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9.04.24 – APFA ORD Base Brief – October 2024 Staffing and Allocations

October 2024 Staffing and Allocations

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Happy September Chicago!

The leaves are already changing on the trees. Summer flew by.

Today was the Staffing and Allocations call for the October contractual period. The contractual month is October 1st – October 31st.


APFA ORD JCBA Training

Do you want to understand our contract better? Are you eager to learn? We hear you, Chicago! Save the date for our JCBA Training focusing on JCBA 10.J. – Rescheduling. We will host two sessions on October 6th. The first session begins at 10:00 AM and the second at 1:30 PM.

The training will take place in the ORD West Conference Room, located above the AA ticket counters. There is no need to access security. More information will come. It will be informative and fun. We look forward to seeing you there.


Allocations

  • 25% of the October hours will be wide-body flying.
  • ODAN departures are up 5%

Important Dates

  • October 6 – APFA ORD JCBA Training Sessions
  • October 14 – Columbus Day and Indigenous People’s Day
  • October 27 – Start of winter season and our European destinations start to come down
  • October 31 – Halloween

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. BE PINK! Visit the APFA Solidarity Store to get your FREE APFA breast cancer awareness pin. You can also order pink scarves and ties from the American Brand Store.


Staffing

The reserve percentage for Chicago is 17.1%. The System average is 18.4%.

Line average for Chicago at PBS open is expected to be 79.2 with a System average of 79.2.

One-day sequences remain the same while the two-day and four-day sequences have increased by 1%. We lose bank 5, which affects our turns, and bank 8, which affects our overnights on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. We continue to advocate for high-time turns. When our seasonal flying decreases beginning in November, we should see an increase in our turns.


Sequence Starts per Day


Trip Construction

  • 1-day: Remains the same as September 19%
  • 2-day: 32% in October was 31% in September
  • 3-day: 46% in October was 47% in September
  • 4-day: 4% in October was 3% in September
  • ODAN Starts per day: 18.3 in October was 13.8 in September

PBS Preliminary Manning Plan


  • Planned Ditching Checklist Overview
  • Operational Reliability-3Q2024
  • Basic Data Cybersecurity Awareness

This quarterly training must be completed by Thursday, September 12 at 23:59 (CT) to avoid a Missed Assignment (MA).


Our ORD CAT team is at O’Hare, walking the terminals to answer questions. Allow your voice to be heard…VOTE!

In Solidarity,

Dray Howard
APFA ORD Base President
(630) 215-8410
[email protected]

Justin Patterson
APFA ORD Base Vice President
(509) 720-0067
[email protected]

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1004 West Euless Boulevard
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M-F: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Phone: (817) 540-0108

Call APFA

Contract & Scheduling Desk
M-F: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Phone: (817) 540-0108

Chat APFA

After-Hours Live Chat
Weekends / Holidays: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)

APFA Events

2024 APFA Board of Directors Fall Meeting

October 16 @ 8:00 am - October 17 @ 5:00 pm

Safety/Security Virtual Town Hall

November 7 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

APFA Headquarters
1004 West Euless Boulevard
Euless, Texas 76040

M-F: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Phone: (817) 540-0108

Call APFA

Contract & Scheduling Desk
M-F: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Phone: (817) 540-0108

Chat APFA

After-Hours Live Chat
Weekends / Holidays: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)

APFA Events

2024 APFA Board of Directors Fall Meeting

October 16 @ 8:00 am - October 17 @ 5:00 pm

Safety/Security Virtual Town Hall

November 7 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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