Posts Tagged ‘Scheduling’
5.21.20 – Adjusted TTS and ETB Timelines for June/PBS: How to Understand Your Award
Thursday, May 21, 2020 Adjusted TTS and ETB Timelines for June PBS: How to Understand Your Award Adjusted TTS and ETB Timelines for June PBS: How to Understand Your…
Read More5.17.20 – PBS: Reviewing Layer Tab and View Pairing Set / Bidding Checklist
Sunday, May 17, 2020 PBS: Reviewing Layer Tab and View Pairing Set/Bidding Checklist Bidding Closes Tomorrow at 1200 (CDT) Please make sure you have submitted your monthly bids or have…
Read More5.16.20 – PBS: Pairing Shuffle
Saturday, May 16, 2020 PBS: Pairing Shuffle Why did my pairings shuffle? Each month we receive a number of questions as to why PBS shuffled out a trip a Flight…
Read More5.15.20 – PBS: Generic vs. Specific/Prefer vs. Avoid Aircraft
Friday, May 15, 2020 Generic vs. Specific Bidding We frequently receive the question on whether to combine specific and generic properties in the same layer or not. As a general…
Read More5.14.20 – PBS: Reserve & Lineholder Status
Thursday, May 14, 2020 PBS: Reserve & Lineholder Status PBS is now open for June 2020 bidding. Please remember to check your status prior to bidding in PBS. Your information…
Read More5.10.20 – 70-Hour June VLOA Bidding and June LRD Closes Tomorrow
Sunday, May 10, 2020 70-Hour June VLOA Bidding and June LRD Closes Tomorrow Bidding for the 70-hour VLOA will close tomorrow, Monday, May 11th at 1200 (CDT). You may access the…
Read More5.08.20 – 70-Hour June VLOA Bidding and June LRD Now Open
Friday, May 8, 2020 70-Hour June VLOA Bidding and June LRD Now Open Bidding for the 70-hour VLOA is now open and will close on Monday, May 11th at 1200…
Read More5.01.20 – Contract & Scheduling Departments Update
Friday, May 1, 2020 June Bidding Timelines With all the timeline changes that we have experienced over the last few months, it is important to stay up-to-date. Here is a…
Read More4.07.20 – Contractual Provisions for Rescheduled Sequences
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 Contractual Provisions for Rescheduled Sequences With all the sequences that contain cancellations, there have been numerous changes to Flight Attendants sequences this month. There are contractual provisions that…
Read More4.02.20 – Updated Information on How the March/April LOA Pay Guarantee Works
Thursday, April 2, 2020 Updated Information on How the March/April LOA Pay Guarantee Works The APFA Scheduling Department has created an updated version of the March/April Pay Guarantee Letter of Agreement (LOA)…
Read More3.26.20 – Letter of Agreement Q&A’s for the March and April 2020 Pay Guarantee
Thursday, March 26, 2020 Letter of Agreement Q&A’s for the March and April 2020 Pay Guarantee Due to massive cancellations during the COVID-19 crisis, APFA has negotiated a LOA to…
Read More3.21.20 – March Cheat Sheet
Saturday, March 21, 2020 March Cheat Sheet We want to do all we can to keep you informed during this rapidly changing environment. Over the last week, we have sent…
Read More3.21.20 – April Schedule Concerns & Updated Timelines
Saturday, March 21, 2020 April Schedule Concerns & Updated Timelines Navigating This Hotline (Open this hotline in your browser by clicking here to use the navigation links below) Introduction Pay…
Read More3.16.20 – Update on Pay Protections for IPD Cancellations for ORD & LGA Only
Monday, March 16, 2020 Update on Pay Protections for IPD Cancellations for ORD & LGA Only Recently there was a Letter of Agreement that provided pay protection for those Flight Attendants experiencing…
Read More3.13.20 – Cancellations & Pay Protection Q&A’s for International (IPD) Sequence Cancellations
