11.08.25 – APFA DCA Base Brief – December 2025 Staffing and Allocations

December 2025 DCA Staffing and Allocations

Saturday, November 8, 2025

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: 44,291 (-983)
• IAD: 1,747 (-103)
• BWI: 3,043 (-284)

49,081 total flying hours (DCA, IAD, BWI) (-1,370 month-over-month) (+4,723 year-over-year).

Year-over-year block hours has increased by 9.7% and headcount has increased by 92 Flight Attendants.

• December is not a flex month.
• Contractual targeted range: 70–90 hours.
• Opening line average: 75.8 hours.
• DCA’s most senior Reserve for November has a system seniority number of 26,037 (April 4, 2024).

Important Dates

• December Bid Month: December 2 – December 31
• Schedule Changes: December 3 and December 18
• Christmas Eve: Wednesday, December 24
• Christmas Day: Thursday, December 25
• New Years Eve: Wednesday, December 31

Incentive Point and Holiday Pay 2025 – 2026

Allocations Notes for December

• Total sequences 868 (DCA, IAD, BWI):
  • 4 FA sequences: 505 total
  • 3 FA sequences: 363 total
• DCA Sequences: 786
• ODANS:
  • BOS (A319) operates 20 days
  • BOS (737) operates 6 days
  • CHS operates 13 days
  • PWM operates 8 days
  • RDU operates 11 days
• DCA
  • No charter/honor flights
  • LAX high time turns operates 30 days
  • PHX ‘pink eye’ operates  27 days
  • Spanish speaker positions operating 5 sequences
  •  Canada layovers: YYZ  days. YYC 1 day, YVR, 4 days
  •  NIPD Layovers:1 ANA, 5 ANU, 4 BDA,  7 CUN, 4 CUR, 1GCM, 3 KIN, 3 NAS, 2 POS, 1PUJ, 1- SAL 3 -SDQ 3- STI, 2,- STT 1- STX
• BWI
  • 50 sequences
  • CLT turns operate 4 days
  • DFW AM turns 20 days/no PM DFW turn
  • 8, 2 -day trips (domestic)
  • 2, 2-day trips (NIPD)
  • 20, 3-day trips (Domestic)
  • 2, 3-day trips (NIPD)
• IAD
  • 32 sequences
  • 2, 1-day trips operating Dec 4 and 16
  • 8, 2-day trips (domestic)
  • 20, 3-day trips (domestic
  • 2, 3-day trips with NIPD Dec 16 and 18

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Sequences with Sit Times of 2.31 Hours or More

• DCA: 254
• BWI: 27
• IAD: 11

Scheduled Duty Days:

• <8 hours: 48.9%
• 8-10 hours: 25.1%
• >12 hours: 3.8%

Scheduled Legs in Duty Day:

• 1-leg: 36,7%
• 2-legs: 47.1%
• 3-legs: 15.3%
• 4-legs: 0.9%

Scheduled Layover Rest:

• < 11 hours: 0.2%
• 11-12 hours: 6.8%
• 12-14 hours: 28.7%
• 16-18 hours: 15.8%
• >24 hours: 11.2%

Scheduled Sit Times:

• 2-2.5 hours: 11.2%
• 2.5-3 hours: 8.7%
• >3 hours: 3.4%

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December 2025 Bidding Timelines

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December 2025 System Reserve Seniority

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EFB Compliance

The company has recently pushed three EFB updates. Please ensure you perform the necessary updates.

• iOS 26 – Effective date October 29
• IFM 18.2 – Effective date November 5
• Comply365 13.3.1 – Effective date November 12

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Inflight Quarterly Training 4Q2025

• Operational Reliability – 4Q25
• Preventing Sexual Harassment
• Basic Data Cybersecurity Awareness
• Security Management System (SeMS)
• oneworld alliance

This quarterly training must be completed by Monday, December 8 at 23:59 (CT) to avoid a Missed Assignment (MA).

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2026 Annual Enrollment

2026 Annual Enrollment ends Wednesday, November 19 at 11:59 pm (CT)

• 2026 Annual Enrollment Cheat Sheet
  Medical Options/Paycheck Contributions/Prescription, Dental and Vision Coverage
• 2026 Annual Enrollment Checklist
  Determine Your Needs/Explore the Different Plans/Enroll by November 19

Call the American Airlines Benefits Service Center with any questions at 888-860-6178. They are available Monday through Friday, 7 AM until 7 PM (CT) during the enrollment period.

Go to myenrollment.aa.com to get started.

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Congratulations to our Off Probation classes 25-08 25-09 and 25-10.

   

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DCA Virtual Base Meeting Recap

Your DCA APFA Base Leadership held a virtual base meeting on November 5, 2025, at 11:00 AM. The meeting was recorded, and if you’re interested in viewing it, please follow the hot path below to access the recording on APFA.org.

Topics Discussed:

• December Allocations
• APFA Board of Directors Meeting
• APFA Constitutional & Policy Manual Changes
• CBA Implementation Items 2026
• Fatigue Policy
• Minimum Crew Reduction on the Boeing 787-9P
• Parking Tag Grievances
• Crew Conflicts
• Crew Room Enhancements

We also welcomed several guest speakers — a big thank you to:

• Kim Tuck, Retirement Specialist
• Alex Roberts, DCA Government Affairs
• Devyn Gourley, SBA Grievance Representative
• Ona Mathews, LOSA

1. APFA.org
2. Log in
3. Navigate to Base  > DCA > Base Resources

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As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday your DCA based leadership would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to each of you. We are thankful for your hard work, dedication and professionalism throughout the year. We wish you and your families a safe and joyful Thanksgiving.

Remember, you are not alone. We are here to support you.

In Solidarity,

John Pennel
APFA DCA Base President
[email protected]

Dianne Britton
APFA DCA Base Vice President
[email protected]

Lisa Barnes
APFA DCA Base Council Representative – Allocations
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