December Luncheon

Ho! Ho! Ho!
Merry Christmas!!
Come One ~ Come All!
December Luncheon With Friends ~
December 13th, Thursday
11:30 A.M. ~ 'Black Bear Restaurant'
Federal Way _ #320 Exit off Hiway 99
Please RSVP to jloom2@gmail.com
To Let the staff @ the Restaurant know the
# of friends attending ~ usually around 50.

Jan M. Loomis

2012 Flight Attendant Annual Luncheon. Thanks to Carolyn George

Annual FA Luncheon 2012

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Charles Souter

I don't know how many of you remember, but JoAnne Souter was married to Chuck (Charles), a SEA pilot.  JoAnne passed away several years ago.  I was looking through some of my old F/A photos and ran across one of JoAnne so I decided to send it to Chuck.  This is the reply I received from his brother.


Vicki, I am Gary Souter - Charles' brother - and am sad to have to write you this note as Charles passed away very suddenly on 4/10 of a massive MI.  We were all together at our son's home for a family cookout on Saturday and everyone had a great time.....  Then on Tuesday I had to rush over to his home around 230p as he was having trouble breathing and as I talked with him he recognized me and knew I was going to take him to the ER....but he passed away right there in my arms as I was getting him up out of bed....did CPR on him until the EMS crew arrived but it was to no avail.
Thanks for the thought to send the picture of JoAnne.....he never got over her loss and talked of her constantly.  He was my only brother and I do miss him terribly.
Thanks again, gary souter

A few days later after I asked him for permission to post his notes.

NO problem in posting the note....and sorry that I was not more timely in getting the info to you.  But, Charles laptop was so "gummed up" with popups, etc. that I had to put it in the shop to be worked on and just got it back yesterday......and that is when I noticed that I had not replied to your note.

JoAnne was loved by all in our family and it was a real loss for Charles as he never got over losing "his JoAnne".....talked about her to me on a daily basis.

Charles was my only brother and as such I dearly miss him as we talked multiple times daily and exchanged emails all the time.....

Thanks for your friendship with JoAnne and Charles as I know that they cherished the many friends that they had all over the country.

My email address is glsouter@earthlink.net and I would be happy to pass along any notes, etc. to my mother to help console her in this time of great loss.

gary

I know the family would appreciate any and all words of comfort at this difficult time.

Thanks,
Vicki Sayre

Saddened to learn of the passing of Jean Tippie

South End Luncheon Sep 13th

Hello Everyone,
Our next luncheon is:
September 13th, Thursday
Luncheon @ 'Black Bear Restaurant'
           Federal Way, WA
11:30 A.M. ~ RSVP to jloom2@gmail.com
Bring 'food items' for Karen DelGrosso's food bank in
                 Federal Way.
Come For A Chat With Friends!
Hope to see you there!
Respectfully,
Jan M. Loomis

Party for those in the currant bail out. WE are ALL invited

 

We are ALL invited to the party celebrating the current mass exodus from good old UAL. Try to make it a point to be there and see all the people you knew and know. And wish them well in their new lives away from mother United.

