1.24.25 – Letters of Agreement: California Wildfires and DFW Weather Event

1. Use of vacation days to cover lost hours.
2. Recoding of missed trips (TM), Personal Days (PO) and “unable to commute” absences, rendering them non-chargeable attendance/dependability events.

You may opt to use vacation days to cover lost hours due to either the California Wildfires or the DFW Weather Event if any of the following apply to you:

• You experienced a full sequence (XI) cancellation that was not otherwise pay protected per CBA provisions.
• You had a missed trip (TM);
• You had a CBA-qualifying Unable to Commute;
• You requested a PO.

You may use unscheduled vacation days (days not used because of a leave of absence) from 2024/2025, unused filler days from 2024/2025, or scheduled vacation days to receive pay for lost time within the timeframe in the LOA.

•  For the California Wildfires, this applies to trips originating January 7-21, 2025.
• For the DFW Weather Event, this applies to trips originating January 9-11, 2025.

You may use any amount of vacation days for these trip(s). The vacation days must be placed within the period spanning the first day of the first impacted trip through the last day of the last impacted trip.

As a reminder, blocks of less than seven vacation days are paid at 3.30 hours per day. Blocks of seven or more vacation days are paid at 4.00 hours per day. If you use vacation days from an existing block and less than seven days remain, that vacation block will be paid at 3.30 hours per day. Reserve and Lineholder vacation is pay and credit. Reserve vacation will be part of reserve guarantee.

Reach out to [email protected] by 1200 CT on Friday, January 31st, 2025, to exercise this option.

Personal Days, Missed Trips, Unable to Commute

If you took a PO, received a TM or were unable to commute and were covered by the commuter policy, the absence will be nonchargeable under the attendance policy. A recoded Unable to Commute will not count as one of your contractually allowed 3 incidents per rolling 12-month period (CBA 37.I.5).

• For the California Wildfires, this applies to removals between January 7-21, 2025.
• For the DFW Weather Event, this applies to removals between January 9 -11, 2025.

Email your Crew Attendance Manager and request they recode the absence, including a brief summary of the reason for the recode request. This request must be related to the impact you experienced from either the California Wildfires or the DFW Weather Event. The absence must be approved and recoded by your CAM by January 31, 2025. The recode must be completed prior to requesting the use of vacation time.

If you have extenuating circumstances or suffered a hardship as a result of either the California Wildfires or the DFW Weather Event, reach out to your CAM for individual assistance.

APFA Representatives are ready to assist you. Please do not hesitate to reach out.