8.29.18 – (LAA/LUS) – APFA Weekly Scoop

 

 

 

DFW Picketing Event at American Airlines HDQ1
Thursday, August 30th from 07:30am until 09:30am
Full Details

– Robin Charbonneau, APFA National Communications Chair, [email protected]

LRD Tool – PBS Bases 

Beginning Monday, September 3rd, PBS-based Flight Attendants will have access to the Lineholder/Reserve Designator (LRD) tool to view your status (as Lineholder or Reserve) for the October 2018 bid month. You should view your October status in the LRD by logging into the new FA Crew Portal. (faportal.aa.com)

Note: If you bid onto Reserve out of your Regular Rotation (Senior Bump), it changes your future Reserve Rotation. A Flight Attendant who Senior Bumps and has more than three (3) vacation days in that bid month has not fulfilled their Reserve obligation. Also, if a Flight Attendant transfers to a base where her/his seniority places her/him in the Reserve duty group, she/he will be scheduled on Reserve the first full scheduling month that she/he is at the new base.

Lineholder/Reserve Designator (LRD) Tool Guide

Opens: Monday, September 3 @ Noon CT
Closes: Friday, September 7 @ Noon CT

 – Erik Harris, APFA National Contract Chair, [email protected]

 

Assignment Notification Prior to the Start of a RAP

In the event you electronically acknowledge your assignment prior to the start of your RAP, you have 2 hours (3 hours co-terminal) to arrive at the airport from the start of your RAP regardless of the report time of the sequence.

For example, your RAP starts at 1200, at 1100 you acknowledged a domestic sequence that was placed on your schedule with a report of 1315/departure of 1415. Since your RAP started at 1200, and you have 2 hours to arrive at the airport, you would need to be at the airport at 1400.

JCBA 12.G.3. (pg 12-8) – Flight Attendants may be assigned sequences or Standby shifts that report within a RAP prior to the start of the RAP.  At the commencement of a RAP, Flight Attendants are responsible for reviewing and acknowledging all assignments through the automated system.

Note: A Flight Attendant is never obligated to answer her/his phone or electronically acknowledge an assignment prior to the beginning of a RAP.

– Becky Lydecker, APFA National Scheduling Chair, [email protected]

 

Reserve – Illegal Modified RAP Assignment

Q: Can I contact Crew Schedule to be removed from an illegal modified RAP assignment?
A: Yes, if you did not have a future bid for a RAP in ROTA, yet you are assigned a modified RAP based off of you standing bid, you can call for a removal.

– Joint Scheduling Implementation Committee (JSIC), [email protected]

 

Available year-round, 24/7, from anywhere in the U.S., Doctor on Demand connects you to board-certified physicians within minutes using the camera on your smartphone, tablet or computer.

Team members and eligible dependents can download the free Doctor on Demand app from the App Store or Google Play, or text American to 68398. U.S.-based, board-certified physicians can diagnose and treat many common conditions and write prescriptions when needed.

Team members, spouses and dependents enrolled in the Standard, Value or PPO 80/90/100 medical options will pay a $20 copay for a visit; those in the Core option will pay the full cost until the deductible has been met, then 20 percent coinsurance.

– Michael Tipton, APFA National Health Chair, [email protected]

Getting Workers’ Compensation Prescriptions Filled

Helios has been chosen to manage your workers’ compensation pharmacy benefits. You will find your Tmesys First Fill Card either in the back of your IOD pamphlet or downloadable and printable from Jetnet. This temporary card will allow to receive your injury-related prescriptions at your local pharmacy.

Simply present this Tmesys First Fill Card to the pharmacy. You should not incur any costs or co-payments at the pharmacy for your prescriptions for work-related injury. You will receive an actual Tmesys card in the mail once your claim has been reported to Sedgwick. Most major pharmacies are included in network. To find a network pharmacy call 866-588-5426 or visit www.tmesys.com.

– Bellia Peckson, APFA National IOD Chair, [email protected]
– Gabe Bierbach, PHL Health & IOD Rep., [email protected]

Hotel Department Page

We are currently updating the Hotel Department Page to include all new/updated hotel & transportation changes. Please bear with us and continue to check the page for the latest news!

Did you know we have sections titled  “Hotel News You Can Use”, System-wide Hotel List with Amenities, Temporary Layover Hotel Relocations, as well as, Monthly Allocations?

We encourage you to visit our hotel page and thank you for your patience while we continue to refresh and update it.

– Julia Simpson, APFA National Hotel Chair [email protected]