SEA Early Out List

12/16/1965    VAN FREDENBERG     JANICE     SEA
7/16/1966    MASSER     SHERRY     SEA
8/24/1966    REID     KATHLEEN     SEA
3/15/1967    PERKINS     PEGGY     SEA
6/28/1967    BESCHEN     TAMARA     SEA
4/10/1968    HESSE     JANET     SEA
4/24/1968    ISHIHARA     JANET     SEA
5/20/1968    LEE     CARLSON     SEA
7/3/1968    BRATTON     ANNE     SEA
12/18/1968    HAMILTON     JULIE     SEA
4/1/1969    HANBERG     KRISTINE     SEA
6/24/1969    DUNNING     JANET     SEA
7/29/1969    LISHERNESS     KRETE     SEA
11/18/1969    MALONEY     JUDITH     SEA
12/2/1969    MANGOLD     SALLY     SEA
12/16/1969    DAVIDSON     BARBARA     SEA
1/27/1970    ADAMS     DEBORAH     SEA
5/19/1970    STARKEY     PATRICIA     SEA
5/19/1970    HOWELL     DONNA     SEA
5/26/1970    BOZICH     JOLENE     SEA
6/30/1970    AURE     MARCIA     SEA
1/27/1972    KASEGUMA     JULIE     SEA
2/10/1972    MCEACHERN     LAURIE     SEA
2/10/1972    ROBBINS     JANET     SEA
3/15/1972    ANDERSON     KAREN     SEA
4/24/1972    MORRISON     JULIA     SEA
5/1/1972    LEE     JANICE     SEA
5/1/1972    EDGMON     ROBERTA     SEA
5/15/1972    DECKER     REIDUN     SEA
6/26/1972    BERETT     SHARON     SEA
7/6/1972    KESSLER     LINDA     SEA
10/19/1972    WARING     LORI     SEA
12/7/1972    HODGES     JAMES     SEA
2/15/1973    OLSEN     BENTE     SEA
3/8/1973    RICH     THOMAS     SEA
3/29/1973    HATFIELD     PAULA     SEA
4/5/1973    MATHERS     DIANE     SEA
10/20/1973    INGE II     DAVID     SEA
10/27/1973    ARLETT     BARBARA     SEA
12/20/1973    CONNER     MERYL     SEA
2/8/1974    MCEACHERN     LINDA     SEA
5/23/1974    SNYDER     CAROL     SEA
10/1/1974    SCHWARZ     ROGER     SEA
3/8/1976    SEAVER     LINDSEY     SEA
8/29/1976    BEESON     SUE     SEA
1/21/1978    ROUNSAVELLE     MONIQUE     SEA
7/19/1979    LAWSON-CARUSO     MAUREEN     SEA
2/15/1980    EASTON     MARGARET     SEA
5/3/1980    SKISTIMAS     JOAN     SEA
5/1/1981    BEDNARCZYK     EDMUND     SEA
5/5/1982    SMITH     GERARD     SEA
11/8/1982    MATSUI     JON     SEA
6/1/1983    HARRIS     SUSANN     SEA
11/30/1983    SLOANE     SUE     SEA
5/3/1984    STRICKLAND     ANDREA     SEA
4/27/1986    STEPHENSON     DONNA     SEA
6/1/1986    CHAKOIAN     KIM     SEA
7/23/1989    SAGE     CAROL     SEA
11/5/1989    ECKELKAMP     KATHLEEN     SEA
7/29/1990    CHAPMAN     DANIELLE     SEA
11/14/1990    THOMPSON     LARA     SEA
1/17/1991    SCOTT     CHRISTINA     SEA
5/23/1991    FAIRBANKS     TRICIA     SEA
12/8/1991    MURRAY     FRANCINE     SEA
4/2/1995    SIMARD     BRIDGET     SEA
11/5/1995    HATFIELD     KELLY     SEA
8/17/1996    PI     AI     SEA
9/7/1996    BECKER     KARYN     SEA
3/8/1997    MOLVAR     CHARLA     SEA
5/3/1997    LA BAW     CHERYL     SEA
8/30/1997    RIFE     TAMARA     SEA

Priscella Kampa-Smithhart’s husband Bob

UPDATED!!! 04/20

Hi Jane, Just a note to let you know that Priscilla's husband passed away on the 15th of April. The funeral is Saturday 11:00am at the United Methodist Church 20730 SE 272nd St Covington. . If you know how to inform the pilots; please do so. I have no idea if they have a website and neither does Pris. Thanks so very much, Jane , Kay Hanson P.S. Priscilla's address is 29226 176th SE Kent Wa. 98042 ;if anyone would like to send a card.

Flight Attendant Luncheon May 2012

Glenna Garett Passes

  Today at 3/07/2012 5:45 Glenna G lost her 3 year battle of Cancer.  I am so sad, but she is now in a better place.  I was able to talk to her and tell her goodbye from all of us......She knew her time was short.  As always our friend was so Amazing.   Tommy will be giving me the details of her memorial in a few days.........

 

Glenna's Memorial Service will be held March 31st @ 1:30 at the Faith United Methodist Church
3924 Issaquah-Pine Lake RD
#425 392 0123

Many thanks to Deann Landre for sending the photo

Enrolled Friends

I was able to add my enrolled friends today. Just log on to skynet.ual.com and click on All About Me in the upper left side. Click on Pass Riders and then click on enroll in the box for enrolled friends. You'll need their name as it appears on their driver's license or passport plus their birthday, month, day, and year. Make sure you continue to the "Certify" point.

Hope this helps!

