10.08.25 – APFA DCA Base Brief – November 2025 Staffing and Allocations

November 2025 DCA Staffing and Allocations

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

When PBS processing begins, if additional Lineholders are needed, those with Reserve status will be changed to Lineholder status in the following order:

1. Tentative Flight Attendants whose preference was Lineholder in the LRD process.
2. Reserve Flight Attendants who toggled to Pref LH in the LRD who were unable to hold Lineholder status in LRD.
3. Most junior Reserve Flight Attendants involuntarily moved to Lineholder status after all the above have been utilized.

Important: If you are in one of these 3 categories above, you will want to bid 7 layers of Reserve and 7 layers of Lineholder in PBS.

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• DCA: 45,274 (-1,141)
• IAD: 1,850 (-95)
• BWI: 3,327 (-217)

50,451 total flying hours (DCA, IAD, BWI) (-1,453 month-over-month) (+7,052 year-over-year).

Year-over-year block hours has increased by 17.9% and headcount has increased by 92 Flight Attendants.

• November is not a flex month.
• Contractual targeted range: 70–90 hours.
• Opening line average: 77.8 hours.
• DCA’s most senior Reserve for November has a system seniority number of 26,782 (January 15, 2025).

Important Dates

• November Bid Month: November 1 – December 1
• Daylight Saving Time Ends: Sunday, November 2 at 2 AM
• Election Day is November 4
• Veterans Day is November 11
• Schedule Changes: November 2 and November 20
• Thanksgiving Day: Thursday, November 27

Incentive Point and Holiday Pay 2025 – 2026

Allocations Notes for November

• Total sequences 899 (DCA, IAD, BWI):
  • 4 FA sequences: 531 total
  • 3 FA sequences: 368 total
• DCA Sequences: 811
• ODANS:
  • BOS operates 20 days
  • CHS operates 25 days
• DCA
  • Charter/ honor flights: Sequence 13117, 13140, 13168
  • LAX high time turns operates 31 days
  • LAS high time turn operates 1 day
  • PHX high time turn operates 1 day
  • PHX ‘pink eye’ operates  25 days
  • NAS turn operates 3 days
  • No BDA turns
  • 13 Spanish speaker positions operating 18 days
  • 1 YYZ overnight
  • NIPD overnights BGI: 2, BDA: 9, CUN: 11, CUR: 6, KIN: 2, MGA: 4, PUJ: 2, SDQ: 7, STI: 6, STT: 59
• BWI
  • BWI: 50 sequences
  • CLT turns operate 2 days
  • DFW turns operates 29 days
  • 23 2-days
  • 18 3-day trips
• IAD
  • 38 sequences
  • CUN turn operates 1 day
  • 19 2-day trips
  • 18 3-day trips

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1-Day Trip Reports

• Morning
  • DFW: 30 days
  • MCO: 17 days
  • PBI: 26 days
  • RSW: 23 days
  • MSY: 16 days
• Afternoon
  • PBI: 1:59 pm report, 16 days
  • PBI: 3:59 pm report, 17 days
  • MCO: 12 days

Sequences with Sit Times of 2.31 Hours or More

• DCA: 239
• BWI: 19
• IAD: 10

Scheduled Duty Days:

• <8 hours: 48.4%
• 8-10 hours: 25.8%
• 10-12 hours: 21.9%
• >12 hours: 3.9%

Scheduled Legs in Duty Day:

• 1-leg: 34.8%
• 2-legs: 47.4%
• 3-legs: 16.8%
• 4-legs: 1.0%

Scheduled Layover Rest:

• < 11 hours: 0.2%
• 11-12 hours: 6.7%
• 12-14 hours: 27.6%
• 16-18 hours: 16.8%
• >24 hours: 10.5%

Scheduled Sit Times:

• 2-2.5 hours: 11.8%
• 2.5-3 hours: 8.9%
• >3 hours: 3.2%
• >2 hours: 23.9%

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November 2025 Bidding Timelines

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November 2025 System Reserve Seniority

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Inflight Quarterly Training 3Q2025

• A319S EOW (12/120) Differences
• A321XLR Differences
• Kannad ULTIMA-S Survival ELT
• Operational Reliability
• Inflight Dining Service Standards and Safety

This quarterly training was due yesterday, Tuesday, October 7 at 23:59 (CT) to avoid a Missed Assignment (MA) and retain Airbus qualifications.

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Congratulations to our Off-Probation Classes 25-3, 25-4, 25-5, 25-6, and 25-7. Completing probation is a significant achievement, and we wish you a successful and rewarding career ahead.

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9/11 – We Will Never Forget!

Allie Malis, Dylan Shaw and Dianne Britton joined me in honoring those that had fallen on 9-11 with visits to the Pentagon, The Capitol and Shanksville Pennsylvania memorials. We will never forget.

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APFA EAP and Professional Standards

The APFA Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Professional Standards programs work together to support Flight Attendants facing emotional, personal, or work-related challenges.

We encourage you to utilize these confidential services. Our team consists of trained peer-to-peer Flight Attendants who are here to listen, guide, and help you navigate any issues you may be experiencing.

If you are dealing with conflicts among crew members or in the workplace, we recommend reaching out to Professional Standards as a constructive way to address and resolve these situations.

You can contact a representative 24/7 at 833-214-2002. Each base has local representatives, and when you call this number, someone will return your call.

Remember, you are not alone. We are here to support you.

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2026 Annual Enrollment

2026 Annual Enrollment opens Monday, November 3
and closes Wednesday, November 19 at 11:59 PM (CT)

Please watch for additional information from APFA as the date approaches.

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Employee Parking

As mentioned last month, we were assured that improvements would be made to the employee parking lot at Reagan National Airport. If you are still experiencing unsafe conditions, such as issues with rideshare drivers, a lack of police presence, or inadequate lighting, please let us know so we can continue to address these concerns.

On a separate parking note, if you have not yet received your parking permits for DCA, BWI, or IAD, and believe you are eligible under the company’s guidelines, please contact DCA Inflight. If they are unable to provide you with a permit, let me know so I can assist you in obtaining one.

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In Solidarity,

John Pennel
APFA DCA Base President
[email protected]

Dianne Britton
APFA DCA Base Vice President
[email protected]

Lisa Barnes
APFA DCA Base Council Representative – Allocations
[email protected]