Posts Tagged ‘PHL Base Brief’

Thursday, August 11, 2022 Winter 2022/2023 IPD Update Those who know me know that I dislike carrying the company’s water for them. Since there hasn’t been an update from the base…

Thursday, August 4, 2022 September 2022 PHL Staffing and Allocations The company reduced flying twice for August and again for September resulting in a reduction of block hours at each base.…

Tuesday, July 19, 2022 The 2022 PHL Lip Sync Revue benefiting the Wings Foundation will be held on Thursday, July 21, 2022, at Voyeur Philadelphia. Doors Open at 7:00pm |…

Tuesday, July 5, 2022 August 2022 PHL Staffing and Allocations August is pretty much a carbon copy of July. Many base Presidents expressed frustration over the high line average and the…

Tuesday, June 14, 2022 Mark your calendars for July! The 2022 PHL Lip Sync Revue benefitting the Wings Foundation will be held Thursday, July 21, 2022, at Voyeur Philadelphia. Tickets available…

Monday, June 6, 2022 July 2022 PHL Staffing and Allocations July is pretty much a carbon copy of June. Your Base Presidents expressed frustration over the high line average and the reserve…

Saturday, May 21, 2022 APFA PHL Base Virtual Town Hall Recording This past Wednesday, your APFA PHL base leadership hosted a town hall including APFA National Department representatives. In this session…

Monday, May 16, 2022 PHL Virtual Town Hall Wednesday, May 18, 2022 1130 – 1300 ET We will have representatives from our base as well as representatives from APFA Headquarters…

Tuesday, May 3, 2022 PHL Virtual Town Hall Wednesday, May 18, 2022 1130 – 1300 ET We will have representatives from our base as well as representatives from APFA Headquarters…

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 REQUIRED BASE EQUIPMENT SERVICE TRAINING (RBEST) & CQ 787 and 777 aircraft are required base equipment for PHL. Balloting for May equipment training is now open, and closes…

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 May 2022 PHL Staffing and Allocations The company has continued its process to build the May allocations to allow for the 10-hour FAR minimum layer rest requirement,…

Saturday, March 5, 2022 April 2022 PHL Staffing and Allocations The April allocations continue to be built to allow for the 10-hour FAR minimum layer rest requirement, which hasn’t been required…

Thursday, March 3, 2022 Welcome New Hires! We will be welcoming new hire Flight Attendants around the system beginning next week through December. Eighty Flight Attendants from the first five…

Saturday, February 5, 2022 PHL Flight Service Town Hall Highlights If you were unable to join the PHL Station Town Hall for Flight Service today, I would like to provide…

Wednesday, February 2, 2022 Reminder: PHL Flight Service Town Hall Please join Lakshman Amaranayaka, VP PHL Operations, for a PHL Flight Service town hall with updates on station performance, preparations for our upcoming transatlantic…

Friday, January 21, 2022 PHL Employee Parking Italy Meetings with Your Flight Service Manager (FSM) Attention Reserves Contract ACTION Team   PHL EMPLOYEE PARKING We are receiving reports from Flight…

Wednesday, January 5, 2022 February 2022 PHL Staffing and Allocations Another month with very few improvements. Our sit times have not improved, nor has the long duty day followed by a short…

Thursday, December 30, 2021 MEETINGS WITH YOUR FLIGHT SERVICE MANAGER OR THE ATTENDANCE MANAGER We are seeing a significant uptick in the number of meeting requests with FSMs, including your…

Tuesday, December 28, 2021 Dear Philadelphia Flight Attendants, As we close out another challenging year, I have been reflecting on the last twelve months. Travel demand returned faster than anyone imagined,…

Friday, December 10, 2021 PBS Reserve Training Events: December 12th & 13th On December 12th & 13th, APFA will be hosting a Virtual PBS Training for PHL based Flight Attendants…

Saturday, December 4, 2021 January 2022 PHL Staffing and Allocations We are still waiting on the much-needed improvements to our sequences. Our sit times have not improved, nor has the long…

Thursday, November 18, 2021 WELCOME PHL NEW HIRES We are welcoming new hire Flight Attendants around the system beginning next week through December. Currently, PHL is expecting to welcome 136…

Friday, November 5, 2021 December 2021 PHL Staffing and Allocations We haven’t seen much of the promised improvements to our sequences. We have an increase in sequences where the layover is…

Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Meetings with a Flight Service Manager Employee Parking Reserve Reminders COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Retirement and PBS Town Halls Available   MEETINGS WITH A FLIGHT SERVICE MANAGER…

Monday, October 25, 2021 SEPTA Workers Union Authorizes Strike Yesterday, Transport Workers Union Local 234, representing SEPTA workers, authorized a strike which could begin at midnight on October 31st. This strike authorization…

Saturday, October 16, 2021 Support American Eagle Piedmont Flight Attendants on the Picket Line! When: Thursday, October 21, 2021, 12-1 pm EDT Where: Philadelphia International Airport, Terminal F (Departures), 8000 Essington Ave,…

Thursday, October 7, 2021 EVLOA RETURNS November 1st, we will welcome back our first group of Flight Attendants who were on an EVLOA. PHL is expecting 140, with the remaining…

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 Allocations The company started making quality of life improvements with the October allocations, indicating that we would see additional improvement for November. We have many sequences…

Thursday, September 23, 2021 ATTENDANCE FLIGHT SERVICE MANAGER (AFSM) The company has decided to move in a slightly different direction when it comes to attendance. Everyone has been assigned to an…

Sunday, September 5, 2021 Allocations The Company has finally taken the feedback from the APFA leadership and made some changes to the trip construction. With some good comes some bad.…