CLT Base Briefs

July 2026 Staffing and Allocations Sunday, June 7, 2026 We recently met with management to review the July schedule, and there were no major surprises. July is the peak of the…

June 2026 Staffing and Allocations Wednesday, May 6, 2026 We had our monthly call with the company to discuss the June schedule. June is the Summer. This is probably the…

May 2026 Staffing and Allocations Monday, April 6, 2026 We held our monthly scheduling call with the company to review the May schedule. May 21 marks the start of the…

Bring Back the Red. Stand United. Wednesday, March 11, 2026 Dear APFA CLT Flight Attendants, On February 9, 2026, the APFA Board of Directors unanimously issued a Vote of No Confidence in…

April 2026 Staffing and Allocations Thursday, March 5, 2026 We had our monthly call with the company to review the schedule for April. There were no major surprises. We will…

Thursday, February 12, 2026 Dear CLT Flight Attendants, If you are a North Carolina resident, now is the time to vote in the 2026 Primary Election! North Carolina has several…

March 2026 Staffing and Allocations Friday, February 6, 2026 We had our monthly call to discuss the trips for March. It’s hard to concentrate on our upcoming schedule without acknowledging the…

Friday, January 23, 2026 In this hotline: Reserves using T-Mobile as your carrier A winter storm is coming Reminder for line holders using the UBL Reminder for reserves Reserves using…

2026-27 Vacation Bidding Thursday, January 22, 2026 It’s that time of year again! Annual vacation bidding starts on Monday, January 26 and concludes with both rounds in March. APFA met with the…

February 2026 Staffing and Allocations Saturday, January 10, 2026 We had our monthly call to discuss the trips for February. We are in the first full month of the winter schedule…

January 2026 Staffing and Allocations Monday, December 8, 2025 We held our monthly call to discuss the January schedule. Charlotte continues to have a robust schedule with 179,517 hours. This…

December 2025 CLT Staffing and Allocations Wednesday, November 5, 2025 We held our monthly call to discuss the December schedule. December is unique because we have a reduced winter schedule…

Food & Essentials Drive for TSA & ATC Employees in CLT Tuesday, November 4, 2025 Please note, this effort is not open to the public for security and logistical reasons.…

November 2025 CLT Staffing and Allocations Sunday, October 5, 2025 We had our monthly call with the company to discuss the trips for November. This is a holiday month where…

October 2025 CLT Staffing and Allocations Tuesday, September 9, 2025 We had our monthly call with the company to take a look at the trips for October. This October will be…

AFA PSA Day of Action Monday, August 18th 1:00pm ET Charlotte Douglas Airport Intersection of Wilkinson Blvd and Airport Entrance (across from the Crown) Monday, August 11, 2025 APFA stands…

September 2025 CLT Staffing and Allocations Saturday, August 9, 2025 We had our monthly call with the company to discuss the September bid month. September marks the end of summer…

Saturday, July 19, 2025 APFA Human Rights Coalition invite all members to come and march in the Charlotte Pride Parade, August 17th, at 1230pm EST. The Parade will take place…

787-9P Minimum Crew – Take ACTION Today! Wednesday, July 9, 2025 Last week, APFA National President Julie Hedrick sent a letter to American Airlines CEO Robert Isom and Vice President of Safety…

August 2025 CLT Staffing and Allocations Monday, July 7, 2025 We had our monthly call with the company to discuss the trips for August. The summer schedule will be winding…

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 “Change” The last few weeks have thrown us into a whirlwind of change. Flight Service has “reorganized” once again and instead of taking down silos as…

July 2025 CLT Staffing and Allocations Monday, June 9, 2025 We had our monthly call to discuss the trips for July. As expected, July is almost identical to June with the…

June 2025 CLT Staffing and Allocations Tuesday, May 6, 2025 We had our monthly call with the company to discuss the trips for June. The summer schedule is in full…

Stand With CLT Airport Workers in Their Fight for a Living Wage! Friday, April 25, 2025

May 2025 CLT Staffing and Allocations Monday, April 7, 2025 We had our monthly call with the company to discuss the trips for May. There were very little surprises as…

