Hotlines – 2002

12.27.02 – (LAA) – Proffer for Overage Leave and Partnership Flying will Close, Dues Obligated for the Duration of FAs Awarded Leave of Absence, WTS for Base Chair, Vice Chair, OCRs, and Ad Hoc Members of the EC

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, December 27, 2002. The proffer for Overage Leave and Partnership Flying will close at 0800…

12.20.02 – (LAA) – Don Carty Requested APFA Agree to Forego 3% Pay Increase, Overage Leave and Partnership Flying Proffer Opens 12/11, WTS Forms Being Accepted

Special APFA Hotline December 20, 2002 This is APFA President John Ward with a special APFA Hotline message for December 20, 2002. As I previously reported, during a meeting I…

12.13.02 – (LAA) – AA Request to Forgo 3% Raise, Overage Leave and Partnership Flying Proffer, WTS Notifications for Open Positions Being Accepted, APFA Agreed to Drop Reqs for Better Rest Accommodations

Hello. Today is Friday, December 13, 2002. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline. Last Friday night, AMR CEO Don Carty proposed that APFA “forgo”…

12.06.02 – (LAA) – APFA, APA, and TWU Met with Don Carty Regarding Forgoing the 3% Pay Increase, NBC Retrieved WTS Notifications

SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM APFA PRESIDENT JOHN WARD – DECEMBER 6, 2002 This is APFA President John Ward with a special APFA Hotline message for Friday, December 6th. It is approximately…

11.27.02 – (LAA) – AA Notifys APFA Expected Overage of 1,100 FAs, AA Announces that It Will Cut Domestic Capacity by 3.3%

Hello. Today is Tuesday, December 3, 2002. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with an APFA HotLine Update. The company notified APFA yesterday that it expects to have…

11.22.02 – (LAA) – AA Notified APFA that Bids Have to be Re-Run Due to Glitch In System Affecting Vacation Relief Bidding

Hello. Today is Friday, November 22, 2002. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator with the APFA HotLine. The company has notified the APFA that bids had to be…

11.15.02 – (LAA) – BOD Briefed by APFA Attorneys on Pending Litigation Status, Presdiential Grievance Filed Last Year on Behalf of Former JFK-based TWA-LLC FAs

Hello. Today is Friday, November 15, 2002. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator with the APFA HotLine. The APFA Board of Directors met for three days this week…

11.08.02 – (LAA) – 1 Year Anniversary of Flight 587 Crash, BOD Meetings, TX Workforce Commission Conducting Rapid Response Meetings at AA Learning Center

This is APFA President John Ward with a special APFA HotLine for Tuesday, November 12, 2002. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 which…

11.01.02 – (LAA) – Changes to Flight Service Procedures, Flight 587 Memorial Service

Hello. Today is Friday, November 1, 2002. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator with the APFA HotLine. The APFA National Officers met with American Airlines CEO Don Carty…

10.25.02 – (LAA) – Decision on 777 Staffing Arbitration Soon to Be Released, Overage Leaves

Hello. Today is Friday, October 25, 2002. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine. The current state of the airline industry has understandably created a…

10.18.02 – (LAA) – Overage Leaves and Partnership Flying Proffer Closed and Awards Posted, Lawsuit Filed by TWA-LLC FAs Regarding Transfer of Flights from St Louis and London and St Louis and Hawaii

Hello. Today is Friday, October 18, 2002. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline. The Company has posted the awards for the Overage Leaves and…

10.11.02 – (LAA) – AA Provides APFA with the Results of the Overage Leave and Partnership Flying Proffer, Family and Medical Leave Arbitration to be Held

This is George Price, APFA Communications Coordinator, with an APFA HotLine Update for Wednesday evening October 16, 2002. Late this afternoon, American provided APFA with the results of the Overage…

10.04.02 – (LAA) – System wide Overage Will Be Greater than Projected, Overage Leave and Partnership Flying Proffer for all Other Bases than STL and ISL

Hello. This is George Price, APFA Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, October 4, 2002. American has informed APFA that the system wide overage on November 1 will…

9.27.02 – (LAA) – APFA and AA Meet to Discuss the Results of the STL and ISL Overage Leave Proffer

