MIA Base Briefs
3.26.21 – APFA MIA Base Brief – GYE and UIO Cancelations
Friday, March 26, 2021 GYE and UIO Cancelations All, I am pleased to report that all GYE and UIO cancelations will be marked as COVID cancelations, and will be pay…
Read More3.15.21 – APFA MIA Base Brief – COVID-19 Vaccines Available Today, March 16 In Miami
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 COVID-19 Vaccines Available Today, March 16 in Miami All, The government is providing airline employees a limited number of COVID-19 vaccinations. Vaccines will be offered on a…
Read More3.09.21 – APFA MIA Base Brief – April 2021 Allocations
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 April 2021 Staffing and Allocations All, We continue to see an increase in block hours which is a trend we expect to see in the coming…
Read More2.22.21 – APFA MIA Base Brief – Boeing 777 Concerns / March Pay Protections / Vacation Bidding
Monday, February 22, 2021 Boeing 777 Concerns/March Pay Protections/Vacation Bidding All, American currently has 47 Boeing 777-200 and 20 Boeing 777-300 aircraft in its fleet, neither of which use the…
Read More2.09.21 – APFA MIA Base Brief – March 2021 Allocations
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 March 2021 Staffing and Allocations All, Miami’s total block hours for March are 127,919. This is an 8.7% increase from February. We are still down 43%…
Read More1.22.21 – APFA MIA Base Brief – February Pay Protection
Friday, January 22, 2021 February Pay Protection All, I am pleased to report that APFA has secured a pay protection Letter of Agreement for February. Cancellations which are COVID-related, will…
Read More1.06.21 – APFA MIA Base Brief – February 2021 Allocations
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 February 2021 Allocations All, As we begin the new year, I hope you had time to enjoy the holiday season. I would like to welcome back…
Read More1.03.21 – APFA MIA Base Brief – February 2021 Preliminary Staffing Numbers
Sunday, January 3, 2021 February 2021 Preliminary Staffing Numbers All, For February, the Miami operation is down 51.7% YOY and will see an additional 3% drop from January’s schedule. We…
Read More12.30.20 – APFA MIA Base Brief – GIG And GRU Crewmembers Health Declaration Survey
Wednesday, December 30, 2020 GIG and GRU Crewmembers Health Declaration Survey All, Effective immediately, all crews flying to GIG and GRU will be required by the Brazilian Government to fill out a…
Read More12.22.20 – APFA MIA Base Brief – GIG Position 9 Update
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 GIG Position 9 Update All, Starting on January 4th, GIG will operate as a 777-200. The 787 was originally planned to operate the trip for January,…
Read More12.18.20 – APFA MIA Base Brief – Trading into Red Flagged Sequences via TTS
Friday, December 18, 2020 Trading into Red Flagged Sequences via TTS Crew Scheduling has designated certain Red Flag sequences prospectively. I have received numerous calls regarding the rules for trading…
Read More12.08.20 – APFA MIA Base Brief – LRD Tool and PBS Bidding
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 LRD Tool and PBS Bidding When toggling to Lineholder in the LRD tool, it is IMPERATIVE that you create both a Reserve and Lineholder monthly bid…
Read More12.03.20 – PFA MIA Base Brief – January 2021 Allocations
Thursday, December 3, 2020 January 2021 Staffing and Allocations January flying is still down about 55% year over year. System-wide block hours are 672,889 slightly up from 666,157 in December, but…
Read More11.12.20 – APFA MIA Base Brief – Trips Missed Due to Tropical Storm Eta
Thursday, November 12, 2020 Trips Missed Due to Tropical Storm Eta Through a Letter of Agreement, the Company has agreed to remove all trips missed associated with Tropical Storm Eta.…
Read More11.06.20 – APFA MIA Base Brief – December 2020 Allocations
Friday, November 6, 2020 December Staffing and Allocations Once again, the Company has relaxed the penalties on the optimizer creating longer duty days, increased sit times, and multiple legs contained…
