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9.25.18 – (LAA/LUS) – Forty Years Later: Remembering PSA Flight 182

Forty Years Later: Remembering PSA Flight 182 On September 25, 1978, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 departed Sacramento for San Diego via Los Angeles. The flight from Sacramento to Los…

9.25.18 – (LAA/LUS) – DFW Base Vice President Ballot

ATTENTION ALL DFW BASED FLIGHT ATTENDANTS: Flight Attendants based at DFW, should have already received their ballot in the mail for DFW Base Vice President. All ballots must be…

9.25.18 – (LAA/LUS) – Call to Action – FAA Reauthorization Bill of 2018

Call to Action The House is expected to vote on the FAA Reauthorization Bill of 2018, late Wednesday or Thursday, with the Senate expected to vote the…

9.23.18 – (LAA/LUS) – Target Credit Range Errors for the October 2018 JCBA PBS Bid Award

Target Credit Range Errors for the October 2018 JCBA PBS Bid Award With the first run of the new PBS, there have been issues with the Target Credit Range (TCR) in…

9.22.18 – (LAA/LUS) – ORD Reserve Shortage – Priority of Assignment (POTA)

ORD Reserve Shortage – Priority of Assignment (POTA) Currently, ORD is running with little to no Reserve coverage. APFA has been notified that Crew Schedule is following the Priority of Trip Assignment…

9.21.18 – (LAA/LUS) – Action Alert: The FAA Reauthorization Bill is on the Move!

Action Alert: The FAA Reauthorization Bill is on the Move! The FAA Reauthorization bill is on the move. The current bill is set to expire on September 30, 2018. We…

9.21.18 – (LAA/LUS) – Trip Trade System (TTS) – PBS Bases

Trip Trade System (TTS) – PBS Bases TTS is a new system that replaces ISAP to pick up, drop, and trade sequences post PBS awards. While some of the “behind the…

9.20.18 – (LAA/LUS) – APFA Live Phone Bank Support Center Opens Tomorrow

APFA Live Phone Bank Support Center Opens Tomorrow PBS and Non-PBS Bases As a reminder, the APFA Live Phone Bank Support Center will be open: 0900-2400 (CT) Friday, September 21st…

9.20.18 – (LAA/LUS) – Recognizing the Heroes of USAir Flight 5050

Recognizing the Heroes of USAir Flight 5050 Today we honor and recognize the Flight Attendants of USAir Flight 5050. On September 20, 1989, Flight 5050 from LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte,…

9.20.18 – (LAA/LUS) – ROTA Error in LAX

ROTA Error in LAX At 1941 CDT, September 19, 2018, the company notified APFA that ROTA did not process open sequences for LAX, and only awarded and assigned Standby…

9.19.18 – (LAA/LUS) – Weekly Scoop – HIGH ALERT – Nation-Wide Picketing Event, Negotiating Committee, Remember November, Hurricane Florence, CIRT, Aviation Safety InfoShare, Vote, Mock Bidding

High Alert #2: Save the Date! November 18 is the day to “Remember.” Dust off your walking shoes for a Nation-Wide event. Calling all activists. Hello from the Negotiating…

9.19.18 – (LUS) – October 2018 JCBA PBS Bid Award Summary

October 2018 JCBA PBS Bid Award Summary Vacation Extension (VEX) Requests for November 2018 PBS Bases • Opens – September 19 @ 00:01 MST • Closes – September…

9.18.18 – (LAA/LUS) – PBS – Default Bid

PBS – Default Bid For bidding in both mock and live production of PBS, a default bid is built into the system for those Flight Attendants who do not submit…

9.18.18 – (LAA/LUS) – Reason Report Descriptions

Reason Report Descriptions When researching your award, it is important to check the Reasons Report to understand why a pairing, preference or day off you bid for was…

9.15.18 – (LAA/LUS) – Tropical Storm Florence Update

Tropical Storm Florence Update Wings Foundation Disaster Relief Tropical Storm Florence is located about 45 miles south-southwest of Florence, North Carolina, as of Saturday evening. It will…