April 2025 CLT Staffing and Allocations Thursday, March 13, 2025 Last week, we held our monthly call with the company to discuss the trips planned for April. This week, we…

March 2025 Staffing and Allocations Sunday, February 9, 2025 We had our monthly call last week to discuss the trips for the March bid month. March is a month that will…

February 2025 CLT Staffing and Allocations Thursday, January 9, 2025 We had our monthly call to discuss the trips for February. Our hours remain strong, and this is a healthy…

January 2025 CLT Staffing and Allocations Monday, December 9, 2024 We had our monthly call to discuss the schedule for January. We end the holiday schedule in the first week…

CLT Zoom Video Conference Friday, November 15 at 5 PM (ET) Wednesday, November 13, 2024 APFA CLT will host a Zoom Video Conference on Friday, November 15, at 5:00 PM…

December 2024 CLT Staffing and Allocations Monday, November 11, 2024 We had our monthly meeting with the company to discuss the schedule for December. There are some unique characteristics that…

November 2024 CLT Staffing and Allocations Tuesday, October 8, 2024 We had our monthly call to discuss the trips for November. November and December are holiday months and kick off…

October 2024 Staffing and Allocations Monday, September 9, 2024 We had our monthly call with the company to discuss the trips for October and our fall pull down was short…

Wednesday, August 7, 2024 2024 Tentative Agreement: CLT Base Visit Tomorrow, Thursday, August 8th 10:30 AM until 2:30 PM Click here to RSVP for the CLT base visit. Sheraton Charlotte Airport…

September 2024 Staffing and Allocations Monday, August 5, 2024 On Saturday, we had our monthly call with the company to discuss the trips for September. The system will pull down…

August 2024 CLT Staffing and Allocations Sunday, July 7, 2024 Last week, we had our monthly call with the company to discuss the trips for August. There was nothing positive…

July 2024 CLT Staffing and Allocations Thursday, June 6, 2024 We had our monthly call with the company to discuss the trips for July. The July 4th holiday triggers a critical…

Today’s CLT Picketing Cancelled Thursday, May 9, 2024 We regretfully must cancel our Charlotte Picket today due to weather. After-picket meet up is still happening! Join us at: The Olde…

June 2024 CLT Staffing and Allocations Wednesday, May 8, 2024 Tomorrow, May 9th from 11 am – 1 pm Charlotte/Douglas International Airport NW Corner of Wilkinson Blvd/Josh Birmingham Pkwy Intersection Click here…

May 2024 CLT Staffing and Allocations Saturday, April 6, 2024 We had our monthly call to discuss the schedule for May. There were no big surprises, as April marked our…

Safety Reports Update Thursday, March 21, 2024 Each month, we comprise the numbers from the safety reports, look for patterns, and identify the largest threats to safety for our flight…

April 2024 CLT Staffing and Allocations Tuesday, March 5, 2024 On Sunday, we had our monthly meeting with the company to discuss the trips for April. As expected, April will…

Wednesday, February 14, 2024 2024 National Officer Runoff Elections Ballots for the 2024 National Officer Elections were mailed to the membership on Monday, February 5, 2024. If you have yet…

Monday, February 12, 2024 Worldwide Flight Attendant Day of Action Tomorrow Flight Attendants across the industry are fighting to raise the standards for our career. More than two-thirds of the…

March 2024 CLT Staffing and Allocations Thursday, February 8, 2024 We had our monthly call with the company to discuss the trips for March. There were some minor changes to the…

2024-25 Annual Vacation Bidding Friday, January 26, 2024 The annual vacation bidding process will begin next week and concludes on March 12th. It’s that time of year to bid your…

February 2024 CLT Staffing and Allocations Wednesday, January 10, 2024 We had our monthly call with the company to discuss the trips for February, and there were no significant changes…

January 2024 CLT Staffing and Allocations Thursday, December 7, 2023 Good day, This week, we had our monthly call with the company to discuss the schedule for January. There were a…

