11.03.24 – APFA MIA Base Brief – December 2024 Staffing and Allocations

December 2024 MIA Staffing and Allocations

Sunday, November 3, 2024

All,

Bid Sheet and Staffing

The Contractual Month of December is December 2^nd – December 31^st. There are two schedule changes in December, on the 5^th and the 19^th. The schedule change on the 19^th begins the holiday peak season.

PBS Preliminary Manning Plan – December 2024

The available headcount for December is 3450. This is an increase of 66 heads YOY, but down 13 from November. The line average will be 79.2 hours at PBS opening.

Reserve Projections

We are projected to have 705 Reserves for December, which represents 20.4% of the base. Our Reserve numbers are 5.2% higher than November, but 2.6% lower than December 2023. December typically has an increase, but it is less significant than last year. Hopefully this is trend that will continue.

The reserve seniority for November at the start of PBS was November 3, 2022. December reserve seniority begins at March 24, 2022.

Flying Summary

EZE will operate two daily flights, one on the 777-200 and one on the 787-8. GIG will operate two trips, one with a 36-hour layover and one with a 60-hour layover, both on the 777-200. GRU will operate two daily flights with a Rocket and a 38-hour layover, both on the 777-300. LHR will operate two daily flights on the 777-300. BCN will operate daily on the 777-200, and MAD operates on the 777-200. MVD operates on the 787-8 and goes to daily beginning December 19^th. CDG is back beginning on December 19^th on the 787-8.

For NIPD, a CUN turn around will operate for the second half of the month on the 777-200.

For domestic, an LAX 777-300 turn and a LAS 787-8 turn will begin flying on December 19^th. A PHL one/one with a 29-hour layover beginning December 20^th on the 787-8. There are JFK turns on the 787-8 and DFW turns on the 777-200.

IPD Flying

• LHR-777-300 Daily (2)
• BCN-777-200 Daily
• MAD-777-200 Daily
• EZE-787-8 Daily
• EZE-777-200 Daily
• GRU-777-300, 38-hour layover
• GRU-777-300, Rocket
• GIG-777-200 Daily, 36-hour layover
• GIG-777-200, 3X weekly, 60-hour layover
• MVD-787-8
• CDG-787-8

Wide-body NIPD

• CUN-777-200, turn 2^nd half of the month

Wide-body Domestic

• PHL-787-8, one/one beginning December 20^th
• JFK-787-8, turn
• LAS-787-8 turn, turn beginning on the 19^th
• DFW-777-200, turn
• LAX-777-300, turn beginning on the 19^th

ODANs

• MCO, ATL, TPA, JAX, MSY

Turns

• PAP, HAV, SJU, MEX, SDQ, CUN, PUJ, STT, GND, SVD, ANU, POS, SKB, FDF, NAS, STI, PTY, UVF, CLO, SXM, CTG, CUR, SJO, AUA, LIR, XPL, GUA, SCU, PEI, BON, CMW, DCA, ATL, EWR, BNA, MSY, CLT, PHX, DEN, AUS, IND, JAX, LAS

Block Hours

• MIA: 190,792
• ATL: 1,954
• FLL: 6,031
• MCO: 2,560
• PBI: 4,162

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New RAP Times and Standby Assignments
RAP D Changes (12.G)

RAP D will now be from 1400-0200 HBT for all bases (12.G.1).

• The red shows the changes to RAP start times starting with the October 7th ROTA run, compared to the previous months’ times:

• Until electronic notification is implemented, a RAP D Flight Attendant will need to call Crew Scheduling once all departures are airborne and there are no known diversions or returning flights, to be released. Once a Flight Attendant has been released, they are no longer subject to Reserve processing for the remainder of their RAP.
• RAP A can start as early as 0000 HBT (12.G.1). Due to current company FOS/DECS limitations, RAP A will read in DECS/Crew Portal as an 0001 start (12.G.2).

RAP Start Times Included in Bid Packet Cover Sheet (10.C.2.a)

Beginning with the November 2024 bid month, updated RAP start times are published in the bid packet cover sheet. RAP times may vary from contract month to contract month (12.G.2).

At the start of your RAP, you are responsible to check your schedule and acknowledge an award/assignment given before your RAP starts.

Exception: RAP A is not required to check their schedule before their RAP starts. Scheduling will always call RAP A reserves, regardless of if the award/assignment was given before or during the RAP.

Scheduling is required to call when giving an award/assignment during any RAP.

