Posts Tagged ‘DCA-US Base Brief’

Monday, April 1, 2019   Starting April UDC will be moving into the new APFA base representative cycle for the period April 01-May 01 2019. The one month period is due…

Tuesday, March 5, 2019   FOS Training Coming to DCA Ronald Reagan National Airport  APFA Representatives will be visiting our crew base and offering Flight Operating System (FOS) training classes.…

    DCA and UDC Flight Attendants, Please join us on Sunday, November 18th from 11am until 1pm at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for APFA’s System-Wide Airport Picketing regarding: Toxic…

On Monday, October 1st, we will be at Flight Attendant Operational Integration (FOI) and completely under the 2014 JCBA Contract. The final step will be early next year, when we combine…

  APFA Professional Standards APFA Professional Standards can assist you with conflicts or issues that arise in the workplace. Consider just the numerous changes taking place during this merger. And…

As we move closer to FOI (Flight Attendant Operational Integration) beginning October 1, 2018, I wanted to highlight differences from what we know today. There are many changes in the JCBA,…

      Upcoming Reserve Round Table in DCA – Thursday, August 23, 2018 JCBA Reserve will be implemented at FOI in October 2018 for all PBS Bases. We will…

    Retirement Seminar Reminder for both LAA and LUS: APFA Retirement Specialists Ron Harris and Patrick Hancock will be conducting another retirement seminar in DCA on April 26, 2018…

Reminder for DCA LUS and LAA Flight Attendants: Redbook PBS Seminar “Lessons Learned” will be held Friday March 23, 2018 from 1100 – 1500 in the “Hub Gathering Room”, Center Pier near…

***Correction *** Today’s DCA-US Base Brief inadvertently included Dianne Britton’s home number instead of her cell number. For assistance with Professional Standards, please use the following contacts for Dianne: 724-544-6979…

APFA PBS Specialist Alana Porter will be holding a “Lessons Learned” seminar March 23, 2018 in the Center Pier Hub Gathering Room in DCA. Alana was appointed to the position in December…

Vacation Bidding Annual Vacation bidding round 1 for fiscal year May 2018 – April 2019 is now open and will close February 27, 2018. The application to submit your ballots…

  Membership, As we reflect on the events of this past year—the ups and downs we have experienced—the positive and the uncertainty—we can conclude that no matter how hard any…

Friday, December 1, 2017   Members, As a reminder, The Joint Scheduling Implementation Committee (JSIC ) will be visiting our base this coming Tuesday, December 5, 2017 from 1100 –…

Monday, October 9, 2017   CLARIFICATION on Tablet Access to Crew Portal & ROTA   Friday’s DCA-US Base Brief reported that Flight Attendants could access Crew Portal and ROTA via the…

Friday, October 6, 2017   Line Averages and Pairing Construction We hear you and we continue to express your concerns about PBS line averages and pairing construction. The November trip…

Friday, June 30, 2017   Dear DCA Flight Attendants, Recent Special Meeting by the APFA Board of Directors On June 24th and 25th, the APFA Board of Directors (BOD) met…

Saturday, April 1, 2017   LUS DCA Flight Attendants! As my term as DCA-US Base President begins, I would like to thank Dianne M. Britton, outgoing DCA-US Base President, for her extraordinary union service…

Friday, March 31, 2017   Change. This climate of continual change and sacrifice has fallen squarely on the backs of the Legacy US Airways Flight Attendants. However, you do not go…

Friday, March 24, 2017   Stella! We appreciate those of you that forwarded your examples of challenges in reaching Systems Scheduling during the recent Winter Storm Stella.   Although the…

Friday, March 3, 2017   DCA Management Meeting This week, your Base Leadership met with the new Flight Service Vice President Jill Surdek, Managing Director of Flight Service & Operations…

Thursday, January 19, 2017   Wage Arbitration Hearing LUS Optimizer Meeting Frequently Asked Questions and Answers Washington, D.C. Road Closures and Metro Update Wage Arbitration Hearing During the Wage Arbitration…

Friday, December 30, 2016   Systems Scheduling and Hotel Issues Uniform Presidential Grievance UAL Wage Adjustment Arbitration Hearing  Happy New Year Systems Scheduling and Hotel Issues We continue to have…

Thursday, December 8, 2016   Executive Council Meeting Recap December Bids Executive Council Meeting Recap  The APFA Policy Manual states that the Executive Council (comprised of 5 Ad-Hocs representing all…

Thursday, November 24, 2016   Happy Thanksgiving In Unity ~ DCA Base Leadership Dianne Britton APFA DCA-LUS Base President 724-544-6979 [email protected]    

Saturday, November 12, 2016   PBS Trainers in the DCA Crew Room Holiday Bidding Guide CATCREW Mobile Access Flight Attendant Bidding Resource Center (FABRC) PBS Trainers in the DCA Crew…

Thursday, November 10, 2016   December Minimum Line Values and Reserve Numbers December Bidding Holiday Bidding Tips December Minimum Line Values and Reserve Numbers If you have not seen the…

Tuesday, November 1, 2016         December Bidding Fact or Fiction December Bidding Many of you have asked what is being done by the Company and Union to prevent another…