Vicki Sayre

F/A Luncheon

F/A Luncheon ~ 11:30 A.M.
'Black Bear Restaurant' ~ Federal Way
March 8th, Thursday
See You There!
Feel free to bring 'canned food' for
Karen DelGrosso's Food Bank in
Federal Way.
RSVP to jloom2@gmail.com

Seattle Retirees Travel Desk

SEATTLE and PORTLAND TRAVEL DESKS

Seattle Retirees Travel Desk

1-888-826-3375 or 1-888-UA6-DESK
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time

Seattle Retirees in the FREE calling areas please use (206) 433-4218
If you have a cell phone with toll FREE calling plan
You can save the Travel Desks 5¢/minute
By calling the LOCAL number in either PDX or SEA

Portland Retirees Travel Desk
1-888-278-7038
Monday Wednesday Friday
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time

Portland Retirees in the FREE calling areas please use (503) 249-4142

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Clair Lilley SEAFO

H. CLAIR LILLEY

  

H. Clair Lilley March 31st, 1928-December 29th, 2011 Clair was born in Newton Kansas to Roger and Ethel Lilley. Clair's first love was flying airplanes, so as a teenager he worked at the local airport to earn enough money to pay for flying lessons. He graduated from Eldorado High School in 1946, and joined the military later that year. He was deployed to Japan and recalled for the Korean War. Upon his return he discovered his second love, and married Ruby Lee Schlesinger in 1949, and together they raised their son Roger Clair in Seattle, Washington. Clair pursued a successful career as an airline pilot for United Airlines, from which he retired as a captain in 1988. Upon his retirement, Clair devoted his time to family as well as some of his greatest pleasures, including travel, golf, and -most of all- fishing and tying flies. He spent many memorable days with his family at his cabin in the foothills of Mt. Adams gardening, hunting, and fishing. Clair had a unique ability to be both rational and creative, and will be remembered for his honesty, integrity, loyalty, and zest for life. His life was a journey traveled honorably and deliberately, and is peppered with triumph, adventure, and beloved family and friends. Clair was passionate and outspoken, often simultaneously. His favorite quote was; "never give up." Clair was preceded in death by Ruby, his wife of 50 years, who passed away in 2000. He is survived by his wife MaryLou Lilley, his son Roger, his granddaughter Carlee Tulett (Nathan), and three great-grandsons, Reid, Roger, and Finn. Memorials may be made to Franciscan Hospice House, 2901 Bridgeport Way, University Place, WA 98466. Please leave online condolences at www.gaffneycares.com. Arrangements by Gaffney Funeral Home, 253-572-6003.

Published in News Tribune (Tacoma) from December 31, 2011 to January 1, 2012

Thanks Chris Fant

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Judy Buchman's Husbands Service

The services for Lew Scott, husband of Judy (Buchman) Scott, and retired UAL pilot will be on Tuesday, Nov. 22nd, at 2 PM, at the Embassy Suites Hotel - 3225 - 158th Ave SE, in Bellevue. Keg included !!Judy's daughter, Ashley, had a baby boy, Ethan, on Nov. 10th, two days after Lew's passing.Hope everyone is doing well and that you all have a peaceful Thanksgiving.

Jane

Luncheon

Hello Everyone,
Just a reminder about our upcoming luncheon in December
at the 'Black Bear Restaurant.
It is December 8th, Thursday NOT December 10th as
posted on seabuds.
December 8th, 2011 ~ Thursday
11:30 A.M.
For those of you who have already RSVP'd, would you
be kind enough to do so again so I can have an
accurate number for the restaurant since we have
around 50 attendees.
Remember ~ our luncheons are always the 2nd Thursdays in
March ~ September ~ December.
Thanks so very much.
Respectfully,
Jan M. Loomis

Pass Travel Update November 3, 2011

Capt. Pat Palazzolo
ALPA and the other unions are working to reestablish a working relationship with the company on pass travel issues. To be frank, the new management has no prior history of working with their employees in this manner. But so far I think we seem to be making progress on building trust.
We will be adding a Continental pilot to our ALPA Pass Travel Committee soon.
Online travel:
The integration of the two pass travel programs will not happen in early January. It will more likely happen sometime in March. A major determining factor is the date CO’s passenger reservation system migrates over to United.
This brings up a few questions, such as:
· When will UAL retirees lose their companion passes?
· When will UAL employees and retirees get to use vacation passes?
· And how will UAL employees and retirees use them?
· When will companions be able to travel on each others airlines?
The company said they will have answers to these questions and more very soon in a communication to our active and retired employees.
Leveling the playing field with Vacation Passes. At a recent meeting with the various unions, the company acknowledged the unfairness of the accumulation of vacation passes at CO, and no accumulation at UA. They said they would attempt to come up with a solution, and they hope to communicate that as well.
A note about Vacation Passes: The vacation passes accumulated to date by CO employees are not the same type of vacation passes that will be awarded in 2012.
The older generation of vacation passes that have been accumulated, unlike the new ones, are for one person per leg only.
As you know, the Vacation Passes to be allocated next year are good for as many legs as required to get from origin to destination, and are good for every eligible traveling together in your party.
Finally, the Company has told us that the name for Vacation Passes may be changed to a different title to avoid confusion about when they may be used (which is any time for any reason).
Companion Passes for Retirees: The Company has eliminated this benefit for our retirees and for us when we retire effective sometime next year (date to be announced by the company). The reasons could be summarized basically as – management doesn’t like them and they’re trying to find any reason they can to reduce their usage.
The Company suspects an unacceptable amount of revenue dilution – where there would be a number of companion pass users who would have purchased a ticket on United if it weren’t for the ability to use them. They also mentioned companion travelers clogging airports, fraud, and undesirable behavior on the part of some. When I mentioned that of all the groups, retirees tend to be the most mature and responsible, they did acknowledged that is likely to be true.
I’ve discussed these concerns with the company and made the observation that so far they haven’t presented any data to support their concerns , as they appear to be anecdotal or a gut feeling. While the company said they will not entertain any discussion of changes until the new program has been implemented and the dust has settled, they have agreed to discuss this later.
I’ve also told the company that finding a way to resolve their concerns about retiree companion passes and afford retired employees the option of using either companion passes or enrolled friends is a high priority for ALPA.
I was asked why it’s such a high priority and I replied that unlike many other employee groups, virtually all United pilots will retire, and it is an important benefit we would like for ourselves.
Web List will go away when the new pass travel program is implemented and be replaced by Continental’s employeeRes.