Read More11.03.20 – APFA MIA Base Brief – Deep South Flying for December/Pay Protections/Latin America-Based Flight Attendant Reductions
Tuesday, November 3, 2020 Deep South Flying for December Pay Protections Latin America-Based Flight Attendant Reductions All,I would like to provide you a preliminary update on Deep South flying for December.…
Read More10.18.20 – APFA MIA Base Brief – Bermuda Update and Sequence Modifications
Sunday, October 18, 2020 Bermuda Update and Sequence Modifications All, All BDA sequences will be modified to operate as turns. They will be treated as a reschedule unless they completely…
Read More10.09.20 – APFA Virtual Unemployment Town Hall – LGA & MIA
Friday, October 9, 2020 LGA & MIA Date: Wednesday, October 14 Time: 12:30 – 13:30 EDT Click this link to join the event APFA is hosting a Virtual Town Hall for LGA &…
Read More9.26.20 – APFA MIA Base Brief – October Pay Guarantee / GRU TTS Programming Error / Latin America Reductions
Saturday, September 26, 2020 October Pay Guarantee GRU TTS Programming Error Latin America Reductions October Pay Guarantee I am pleased to announce that APFA was able to extend the…
Read More9.09.20 – APFA MIA Base Brief – October Staffing and Allocations
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 October Staffing and Allocations Last week, the Base Presidents were invited to participate in a “quality of life” discussion with the Company regarding sequence construction for…
Read More9.01.20 – APFA MIA Base Brief – October Plan
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 October Plan All, Allocations is still working on the October schedule. Absent an extension to the Payroll Support Program (PSP), the Company plans to operate the…
Read More8.10.20 – APFA MIA Base Brief – September Staffing and Allocations
Monday, August 10, 2020 September Staffing and Allocations September is normally a month where there is a reduction in flying system-wide which is attributed to a seasonal pullback. The reduction…
Read More7.28.20 – APFA Virtual VEOP & Retirement Town Hall Today – MIA
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 MIA Date: Today, July 28 Time: 12:00 – 13:00 ET Click this link to join the event APFA is hosting a Virtual Town Hall for MIA today, from 1200-1300…
Read More7.27.20 – APFA Virtual VEOP & Retirement Town Hall Tomorrow – MIA
Monday, July 27, 2020 MIA Date: Tomorrow, July 28 Time: 12:00 – 13:00 ET Click this link to join the event APFA is hosting a Virtual Town Hall for MIA tomorrow, from 1200-1300…
Read More7.24.20 – APFA Virtual VEOP & Retirement Town Hall – MIA
Friday, July 24, 2020 MIA Date: Tuesday, July 28 Time: 12:00 – 13:00 ET Click this link to join the event APFA is hosting a Virtual Town Hall for MIA Tuesday from 1200-1300…
Read More7.10.20 – APFA MIA Base Brief – August Allocations/LOA Pay Protections Paycheck
Friday, July 10, 2020 MIA Flight Attendants, August 2020 Allocations The planned block hours for August is 114,523. Last August our allocated block hours were 227,255. GRU is scheduled to…
Read More7.01.20 – APFA MIA Base Brief – Today’s Announcement
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 MIA Flight Attendants, APFA Leadership was given an in-depth briefing prior to Jill’s announcement this afternoon. Doug Parker, CEO, Brian Znotins, VP of Network and Schedule…
Read More3.04.20 – Cancellations and Pay Protections for MXP and ICN
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 Cancellations and Pay Protections for MXP and ICN Yesterday, APFA signed a letter of agreement for pay protections for the recent MXP & ICN cancellations. You may…
Read More1.31.20 – MIA Base Brief – February 2020
Friday, January 31, 2020 MIA Base Brief – February 2020 In This Brief (Open this hotline in your browser by clicking here if the navigation links below are not working) APFA Budget…
Read More11.04.19 – Retirement Seminar Coming to Miami
Monday, November 4, 2019 Retirement Seminar Coming to Miami November 7th 1100 – 1400 Third Floor Conference Room before Operations Seminars cover a wide range of topics including: Retiree Travel,…
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