5.04.25 – APFA MIA Base Brief – June 2025 Staffing and Allocations

June 2025 MIA Staffing and Allocations

Sunday, May 4, 2025

Hello Miami,

Base Meeting

We want to hear from you, so we are having a Miami Base Meeting on June 10 at 11 am. It will be in-person in the Inflight Conference room and streaming on Teams. A member of the Contract Implementation Committee (CIC) will be in attendance. Please join us. We look forward to seeing you!

APFA MIA Base Contact Details

• APFA MIA Phone: 954-890-2732
• APFA MIA Email: [email protected]

Make sure to save these contacts in your phone!

Bid Sheet and Staffing

• June Bid Month: June 2 – July 1
• Schedule Change: June 5
• Juneteenth: Friday, June 19
• Father’s Day: Sunday, June 21

PBS Preliminary Manning Plan – June 2025

The available headcount for June is 3518. This is an increase of 14 YOY and up 11 heads from May. The line average will be 80.3 hours at PBS opening.

Reserve Projections

We are projected to have 780 Reserves for June, which represents 22.2% of the base. Our Reserve numbers are 1% higher YOY, and 4.4% higher than last month.

The reserve seniority date for May at the start of PBS was 31MAR22. For June the most senior reserve date will be seniority 14OCT21 with a system seniority number of 20702.

New hire training is winding down for the summer. as previously announced, the company is pausing new hire training for the summer. Miami was open for Classes 25-09 and 25-10 and they will report during May. Class 25-09 begins flying next week. There will be 49 new hires flying in Miami in June. Please welcome your new colleagues when you see them.

Flying Summary

FCO begins on June 5 on the 777-200 with a 24-hour layover. LHR will operate two daily flights on the 777-300. EZE will operate one daily trip on the 787-8. GIG will operate on the 777-200 daily. GRU will operate two daily flights with a 16-hour layover on the 787-8, and a 38-hour layover on the 777-300. BCN will operate daily on the 787-8. MAD will operate on the 777-200.

For NIPD, a CUN turn will operate daily on the 777-200.

For domestic, a pure 787 PHL turn will operate daily. A CLT split turn operates daily on the 777/737, positions 1-4. There is a daily PHL 1/1 on the 787-8 with a 19-hour layover.

IPD Flying

• LHR-777-300 Daily (2)
• MAD-777-200 Daily
• GRU-777-300 Daily, 787-8 Daily
• EZE-787-8 Daily
• GIG-777-200 Daily
• BCN-787-8 Daily
• FCO-777-200 Daily, begins June 5

NIPD

• CUN T/A 777-200 Daily

Wide-body Domestic

• PHL T/A,787 Daily
• CLT T/A split 777/737 Daily, positions 1-4
• PHL 1/1, 787 Daily

ODANs

• MCO, ATL, RDU, CHS, JAX, ORF, TPA, RIC

Turns

• NIPD: HAV, UVF, SXM, SKB, GND, BON, FDF, PUJ, SVD, STT, SDQ, GUA, STX, SJU, CUR, ANU, BOG, PTP, SJO, SAL, LIR, UIO, MDEL
• DOM: DFW, MCO, RDU, LAS, SLC, CLT, DCA, IAH, ATL, EWR, DEN, AUS, BWI*There are many turns that operate once or a few times during the month, but we only list those that operate for a substantial portion of the month.

Block Hours

• MIA: 198,870
• ATL: 2,081
• FLL: 5,857
• MCO: 2,673
• PBI: 4,254

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2nd Quarter 2025 Inflight Web-Based Training

The 2nd quarter training modules take approximately two hours, so plan accordingly This quarterly training must be completed by Monday, June 2 at 23:59 (CT) to avoid a Missed Assignment (MA).

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Normal Delay vs. Reschedule

We have continued to see a large uptick of questions regarding delays and “footprint” of a trip. A Reschedule is defined as a deviation from your scheduled legs in a sequence. A simple delay of flights that are in your scheduled sequence are not a Reschedule.

The language that addresses rescheduling within the footprint of your trip does not apply to normal delays.

If you are on a two-day trip and one of your legs on day two cancels, then the reschedule within the footprint is applicable. Keep in mind that you may be in a station with few flights or available replacements, so Crew Schedule may not be able to get you back within the footprint of the trip.

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Rescheduling

As we head into the rainy season, familiarize yourself with rescheduling rules. Rescheduling language is located in the CBA Section 10.J, Hours of Service in Section 11, and Crew Accommodations in Section 6.

Are you questioning if a removal code on your HI1 is pay-protected? The APFA website includes a search feature explaining what the removal code means and if it is a paid or unpaid removal.

To find the ‘DECS add/remove codes‘ search feature, click on the ‘Resources‘ tab on the landing page, or click here.

Are you canceled or being rescheduled? Find the language that applies to your scenario below:

Prior to Report
Full Sequence Cancellations

If you have an XI-coded trip on your HI1 or a trip where all segments have canceled, you are not required to report to the airport. You may not be rescheduled to a different sequence.

If you are notified of an entire sequence cancellation within three (3) hours of your scheduled sign-in time, you are entitled to call-out pay if you have left your residence. Contact crew scheduling if call-out pay has not been added to your HI1.

