Hotline Archives
12.10.21 – APFA Negotiations Survey Extended
Friday, December 10, 2021 APFA Negotiations Survey Extended Survey closes: December 17, 2021, at 1700 CT Click here to access the survey To date, approximately 8,900 Flight Attendants have participated in…
Read More12.10.21 – January 2022 PBS Bidding Now Open
Friday, December 10, 2021 January 2022 PBS Bidding Now Open PBS bidding opened today, Friday, December 10 at 1200 (CST) for January 2022 bidding. Bidding will close on Wednesday, December 15 at 1200 (CST). January 2022 PBS Awards…
Read More12.09.21 – Final Reminder: APFA Negotiations Survey Closes Tomorrow
Thursday, December 9, 2021 Final Reminder: November 2021 APFA Negotiations Survey Survey closes: December 10, 2021, at 1700 CT Click here to access the survey To date, approximately 7,780 Flight Attendants have participated…
Read More12.09.21 – December Recognitions
Thursday, December 9, 2021 December Recognitions Wintertime is on its way, and this means the days are shorter, nights are longer, and it is getting colder outside in many parts…
Read More12.08.21 – Coverage Needed (CN) Dates – December 2021
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 Coverage Needed (CN) Dates – December 2021 Coverage Needed (CN) is a term applied to a day in a bid month that occurs when not enough Flight Attendants…
Read More12.07.21 – Aflac® Open Enrollment: Critical Illness
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 Annual Open Enrollment Now through January 15, 2022 Critical Illness Benefits payable for: Cancer Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction) Stroke Major Organ Transplant Bone Marrow Transplant (Stem…
Read More12.07.21 – Remembering Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 Remembering Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 On December 7, 1987, PSA Flight 1771, a British Aerospace 146 aircraft, operated from Los Angeles to San Francisco. A recently terminated employee boarded…
Read More12.06.21 – January 2022 LRD Closes Tomorrow
Monday, December 6, 2021 January 2022 LRD Closes Tomorrow The Lineholder/Reserve Designator (LRD) to preference either Lineholder or “Senior Bumping” onto Reserve will close tomorrow, Tuesday, December 7 at 1200 (CST). Remaining January Bidding Timelines APFA Contract & Scheduling DeskCall…
Read More12.04.21 – Flight Attendant Drug and Alcohol Program (FADAP) Holiday Message
Saturday, December 4, 2021 Flight Attendant Drug and Alcohol Program (FADAP) Holiday Message Sober Holidays What is FADAP? FADAP is a substance-abuse prevention program, created and promoted for and by…
Read More12.04.21 – November 2021 APFA Negotiations Survey Closes December 10th!
Saturday, December 4, 2021 November 2021 APFA Negotiations Survey Survey closes: December 10, 2021, at 1700 CT Click here to access the survey To date, approximately 5,000 Flight Attendants have participated in…
Read More12.03.21 – 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…
Read More12.03.21 – 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…
Read More12.03.21 – 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…
Read More12.02.21 – 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…
Read More12.01.21 – 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.…
Read More12.01.21 – 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)…
Read More11.30.21 – 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…
Read More11.30.21 – 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…
Read More11.25.21 – 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.…
Read More11.23.21 – 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…
Read More11.22.21 – 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….
Read More11.22.21 – 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…
Read More11.22.21 – 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…
Read More11.21.21 – 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…
Read More11.19.21 – 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…
Read More11.19.21 – 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…
Read More11.18.21 – 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…
Read More11.18.21 – 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…
Read More11.18.21 – 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…
Read More11.18.21 – 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…
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