December 2023 CLT Staffing and Allocations Friday, November 10, 2023 Good day, We had the monthly call to discuss trips for December and this year is playing out a little…

Tuesday, October 31, 2023 Take care of yourselves and each other. The Charlotte APFA Team In Solidarity, Scott Hazlewood APFA CLT Base President [email protected]

November 2023 CLT Staffing and Allocations Tuesday, October 10, 2023 Good day, We had our monthly call to discuss the November trips, and it looks like it will play out…

October 2023 CLT Staffing and Allocations Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Good day, We had our monthly call with the company to review the trips for October. There were not a…

Final Chance to Have Your Voice Heard! Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Time is running out to have your voice heard! A strong strike authorization vote sends a strong message to…

August 2023 Update Wednesday, August 23, 2023 Good day, As you well know, the company has focused on reliability and is obsessed with metrics over actually managing or motivating a…

Strike Authorization Vote Thursday, August 10, 2023 Contract negotiations continue to drag on. Now more than ever, we must send a strong message to the Company that our members are…

September 2023 CLT Staffing and Allocations Sunday, August 6, 2023 Good day, In this base brief: Strike authorization vote: Have you voted? Need help with password reset? I’m on probation.…

August 2023 CLT Staffing and Allocations Wednesday, June 5, 2023 Good day, We had our monthly call with the company to discuss the trips for August and there was really…

July 2023 CLT Staffing and Allocations Sunday, June 4, 2023 Good day, we had our monthly call with the company to discuss the trips for July, and yes, you guessed…

June 2023 CLT Staffing and Allocations Friday, May 5, 2023 We had our monthly call with the Company this week to discuss the trips for June. As expected, there is little…

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 May 2023 Staffing and Allocations Good day, We had our monthly call this week to discuss the trips for May. Charlotte did not have the winter pull…

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 April 2023 Staffing and Allocations Good day, We had our call with the company this week to discuss the trips for April. We are beginning the uptick…

Thursday, February 16, 2023 Legislative Action Day Reminder: Training Modules Due March 20th, 2023 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) APFA Professional Standards Legislative Action Day On February 8th, Charlotte sent a…

Monday, February 6, 2023 March 2023 Staffing and Allocations Good day, We had our monthly allocations call last week to discuss the trips for March. As you might have guessed, there were…

Thursday, January 5, 2023 February 2023 Staffing and Allocations Good day,We had the monthly call to discuss trips for February this week. February is almost a carbon copy of January. We saw…

Sunday, December 11, 2022 December Reminders Good day, Here are some reminders before the upcoming holiday flying begins. Critical Period and Holiday Pay The critical period for Christmas is December…

Monday, December 5, 2022 ACTION ITEM: Send a letter to Kipp Stoneman, Managing Director of Crew Workforce & Schedule Planning; Chip Mayer, Director of Crew Schedule Planning; and Anne Moroni, Vice President of…

Monday, November 7, 2022 December 2022 Staffing and Allocations Good day, We had our monthly call to discuss the trips for December, and there were only a few surprises. There is…

Monday, October 10, 2022 CLT Parking Deck Delays Good day, The airport construction has been a challenge for everyone these past few days. The traffic backups have caused a nightmare…

Thursday, October 6, 2022 November 2022 Staffing and Allocations Good day, We had our monthly call with the company to discuss the schedule for November. Since we have moved into a winter…

Sunday, September 4, 2022 APFA CLT Base Brief – October 2022 Staffing and Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly staffing and allocations call this week and we…

Tuesday, August 9, 2022 APFA CLT Base Brief – September 2022 Staffing and Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly call with the Company last week. Here is…

Tuesday, July 5, 2022 APFA CLT Base Brief – August 2022 Staffing and Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly call with the Company this week. Here is…

Monday, June 6, 2022 APFA CLT Base Brief – July 2022 Staffing and Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly call with the Company last week. Here is what…

Sunday, May 22, 2022 From Your Safety Reports Each month we break down the safety events that are reported for Charlotte and look for areas that are of concern. Here…

Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We wanted to address some of the issues we have been seeing, and provide some insight on how to handle them.…

