9.03.25 – APFA ORD Base Brief – October 2025 Staffing and Allocations

October 2025 ORD Staffing and Allocations

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Happy September, Chicago.

October is the first full month without the full summer schedule.

83 VLOAs will be offered for the month of October. More information may be found here.

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Important Dates

• Contractual month: October 1st– October 31st
• Halloween – Friday the 31st
• Daylight Saving time ends – November 2nd

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Allocations
Chicago sees the return of seasonal Honolulu flying. The first trip begins October 25th with a DH to HNL through LAX. Daily departures out of ORD are 1000 with a 26:26 hour layover. Positions 1-8.

There are a handful of 787 domestic sequences throughout the month: DFW turns

ODANs are up from the reduction in August, with 13.1 in September vs 8.3 for the month of August. We will monitor how these ODANs are being operated.

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Staffing

ORD has a reserve percentage of 15.6% for September vs the system average of 16.9%.

There will be 2,680 lineholders in October.

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Sequence Starts per Day

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Sequence Distribution

• 1-day: 27% in October vs 27% in September
• 2-day: 22% in October vs 20% in September
• 3-day: 48% in October vs 50% in September
• 4-day: 3% in October vs 3% in September
• ODAN Starts per day: 17.0 in October vs 13.1 in September

22% of flying is widebody.

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PBS Preliminary Manning Plan

Safe Travels!

In Solidarity,

Justin Patterson
APFA ORD Base President
ORD Base Number: (773) 645-0809
Cell: (509) 720-0067
[email protected]

Dray Howard
APFA ORD Base Vice President
ORD Base Number: (773) 645-0809
Cell: (630) 215-8410
[email protected]