure on the 319. Whilst we were initially receiving a number of reports, these has trailed off and we are only receiving sporadic reports. If you are encountering issues delivering the service with the flight time please email a report to office@thegatwickunion.com. The report should contain the aircraft type, registration, flight time, number of cabin crew, pax load, experience levels of the crew and most importantly number of passengers who have not received product. We will continue to pursue the matter with fleet.
Holiday Pay – Maternity Crew
We can confirm that we have won an important victory for our maternity leave cabin crew. Late last year we became aware that the company were not paying holiday pay to crew members on maternity leave to the full entitlement per calendar year. The company has conceded on the issue and agreed to rectify the matter. Affected crew are currently being identified and will receive a back dated payment.
Holiday Pay Annual Pay Award
The TU has identified an error with Holiday Pay not attracting the annual pay award. This issue has been raised with the company and is currently being corrected with the Finance department. We expect all crew to receive an adjustment shortly.
Carmen Bidding – Seniors
At the TU insistence a full and thorough investigation has been undertaken into the application and functionality of the Carmen bidding system. Initially this investigation has focused on senior cabin crew to ascertain effectiveness of the system. The company have completed the investigation and we are in the process of reviewing the results.
Pay 2016
Talks still progressing. Next meeting 3rd May.