Today is Thursday, October 3, 2002. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with an APFA HotLine Update. The APFA and American met today to discuss the results of…

9.20.02 – (LAA) – Overage Leave Awards, Investigative Hearing on the Crash of AA Flight 587

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, September 20, 2002. The final Overage Leave Awards have been posted and a breakdown of…

9.13.02 – (LAA) – Aviation Cargo Security Improvement Act, Proffer for Overage Leaves and Partnership Flying Closes, 9/11 Memorials

Today is Wednesday, September 18, 2002. This is APFA Communications Coordinator George Price with a special APFA HotLine Update. Late this afternoon, APFA learned that Senator Jean Carnahan of Missouri…

9.06.02 – (LAA) – One Year Anniversary of 9/11, Overage Leaves

This is APFA President John Ward with a special APFA HotLine for Wednesday, September 11, 2002. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks that took the lives of…

9.04.02 – (LAA) – Overage Leaves Open and Posted, APFA Creates Partner Finder to Help FAs find FAs at their Base

This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with an APFA HotLine Update for Wednesday, September 4, 2002. The Company has informed the APFA that the proffer for Overage Leaves…

9.03.02 – (LAA) – Overage Leaves of Absence

Hello. This is APFA National Communications Coordinator George Price with an APFA HotLine Update for Tuesday, September 3, 2002. The initial proffer for Overage Leaves of Absence will be posted…

8.30.02 – (LAA) – APFA and AA will Meet to Review Overage Numbers, APFA Partner Finder

Hello. Today is Friday, August 30, 2002. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator. APFA and American will meet on Tuesday of next week to review the specific numbers…

8.23.02 – (LAA) – APFA and AA Contiue to Work on Details of Upcoming Overage Leave of Absence Proffer, APFA and AA Sign Letter of Agreement to Increase Nmber of FAs Eligible for Overage Leaves and Partnership Flying in STL

Hello. Today is Friday, August 23, 2002. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator. APFA and American continue to work on the details of the upcoming Overage Leave of…

8.16.02 – (LAA) – AA Announces New Business Plan, TWA 767-300’s Will Be Retired, WTS Notifications Due Soon, In-Flight Manuals

Hello. Today is Friday, August 16, 2002. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator with the APFA HotLine. On Tuesday, American Airlines finally ended the rumors and speculation by…

8.13.02 – (LAA) – AA Announces Changes to Business Plan

This is APFA President John Ward with a special edition of the APFA HotLine for Tuesday, August 13. American Airlines today ended weeks of speculation by formally announcing a number…

8.09.02 – (LAA) – STL WTS, 9/11 Events Page, USAirways Pilots Vote to Accept Concessions

Hello. Today is Friday, August 09, 2002. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine. It has been several weeks now since AMR CEO Don Carty…

8.02.02 – (LAA) – STL Scheduling Issues, APFA Enters into Agreement with MBNA to Offer APFA Affinity Visa Card, Self-Defense Classes, International Proffers

Hello. Today is Friday, August 02, 2002. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine. From the Scheduling Desk comes this information for our St Louis…

7.26.02 – (LAA) – WTS for STL and ISL, FA Safety Manual Checks

Hello. Today is Friday, July 26, 2002. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine. Willingness-to-Serve Notifications were sent out on July 22nd to all STL…

7.19.02 – (LAA) – AMR Reports Second Quarter Loss of $465 Million Dollars, TWA Flight 800, Diversion Pay

Hello. Today is Friday, July 19, 2002. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine. On Wednesday of this week, AMR Corporation reported a second quarter…

7.12.02 – (LAA) – TWA Flight 800, State of American Airlines, HR 4625

Hello. This is APFA Communications Coordinator George Price with a special hotline message. Today, July 17th , at 8:31p.m. Eastern Time, marks the sixth anniversary of the crash of TWA…

7.03.02 – (LAA) – FAs Access SSI via Flight Service Website, State of American Airlines

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with an APFA HotLine Update for Wednesday, July 3, 2002. The APFA Safety Department, together with their counterparts at American Airlines,…