If you haven’t checked out employeeRes, you should try it sometime. It not only shows you the available seats , but allows you to view the stand by list, and also show the standbys who have actually checked in for the flight. When you inquire about a flight’s stand by list, it will show you where you would fit, even though you’re not listed.
You can also set up a very welcome and user friendly notification system to advise you of gate information, departure delays or cancellations for any of your listed flights now or in the future.
The stand by list and notification features that I described are not yet available for United flights on employeeRes (only Continental) until the integration, next year.
employeeRes can be found on the left side of the Flying Together page under Travel Tools.
Offline Travel:
Lots of good news here. A few years ago ALPA proposed to the Pass Travel Committee the concept of purchasing and refunding all offline tickets over the internet. This would avoid the cumbersome Kubuki dance of having to purchase paper back up tickets and then have the unused tickets mailed in or taken in for refunds. At our request, the company began looking at this concept about 18 months ago.
Concurrently, other airlines began looking at this idea as well. As a result, the airline community has decided that beginning March 31^st, all airlines will abandon the use of paper tickets – even for ZED travel.
Some airlines have already migrated over to e-ticketing for offline travel, such as British, Jet Blue, Hawaiian and Frontier. Every other airline will follow by the end of March.
United would like to have this internet capability in house or in conjunction with other airlines. But with our limited IT capabilities due to the merger, UA will probably sign on with a third-party vendor to provide this service as other airlines have done – at least for the foreseeable future. So the next time you need a back up ticket, it can be as quick and easy as a few taps on your phone.
The third party vendors charge a per-ticket fee for purchasing ($3-5) and for refunds. But with the widespread use of smart phones and tablets, it often will not be necessary to buy backup tickets until you actually need them. In those cases, you can go to your smart phone, list and purchase an offline ticket and then proceed to that airline’s gate. The need to refund backup tickets will drop dramatically.
ZED fares: Some good and some not so good news.
The good news. Virtually all of Continental’s interline agreements are ZED, as opposed to ID agreements. All of their ZED agreements will most likely become our agreements as well sometime next year. As a result we will acquire a few new airlines to travel on.
The bad news: The ZED fares increased 15-16% on October 1^st. This is clearly an unacceptable jump.
But I’m hopeful for some relief down the road. United will have a representative on the ZED fare committee who can have some influence over how these fares are computed. The fares are currently calculated as a percentage of an average fare for each distance category. That revenue fare is calculated by market forces – normally supply and demand, or whatever the market can bear.
There is no reason why our employees’ and retirees’ interline benefits need to be based on whatever the market can bear for revenue customers. After all, our ZED fares are an employee benefit, not a profit making venture.
I’m hopeful we will get support from United management on this change of focus on ZED fare calculations. I’ll keep you posted.

Sad to announce Ester Phillips Passed away

It is with a heavy heart that I must pass on to you that Esther passed away Tuesday morning after a year long battle with cancer.Cards can be sent to her husband, Mike, and daughters Alicia and Andrea (Carlos) at 18712 - 5th Pl SW, Seattle, WA 98166

The memorial for Esther will be held on Fri, 11/11/11 at 11 AM. at the Bonney-Watson Funeral Home at WA Memorial Park, 16445 International Blvd, SeaTac, WA 98118, ph #206-242-1787.

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Jane