Saturday, May 7, 2022 APFA CLT Base Brief – June 2022 Staffing and Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly call with the company this week and here…

Wednesday, April 6, 2022 APFA CLT Base Brief – May 2022 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly call with the Company this past weekend to discuss…

Sunday, March 6, 2022 APFA CLT Base Brief – April 2022 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly call with the company last week to discuss the trips…

Wednesday, February 2, 2022 2022-2023 Vacation Bidding Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, Every year, the Company creates the annual vacation matrix outlining the distribution of vacation days for the next…

Tuesday, January 4, 2022 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly call with the company concerning trips for February. There were only some small changes to the way…

Thursday, December 16, 2021 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, New Hires We have been welcoming New Hires into the Charlotte family every week and we will continue to see new…

Sunday, December 5, 2021 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, Welcome New Hire Classes 2021-1 and 2021-2! It has been over a year and a half since we have had new…

Thursday, November 4, 2021 December 2021 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, Yesterday, we had our monthly call to discuss the trips for December. Here is how it breaks down.…

Friday, October 15, 2021 CLT Flight Attendants, Welcome Back In the last year and a half, many of our fellow Flight Attendants decided to take various leaves of absence to…

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 November 2021 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly calls with the company concerning the trips for November and the improvements are continuing…

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 CLT Flight Attendants: Here are a few reminders on several subjects and answers to a few of the common questions you have been sending our way.…

Sunday, September 5, 2021 October 2021 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, The company had some mixed news this week for what the future of our system will look like, and…

Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Forced Double-Ups Crew Scheduling should not be “tagging” LINEHOLDERS into additional flying at the end of a sequence. APFA has made it clear that we view this…

Thursday, August 5, 2021 September 2021 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We continue to address the trip construction model the Company has adopted for several months during our monthly…

Friday, July 30, 2021 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, With the operation in meltdown across the system, there are many reschedules happening. We want to make you aware of two…

Monday, July 19, 2021 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We thought we’d take some time and talk about safety. We have recently seen a drastic spike in assaults on Flight…

Tuesday, July 6, 2021 August 2021 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly allocations call with the Company over the weekend to discuss the trips for August.…

Sunday, June 20, 2021 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, Back by Popular Demand – Reserve Class Hosted by Charles Starks co-hosted by Scott Hazlewood and Frank Cagle We will be…

Sunday, June 6, 2021 July 2021 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly allocations call with the Company to discuss the trips for July. There were very little…

Thursday, May 13, 2021 From Your Safety Reports Here are some totals from the CERs Reports submitted for Charlotte in one month: Fume/Odor events reported – 1   Aircraft type- 320    Flight Attendants…

Friday, May 7, 2021 Employee Parking Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, Two years ago, we took on several issues we had with the employee lot 2 (formerly lot 4). We…

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 June 2021 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly call with the company to discuss the trips for June. We had an increase…

Sunday, April 25, 2021 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We wanted to make sure you were aware that the 737 MAX aircraft were built into trips for Charlotte in May. Some…

Friday, April 9, 2021 May 2021 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our calls with the Company this week concerning the schedule for May. Two months ago, the…

Wednesday, March 10, 2021 April 2021 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly call with the Company this week to discuss the trips and staffing for April.…

Saturday, February 13, 2021 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, Here are some updates and reminders for the remainder of the month. PBS bidding opens on the 14th and closes on…

Monday, February 8, 2021 March 2021 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly allocations call this week to discuss the trips for March. There was some good…

Saturday, January 30, 2021 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, Each year, the Company creates the annual vacation matrix outlining the distribution of vacation days allotted based on the number of…

Tuesday, January 19, 2021 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, With this week’s Presidential inauguration, the Company and the Federal Government have taken extra security precautions throughout the week. Some of…

Wednesday, January 6, 2021 February 2021 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly call this week to discuss the trips for February. Keep in mind the recall…

Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, Things are changing weekly, and we know information is key to adapting during this critical time. Many of the changes involve…

