Posts Tagged ‘National President’
1.15.21 – Additional Safety Measures for Next Week
Friday, January 15, 2021 Hello Everyone, Last weeks violent riot at the U.S. Capitol was something we never thought we would witness in the United States of America. Many of…
Read More1.08.21 – An Update on the Violence in Washington, D.C.
Friday, January 8, 2021 Hello Everyone, In a hotline sent on Wednesday of this week, I spoke about politically motivated disturbances aboard various flights headed to Washington, D.C. Some of these incidents…
Read More12.23.20 – Lineholder Sequence Pay Protection Exception for January 2021
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 Lineholder Sequence Pay Protection Exception for January 2021 For the January bid month, APFA has secured pay protections for partial and full sequence COVID-19 cancellations. A…
Read More12.15.20 – COVID-19 Vaccine Update
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 COVID-19 Vaccine Update The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorization for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. This is excellent news, and we hope…
Read More12.09.20 – An Important Video Message From APFA National President Julie Hedrick
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 Payroll Support Program Update Congress continues to move closer to a COVID-19 relief package. The volume of calls is what moves our elected representatives, and they…
Read More12.03.20 – Reserve Rotation Exception for RDU and STL Base Closures
Thursday, December 3, 2020 Reserve Rotation Exception for RDU and STL Base Closures Due to the unique circumstances with RDU and STL transitioning to satellite bases, APFA signed a Letter of…
Read More11.30.20 – #ExtendPSP Update
Monday, November 30, 2020 Hello Everyone, On October 1st of this year, 7,985 American Airlines Flight Attendants, 19,000 total American Airlines employees, and thousands more workers across the industry lost…
Read More11.22.20 – A Message from APFA National President Julie Hedrick
Sunday, November 22, 2020 Hello Everyone, We continue to live and work in trying times. By now, we expected to see the rate of COVID-19 cases dropping; instead, we see…
Read More11.20.20 – Lineholder Sequence Pay Protection Exception for December 2020
Friday, November 20, 2020 Lineholder Sequence Pay Protection Exception for December 2020 For the December bid month, APFA has secured pay protections for partial and full sequence COVID-19 cancellations. A…
Read More10.06.20 – President Trump Ends Negotiations for Coronavirus Relief Package
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 President Trump Ends Negotiations for Coronavirus Relief Package Today, out of nowhere, President Trump announced he would discontinue talks on a coronavirus relief package until after the…
Read More10.04.20 – Payroll Support Extension Update – October 4, 2020
Sunday, October 4, 2020 Update – Payroll Support Program Hello Everyone, First, I want to acknowledge the emotional toll this process is having on our most junior Flight Attendants. Our…
Read More9.30.20 – Payroll Support Program Extension Update
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 Payroll Support Program Extension Update Hello Everyone, It is truly unbelievable that I am writing this tonight. The stress that the lack of a Payroll Support…
Read More9.24.20 – Letter Of Agreement: Modified A321T Premium Pay For 3-Class Transcon Flights
Thursday, September 24, 2020 Letter of Agreement: Modified A321T Premium Pay for 3-Class Transcon Flights Hello Everyone, As you know, the Company announced staffing reductions on select aircraft beginning with…
Read More8.26.20 – An Important Video Message from APFA National President Julie Hedrick
Wednesday, August 26, 2020 APFA National President Julie Hedrick: Involuntary Furloughs Tuesday, August 25, American Airlines announced an involuntary furlough of 8,099 Flight Attendants. Today, we need everyone to continue…
Read More8.18.20 – A Message from APFA National President Julie Hedrick
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 Hello Everyone, Since the beginning of this year, COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the airline industry. Customer demand has plummeted 75% year-over-year. Industry projections indicate that…
Read More7.30.20 – An Important Video Message from APFA National President Julie Hedrick
Thursday, July 30, 2020 An Important Video Message from APFA National President Julie Hedrick TAKE ACTION HERE APFA, along with our fellow aviation Unions, is working hard to lobby Congress…
Read More7.30.20 – **New** Short-Term Leaves of Absence (STLOA)
Thursday, July 30, 2020 **New** Short-Term Leaves of Absence (STLOA) During the discussion that led to the VEOP and EVLOA’s, APFA repeatedly communicated your desire for shorter leave options effective…
Read More7.30.20 – Latin America Flying
Thursday, July 30, 2020 Latin America Flying APFA remains deeply concerned that our members are facing furloughs while American continues to offshore flying to the Latin America (LAM) operation with…
Read More5.31.20 – International Flight Attendant Appreciation Day
Sunday, May 31, 2020 International Flight Attendant Appreciation Day Today is International Flight Attendant Appreciation Day. I, along with all the leaders of APFA, would like to recognize and thank…
Read More5.15.20 – June Pay Protections
Friday, May 15, 2020 June Pay Protections We are pleased to announce that APFA was successful in securing additional pay protections above the current JCBA protections through a Letter of…
Read More4.29.20 – Leave of Absence Options for June
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Leave of Absence Options for June The Company has informed APFA that an overage of Flight Attendants for the June bid exists due to a lack…
Read More4.28.20 – May Pay Protections
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 May Pay Protections After much discussion with the Company, APFA has been successful in securing additional pay protections above the current JCBA protections through a Letter…
Read More4.27.20 – Recognizing Essential Workers
Monday, April 27, 2020 Recognizing Essential Workers We would like to personally thank all of the essential workers who join Flight Attendants in risking their health and safety during the…
Read More4.16.20 – May PBS Bidding Questions and Answers
Thursday, April 16, 2020 May PBS Bidding Questions and Answers We have heard from many Flight Attendants regarding May PBS bidding. We thought it would be more practical to compile…
Read More4.01.20 – APFA Supports the CARES Act
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 APFA Supports the CARES Act Last week, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020 (CARES Act). The bill contains protections for front-line workers…
Read More3.30.20 – New Leave Options
VXLOA Telephone Townhall Q&A – March 19, 2020 PVLOA, VEOP, & Reduced Operations Flying – View the Details Monday, March 30, 2020 Dear Fellow Flight Attendants, I can’t tell you…
Read More3.25.20 – LOA Update from National President on Pay Protections
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 Dear Fellow Flight Attendants, The changes keep coming and I have something new to announce regarding pay protections that go up and above our JCBA (contract)…
Read More3.24.20 – President Update
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 Fellow Flight Attendants, We all know that our lives as we knew them even a couple of weeks ago have changed unimaginably. By now, most of…
Read More3.23.20 – President Update on VXLOAs Changes
Monday, March 23, 2020 President Update on VXLOA Changes Dear Fellow Flight Attendants, We are in a quickly changing environment during this health crisis and we are continually seeking improvements and…
Read More3.18.20 – A Letter from APFA National President Lori Bassani
Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Dear Fellow Flight Attendants, I am hearing from many of you working on the front lines of this health crisis. AA needs to hear from you,…
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