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7.24.09 – (LAA) – Show OUR UNITY, Furlough Mitigation Options, Email Your Senators Today, Retirement Seminar at DFW

APFA weekly HotLine update for Friday, July 24, 2009. QUICK ALERTS Show our Unity! Wear only your APFA Pin and Wings! One week remains for Furlough Mitigation options. Get the…

7.17.09 – (LAA) – Show OUR UNITY, Manual Up-to-Date, Proffers of Furlough Mitigation Option, Email Your Senators, Retirement Seminars at DFW

APFA weekly HotLine update for Friday, July 17, 2009. QUICK ALERTS Show our Unity! Wear only your Pins and Wings! Manual up-to-date? FAA expected in NYC area (LGA, EWR, JFK)…

7.10.09 – (LAA) – Pins and Wings Campaign, Proffers for Furlough Mitigation, Airline Deregulation, Retirement Seminars at DFW

APFA weekly HotLine update for Friday, July 10. QUICK ALERTS Pins and Wings campaign is in full swing! Management is watching. Are you in compliance? Proffers for Furlough Mitigation options…

7.03.09 – (LAA) – Pins and Wings Campaign, Proffers for Overage Leaves, Modified Partnership Flying, New Membership Quick Poll, Retirement Seminars in DFW, Unfounded Rumors

This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator with the APFA weekly HotLine update for Friday, July 3. QUICK ALERTS Pins and Wings campaign is in full swing! Participate and spread…

6.25.09 – (LAA) – Proffers for Overage Leaves and Modified Partnership Flying, Pins and Wings Campaign, STL Membership Outreach Meeting, Onboard Retail Sales, Retirement Seminars

APFA weekly HotLine update for Thursday, June 25, 2009. QUICK ALERTS — Proffers for Overage Leaves and Modified Partnership Flying (Part Time) opens June 25. Many new Overage Leave options…

6.19.09 – (LAA) STL Membership Outreach Meeting Place Change, Pins and Wings Campaign, NEGOTIATE IT Onboard Sales, American Increases Order for 737 Aircraft

APFA weekly HotLine update for Friday, June 19 QUICK ALERTS STL Membership Outreach Meeting place has changed. Read below for new location. Pins and Wings campaign is in full swing!…

6.15.09 – (LAA) – APFA Issues Statement Regarding Onboard Sales Programs

APFA issues statement regarding Onboard Sales programs Dear APFA member, On Friday, American issued a special briefing on the “Order Onboard with SkyMall” program. Under the program, Flight Attendants may…

6.12.09 – (LAA) – Onboard Retail Sales Without a Contract, Onboard Sales Membership Poll

Untitled DocumentThis is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Weekly HotLine update for Friday, June 12, 2009. Onboard Retail Sales without a contract! How many do YOU…

6.11.09 – (LAA) – AA Outlines Further Capacity Cuts

This is APFA President Laura Glading with a Special HotLine update for June 11, 2009. In an address to Wall Street financiers today, June 11, AMR Chairman and CEO Gerard…

6.05.09 – Membership Outreach Meetings Begin, Onboard Sales, Quarterly Executive Committee Meeting, Southwest Pilots Reject Tentative Agreement, Air France 447, Memorial Plaque,

This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Weekly HotLine update for Friday, June 5, 2009. The Leave of Absence (PLOA) proffer for July/August/September closes June 10 (10:00…

5.29.09 – (LAA) – Mediation Concluded, Membership Outreach Meetings, Negotiations Update, Travel Safety, FAA Alert, FAA Certficiation Card, Mexico Service Reductions Update, International Crew Clearance

This is APFA President Laura Glading with a Special Update for Saturday, May 30. Mediation concluded in Washington D.C. last night and, although we were able to sign off on…

5.22.09 – (LAA) – Southwest Airlines FAs Vote in Favor of Contract, Membership Outreach Meetings, Negotiations Update, Annual AMR Shareholders Meeting, Mexico Service Reductions Update, International Crew Clearance, WINGS Golf Tournament

APFA WEEKLY HOTLINE UPDATE FOR FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2009 INDUSTRY NEWS Southwest Airlines Flight Attendants voted 89% in favor of the contract which provides annual pay raises of up to…

5.15.09 – (LAA) – Negotiations Update, Save the Date, Federal Mediation Means, Reps in Ops at JFK, Mexico Service Reductions Update, International Crew Clearance, Baggage Fees Adding Up, Golf Tournament Benefiting the WINGS Foundation

APFA weekly HotLine update for Friday, May 15, 2009. NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE Earlier this week, on Tuesday, May 12, your APFA Negotiating Team resumed talks with the company in Dallas under…

5.08.09 – (LAA) – Mexico Schedule Reduction, Negotiations Update, Negotiating Team on the Road, Reconfigured 757, Phone Tree Updates, NY Retirement Seminars, WINGS Golf Tournament

APFA weekly HotLine update for Friday, May 8, 2009. Watch our new YouTube video: “The Ins and Outs of Airline Federal Mediation” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZoL5LQAQMI MEXICO SCHEDULE REDUCTION Responding to reduced passenger…

5.01.09 – (LAA) – Swine Flu Outbreak, Phone Tree Updates, Negotiations Update, NY Retirement Seminars, Domestic Mutual Training Reminder, APFA Members Speak Out in APFA’s YouTube Videos, WINGS Golf Tournament

SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM APFA PRESIDENT LAURA GLADING This is APFA President Laura Glading and today is May 1, 2009. One year has passed since we began bargaining with American Airlines…

4.28.09 – (LAA) – Swine Flu Outbreaks

An important HotLine update for April 28, 2009, from the APFA Health, Safety/Security and Hotel Coordinators: As you know, news headlines continue to be dominated by reports on the outbreak…

4.24.09 – (LAA) – Airlines Quarterly Earnings, Negotiations Update, Domestic Mutual Transfer Reminder, Safety Manual Alert from the Safety and Security Department, APFA Membes Speak Out on YouTube

APFA weekly HotLine update for Friday, April 24, 2009. Please note that APFA InfoReps are actively making phone calls to all members to update the APFA Phone Tree data and…

4.17.09 – (LAA) – Airline Quarterly Earnings, Executive Bonuses,

APFA weekly HotLine update for Friday, April 17, 2009. See our new YouTube video! Share it with your coworkers, friends and family. Add your comments and ask them to add…

4.09.09 – (LAA) – Negotiations Update, FA Union Coalition, Executive Bonuses, WINGS Golf Tournament, Spring 2009 Skyword, ORD Retirment Seminar

This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA weekly HotLine update for Thursday, April 9, 2009. NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE Your APFA Negotiating Team continues its drive to make May…

4.03.09 – (LAA) – Negotiations Update, Furloughs, Executive Bonuses, LHR Crew Clearance, Silent Observer Agreement, ORD Retirement Seminar, WINGS Golf Tournament, Phone Tree Information, PVD Overpayment Adjustments, American Eagle Employment, Scheduling Q

This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA weekly HotLine update for Friday, April 3, 2009. NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE Your APFA Team and the Company’s negotiators met under mediation…

4.01.09 – (LAA) – Special Announcement from the APFA National Officers

A special announcement from the APFA National Officers Today, April 1, marks a day of some significant changes in our Organization. First, our list of furloughed APFA members increases by…

3.27.09 – (LAA) Negotiators Take Their Message to the Membership, 2008 PVD Overpayment Adjustments, Voluntary Travel Seperation Program Deadline, WINGS Golf Tournament, Phone Tree Information, American Eagle Employment, Scheduling Quick Quizzes, Dues Whil

This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA weekly HotLine update for Friday, March 27, 2009. APFA NEGOTIATORS TAKE THEIR MESSAGE TO THE MEMBERSHIP Members of APFA’s Negotiating…

3.12.09 – (LAA) – SABRE Personal Mode Activity

Special APFA Alert on SABRE Personal Mode Activity Over the past few months the company has received a number of complaints from Flight Attendants that indicated there may be…

3.20.09 – (LAA) – Negotiators Visit Base Ops Areas, Negotiations Update, APFA Leadership Meets with British Airways Union Counterparts, Phone Tree Information, National Mediation Board Member Appointee, News for Furloughed or Soon-to-be Furloughed Members

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for Friday, March 20, 2009. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. APFA NEGOTIATORS VISIT BASE OPS AREAS Members of APFA’s Negotiating…

3.13.09 – (LAA) – Furlough, Company Announcements, Annual BOD Convention, Phone Tree Information, Negotiations Update, Scheduling Quick Quizzes, Secondary Round Vacation Bidding, Care Management Rollout, Note to Reserves with Volunteer to Fly (VTF) Assign

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for Friday, March 13, 2009. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. APRIL 1, 2009 FURLOUGH Topping APFA news this week was…

3.10.09 – (LAA) – Special Message from Laura Glading

This is APFA President Laura Glading with a Special APFA HotLine update for Tuesday, March 10. Today the company announced the results of the Overage Leave, Partnership Flying and Travel…

3.06.09 – (LAA) – Annual BOD Convention, Negotiations Update, Furlough Mitigation Options Update, Daylight Savings Time, Proffer Preference Purge Reminder, Primary Round Vacation Bidding Ends Soon, Scheduling Quick Quizzes, Care Managment Rollout, Note to

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for the week ending Friday, March 6, 2009. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. APFA ANNUAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONVENTION The…

2.27.09 – (LAA) – Deadlines Approach on Options for Mitigating Possible Furloughs, Negotiations Update, Scheduling Quick Quizzes, Elections for Base Representation, Care Management Rollout, Note to Reserves with Volunteer to Fly Assignments, Vacation Bidd

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for Friday, February 27, 2009. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. DEADLINES APPROACH ON OPTIONS FOR MITIGATING POSSIBLE FURLOUGHS On Wednesday,…

2.25.09 – (LAA) – Company Unable to Sufficiently Absorb the Expected Additioinal FA Headcount

This is a special APFA HotLine update for Wednesday, February 25. This afternoon, Lauri Curtis, American’s Vice President of Flight Service, advised in an email and HI6 message that, despite…

2.20.09 – (LAA) – Negotiations Update, Negotiating Opinion Survey, Scheduling Quick Quizzes, Balloting for Base Representation, Care Management Rollout, FA Fatigue Study Moves Forward, Note to Reserves with Volunteer to Fly Assignments, APFA Awards and Re

You have reached the APFA weekly HotLine update for Friday, February 20, 2009. This is Frank Bastien, National Communications Coordinator. NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE Members from the APFA Negotiating Team met last…