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For Immediate Release:
October 22, 2012
Contact: Corey Caldwell 202-434-0586
AFA Flight Attendants At World's Largest Airline Use Known
Crewmember Security Program
Washington, DC - Over 25,000 Flight Attendants at the new United
Airlines, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
(AFA), today began use of the alternate, expedited security
screening program, Known Crewmember (KCM).
"The inclusion of Flight Attendants into Known Crewmember at the
world's largest carrier sets the stage for the rest of the
industry. AFA was able to work alongside management to ensure
that all pre-merger United, Continental and Continental
Micronesia Flight Attendants have access to the efficient
checkpoint screening program," said Greg Davidowitch, AFA
pre-merger United President and Marcus Valentino, AFA pre-merger
Continental President. "We hope that more airlines across the
country will follow United's lead and participate in the
enhanced screening that provides great benefit for crewmembers
and passengers alike."
AFA advocated forcefully at many levels of government and
industry to promote the KCM program with full recognition of
Flight Attendants' role in aviation security. KCM, developed by
A4A and the Air Line Pilots Association, is an expedited
screening program for authorized and trusted crewmembers at
security screening checkpoints utilizing established security
clearances that each aviation employee must meet as a condition
of employment. Crewmembers, including Flight Attendants and
Pilots, are subject to identical background checks and clearance
procedures.
The Association of Flight Attendants is the world’s largest
Flight Attendant union. Focused 100 percent on Flight Attendant
issues, AFA has been the leader in advancing the Flight
Attendant profession for 67 years. Serving as the voice for
Flight Attendants in the workplace, in the aviation industry, in
the media and on Capitol Hill, AFA has transformed the Flight
Attendant profession by raising wages, benefits and working
conditions. Nearly 60,000 Flight Attendants come together to
form AFA, part of the 700,000-member strong Communications
Workers of America (CWA), AFL-CIO. Visit us at
www.afacwa.org .
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