Friday, December 13, 2019 PBS: Reviewing Your Layer Tab and View Pairing Set Reviewing Your Layer Tab When bidding in PBS an important tool to use is the Layer Tab. This will give you an overview of the pairings you have selected in each layer and an opportunity to see…
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Thursday, December 12, 2019 FMLA Update from the Health Department The Company has been working overtime and hired additional employees to assist in processing FMLA paperwork. We are very pleased to announce that the FMLA paperwork intake process has been completed through December 5, 2019. We have secured weekly meetings with the Company…
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Thursday, December 12, 2019 Candidate Update from the National Ballot Committee The NBC has just received notification that both Randy “RJ” Johnson and Rick Musica have accepted the nomination for National Treasurer. Bob Ross has declined the nomination for National President. As a reminder Ballot will be mailed on December…
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Thursday, December 12, 2019 Minutes from the Nov. 8 & 15 Special Executive Committee Meeting The APFA Special Executive Meeting was held on October 16, 2019. In accordance with the APFA Policy Manual, the official minutes of the Special Executive Committee Meeting are now available on the www.APFA.org website. Roll Call – 11.8.19…
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Thursday, December 12, 2019 Dear Fellow APFA Members, As we enter the Holiday Season, I’d like to update you on a few things: Last week, we held our third annual Executive Committee meeting at APFA Headquarters. Two Department Chairs were confirmed: Cathy Sharp, National Health Chair and Thomas Houdek, National…
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Thursday, December 12, 2019 PBS: Allow Co-Terminal Mix / Position Bidding Allow Co-Terminal Mix in a Work Block This property allows pairings that originate in different airports within a co-terminal base to be awarded within the same work block. This property is considered a waiver and will be repeated in…
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Wednesday, November 11, 2019 PBS: Buddy Bidding Checklist PBS bidding will close at Noon DFW Time on the 15th of every month. Please make sure you have submitted your monthly bids or have updated your standing bid prior to closing. General Guidelines ▢ Have all “buddies” accepted ▢ Check the final number…
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019 APFA National Officers Willingness-to-Serve Candidate Announcement This is Cindy Horan, Chairperson of the APFA National Ballot Committee. Today, December 10, 2019, was the deadline to submit a Willingness-to-Serve Notification for APFA National President, National Vice President, National Secretary, and National Treasurer. Candidates APFA National President Richard…
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Tuesday, December 9, 2019 PBS: Prefer/ Avoid Aircraft Bidding Enhancement For the January 2020 bid month, Flight Attendants will see an enhancement for bidding. The Prefer/Avoid Aircraft preference in PBS will offer you a greater number of aircraft specific options. Example: If a Flight Attendant wishes to select pairings that have 319…
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019 PBS Open / Reserve & Lineholder Status PBS Opens on the 10th. Please remember to check your status prior to bidding in PBS. Your information can be found on the PBS Dashboard on the 10th of every month at 1200 DFW time. Also review if all the information in…
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Monday, December 9, 2019 Notification of Willingness-to-Serve National Officer Elections APFA Flight Attendants, The National Ballot Committee (NBC) has posted the Willingness-to-Serve for the positions of National President, National Vice President, National Secretary and National Treasurer on the APFA website. The WTS is now electronic and can only be submitted…
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Thursday, December 5, 2019 APFA Third Quarter Executive Committee Meeting This morning APFA National President Bassani called to order the 2019 Third Quarter meeting of the Executive Committee. Here is the final agenda for the meeting. Per APFA Policy Manual Section 4.A.7.a.(1), Minutes from the meeting will be posted no…
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Thursday, December 5, 2019 Notification of Willingness-to-Serve National Officer Elections APFA Flight Attendants, The National Ballot Committee (NBC) has posted the Willingness-to-Serve for the positions of National President, National Vice President, National Secretary and National Treasurer on the APFA website. The WTS is now electronic and can only be…
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Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Candidate Do’s and Don’ts The National Ballot Committee (NBC) has been asked to publish campaign rules for everyone to understand what can and cannot be done during an election. While there is not one (1) complete list of rules, these are the rules that are most common…
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Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Dear APFA Members, I want to talk to you about an important issue regarding our financial standing, which is strong. However, there are circumstances since the merger that have increased the finances needed to best represent our members. Following an independent review of our finances, we…
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Tuesday, December 3, 2019 APFA Third Quarter Executive Committee Meeting The APFA Third Quarter Executive Committee Meeting will be held on December 5-7, 2019 in the Unity Pays Conference Room at APFA Headquarters. In accordance with the APFA Policy Manual, the Tentative Agenda for this meeting is now available on the website www.APFA.org. Once…
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Friday, November 29, 2019 Notification of Willingness-to-Serve National Officer Elections APFA Flight Attendants, The National Ballot Committee (NBC) has posted the Willingness-to-Serve for the positions of National President, National Vice President, National Secretary and National Treasurer on the APFA website. The WTS is now electronic and can only be submitted…
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Thursday, November 28, 2019 On behalf of APFA leadership and everyone at APFA headquarters, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! Whether you’re spending the day at home with friends and family or flying with your colleagues, we want you to know that we are truly thankful to have the opportunity to…
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Friday, November 22, 2019 TWA Flight 427 Twenty five years ago today TWA Flight 427 departed Lambert-St. Louis (STL) destined for Denver, Colorado. Sadly, Flight 427 struck a Cessna aircraft, killing both of its occupants. We remember those affected by the tragedy. Our thoughts are with you.
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Friday, November 22, 2019 Notification of Willingness-to-Serve National Officer Elections APFA Flight Attendants, The National Ballot Committee (NBC) has posted the Willingness-to-Serve for the positions of National President, National Vice President, National Secretary and National Treasurer on the APFA website. The WTS is now electronic and can only be…
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Thursday, November 21, 2019 Quarterly System Board Cases – SETTLED! APFA was scheduled to take five cases to Quarterly System Board Arbitration. The cases involved were – Removal of Discipline (2), Last Live Leg Pay, IOD Pay, and Easter Premium Pay. All were individual grievances except for the Easter Premium…
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Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Quarterly System Board Cases SETTLED! This week we were schedule to take five cases to Quarterly System Board Arbitration. The cases involved were – removal of discipline (2), Last Live Leg Pay, IOD Pay, and Easter Premium Pay. All were individual grievances except for the Easter…
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Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Statement by the APFA National President, Lori Bassani APFA Base Presidents Call for Possible Boeing Lawsuit Over the 737 MAX “The voting board of directors of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) has expressed an interest in exploring the possibility of a lawsuit to seek damages from…
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Tuesday, November 19, 2019 December 2019 PBS Bid Summary & Mis-Award Process Definitions & Key Terms Here are a few definitions for some of the key terms to help you better understand the award summary chart above: Line Average (Actual and Requested) The average credit hours projected for lines…
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Monday, November 18, 2019 PBS: How to Understand Your Award How to Read Your Award To view your PBS award, log in to PBS and click the Award tab, your awarded schedule will display. View the headers at the top of your award and the top of the pairing details…
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