Hotlines - 2008 Archives

7.23.08 – (LAA) – Special APFA News Update

Special APFA News Update for July 23, 2008 VBR results have been announced and there has been a long-awaited decision regarding the remaining lawsuits filed over the Restructuring Participation Agreement.…

7.29.08 – (LAA) – Special APFA News Update

Special APFA News Update for July 29, 2008. APFA is pleased to announce that, based on the Overage Leave proffer results, none of our members will be furloughed effective August…

12.26.08 – (LAA) – Uniform, Leave of Absence Proffer,Base Representation Elections, A300 Qualification Drop, Last Five Days of the Month, Hotel Emenities, Personal Leaves of Absence, Family Leave, VTF, De-Icing Pay

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for December 26, 2008. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. As we near the end of the year 2008, a few…

12.19.08 – (LAA) – APFA and AA File Jointly for Federal Mediation, VTF Test, De-icing Pay, Madrid, Fatigue Survey, Remember November, Base Elections

This is APFA President Laura Glading and today is December 19. While progress has been made on minor issues toward a contract, APFA and American Airlines filed jointly today for…

12.12.08 – (LAA) – Contract Talks with American Resume, UAL Reciprocal Cabin Seat Agreement, Fatigue Survey, Base Elections

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for Friday, December 12, 2008. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. CHANGES IN WASHINGTON APFA President Laura Glading was present in…

12.05.08 – (LAA) – Base Elections, Fuel Prices, Fatigue Survey, LHR Customs Clearance

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for Friday, December 5, 2008. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. BASE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION PROCESS BEGINS The current terms of service…

11.26.08 – (LAA) – Last 5 Days of the Month, EC Meeting, Wings Foundation

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for Wednesday, November 26, 2008. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. LAST FIVE DAYS OF THE MONTH Thanksgiving Day, November 27,…

11.21.08 – (LAA) – 1993 Strike Anniversary, JetBlue Pilots Moving Towards Unionization, Health Benefits

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for November 21, 2008. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. APFA FLIGHT ATTENDANTS IN THE NEWS APFA Flight Attendants captured the…

11.18.08 – (LAA) – 1993 Strike Anniversary

Special APFA HotLine Remember November alert – 11.18.08 In honor of the 15th anniversary of the strike of November 18, 1993, there is a special video and slide show on…

11.14.08 – (LAA) – 1993 Strike Anniversary, Neogtiations Continue, Fatigue Study, Customs Searches

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for November 14, 2008. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. REMEMBRANCES We begin this week’s HotLine update with a moment of…

11.07.08 – (LAA) – National Elections, Negotiations Progress, Customs Searches

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for November 7, 2008. This is DFW based Flight Attendant Brenda McKenzie. ELECTION RESULTS News this week was dominated by the U.S.…

10.31.08 – (LAA) – Preseident’s Message, Negotiations, Justice Dpt Approves Delta and Northwest Merger, National Election Day, 1993 Strike Anniversary

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for October 31, 2008. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. PRESIDENTíS MESSAGE In a special message recorded on Thursday, October 30,…

10.30.08 – (LAA) – President Laura Glading Asks Membership for Support of Union Leaders, Negotiators, and Fellow FAs

Special Address to the Membership – 10.30.08 This is APFA President Laura Glading. Last week, October 21st through the 23rd, the APFA Board of Directors met at the Fall 2008…

10.25.08 – (LAA) – 2008 Fall BOD Convention, 2009 Health Benefits Enrollment, Contract Negotiations, EC Endorses Barack Obama for President

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for October 25, 2008. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. The Fall 2008 APFA Board Convention, the first under our new…

10.17.08 – (LAA) – AA Earnings, Continental and Southwest Report Losses, AMR Plans to Purchase 787 Dreamliner Aircrafts

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for October 17, 2008. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. We have come to that time yet again when airlines report…

10.15.08 – (LAA) – LGA Vice Chairperson Election Results

Special HotLine Update for October 15, 2008 LGA Vice Chairperson election results This is Linda Herod-Rivas, Chairperson of the APFA National Ballot Committee. The National Ballot Committee, in conjunction with…

10.10.08 – (LAA) – PAX for PAX Campaign, BOD Meeting, Wings Foundation, MOU signed for the Cabin ASAP Program

