Wednesday, July 31, 2019 Tomorrow – August 1st Join the Conversation APFA National Officers, the Negotiating Committee, the Joint Scheduling Implementation Committee (JSIC), and the National Department Chairs & Specialists will host a Telephone Town Hall tomorrow, Thursday, August 1st from 12:30 to 1:30 pm CDT. Click the image above…
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Monday, July 29, 2019 Date: Thursday, August 1 Time: 12:30 – 1:30 CDT Web Registration: Click Here APFA National Officers, the Negotiating Committee, the Joint Scheduling Implementation Committee (JSIC), and the National Department Chairs & Specialists will be hosting a Telephone Town Hall on Thursday, August 1st at 12:30-1:30 pm…
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Monday, July 29, 2019 APFA Second Quarter Executive Committee Meeting The APFA Second Quarter Executive Committee Meeting will be held August 6-7, 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 the…
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Monday, July 29, 2019 Like APFA, New York City is Challenging AA’s Illegal, Punitive Attendance Policies On Thursday, July 25, 2019, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection and the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings sued AA of violating the City’s sick leave laws. The New…
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Friday, July 26th, 2019 APFA has been made aware of a few issues with Aflac’s ability to process payments. We have remained in contact with Aflac’s Corporate Representatives, who have assured APFA that no Flight Attendant will be harmed due to these issues. In addition, all members’ coverage remains…
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Friday, July 26, 2019 APFA Phone Lines Down APFA phones are currently down. This is due to a wide-spread internet backbone outage that is affecting many internet segments. This outage is not an isolated Mitel network problem. As soon as our systems are back up and running, we will notify you…
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Thursday, July 25, 2019 Semi-Annual Seniority List Purge and Monthly Shuffle Complete! The company has completed the semi-annual purge and monthly shuffle in FOS. The list as of July 26, 2019, can be found on the Contract Department page of the APFA website and you may view your seniority number and…
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Wednesday, July 24, 2019 You Asked, We Answered. SMS Text Notifications Are Here! You may now join the SMS text notification service to get urgent and important updates from APFA. Multiple groups are available for you to opt in to, such as PBS bidding reminders and base specific messages…
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Monday, July 22, 2019 Date: Thursday, August 1 Time: 12:30 – 13:30 CST Web Registration: Click Here APFA National Officers, the Negotiating Committee, the Joint Scheduling Implementation Committee (JSIC), and the National Department Chairs & Specialists will be hosting a Telephone Town Hall on Thursday, August 1st at 12:30-1:30 pm…
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Sunday, July 21, 2019 Late last evening there was a fire scare at one of our layover hotels in Kensington, London, United Kingdom. While there was NO actual fire in the hotel, based on reports from the fire department, the hotel did receive some water damage from fire suppression…
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Friday, July 19, 2019 Naloxone (Narcan) Onboard the Aircraft In light of recent events involving opioid overdoses, specifically inflight, we would like to remind our Flight Attendant membership that Naloxone (Narcan), as well as EpiPen’s, have been added to the IMK onboard the fleet. These have started to be…
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Friday, July 19, 2019 Updates from the Scheduling Department COMPANY COMMUNICATION REGARDING FIRST-PARTY CONTACT We want to clarify information put out in a recent communication from the Company. We have discussed this with the Company, and they will be putting out a correction to their communication. The Union was not in agreement with some of the liberties…
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Friday, July 19, 2019 August PBS Bid Summary & Mis-Award Process 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 of flying in a particular…
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Friday, July 19, 2019 Semi-Annual Seniority List Purge and Monthly Shuffle The July 1st, 2019, System Seniority List is posted and available to view as provided for in Section 20.F. of the JCBA. The list can be found on the Contract Department page of the APFA website as well as on the Crew…
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Thursday, July 18, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS’ NATIONAL PRESIDENT TESTIFIES AT ‘STATE OF AVIATION SAFETY’ CONGRESSIONAL HEARING WASHINGTON, D.C. – Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) National President Lori Bassani was invited to testify before Congress yesterday on today’s most urgent aviation safety issues. As…
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019 APFA National President Lori Bassani Testifies Before Congress APFA National President Lori Bassani was asked to testify before the House Aviation Subcommittee in Washington, D.C. this morning. The Congressional hearing was titled “State of Aviation Safety” and the panel also included leaders from TWU, ALPA,…
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019 Today marks the 23nd anniversary of TWA Flight 800 that crashed off Long Island in 1996, killing all 230 passengers and crew on board the 747. Our hearts and minds are…
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019 Multiple Cases of Legionnaries’ Disease Linked to Atlanta Hotel One of our ATL-Long layovers has been shut down due to a Legionnaires Disease concern. More than 400 of the hotel’s guests have been relocated to nearby hotels. It is important to note that NO Flight Attendants…
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Monday, July 15, 2019 SMS Text Message Notifications Now Live APFA Communications Department is happy to announce that Text Notifications are now live and ready for you to sign up! Please follow the link below or click the image above for instructions on how to sign up for the service.…
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Sunday, July 14, 2019 SBA Update Presidential Grievance Upcoming Arbitration: A3 Deadhead Arbitration – July 16th -17th – this is the continuation of the May arbitration case which involves the Company’s failure to provide positive space travel in the form of A3 status, for those Flight Attendants who choose to deadhead to…
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Sunday, July 14, 2019 PBS: 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. Prior to logging out of PBS, use this bidding checklist to…
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Saturday, July 13, 2019 PBS: Buddy Bidding Disclaimer: The APFA JSIC has made repeated requests for the company to communicate the buddy bidding logic and how it is processed. APFA does not agree with the current logic, and we continue working with the company and the PBS vendor to…
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Friday, July 12, 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, July 11, 2019 PBS: Reserve Bidding For bidding reserve off days, you start by clicking on the Reserve Tab on the navigation bar. The large calendar on the left side will show the number of reserves which are needed each day according to planning’s calculation.If you accidentally bid for…
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Wednesday, July 10, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Unions at American Airlines Laud Bill Protecting Aviation Careers and Passengers’ Safety FORT WORTH, Texas (July 10, 2019) – Four large unions representing 70,000 workers at American Airlines applauded Rep. Peter DeFazio for introducing H.R. 3632, the Fair and Open Skies Act,…
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Phone: (817) 540-0108
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Phone: (817) 540-0108
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APFA Headquarters
1004 West Euless Boulevard
Euless, Texas 76040
M-F: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Phone: (817) 540-0108
Contract & Scheduling Desk
M-F: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Phone: (817) 540-0108
After-Hours Live Chat
Weekends / Holidays: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Currently, no scheduled events...
APFA Headquarters
1004 West Euless Boulevard
Euless, Texas 76040
M-F: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Phone: (817) 540-0108
Contract & Scheduling Desk
M-F: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Phone: (817) 540-0108
After-Hours Live Chat
Weekends / Holidays: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Currently, no scheduled events...