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12.03.21 – January 2022 Vacation Buyback Re-opened

Friday, December 3, 2021 January 2022 Vacation Buyback Re-opened The Company sent out a CCI message alerting Flight Attendants of an option for Monthly Vacation Buyback on November 25th. Since the message…

12.03.21 – January 2022 LRD Now Open

Friday, December 3, 2021 January 2022 LRD Now Open The Lineholder/Reserve Designator (LRD) to preference either Lineholder or “Senior Bumping” onto Reserve is now open. If you believe your status is…

12.03.21 – Federal Mask Mandate Extended Through March 18, 2022

Friday, December 3, 2021 Federal Mask Mandate Extended Through March 18, 2022 The federal mandate requiring that masks be worn on airplanes and in airports has been extended through March…

12.02.21 – LHR Hotel Survey

Thursday, December 2, 2021 LHR Hotel Survey Survey Closes: December 29, 2021, at 1200CT The APFA National Hotel Department will accompany the AA Hotel Contracts Department on the LHR long…

12.01.21 – Union Dues Refund Notice

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 Union Dues Refund Notice We have received notification that you have retired, taken a VEOP or otherwise separated from American Airlines as of October 1, 2021.…

12.01.21 – January 2022 Bidding Timelines

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 January 2022 Bidding Timelines Please review the chart below, which provides the January Bidding Timelines: APFA Contract & Scheduling Desk Call 817-540-0108 Monday – Friday, 0700 – 1900 (CT)…

11.30.21 – November 2021 APFA Negotiations Survey Remains Open

Tuesday, November 30, 2021 November 2021 APFA Negotiations Survey Survey closes: December 10, 2021, at 1700 CT Click here to access the survey Have you had a chance to participate in…

11.30.21 – APFA Hotline – Wings Foundation: Donate This GivingTuesday/Payroll Deduction Option

Tuesday, November 30, 2021 Donate This GivingTuesday Since its founding in 2012, GivingTuesday has continued to kick off the holiday season by giving back to the community on the Tuesday after…

11.25.21 – Pausing to Reflect and Give Thanks

Thursday, November 25, 2021 Pausing to Reflect and Give Thanks Another tumultuous year is in the books. COVID-19 and work-related struggles continued into 2021, yet we have much for which to be thankful.…

11.23.21 – Reminder: November 2021 APFA Negotiations Survey

Tuesday, November 23, 2021 November 2021 APFA Negotiations Survey Survey closes: December 10, 2021, at 1700 CT Click here to access the survey Have you had a chance to participate in…

11.22.21 – Negotiations Update #7: Monday, November 22, 2021

At this session, we continued discussion on Section 22-Filling of Vacancies, Section 29-Training, and Section 38-Crew Rest. We were able to reach a Tentative Agreement (TA) on Section 22- Filling of Vacancies. Section 38- Crew Rest has been tabled as there is no more movement either side is willing to make at this point in negotiations….

11.22.21 – Celebrating Our Indigenous Communities

Monday, November 22, 2021 Celebrating Our Indigenous Communities November is Native American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate Native American contributions and the impact of tribal communities on the history of our…

11.22.21 – Twenty-Seven Years Later: A Look Back At The Successful Evacuation Of TWA Flight 427

Monday, November 22, 2021 Remembering the Successful Evacuation of TWA Flight 427 On November 22, 1994, TWA Flight 427 was scheduled from St. Louis to Denver’s Stapleton International Airport. There…

11.21.21 – APFA Contract ACTION Team Update – Sunday, November 21, 2021

Sunday, November 21, 2021 Where Are We Now Contract Survey Activists Handouts APFA Pin Bag Tag Newest Generation WHERE ARE WE NOW? The past few weeks we have been…

11.19.21 – Minutes from the 2021 APFA Fall Board of Directors Meeting

Friday, November 19, 2021 Minutes from the 2021 APFA Fall Board of Directors Meeting The 2021 APFA Fall Board of Directors Meeting was held October 19-20, 2021, at the Marriott Dallas…