*Crew Scheduling should not call you before your RAP begins; however, the Contract does not prohibit them from doing so. If they call you before your RAP begins, you are not required to answer or return the call. If you are on RAP A and are assigned a trip before the RAP begins, you must contact Crew Schedule to notify them that you have confirmed and do not want to be called. Otherwise, you will receive a phone call that might be in the middle of the night.

Standby Information Included in Bid Packet Cover Sheet (10.C.2.j)

Beginning with the November 2024 bid month, Standby shifts, including start time, length, and location are published in the bid packet cover sheet.

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Pay for CQ
Crew Comp is changing the value of the “hours” to reflect the new Contractual pay for CQ. So, you will see no change to the number of hours, but the actual pay will be reflective of the $450.

The Crew Comp team through their implementation work has adjusted their systems/automation to now capture one unit as $50 as opposed to the prior $25. This means that the same six units is worth $300 or $50 a unit for the classroom, and the three units for the WBT credit is worth $150.

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Charters
With the implementation of new CBA language, some charters require a two-hour sign-in prior to departure. You will receive an additional 1.15 hours of pay.

The extra pay will not appear until Crew Comp makes the adjustment at close-out, usually by the 9^th of the next month.

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We have continued to see a large uptick of questions regarding delays and “footprint” of a trip. A Reschedule is defined as a deviation from your scheduled legs in a sequence. A simple delay of flights that are in your scheduled sequence are not a Reschedule.

The language that addresses rescheduling within the footprint of your trip does not apply to normal delays.

If you are on a two-day trip and one of your legs on day two cancels, then the reschedule within the footprint is applicable. Keep in mind that you may be in a station with few flights or available replacements, so Crew Schedule may not be able to get you back within the footprint of the trip.

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More Than a Three (3) Hour Delay (After Report)
Section 10.J.8. “When a flight departure is delayed for more than three (3) hours, the Flight Attendant who is scheduled for such flight shall not be required to stand by and shall be relieved of duty at her/his request, provided that other Flight Attendants are available to replace her/him without increasing the delay. A Flight Attendant desiring to be released shall remain on duty until the relief Flight Attendant reports for duty. A Flight Attendant exercising this option shall forfeit any pay and credit that may be accumulated under any other Paragraph in Section 10.”

This provision applies at sequence origination only, not mid-sequence. You are not entitled to Call Out pay or pay protection, but you will receive the Duty Rig from report to release. Section 11.D.5. states, “A Flight Attendant shall receive a minimum of one (1) hour of pay and credit for every two (2) hours of actual on-duty time prorated on a minute-by-minute basis of actual on-duty time.”

Example: You are delayed for more than three hours and choose to be removed from your sequence. You reported at 1000 and are relieved and released at 1400. Your four hours on duty would generate two hours of pay. Once released, contact Crew Scheduling to ensure your release time is added so pay for the duty day can be added. If the pay is not generated by closeout, submit a Direct Connect.

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New Collective Bargaining Agreement

Please tune in to the documents folder in Comply 365 and APFA hotlines to stay on top of the status of implementation items and links to pertinent information. The Contract has items being implemented each month.

Ensure your email address is updated on APFA.org to receive timely updates and base briefs.

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From the Professional Standards Desk

Professional Standards rep Anna Woods may be reached on 954.554.1199 for November.

Please use Professional Standards for issues you are unable to resolve on the airplane. Keep it out of the office.

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From the WINGS Foundation: Recycling Update

Have our recycling procedures changed?

To be clear- recycling procedures have not changed. It is still standard service procedure to recycle aluminum cans and Wings Foundation is not advocating for Flight Attendants to stop recycling. Please continue to recycle for the benefit of the environment and trash management onboard the aircraft.
Safe Travels!

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Contacting Management for Company Systems and Policy Questions

If you have questions about PBS, TTS, or any other company systems or policies, please direct your inquiries to MIA Inflight via email or phone at 786-591-2900. Your crew managers are responsible for assisting you.

Management, including your crew managers, should be available to answer Flight Attendant questions about all aspects of our jobs rather than focus on micromanaging and disciplining Flight Attendants with insignificant issues. When management closed the Flight Attendant Bidding and Resource Center, they assured Flight Attendants that help would be available. Please reach out if you need assistance with your bids or any other company policy questions or issues. If you do not receive the help you need, please contact your APFA base leadership.

In Solidarity,

Randy Trautman
APFA MIA Base President
[email protected]

Heidi Morgan
APFA MIA Base Vice President
[email protected]