5.07.25 – APFA DCA Base Brief – June 2025 Staffing and Allocations

June 2025 DCA Staffing and Allocations

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

There will be no Voluntary Leaves of Absence (VLOAs) offered for June.

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: 48,599 (+1783)
• IAD: 1,757 (*167)
• BWI: 3,443 (-38)

54,159 total flying hours (DCA, IAD, BWI) ( +1912 month-over-month) (+4955 year-over-year)

Year-over-year block hours has increased by 12.8% and headcount has increased by 72 Flight Attendants.

• June will not be a flex month.
• The contractual targeted credit range default is 70-90.
• June will have an opening line average of 80.7. This is down 3.2% moving in the right direction for summer flying.
• Reserve % is flat with last year.
• DCA’s June most senior Reserve with system seniority of 26,539 (April 4, 2024).

June Events and Timelines

• Schedule Change: June 5
• Father’s Day: Sunday, June 15
• Juneteenth: Thursday, June 19

Allocations Notes for June

• Total sequences 920 (DCA, IAD, BWI)
• DCA Sequences: 840
• ODANS:
  • ATL operates 2 days
  • BOS operates 2 days
  • CHS operates 23 days
  • BTV operates 23 days
• DCA
  • Charter/honor flight sequences 13136 and 13269
  • NAS turns operate 30 days
  • LAX turns operate 30 days
  • PHX ‘pink eye’ operates 30 days
  • FLL AM turns 27 days
  • SRQ AM turns 24 days
  • TPA and PBI AM turns 9 days
  • BOS AM turn 9 days
  • MCO AM turns 23 days
  • OKC PM turns 23 days
  • MSY PM turn 24 days
  • DFW PM turn 28 days
  • 5 Spanish speaker positions
  • Canada RON’s YYC and YYZ
  • NIPD RON’s BDA, BGI, CUN, KIN MDE, POS, PUJ, STX, UDF
• BWI
  • 53 sequences
  • DFW turns operates 3 days
  • 1-day 3 leg day operating 26 days pays 7+ hours
  • NIPD STX layover operating once
• IAD
  • 27 sequences
  • CUN RON operating once
  • Charter Flights 13826, 13830, 13833
  • FA4  27 sequences
• Sit times with 2.31 hours or more
  • DCA: 295
  • IAD: 21
  • BWI: 14

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Scheduled Duty Days:

• <8 hours: 46.6%
• 8-10 hours: 26.5%
• 0-12 hours: 23.1%
• >12 hours: 3.8%

Scheduled Legs in Duty Day:

• 1-leg: 21.1%
• 2-legs: 51.1%
• 3-legs: 15.5%
• 4-legs: 1.2%

Scheduled Layover Rest:

• < 11 hours: 0.2%
• 11-12 hours: 6.1%
• 12-14 hours: 28.7%
• 16-18 hours: 16.5%
• >24 hours: 11.8%

Scheduled Sit Times:

• 2-2.5 hours: 11.0%
• 2.5-3 hours: 9.5%
• >3 hours: 3.1%

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June 2025 Bidding Timelines

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June 2025 System Reserve Seniority

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Class 25-06 – April 14, 2025

Class 25-07 – April 21, 2025

Class 25-08 – April 28, 2025

Class 25-09 – May 6, 2025

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2nd Quarter 2025 Inflight Web-Based Training

This quarterly training must be completed by Monday, June 2 at 23:59 (CT)

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DCA Flight Attendant Aircraft Qualifications

• B787: 796 FA’s qualified
• B777: 801 FA’S qualified
• B737: 802 FA’s qualified
• A320 series: 802 FA’s qualified

Of course, we have been asking for IPD flying for those of you who are interested since the base is almost fully trained on widebody aircraft.  I know it’s a wish list, but we will keep pushing!

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APFA Board of Directors to Meet With VP of Inflight

On Tuesday, May 20, the APFA Board of Directors (BOD), comprised of the ten Base Presidents, will travel to Dallas for a face-to-face meeting with Bobbi Wells, Vice President of Inflight, and her leadership team.

The APFA BOD called this meeting to address critical issues system-wide and within our crew bases. It is essential to have open, transparent dialogue regarding the challenges facing our Flight Attendants and those that may arise with the upcoming structural changes to inflight service.

Specifically, we will seek clarity on the changes set to take place in early June, including the implementation of the new centralized performance manager. We are committed to advocating for a structure that supports, not undermines, our Flight Attendants, and we will continue to hold leadership accountable for decisions that affect your work life and well-being.

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APFA.org

Click Here for the latest updates from the Contract Implementation Committee (CIC) outlining all changes implemented since the Date of Signing (DOS).

Please take time to review and familiarize yourself with these changes if you have any questions don’t hesitate to reach out or Contact the CIC.

Get the latest swag and wear at the APFA Membership Store. Your local base leadership and base council reps will have the new APFA lanyard and the new official APFA pin available.. If you see a rep, ask for your free swag, and wear it proudly. You can also contact one of us to get you the new items!

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In Solidarity,

John Pennel
APFA DCA Base President
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Dianne Britton
APFA DCA Base Vice President
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Lisa Barnes
APFA DCA Base Council Representative – Allocations
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