I hope all is going well. I have just a couple quick things to cover this week.
The first is SNEAD 3. I was notified late last week that SNEAD 3 documentation was placed in CEDAR. A few of you may have seen this and some may have already signed for it. I made an immediate request to management to remove this from CEDAR until such time they are able to provide us with verbal briefings. This document contains some significant changes, most notably the requirement to get travel abroad pre-approved. Just sliding this in as a CEDAR update is unacceptable, and we should be getting some form of verbal presentation in the form of crew breakouts or mandatory briefings in the next few weeks. Those that already signed for it will have to sign again, but only after management gives us the verbal briefings such an important document deserves. If you have any other questions or concerns, please direct them to the Eboard and we will get you answers.
This is the final notice of our upcoming All Members Meeting this Thursday, June 13 at 1430. Please join your Eboard at The Rainbow Cafe to discuss hot topics such as 2020 MOUs, electronic bidding, proposed Local Constitution amendments (found here: http://www.natca-zse.com/constitution-changes) and the holiday party. This is also an opportunity to see the Eboard operate with our new titles and welcome Trevor Laush as our newly appointed Secretary. We look forward to seeing you there.
Finally a couple of events are upcoming that I want to share with you.
The first is an NEB Meet and Greet at Virtual Sports in Tukwila. This is a great opportunity to meet your NATCA National leadership and get updates on everything NATCA. Unfortunately I will be out of town at a UAS forum in San Diego, but I hope you are able to make it out there to represent ZSE. Here is the flyer for that. Please RSVP with Mickela at mickela@natca.net if you are able to attend.
The second is the upcoming retirement seminars. There are two and they are targeted at two different segments of the workforce.
The first is Monday, July 8 and is aimed at mid-late career members.
The second is Tuesday, July 9 and is aimed at early career members.
I encourage everyone who hasn’t attended a NATCA sponsored retirement seminar to make an effort to attend the one that coincides with your career.
I hope everyone has a great week, and as always I am here if you need me. Please call, text or swing by the office anytime.
In solidarity,
Derek Adams