7.16.24 – APFA DFW Base Brief – August 2024 Staffing and Allocations

August 2024 Staffing and Allocations

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Manning Information:

Important Timelines:

Schedule Highlights:

Key Dates:

• Schedule Change: Tuesday, August 06
• Labor Day: Monday, September 02
• Contractual Month: Thursday, August 01 through Friday, August 30.
  • August is a 30-day contractual month.

Special Events:

• 26 Charters Systemwide.
• Penn State Student Movement (SCE): Increased capacity to/from PHL. 16AUG-25AUG.
• Epic Conference (MSN): Added capacity to/from CLT, DFW, ORD, & PHL. One off flights added to/from AUS & BOS. 18AUG—21AUG.
• Burning Man Music Festival (RNO): One-off flights added to/from LAX. 23AUG-03SEP.
• NCAA Football: University of Miami @ University of Florida (GNV): Added capacity to/from MIA. 30AUG—01SEP.
• NCAA Football: LSU @ USC (LAS): One-off flights added to/from MSY & LAS. 30AUG—01SEP.
• NCAA Football: Norte Dame at Texas A&M (CLL): One-off flights added to/from DCA. 30AUG—01SEP.

Bank Structure:

• DFW will operate nine (9) banks in August with Bank nine (B9) cancellations on Saturday.
• Labor Day Holiday Bank Structure:
  • Tuesday, 27AUG: B1 & B9 cancels.
  • Wednesday, 28AUG: B9 cancels.
  • Saturday, 31AUG: B8 & B9 cancels.
  • Sunday, 01SEP: B1 cancels.
  • Tuesday, 03SEP: B9 cancels.

Allocations Information: August will start the drawdown of the peak summer schedule after the schedule change on August 06. Block hours are down 3.8% from July (-15,099 hrs.), and line averages have decreased by 2.5 hours monthly. Flying patterns and frequencies will be disrupted during the Labor Day holiday period.

Operational fluctuations will impact the last week of August and continue into the first week of September. DFW will experience narrow body cuts and bank cancellations on 08/27, 08/28, 08/31, 09/01 and 09/03.

Trip construction is similar to July, with improvements in high-time turns and reduced sit/connect times. Domestic layovers of 24 hours and longer increased for August, while redeye pairings decreased by 1.7%. Pairings working one to two legs per day are 80.3% of all pairings, while trips working three to four legs per day are 19.7%.

When a trip has a four-leg day, we request that FAs stay on the same aircraft to reduce their duty day. Base leadership asked for improvements in trip durations, increasing two-day trips and decreasing three-day pairings. We also requested programming adjustments to incorporate a pattern of AM reports followed by AM returns and, vice versa, PM reports followed by PM returns for some pairings. Many trips now have FAs signing in early on the first day and returning late on the second or third day. Flexibility is a critical factor in trip construction, giving the ability to manipulate schedules to meet FAs’ busy lives.

DFW received 403,277 block hours, a decrease of 15,099 hours from July. The STL satellite has 4,420 hours, whereas the AUS satellite will have 1,586 hours for August.

3FA and 4FA Sequence Durations: 

• 1-Day: 32.0%
• 2-Day: 28.4%
• 3-Day: 35.4%
• 4-Day: 4.3%

3FA and 4FA Overnight Rest Distribution: 

• Overnight Rest 11-12 hrs: 5.9%
• Overnight Rest 12-14 hrs: 28.0%
• Overnight Rest 14-16 hrs: 22.8%
• Overnight Rest 16-24 hrs: 33.2%
• Overnight Rest 24-34 hrs: 9.9%

3FA & 4FA Productivity: 

• Credit Hours per Calendar Day: 5:00 hrs.
• Schedule Block Hours per Calendar Day: 4:29 hrs.
• Credit Hours per Duty Period: 5.33 hrs.

3FA & 4FA Sit Times: 

• 2 Hours: 17.4%
• 2.5 Hours: 8.6%
• 3 Hours: 2.3%

3FA & 4FA Leg Distribution: 

• 1-Leg: 32.7%
• 2-Leg: 47.6%
• 3-Leg: 18.9%
• 4-Legs: 0.8%

3FA & 4FA Duty Distribution: 
Duty length is calculated including sign-in and release time.

• 3 hours or less of duty: 2..8%
• 3 to 4 hours of duty: 7.8%
• 4 to 5 hours of duty: 15.0%
• 5 to 6 hours of duty: 6.5%
• 6 to 7 hours of duty: 5.0%
• 7 to 8 hours of duty: 11.4%
• 8 to 9 hours of duty: 15.4%
• 9 to 10 hours of duty: 12.5%
• 10 to 11 hours of duty: 10.5%
• 11 to 12 hours of duty: 11.4%
• Greater than 12 hours: 1.7%

3FA & 4FA Block Distribution: 

• 3 hours or less: 16.0%
• 3 to 4 hours: 19.0%
• 4 to 5 hours: 13.4%
• 5 to 6 hours: 18.1%
• 6 to 7 hours: 17.1%
• 7 to 8 hours: 12.3%
• 8 to 9 hours: 3.8%
• 9 hours or greater: 0.3%

DFW Combined Operation Percentage of Sequences:
All equipment all positions.

• 1-Day: 27.0%
• 2-Day: 24.0%
• 3-Day: 45.0%
• 4-Day: 4.0%

Designated email for Allocations and Manning questions and concerns:
[email protected]

Continue to wear your red WAR pin, red lanyard, and bag tags until we secure the contract we’ve earned.
In Solidarity,

Amber De Roxtra
DFW Base President 
[email protected]
(682) 422-7179

Amy Green
DFW Base Vice President 
[email protected] 
(972) 696-9766