2.03.26 – APFA PHX Base Brief – March 2026 Staffing and Allocations

March 2026 PHX Staffing and Allocations

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Today, APFA Base Representatives participated in the monthly call regarding staffing and allocations with the Company.

In Today’s Base Brief:

• PHX Base Statistics for March 2026
• Senior Bump to Reserve Duty
• Important Dates
• Non-Stop Flights from Phoenix to Anchorage Returning in May!
• PBS Preliminary Manning Plan – March 2026
• March 2026 PHX Sequence Percentages
• Reserve Percentages by Base – March 2026
• March 2026 System Reserve Seniority
• 2026-2027 Annual Vacation Bidding Process Timelines
• PHX to LHR Returns in March
• PBS Bidding Refresher
• More Than a Three (3) Hour Delay (After Report)
• Aggressive Reserve Hours and Calling Out of Time (COT)
• Direct Conflict (DC) vs. FAR Illegal (FI) Pay Protection
• Arizona Earned Paid Sick Time
• Mandatory Meeting Representation
• Right to Union Representation (CBA 35.R)
• AAdvantage Cash Announcement Reminders
• APFA PHX Base Leadership and Representatives Contact Info.

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PHX Base Statistics for March 2026

• One (1) Month On/ Three (3) Months off Reserve Rotation: 1171
• One (1) Month On/ One (1) Month off Reserve Rotation: 190
• Straight Reserve (One (1) Year): 0
• Straight Reserve (Two (2) Years): 45

Senior Bump to Reserve Duty – (CBA 12.A.3.c.)

Please remember that if you decide to switch from Lineholder to Reserve while the LRD tool is open from the 3rd to the 7th, you will not meet your Reserve rotation requirements if you have more than three (3) days of vacation. You will still be subject to Reserve duty in the following months.

Important Dates

• March Bid Month: March 2 – March 31
• Daylight Saving Time Begins – Sunday, March 8
• St. Patrick’s Day – Tuesday, March 17
• Palm Sunday – Sunday, March 29

Non-Stop Flights from Phoenix to Anchorage Returning in May!

Non-stop flights from Phoenix to Anchorage will resume on May 21, and run through September 8, on the Airbus A321neo!

Flights will depart Phoenix at 8:35 PM and arrive in Anchorage at 1:29 AM. Return flights leave Anchorage at 11:55 PM, and land in Phoenix at 6:24 AM.

We continue our talks with Management to assure this is crewed with PHX-based Flight Attendants. 

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March 2026 System Reserve Seniority

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To bid for vacation, go to the Crew Portal. Once logged in, click on:

Monthly Bids > Vacation > Annual > Bidding Ballots

If you have any questions regarding your accrual or bidding process, you may email [email protected] or open a ticket on the Support Tab on Crew Portal.

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We are excited to announce that our service from Phoenix (PHX) to London (LHR) will resume in late March, with PHX-based Flight Attendants operating the flights.

Please note the following restrictions on liquids, creams, gels, pastes, and aerosols that can be taken through security:

• Liquids must be carried in containers of 100ml or less.
• These containers should be placed in a single, transparent, resealable bag.
• The bag must not exceed the dimensions of 20cm x 20cm (8in x 8in) and should be able to close completely with all items inside.
• At security control, please place the bag in the tray with your other items.

Containers holding more than 100ml will not be permitted through security. Please pack these items in your checked baggage instead.

Pursers will have all necessary information to assist with the London experience. However, it is important for all Flight Attendants (FAs) to familiarize themselves with the aircraft and their respective roles and responsibilities, both during boarding and onboard service.

Additionally, please remember that IPD flights require a report for duty 1 hour and 15 minutes prior to departure. Flight Attendants must be on the aircraft and ready to receive passengers 50 minutes before the scheduled departure. Note that this means you should have completed your briefing, stowed your bags, conducted your pre-checks, and be positioned at your designated boarding spot by that time. Exceptions apply for last-minute standby call-outs or Reserves who are contacted from home with less than 2 hours’ notice to report. Those FAs will report to the airport and brief with the Purser.

It is also crucial to understand your contract. Please review CBA Section 14 – International Flying, as it covers all the necessary guidelines regarding contractual obligations for IPD flights.

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Join us in the Crew Room next month on Saturday, March 14 from 10 AM to 3 PM, for a PBS Bidding Refresher. Secorra and Base Council Representatives will be available to review your PBS bid and provide assistance with bidding basics, tips, and tricks. We hope to see you there!

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More Than a Three (3) Hour Delay (After Report)

CBA Section 10.J.8. – “When a flight departure is delayed for more than three (3) hours, the Flight Attendant who is scheduled for such flight shall not be required to stand by and shall be relieved of duty at her/his request, provided that other Flight Attendants are available to replace her/him without increasing the delay. A Flight Attendant desiring to be released shall remain on duty until the relief Flight Attendant reports for duty. A Flight Attendant exercising this option shall forfeit any pay and credit that may be accumulated under any other Paragraph in Section 10.”

This provision applies at sequence origination only, not mid-sequence. You are not entitled to Call Out pay or pay protection, but you will receive the Duty Rig from report to release. Section 11.D.5. states, “A Flight Attendant shall receive a minimum of one (1) hour of pay and credit for every two (2) hours of actual on-duty time prorated on a minute-by-minute basis of actual on-duty time.”