Friday, March 13, 2020 Cancellations and Pay Protection Q&A’s for International (IPD) Sequence Cancellations A Letter of Agreement was recently agreed to by APFA and the Company regarding pay protections for…
Read More3.12.20 – Cancellations and Pay Protection Q&A’s for PHL-FCO
Thursday, March 12, 2020 Cancellations and Pay Protection Q&A’s for PHL-FCO PHL Based Flight Attendants, A Letter of Agreement was recently agreed to by APFA and the Company regarding pay…
Read More3.04.20 – Cancellations and Pay Protection Q&A’s for MXP and ICN
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 Cancellations and Pay Protection Q&A’s for MXP and ICN A Letter of Agreement was recently agreed to by APFA and the Company regarding pay protections for…
Read More2.03.20 – Update: Cancellations and Pay Protection Q&A’s for PVG, PEK, HKG
Monday, February 3, 2020 Update: Cancellations and Pay Protection Q&As for PVG, PEK, HKG We would like to clarify procedures for balloting Yellow X sequences in the LOA pay protection process. Our…
Read More2.01.20 – Cancellations and Pay Protection Q & A’s for PVG, PEK, HKG
Saturday, February 1, 2020 Cancellations and Pay Protection Q & A’s for PVG, PEK, HKG A Letter of Agreement was recently agreed to by APFA and the Company regarding pay…
Read More1.03.20 – Annual Vacation Buyback (JCBA Section 8.F)
Friday, January 3, 2020 Annual Vacation Buyback (JCBA Section 8.F) The JCBA provides for Flight Attendants to sell back their accrued vacation to the company on both a monthly and…
Read More10.15.19 – DFW TTS Run 14OCT
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 DFW 14OCT TTS Run In DFW only, the TTS run on 14OCT did not occur. There was an issue uploading the data into the system…
Read More7.19.19 – Updates from the Scheduling Department
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…
Read More5.19.19 – Modified RAPs Q&A
Sunday, May 19, 2019 Modified RAPs and the recent Company Communication On Friday, May 17 the Company sent out a communication regarding the process for modified RAPs that contained…
Read More5.06.19 – Generic UBL Bidding, TTS Conditional Drops & Standby Bidding
Monday, May 6, 2019 Generic UBL Bidding, TTS Conditional Drops & Standby Bidding Generic UBL is Now Available The option to bid for generic sequences is now available in…
Read More4.22.19 – MIA TTS Run is Experiencing a Delay
Monday, April 22, 2019 MIA TTS Run is Experiencing a Delay APFA has been notified that the 4-21-19 TTS run had a delay and is still processing. The Company…
Read More4.22.19 – Update on 4-21-19 MIA TTS Run
Monday, April 22, 2019 Update on 4-21-19 MIA TTS Run The TTS run finally completed today at 1430 MIA time and ETB processed quickly after that. ROTA was not…
Read More4.20.19 – May 737 MAX Flight Cancellations – 3rd Phase
Saturday, April 20, 2019 MAY 737 MAX Flight Cancellations – 3rd Phase In April, the Company is following a timeline to process the cancellations and repairs for APR and MAY sequences affected…
Read More4.17.19 – Company’s Easter “Premium Pay” Violation
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Company’s Easter “Premium Pay” Violation The Company has unilaterally made the decision to violate numerous sections of the JCBA to cover an inordinate amount of…
Read More4.11.19 – Vacation for Carry-Over Sequences from Non-PBS to PBS
Thursday, April 11, 2019 Vacation Pay for Carry-Over Sequences from Non-PBS to PBS APFA has received questions from Flight Attendants who have vacation at the end of April, beginning…
Read More4.9.19 – Speaker Letter of Agreement – DFW, ORD and PHL Bases
Tuesday, April 9. 2019 Speaker Letter of Agreement – DFW, ORD and PHL Bases Last week, the Company informed APFA of a shortage of speakers in specific languages and…
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