5.19.23 – Carryover Sequences Presidential Grievance Settlement

Carryover Sequences Presidential Grievance Settlement

Friday, May 19, 2023

APFA is pleased to announce that we have reached a settlement on the Carryover Sequences Presidential Arbitration scheduled for June. This hard-fought settlement provides pay protections that APFA has always believed Flight Attendants qualified for under the JCBA.

The settlement comes as a result of Union representatives and in-house legal counsel’s determination to ensure pay protections for qualifying changeover sequences.

Highlights of the settlement include:

• A Flight Attendant that holds and flies a carryover sequence which subsequently becomes a changeover sequence that is eligible for pay protection pursuant to Section 10.J.2.b. of the JCBA will be pay protected to the value of the original sequence’s scheduled hours at the time of assignment pursuant to Section 10.J.2.b and 1O.J.10 of the JCBA and subject to the limitations set forth in Paragraphs 4-6 of this Agreement. As an exception to the requirement to hold and fly the carryover sequence which subsequently becomes a changeover sequence, a flight attendant that holds the qualifying changeover sequence but is removed pursuant to another provision of the JCBA that requires pay protection(e.g. last sequence of the month, illegal through no fault), will be pay protected based on the value of the original carryover sequence.
• A Flight Attendant that holds a carryover sequence which subsequently becomes a changeover sequence shall not be required to accept such sequence pursuant to Section 10.J.2.b of the JCBA. If electing not to accept the changeover sequence, the Flight Attendant shall forfeit all applicable pay protection for the changeover sequence and all line guarantees associated with that release. The Flight Attendant must notify Crew Scheduling of their election to drop the changeover sequence by no later than 1100 DFW on the 15th of the calendar month for which the trip originates.
• The Company shall retroactively pay all affected Flight Attendants for any qualifying changeover sequences that would have qualified for pay protection for the period of March 2021 to the current, including the applicable premium lump sums.

To read the full settlement agreement, visit the APFA SBA webpage and scroll down to ‘Settled Presidential Grievances.’

In Solidarity,

Larry Salas
APFA National Vice President
[email protected]