5.15.19 – Weekly Scoop

Personal Resuscitation Masks

Personal Resuscitation Masks are issued to each Flight Attendant and are required equipment when reporting for duty, even though they are provisioned onboard each aircraft as part of the emergency equipment.

Under the JCBA Section 34.U., if you use your mask as part of an emergency while on duty – or its replacement is necessary due to normal wear & tear, it shall be replaced at no cost to the Flight Attendant.

– Jeffrey Ewing, APFA National Safety & Security Chair, [email protected]

You can bid in UBL for red flag sequences

If there is an open speaker or purser position on a trip you’re currently working and UBL will not allow a position move up since it’s a red flag trip, call Crew Scheduling. They’ll unset the red flag indicator and run you back through the UBL to award you the speaker or purser position. If more than one flight attendant follows this procedure for the same sequence/position, it’ll be awarded in seniority order. This only applies for sequences with a departure with more than 2 hours out or 3 hours for co-terminals; otherwise it’s assigned to a reserve.

Renee Mayer, JCBA Specialist

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

As of today, there have been 5,017 Flight Attendants who have filed uniform reaction reports.

Please continue to utilize the Uniform Reaction Report Form on the APFA website if you experience a suspected reaction to your uniform.