Example: You are delayed for more than three hours and request to be removed from your sequence. You reported at 1000 and are relieved and released at 1400. Your four hours on duty would generate two hours of pay. Once released, contact Crew Scheduling to ensure your release time is added so pay for the duty day can be added. If the pay is not generated by closeout, submit a Direct Connect.

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Aggressive Reserve Hours and Calling Out of Time (COT)

CBA 12.K.4.b enhances how aggressive hours are viewed for Reserves when calculating RSVCOT (Reserve Calling Out of Time).

Only the first 40 Aggressive hours awarded will go toward your RSVCOT. Any aggressive hours awarded after the first 40 hours awarded aggressive will not go toward calling out of time. 

What are aggressive hours?

When you are on a RAP and bid for a sequence, this is known as an aggressive bid. An award from this aggressive bid would be an aggressive award (aggressive hours). Future awards and assignments (ROTA) and daily assignments (ROTD) are not considered aggressive hours.

To contact the Contract Implementation Committee (CIC) with any questions regarding all things CBA Implementation, please use the CIC Membership Contact Form.

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Direct Conflict (DC) vs. FAR Illegal (FI) Pay Protection

1. A Direct Conflict occurs on your schedule whenever the trip you are currently flying is delayed into a day or duty period with other flying already on it. There must be an overlap between the time you are released from the first sequence and the time you report for your second sequence.

Example: You report for a 1-day trip on June 11th at 1600. The trip is scheduled to end on June 11th with a release time of 2326. You have another 1-day trip on June 12th with a report time of 1300. Your first trip has a mechanical delay and is rescheduled to arrive on June 12th at 1500 – causing you to have a conflict with the report time of the second trip. Since the trips overlap, this is considered a DIRECT CONFLICT – and the second trip will be removed with a DC code on your HI-1.

2. A FAR Illegality on your schedule occurs whenever you are scheduled to fly two sequences back-to-back, and the first sequence is delayed arriving back into base giving you less than the FAR required rest between the two sequences, without any overlap.

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Arizona Earned Paid Sick Time

PHX-based Flight Attendants can utilize up to forty (40) hours of paid sick leave annually to cover absences due to personal medical conditions, care for eligible family members, or other qualifying reasons outlined in the Arizona Earned Paid Sick Time Policy.

Every January 1, the Company will provide eligible Flight Attendants with 40 hours of AZ Paid Sick leave for each calendar year, which runs from January 1 to December 31. AZ Paid Sick is not an additional bank of hours. Any sick leave you take will be deducted from your existing sick bank.

If on January 1 you have 40 or more hours in your sick bank, that amount will count as your allotment of Arizona Earned Paid Sick Time for that calendar year. If you have fewer than 40 hours in your sick bank on January 1, the Company will credit your sick leave bank to ensure that you have a total of 40 hours available for that year. This total will also be considered your allotment of Arizona Earned Paid Sick Time. Should the Company credit your sick bank with additional hours on January 1, you will be required to “pay back” the credited hours as you accrue paid sick leave under any applicable Company policy or agreement.

For example, if you have 10 hours in your Company paid sick bank on January 1, the Company will add an additional 30 hours to your sick bank, giving you a total of 40 hours. If you accrue 4.5 sick hours in January, then on February 1, you will still have a total of 40 hours available for AZ Paid Sick (not 44.5 hours), assuming you did not take any sick leave in January. Additional hours of paid sick leave will not be added to your sick bank until you have first accrued an amount equal to the hours the Company credited on January 1.

***If your sick call qualifies for conversion to AZ Sick, it will automatically be recoded from SK to MS, and your negative point will be removed.***

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Mandatory Meeting Representation

If the Crew Attendance Manager or your Crew Manager schedules a mandatory meeting, please set up the meeting and call 800-595-1471, ext. 4, for APFA PHX Representation. Please leave your name, employee number, phone number, and the date and time of the meeting. We request a notification at least 48 hours before the meeting to schedule a representative.

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Right to Union Representation (CBA 35.R)

When meetings are held to investigate matters that could potentially lead to disciplinary action or dismissal, or when written statements are taken regarding such matters, the following conditions apply: If a Flight Attendant requests it, they shall have an APFA representative present. This applies also to meetings significant enough for the company to have witnesses or more than one company supervisor present.

In such cases, the meeting will be postponed for a reasonable period, not exceeding four (4) hours, to allow the APFA representative to arrive, as long as the Flight Attendant remains in the meeting location while waiting. The presence of the APFA representative will not interfere with the conduct of the meeting.

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AAdvantage Cash Announcement Reminders

When making AAdvantage Cash announcements, please keep the following points in mind:

• You are responsible for selecting the most appropriate time to make the announcement. It should not interfere with your mandatory duties.
• The announcement must be made during cruising altitude and before the descent begins, between the hours of 8 AM and 9 PM.
• The AAdvantage Cash announcement should not be made during periods of sterile flight deck activity or on late-night/red-eye flights.
• The announcement must be read exactly as provided. You should not deviate from the scripted announcement.

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APFA PHX 
800-595-1471

• Ext. 1 – APFA Headquarters
• Ext. 2 – PHX Base President Robin Agee
• Ext. 3 – PHX Base Vice President Secorra Flowers
• Ext. 4 – Mandatory Meeting Representation
• Ext. 6 – Reserve
• Ext. 0 – General Questions

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Please reach out to us with any questions or concerns.

In Solidarity,

Robin Agee
APFA PHX Base President
480-238-2303
[email protected]

Secorra Flowers
APFA PHX Base Vice President
602-551-8116
[email protected]