Q: Will Paula (AFA Senior Staff Negotiator) have to split her time with HA and have less availability to meet with our Negotiating Committee and AS and perhaps fewer meetings to negotiate for us if this TA does not pass, thereby extending how long our reaching TA2 would take?
AFA has several staff negotiators. Paula Mastrangelo did the last HA CBA negotiations and has traditionally assisted with the AS AFA negotiations. HA’s early opener provision triggers in late fall of this year and they could possibly be back in Section 6 negotiations at that time. It has not been determined if Paula would be assisting with those negotiations, or if they would be held in abeyance pending JCBA negotiations. AFA would ensure that the TA2 or JCBA negotiations would have adequate staff assistance.