Prior to Report
The first leg(s) of your trip has cancelled,
and your sequence has a deadhead or live segments remaining

If crew scheduling has not contacted you, you may either contact them or report as scheduled. You may be rescheduled to catch up to the rest of your trip or be rescheduled to prevent a delay or cancellation if there are insufficient reserves.

Prior to Report
First segment(s) cancelled, no notification from crew scheduling

While crew scheduling is required to attempt to notify you (a voice message satisfies the attempt), you may contact them regarding any changes to your sign-in time. If you are unable to get through to crew scheduling, you should report as scheduled. Your duty time will begin at your original sign-in time. If you see “Failed Continuity” at the top of your HI3, crew tracking is in the process of repairing your sequence.

• Prior to Report – Sequence Changes up to 3 days prior to origination: Per CBA 10.J.2.b, Crew Scheduling must contact you and you are not required to accept the sequence. If you choose to come off the sequence, you will forfeit any pay protection.
• Prior to Report – Sequence Changes within 3 days prior to origination: Per CBA 10.J.2.c, crew scheduling must contact you, and with their agreement, you may be removed; if removed from the sequence, you will forfeit the pay protection for the sequence.

After Report but Prior to Origination
Sequence changes (prior to first flight)

Per CBA 10.J.3, if you are able to sign-in, but your trip subsequently has cancellations or another disruption, Crew Tracking will need to contact you within three (3) hours after the disruption is known or four (4) hours after report, whichever is later, to advise you of the balance of your flying. If you have not heard from Crew Tracking at the end of the applicable 3 or 4 hours, you may call them; however, you are released from your flying for the remainder of the sequence.

• If you are unable to sign in, call crew tracking. Once you speak to a tracker, they will advise you of your flying or any reschedule at that time. They may reschedule you following the provisions in CBA 10.J.3 to prevent a delay or cancellation if there are insufficient reserves. If the entire crew is not needed, the reschedule will be offered in seniority order, and assigned in inverse seniority order.
• If you are unable to sign in, and can’t get through to crew tracking, the clock for rescheduling (4 hours past sign in or 3 hours past the disruption – whichever is later) starts at the scheduled report time.
• After you sign in, if your entire sequence has cancelled, you should be notified of the cancellation by crew scheduling, but if you have not been contacted, the 3 hour/4 hour “clock” still applies as above.
• If you are notified of an entire sequence cancellation, you are entitled to call out pay, or other pay protections may apply. Contact crew scheduling if call out pay has not been added to your HI1.

After Origination
Sequence changes

Per CBA 10.J.4, you may be rescheduled to maintain scheduled operations. If you are rescheduled due to a disruption to your sequence after you depart on your first segment, crew tracking must make positive contact to advise you of any changes to your schedule. If you have cancellations or delays that cause you to misconnect within your sequence, crew tracking must advise you of the balance of your flying within three (3) hours of when the disruption is known. During this time, you must remain contactable.

• If you are not advised of additional flying for that duty day within the three (3) hours of when the disruption is known, you are released for the remainder of that duty day (CBA 10.J.4.c).
• If you are released to rest (even in your base) – call the hotel/ limo desk to arrange your hotel/transportation.
• If you are mid-sequence and at home base and have additional duty periods scheduled, you are entitled to a hotel room for an in-base layover.

Other Important Points:

• Return to Crew Base- CBA 10.J.7: The company must make every effort to schedule you to arrive back in base at your originally scheduled arrival time if there are available reserves. Keep in mind, the Reserve call out list is not “real time” and there may be reserves showing available who have been or will be assigned in the next ROTD run. Following UBL, open sequences are sent to reserve processing.
• Lineholders are not to be treated as Reserves. (10.J.1)
• Flight Attendants should be allowed to fly the trips they have been awarded from PBS, TTS, UBL, etc. If you have been rescheduled, scheduling should make every effort to catch you up to your original trip. (10.J.1.c)
• The Lead Flight Attendant will be responsible for communicating with crew scheduling. In no event shall a Flight Attendant accept a change in itinerary from anyone other than crew schedule, a Company designee, e.g., member of management, Inflight Management or the Captain. Notwithstanding the above, a customer service agent may inform the Flight Attendant of the need to contact Crew Schedule for possible change of itinerary. (10.V.6)
• If you pick up flying over a trip with cancellations, remember that if there is pay protection, pick up only from TTS or UBL. Picking up ETB on a calendar day with pay protection will cancel out the pay protection, even if there is legal rest between the conclusion of your sequence and the ETB sequence picked up.
• During the three (3) hours from a disruption to your sequence, or four (4) hours from sign in, you must be contactable when crew scheduling/tracking calls. If you miss a call and a voice message is left, you must return the call.

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New Boarding Times Effective May 1

*Airplanes with fewer than 161 seats are A319, A320, and A321T

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From the Professional Standards Desk

Professional Standards rep Kenny De Alba may be reached on 954.483.7016 for May.

Please use Professional Standards for issues you are unable to resolve on the airplane. APFA EAP is available for advice on sensitive issues with co-workers as well. They may be reached on 833.214.2002, seven days a week.

In Solidarity,

Nick & Javier