8.03.25 – APFA ORD Base Brief – September 2025 Staffing and Allocations

September 2025 ORD Staffing and Allocations

Sunday, August 3, 2025

Happy August Chicago,

September brings us to the end of the summer flying, and the schedule winds down. VLOAs are being offered for the month of September. Chicago has 77 VLOAs available.

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Important Dates

• Contractual month: August 31st – September 30th
• Labor Day- September 1st

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Allocations
There are a handful of 787 domestic sequences throughout the month: DFW turns.

ODANs are up from the reduction in August, with 13.1 in September vs 8.3 for the month of August. We will monitor how these ODANs are being operated.

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Staffing

ORD has a reserve percentage of 16.4% for September vs the system average of 17.1%.

There will be 2,187 lineholders in the month of September.

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Sequence Starts per Day

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Sequence Distribution

• 1-day: 27% in September vs 27% in August.
• 2-day: 20% in September vs 20% in August.
• 3-day: 50% in September vs 50% in August.
• 4-day: 3% in September vs 3% in August.
• ODAN Starts per day: 13.1 in September vs 8.3 in August.

29% of flying is widebody.

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PBS Preliminary Manning Plan

Safe Travels!

In Solidarity,

Justin Patterson
APFA ORD Base President
ORD Base Number: (773) 645-0809
Cell: (509) 720-0067
[email protected]

Dray Howard
APFA ORD Base Vice President
ORD Base Number: (773) 645-0809
Cell: (630) 215-8410
[email protected]