Friday, November 6, 2020 December 2020 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly call with the Company concerning the trips for December this week and to say we…

Friday, October 23, 2020 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, The times in which we live have become the most challenging for the airline industry in aviation history. This pandemic continues to impact…

Friday, October 2, 2020 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We continue to push for a clean extension of the Payroll Support Program (PSP). No decision has been made this week…

Tuesday, September 15, 2020 Reserve Refresher Virtual Class On Friday, September 18th, from 11am until 3pm (EDT), APFA CLT Base Representatives will be hosting an interactive online Reserve Refresher Class…

Wednesday, September 9, 2020 October 2020 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly trip allocations call with the Company yesterday, and the news was not good. While we…

Friday, August 28, 2020 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, Tuesday, August 25, 2020, marked a dark day in the history of our airline. The Company announced that 8,099 of our Union…

Sunday, August 9, 2020 September 2020 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, Last week, we had our monthly call with the Company to look at the trips and staffing for September. Here is…

Friday, July 31, 2020 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, This past week, the sign-ups for the Extended Leaves of Absence and the Voluntary Early Out Program (VEOP) have ramped up…

Saturday, July 18, 2020 WARN Notifications / EVLOAs / VEOPs Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, The Company sent out WARN notices to 9,950 of our Flight Attendants this week. The…

Thursday, July 9, 2020 August 2020 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly allocations call with the Company this week to look at how the trips will break…

Sunday, June 14, 2020 CLT Flight Attendants, The past few months have seen massive changes for our company and the industry as a whole. We are unsure as to where…

Friday, June 5, 2020 July 2020 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly allocations calls with the Company this week, and we wanted to give you the details…

Saturday, May 9, 2020 APFA CLT Base Brief – June Allocations Good Evening CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly allocations call with the Company yesterday, and here is how things will…

Friday, May 1, 2020 APFA CLT Base Brief – PVLOA’s & Unemployment With many of the Paid Voluntary Leaves of Absence (PVLOAs) beginning in the next week, we know the…

Sunday, March 15, 2020 Charlotte Base Brief We wanted to provide you with an update on what is happening with our trips and the recent message from the President that…

Monday, November 4, 2019 Allocations December 2019 Good day, We had our monthly allocations call this week and here is the breakdown for December. We will have 128,238-man hours. This…

Monday, October 7, 2019 November Allocations Good day, We had our monthly allocations calls this week and Charlotte trips officially look like this; 15.5% of the trips will be 1…

Wednesday, September 11, 2019 RESERVE CLASS and Q&A Rotating back on reserve? Have questions or need a refresher? Come join us for a special Reserve Class and have your questions…

Wednesday, August 7, 2019   Allocations August 2019 Good day. We had our monthly allocations call last week. Here’s how the trips break down for September. Our total head count…

Tuesday, August 6, 2019   Charlotte Base Brief Good day, We would like to send out a few reminders as we move into August. We are having a Base meeting…

Sunday, July 21, 2019   We are having a base meeting! Tuesday, August 27th, we will have a base meeting in the large auditorium above the food court right in…

Monday, July 15, 2019   TSA Security Checks From time to time, the TSA will preform random checks to test our security protocols. Recently we have seen tests where someone…

Friday, July 5, 2019   Allocations for August Good day. We had our monthly allocations call and the numbers break down as follows: We have 2,783 Flight Attendants in Charlotte,…

Wednesday, June 5, 2019   How Safe is Your Cabin Air? Cabin air quality continues to be of high concern for your local APFA officers with over 50 reported events…

Tuesday, April 9, 2019   FOS/DECs Training is April 18th and 19th Where: Conference room above the food court 4 classes: 11:00 to 12:00 and 1:30 to 3:00   APFA…

Monday, April 8, 2019   CLT Base Flight Attendants, On Monday, April 1st, I officially took over as the APFA CLT Base President. I am excited to roll out a few changes…

Wednesday, November 28, 2018   Reserve Round Table: Questions about Rotating Reserve? Come join us for this special Reserve Round Table Forum. Line Holder? Reserve? All Are Welcome! (Please Bring…