M&E orientation program tal(es off at 19 stations
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Ed Jeffreys, USAir management training, and Tom Carleton, operations director-
shops, will present the M&E orientation program to more than 3,400 Piedmont
and USAir employees by April 1.
Piedmont and USAir maintenance and
engineering employees are “Taking Off
Together” in a program designed to
familiarize department employees with
policies, procedures, and various other
issues.
An orientation program for this
employee group was introduced early
last month in Winston-Salem and will
have been presented to more than
3,400 maintenance and engineering
(M&E) personnel by April 1.
Tom Carleton, operations director-
shops (PIT), said that this program
was designed to give Piedmont M&E
employees “the opportunity to hear
first hand about our operational poli
cies, procedures, and benefits, and also
to address questions and concerns that
they might have.” Carleton followed up
his remarks with a video presentation,
which chronicled the growth of USAir.
Employees have received personal
invitations to the sessions from USAir
Senior Vice President-Maintenance
and Engineering Garner Miller. Also,
posters, bearing the theme, “Let’s Take
Off Together,” are displayed at M&E
facilities throughout the system.
In addition to the orientation seg
ment, the program format allows
employees to “break out” into smaller
groups. The five mini-sessions address
issues of safety, the USi*^ credit union,
employee relations, M&E administra
tion, and M&E operations.
Each session is facilitated by Pied
mont and/or USAir department
representatives. The session is supple
mented by a maintenance & engineer
ing orientation handbook.
In addition to an orientation of
USAir’s program of prevention and
preparedness, the session on safety
also acquaints the participants with
USAir’s First Responder Program.
Employees electing to take the training
learn safety procedures that are
practical and applicable at home and at
work. Topics include fire safety, CPR,
and back injury prevention.
The credit union session describes
the services available including long
term disability insurance, which is
administered by the USAir Employees
Federal Credit Union.
The department heads in the
session on maintenance & engineer
ing administration describe their role
as liaison between the maintenance &
engineering employee group and the
corporate departments. Topics
covered include policies and proce
dures for promotions and transfers.
The session on operations describes
the programs promoting USAir’s
commitment to aircraft airworthiness.
The session on employee relations
covers such topics as the 401K savings
plan, health benefits, and the em
ployee assistance program.
“Between February 6 and April 6,
we will have presented this program
134 times in 19 different Piedmont
cities,” said Ed Jeffi-eys, management
training- M&E administration (PIT).
The program has already been pre
sented in INT, GSO, CLT, ROA, and
UCA, and will have take place in the
following cities by April 1; ORF, PHL,
DCA, BWI, LGA, EWR, BOS, DAY,
RDU, ATL, TPA, MCO, JAX, and MIA
“After we have completed the
orientation programs, the video
material will be edited and incorpo
rated into an orientation program for
our training department,” Jeffreys said.
“A great deal of time, talent, and
cooperation have gone into the devel
opment and implementation of this
program, and we hope that the pro
gram will promote a positive integra
tion of two great airlines.”
At the conclusion of the mini
sessions, participants return to a
closing session during which they are
addressed by a video message from
USAir Chairman and President Ed
Colodny. In it he states: “Over 40,000
USAir and Piedmont employees will
soon be taking off together. Counting
our families, that means as many as
200,000 people are depending on how
well we do. The success of this merger
is up to all of us, but I know we can do
it. We are already one of the best and
can only get better.”
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