To qualify for SIASU membership, they would need to terminate their GIRO payment arrangements of their NTUC membership fees and apply for SIASU membership. Confirmation of SIASU membership can be seen from their memberships fees being deducted by payrolls in their pay slips.

Only when an employee becomes a SIASU member will he/she then be able to enjoy the benefits that SIASU has for it's members.

SGN COP Days 1,2 & 3 - (05 Nov 09)
Changes have been made to the SGN Long Transit COPs.
Previously, there are 2 SGN patterns on these days which operates with a transit of 5 hours each.
In Winter09 these COPs have been changed to one pattern doing a Day-Layover and the other pattern operating a Turn-Around.
Crew Operating SQ172 on these days will layover for 9 hours with hotel rooms provided and then operate SQ 185 out in the evening while crew operating SQ178 will Turn-Around on SQ173.
Crew operating SQ172 on these days will get location meal allowance, turn-Around allowance and 2.5 times IFA payable towards the scheduled flight time.

Clarification On Feedback Received Regarding Conduct Of Union Vice Chairman On Influencing A MXP COP Change – (28 May 09)
We have received feedback from some crew with regards to the alleged inappropriate conduct of one of our Union Vice Chairmen who supposedly used his influence to effect an extended stay of 01 day in his MXP COP recently due to an AOG situation arising in MXP.

We have investigated into the matter.

The aircraft arriving from SIN was damaged by the aerobridge in MXP and the Union Vice Chairman’s set who were supposed to operate MXP-BCN-MXP had already reported to the aircraft and stepped down at 1155hrs whilst the MXP-SIN set who were still at the hotel were facing an extended stay in MXP.

SIAOCC Duty Officer Vadiveloo, using the ‘first-in-first-out principle’, decided to extend the COPs of both sets of crew by one day. At no time was he contacted nor influenced by any Union representative.

The original MXP-SIN set of crew was to operate back to SIN a day later and the MXP-BCN-MXP set was to ferry the damaged aircraft back a day later than their original scheduled departure.

SIAOCC Officer Vadiveloo then contacted the Union Vice Chairman to check if his set of crew might be inconvenienced by this extension in their COP.

The Union Vice Chairman then coincidentally met the IFS of the MXP-SIN set at a restaurant and alerted him of the decision. His actions were perceived by some other crew who were there to assume that he had used his influence to effect this change for his benefit to stay a day longer than his scheduled departure date.

The IFS of the MXP-SIN set then sought clarification with SIAOCC Officer Vadiveloo regarding the decision, who upon consulting with his superior, AMCC J M Kassim, reversed his earlier decision and asked the Union Vice Chairman’s set to depart as per their original COP and the MXP-SIN set to ferry the grounded aircraft back 2 days later than their scheduled departure.

Comrades, no Union representative at any time, influenced nor pressured SIAOCC to make any decision for their own benefit in this instance.

Cabin crew chairman Alan Tan assures all members that all Union representatives will be held accountable for their actions and any allegation of inappropriate conduct would be investigated and acted upon.

Basing on these numbers, there is no reason to believe that the company is biased towards A345 crew.

CNPL For Cabin Crew - (05 Apr 09)
SIASU has agreed with company to go on compulsory no-pay-leave for cabin crew.
All crew will be rostered for one day of compulsory no-pay-leave between the months of May to August.

Proposed Changes To AUH COP - (19 Mar 09)
With the addition of KWI via AUH to our network, AUH becomes a daily flight.

The changes came at a time just prior to the publication of the April ’09 rosters and during this time, the COPs for our entire network were being worked out between Management and Union. There were many changes made to the Middle East COPs during this time.

There was pressure to publish the April roster soon so that crew may get their roster at the stipulated time and be able to plan for their days off and as such, the AUH COPs published in April ’09 rosters showed 04 days COPs with a shuttle to either JED or KWI.

Feedback from members to the Union came fast; indicating that the 04 days COPs with a shuttle in between is too tight causing fatigue and would prevent them from performing their best.

Your Union took the feedback and engaged Cabin Crew Management immediately, to re-look at the COP and through negotiations; Management had agreed to change the 04 days AUH COPs to 05 days AUH COPs.

Those members who are rostered for the 04 days AUH COPs in their April ’09 roster will see the roster amended to reflect a 05 days AUH COPs. As the rosters had already been published, the 01 day OFF which crew will lose will be returned in subsequent rosters.

Also effective from April ’09 roster onwards, the 04 days DXB/RUH COPs Will also be changed to 05 days DXB/RUH COPs.

Disruption Meal Allowance / Highpoint Janurary 2009 Issue - (15 Jan 09)
Your Union had held a meeting with Cabin Crew Management to resolve the Disruption Meal Allowance (DMA). A framework had been agreed upon between Management and Union on the eligibility of payment to the Disruption Meal Allowance (DMA).

It was agreed that DMA will be paid to operating crew who volunteered to operate a flight ex-station due to unforeseen circumstances (diversions, AOGs, etc) thus shortening their original COPs.

Rumour Mill - (17 Feb 09)
In today’s economic climate, where there are uncertainties in the global environment, YOUR UNION would urge all members to remain focus and not be influence by those who are spreading rumours with ill-intent. YOUR UNION would like to urge all members to approach their Union representatives or drop over at the Union office (T3) during office hours for any clarification.

Recently, there was a misinformation by an ex-Unionist about the retirement age of male Leading Steward. The Leading Steward was told by the ex-Unionist that he will retire automatically at age 57. Please refer to Collective Agreement (CA) 2004, page 16, Clause 21 (3)(j). This misinformation is misleading as the ex-Unionist should be aware of the CA 2004.

Crew With 4 Fleet Qualification A345, A330, B744 & B777 - (02 Feb 09)
Many crew in this category have queried about the difficulties of having to maintain recency for so many aircraft type.
You may like to know that for such crew will have their B744 recency lapsed as of 1st Mar 09.. So such crew need not worry about maintaining recency for B744.
 

New Executive Lounge List - (29 Jan 09)
We have re-introduced the Executive Lounge list in a new format which does not compromise the security of our crew.
We hope you will find this easy to understand.

Disruption Meal Allowance / Highpoint Janurary 2009 Issue - (15 Jan 09)
There was a recent article in Highpoint ( Jan 2009 issue, page 8 ) which mentioned of
“Our Selfless Team – SQ 378 ZRH/MXP 24 Feb08”.

The article touched on the team that operated ZRH/MXP owing to the flight diversion due to fog and that “..the team did not at any time pursue the issue of recognition in terms of reimbursement…”.

For the benefit of membership, an agreement had been put in place by the previous Union leadership with Cabin Crew Management on the payment of “loss” of Meal Allowances due to such scenario.

Under the current Union leadership, the agreement made was still in place and there was no negotiation to revoke the said agreement. It was understood that the “disruption allowance” will be automatically paid to affected crew  by Accounting Control.

However, the article in Highpoint implied that the crew had operated the said flight without any disruption allowance payable. Ironically, the C.I.C on that particular flight was from the previous Union and should know that disruption allowance is payable to his team.