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for October 10, 2008. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. If you happened to pass through DFW, LAX, LGA or MIA…

10.08.08 – (LAA) – InfoReps Partcipating in Targeted Campaign at DFW, MIA, LGA, and LAX (Pax for Pax)

On Friday, October 10, beginning at 11 A.M. local time, APFA InfoReps will be participating in a targeted campaign at DFW, MIA, LGA and LAX. As stated during the Mobilize…

10.03.08 – (LAA) – APFA Leadership Met with APFA and TWU, Negotiations Continue, 2009 Benefits Enrollment, WINGS

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for October 3, 2008. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. On Wednesday, October 1, your APFA leadership met with officials of…

9.26.08 – (LAA) – 2009 Benefits Enrollment, APFA Endorses Barack Obama, Last Five Days of the Month, LGA Vice Chair Election, Retirment Seminars at LGA and JFK, Scheduling and Reserve Survey, Tax Payer Bailout of US Financial Industry, Wings

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for September 26, 2008. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. The talk in Washington and around the nation this week centered…

9.19.08 – (LAA) – APFA Endorses Barack Obama, Scheduling and Reserve Survey, APA Claims Breach in Scope Clause, WINGS, Gulf Coast Storms, Vacation Accrual, Language Drop Proffer Open

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for September 19, 2008. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. In a resolution passed September 15 during the second quarterly meeting…

9.12.08 – (LAA) – Negotiating Team Trades Openers with Management, Scheduling and Reserve Survey is Available, 9/11 Rememberances, IAM Call Strike Against Boeing, Excessive Cabin Heat, Lav Odor, Presidential Grievance about 757, National Elections Approac

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for September 12, 2008. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. Your APFA Negotiating Team traded openers with management on Tuesday, September…

9.05.08 – (LAA) – Scheduling and Reserve Survey Available, APFA/APA/TWU Issue Press Release Affirming Commitment to Pressure AA to Restore Lost Wagers, Debbie Maitland Roland to Lay Wreat at 9/11 Pentago Memorial Dedication, AA Seeks Permission from Fed R

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for September 5, 2008. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. The APFA Negotiating Team’s Scheduling and Reserve Survey has been available…

8.29.08 – (LAA) – Mobilize to Maximize, Scheduling and Reserve Survey, FA’s Depart who Elected the Voluntary Bridge to Retirement, Benefits Enrollment Opens, OL Begins Aug 31

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for August 29, 2008. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. As explained in the Mobilize to Maximize meetings in July, the…

8.22.08 – (LAA) – Scheduling and Reserve Hotline in Production, Negotiations Page Updated, United Airlines will Reduce Staffing,Spanair Crash

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for August 22, 2008. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. The Negotiations page of the APFA website is updated with a…

8.15.08 – (LAA) – Flight 31 Returning to LAX, Negotiations Continue, Mobilize to Maximize,AA Accelerates Fleet Renewal Plan, AA Unvails 757 with Pink Ribbon

This is the APFA weekly HotLine update for August 15, 2008. In a press release on August 13, American Airlines announced that it had “determined that oil residue heated by…

8.11.08 – (LAA) – Ballot results for ORD and JFK Vice Chair Elections

Ballot count results for ORD and JFK Vice Chair elections Today, August 11, 2008, the APFA National Ballot Committee, in conjunction with the Whitley Penn Accounting Firm, certified the results…

8.07.08 – (LAA) – Flight 31 Out of LAX Evacuation, Mobilize to Maximize, APA Submits Proposal to American Managment on Ways to Deal with Expected Jobs Overages

APFA weekly HotLine update for August 7, 2008. Flight Attendants have once again proved their mettle as safety professionals when five of our members, based at LAX-I, evacuated American Airlines…

8.05.08 – (LAA) – WTS mailed to LGA, SFO-I, Ballots for ORD and JFK Due by 8.11.08

Special notice for members in LGA, SFO-I, ORD and JFK from the APFA National Ballot Committee This is a special notice from the APFA National Ballot Committee. Today is August…

8.01.08 – (LAA) – 753 Overage Leaves Awarded, Mobilize to Maximize, Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act

APFA weekly HotLine update for August 1, 2008 As announced in a Special News Update on July 29, the recent Overage Leave proffer, along with the VBRs awarded the previous…