11.19.21 – Lineholder Sequence Pay Protection Exception for December 2021

Friday, November 19, 2021 Lineholder Sequence Pay Protection Exception for December 2021 For the December bid month, APFA has secured pay protections for partial and full sequence COVID-19 cancellations. A list for…

11.18.21 – Updated December 2021 PBS Bid Award Summary & Mis-Award Process

Thursday, November 18, 2021 Updated December 2021 PBS Bid Award Summary & Mis-Award Process You may have noticed a change in how the PBS Summary reported out the minimum line constraints for…

11.18.21 – APFA Vice President’s Town Hall Recording

Thursday, November 18, 2021 APFA Vice President’s Town Hall Recording Yesterday, the APFA Vice President’s Department hosted a Town Hall. Topics covered included: An overview of the System Board of…

11.18.21 – Update: Holiday Peak and Perfect Attendance Payments

Thursday, November 18, 2021 Update: Holiday Peak and Perfect Attendance Payments On November 4th, 2021, APFA entered into a Letter of Agreement with American Airlines that offers additional pay incentives…

11.18.21 – December 2021 PBS Bid Award Summary & Mis-Award Process

Thursday, November 18, 2021 December 2021 PBS Bid Award Summary & Mis-Award Process December PBS Bid Award Summary click image to enlarge How to Read the Bid Award Summary How to Read…

11.18.21 – Twenty-Eight Years Later: Remembering the 1993 Flight Attendant Strike

Thursday, November 18, 2021 Twenty-Eight Years Later: Remembering the 1993 Flight Attendant Strike HNL Twenty-eight years ago, in the early hours of November 18, 1993, more than 90% of 21,000 American…

11.17.21 – Rescheduling Update

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 Rescheduling Update Recently, we have seen every part of the Scheduling and Reserve sections of the JCBA tried and tested. After the Halloween weekend, we met with…

11.16.21 – APFA Vice President’s Town Hall Tomorrow

Tuesday, November 16, 2021 The Vice President’s Office will be hosting a Virtual Town Hall which will begin tomorrow at 13:00 (CT). In this session we will: Provide an overview…

11.16.21 – Reminder: November 2021 APFA Negotiations Survey Now Open

Tuesday, November 16, 2021 November 2021 APFA Negotiations Survey Survey closes: December 10, 2021, at 1700 CT Click here to access the survey Have you had a chance to participate in…

11.15.21 – Staffing Levels Reporting Form

Monday, November 15, 2021 Staffing Levels Reporting Form The Company recently posted a revision to the Position Chart to coincide with the reduction in staffing on some of our aircraft.…

11.14.21 – Quarterly Web-Based Training Must Be Completed by Tomorrow, November 15

Sunday, November 14, 2021 Quarterly WBT Must Be Completed by Tomorrow, November 15 As a reminder, the deadline to complete the third quarter combined Flight Service and Corporate Web-Based Training (WBT)…

11.14.21 – December 2021 PBS Bidding Closes Tomorrow

Sunday, November 14, 2021 December 2021 PBS Bidding Closes Tomorrow PBS will close for bidding tomorrow, Monday, November 15 at 1200 (CST). PBS awards will be viewable in PBS on Thursday, November 18 at 1200 (CST).…

11.13.21 – PBS Bidding Tips in a Holiday Month

Saturday, November 13, 2021 PBS Bidding Tips in a Holiday Month With the holidays upon us, bidding for the holiday season may require a different bidding strategy than what is…

11.12.21 – APFA PBS Virtual Training Town Hall Recording and Slideshow

Friday, November 12, 2021 APFA PBS Virtual Training Town Hall Recording and Slideshow On Wednesday, November 10th, the APFA Contract & Scheduling Department hosted a PBS Refresher Townhall. Thank you…

11.12.21 – 20 Years Later: Remembering American Airlines Flight 587

Friday, November 12, 2021 20 Years Later: Remembering American Airlines Flight 587 On November 12, 2001, seven Flight Attendants and two Pilots were working American Airlines Flight 587 from New…