1.27.26 – Incentive Day Added for January 28, 2026

Incentive Day for Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

In accordance with CBA 3.K.2, Flight Attendants will receive incentive pay for the flight legs you work that touch Wednesday, January 28, 2026, the Incentive Day. The incentive pay will be paid to all Flight Attendants, both Lineholders and Reserves, working on the designated Incentive Day, regardless of how or when you obtained the trip.

Incentive pay consists of a premium of 100% in addition to your base hourly rate and is based on the greater of scheduled or actual hours flown (including reschedules) on the designated Incentive Day. The incentive premium will be paid above the guarantee for Reserves. The incentive premium will be pay, no credit for Lineholders and will not raise or lower your TTS max.

Additional Details

• Incentive pay is only paid for the flight legs that touch the designated day. Incentive pay does not apply to the entire sequence unless each leg touches the Incentive Day.
• If the departure or arrival of the leg (local station time) touches the Incentive Day, you will be paid the incentive pay for that leg.
• “Flown” hours are block hours. Eligible hours are those scheduled within a flight leg that touches the Incentive Day. Deadheads are credited block hours and, as such, are eligible for incentive pay.
• It is important to note that paid and credited hours as a result of duty, trip or minimum day rigs are not eligible for the incentive premium.
• ODAN Exception: Hours flown as a scheduled On-Duty All Night (ODAN) sequence in a single duty period that touches the Incentive Day will be eligible for the incentive pay. This means that if you are on an ODAN that touches the Incentive Day, you will be eligible for the incentive premium for the block hours flown on both legs of the sequence.
• Incentive pay is based on scheduled or actual. This means you will be paid the premium on the greater of scheduled or actual flying time.
• If you were not originally scheduled to fly on the Incentive Day, but as a result of a reschedule or an early or late departure/arrival the leg(s) flown now touch the Incentive Day, you will be eligible for the incentive premium.
• If you were originally scheduled to fly on the Incentive Day, but as a result of an early or late departure/arrival the leg(s) flown no longer touch the Incentive Day, you will still receive the incentive premium.
• Flight Attendants serving airport standby and do no flying will be eligible for incentive pay. Standby hours within a shift that touch the Incentive Day will be eligible. This means that if your standby crosses over midnight of the Incentive Day, you are eligible for incentive pay for all standby hours on that shift.
• If you serve airport standby on the Incentive Day and are assigned flying on the Incentive Day, only the flight hours touching the Incentive Day are eligible for incentive pay. If you serve airport standby on the Incentive Day and are assigned flying that departs on a non-incentive day, you will be eligible for incentive pay for the standby hours only.
• Since incentive pay is based on hours “flown”, flights or trips that cancel or are removed will not be paid the incentive premium. This includes hours that are paid based on pay protections provided in the CBA.
• Flight Attendants who have a report/no fly event on the Incentive Day will be eligible for the incentive premium on any applicable call out pay.
• For Last Live Leg Swaps (CBA 10.P), the Flight Attendant originally scheduled to work the flight will be eligible for the incentive pay for the leg if it meets the above criteria.
• Incentive pay will not apply to CBA premiums such as Lead, Galley, International, Speaker, etc.

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Q 1: I have a flight departing on the Incentive Day, but it arrives on a non-incentive day. Do I get the incentive pay for the entire flight leg or just the hours that are on the Incentive Day? – or – I have a flight departing on a non-incentive day, but it arrives on an Incentive Day. Do I get the incentive pay for the entire flight leg or just the hours that are on the Incentive Day?

A 1: You will get incentive pay for the entire flight leg that touches the Incentive Day. To be eligible for incentive pay, either the departure of the leg (based on local station time) or the arrival of the leg (based on local station time) must touch the incentive day.

Q 2: My flight is scheduled to depart on the Incentive Day but is delayed and will now be departing on a non-incentive day. Do I still get incentive pay because the leg was originally scheduled to touch the Incentive Day?

A 2: Yes. If your flight was originally scheduled to touch the Incentive Day but as a result of a delay is no longer departing on the Incentive Day, you will still receive incentive pay for the flight leg flown.  

Q 3: My flight was scheduled to arrive on the Incentive Day, but I arrived early and the flight no longer touches the Incentive Day. Do I still get incentive pay because the leg was originally scheduled to touch the Incentive Day?

A 3: Yes. If your flight was originally scheduled to touch the Incentive Day but as a result of an early arrival no longer touches the Incentive Day, you will still receive incentive pay for the flight leg flown.

Q 4: I am scheduled to deadhead on the Incentive Day. Will I get incentive pay for the deadhead leg?

A 4: Yes. Incentive pay is paid on all flown hours on a leg touching the Incentive Day, including deadheads.

Q 5: I want to “no-show” for my deadhead on the Incentive Day, will I get the incentive pay if I no-show?

A  5: Yes. You are eligible for incentive pay for a “no-show” deadhead. CBA 16 states that you will be paid for a scheduled deadhead as if you had flown the deadhead.

Q 6: I have a Red Flag trip that touches the Incentive Day. Will I get both Red Flag and incentive pay?

A 6: Yes. You will get the applicable incentive pay in addition to the Red Flag pay.

Q 7: I am a reserve on a RAP and don’t end up being awarded/assigned a trip or standby during my RAP. Am I eligible for incentive pay for my RAP?

A 7. No. You are not eligible for incentive pay for a RAP if you do no flying or do not serve a standby on the Incentive Day.

Q 8: When will I be paid the Incentive Pay?

A 8: Incentive pay will be included in the contractual month the trip is completed. This means incentive pay should pay out on the mid-month paycheck the month following the completion of the trip. The pay will show as incentive on your pay statement, similar to holiday pay.

In Solidarity,

Jeff Petersen
APFA National Contract Chair
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Marti McMillan
APFA National Scheduling Chair
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