9.15.18 – (LAA/LUS) – Tropical Storm Florence

Tropical Storm Florence Destination/Expected operational impact: CLT -9/14: 19 mainline flights canceled, 68 regional departures canceled -9/15: 62 regional departures canceled -9/16: 5 regional departures canceled GSO, RIC, GSP,…

9.14.18 – (LAA/LUS) – Bidding Reserve in PBS

Bidding Reserve in PBS For bidding reserve days off, start by clicking on the Reserve Tab on the navigation bar. The large calendar on the left side will…

9.13.18 – (LAA/LUS) – Willingness-to-Serve for CLT Base Vice President Election

Willingness-to-Serve for CLT Base Vice President Election The National Ballot Committee (NBC) retrieved the Willingness-To-Serve (WTS) forms today for the position of CLT Base Vice President. There…

9.12.18 – (LAA/LUS) – The Weekly Scoop

(Brian Parker, Strategic Action Committee Coordinator, TWU, Robin Charbonneau, APFA and Mark York, Secretary/Treasurer Dallas AFL-CIO , Central Labor Council) Proud to Walk “I was proud to be at DFW…

9.12.18 – (LAA/LUS) – Hurricane Florence

American is closely monitoring Hurricane Florence, which is impacting several communities they serve this week, including Charlotte. Our thoughts are with those who are in the path of this potentially…

9.11.18 – (LAA/LUS) – Pay Protection Procedures for Hurricane Florence

PAY PROTECTION PROCEDURES For normal operations and especially in major storms and disruptions, it is always beneficial for Flight Attendants to know their contractual language for pay protections. With a…

9.11.18 – (LAA/LUS) – We Will Never Forget – A Letter from the National President, Lori Bassani

Dear APFA Members, Today, I had the privilege to join our LGA VP, along with Union leaders of AFA, APA and ALPA. We paid our respects at…

9.10.18 – (LAA/LUS) – September 11th – We Will Never Forget

Tomorrow marks the seventeenth anniversary of the tragic 9/11 attacks that changed our lives and history forever. Twenty-five Flight Attendants and eight Pilots were killed on that dark day.…

9.10.18 – (LAA/LUS) – Willingness-to-Serve for SLT Base President and Vice President

Willingness-to-Serve for SLT Base President and Vice President The National Ballot Committee (NBC) has posted the Willingness-to-Serve (WTS) for the position of Base President and Vice President for SLT on…

9.08.18 – (LAA/LUS) – 9/11 Memorial Events

9/11 Memorial Events September 11, 2018 marks the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Here are just a few of the many 9/11 memorial events happening across the…

9.03.18 – (LAA/LUS) – TBS & LRD Tool Open/Acronyms Defined/PBS Standing Bid/New PBS Bidding Timelines

TBS Open for October Bid Month – LUS LRD Tool Open for October Bid Month – LUS Acronyms Defined PBS Standing Bid – LUS New PBS Bidding Timelines …

9.03.18 – (LAA/LUS) – A Labor Day Message

On September 5, 1882, 10,000 workers took unpaid time off to march in a parade from City Hall to Union Square in New York City as a tribute to American…

9.01.18 – (LAA) – JSIC Update – Mock Bidding is Here, Mock Bidding is Here, Mock Bidding is Here

Mock Bidding is Here, Mock Bidding is Here, Mock Bidding is Here – LAA Starting in September, all non-PBS bases will begin mock bidding (except DFW and MIA, which will…

9.01.18 – (LUS) – JSIC Update – TBS, LRD, & JCBA PBS

JSIC Update – TBS, LRD, & JCBA PBS – LUSWith Flight Attendant Operational Integration (FOI) around the corner, LUS Flight Attendants will begin a new chapter in monthly…

9.01.18 – (LAA/LUS) – Press Release – The Association of Professional Flight Attendants Endorses Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Beto O’Rourke of Texas for Senate

Saturday, September 1, 2018 For Immediate Release Media Contacts: Allie Malis – [email protected] Peter Goelz – [email protected] The Association of Professional Flight Attendants Endorses Claire McCaskill of Missouri and…