6.28.02 – (LAA) – Hotel Contracts Renewed, SLT/ISL FAs, July 4th Flying

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine Update for Monday, July 01, 2002. Patty Bias, APFA Hotel Coordinator, is very excited to announce that…

6.21.02 – (LAA) – Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court on Behalf of TWA-LLC FAs Against AA, TWA LLC, and APFA

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, June 21, 2002. A lawsuit has been filed in Federal District Court on behalf of…

6.14.02 – (LAA) – TWA-LLC FA Initiation Fee, Officer-on-Duty Line, Cabin Jumpseat Authorization

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, June 14, 2002. A Teleconference Meeting of the APFA Board of Directors was held today…

6.07.02 – (LAA) – EC Voites to Appoint Susan Lantz as Interim SLT Base Chair, Overage Leaves of Absence, FML Procedures, EC Voted to Honor 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, June 7, 2002. On Thursday, June 6th, the APFA Executive Committee voted unanimously to appoint…

5.31.02 – (LAA) – EC Votes to Appoint Susan Lantaz Interim STL Base Chair, Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST), Railway Labor Act, Contract Books Shipped

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with an APFA HotLine Update for Thursday, June 6, 2002. Today, the APFA Executive Committee voted unanimously to appoint Susan Lantz…

5.24.02 – (LAA) – Printed Contracts Soon to Be Delivered, Self-Defense Training, Crew Rest Provisions for TWA-LLC International Flying

Today is Friday, May 24, 2002. This is Linda Lanning, APFA Secretary, with the APFA HotLine. We know how anxious you are to finally receive your copy of the new…

5.17.02 – (LAA) – APFA 25th Anniversary, APFA, AFA, APFA, ALPA, and CWA Participate in Unity March at AA Learning Center, Article 31 Enforcement, Vacation Relief Bidding

This is John Ward, President of APFA, with a hotline message for Friday, May 17, 2002. APFA has reason to celebrate this week, and that’s certainly a good thing for…

5.10.02 – (LAA) – Unity March at AMR Stockholders Meeting

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, May 10, 2002. On Wednesday, May 15th, the APFA will join AFA representing American Eagle…

5.03.02 – (LAA) – 777 Staffing Arbitration

This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with an APFA HotLine Update for Tuesday, May 7, 2002. On Friday, we reported that the make-up over the monthly maximum provision…

4.26.02 – (LAA) – NMB Determines that APFA is the Certified Bargaining Rep for TWA-LLC FAs, 777 Staffing Presidential Arbitration

This is John Ward, President of APFA. Today is Friday, April 26th. As was reported on last week’s HotLine, the National Mediation Board (NMB) has determined that APFA is the…

4.19.02 – (LAA) – NMB Determines that AA and TWA-LLC are a Single Transportation System for Representation Purposes, NBC and Accounting Firm of Whitley Penn Certify Results of Dues Referendum

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with an updated HotLine for Friday, April 19, 2002. On March 19, the National Mediation Board (NMB) determined that American and TWA-LLC were…

4.12.02 – (LAA) – Passing of Steve Sternig (LGA Base Chair), Political Unrest in Caracas, Recall of Furloughees

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine. Today is Friday, April 12, 2002. As we regretfully informed you on Wednesday, Steve Sternig, the LGA Base Chair…

4.05.02 – (LAA) – Funeral Arrangements for Steve Sternig, 777 Atlantic Configurarion Aircraft Survey, JFK April Bid Awards Grievance, EC Meeting

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with an updated HotLine for Thursday, April 11, 2002. Funeral arrangements have been made for Steve Sternig who died yesterday at his home…

3.28.02 – (LAA) – TSA Mandates Fingerprint-based Criminal History Record Checks for All Employees, APFA/AA Bargaining Agreement Distribution, Recall Notices

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Thursday, March 28, 2002. The Transportation Security Administration, in accordance with the Civil Aviation Security Rules, has mandated…

3.22.02 – (LAA) – AA Will Begin Recalling Additional Furloughed FAs, NMB Determines that AA and TWA-LLC are Single Carriers, Reserve Tape Availability, Campaign Finance Reform

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, March 22, 2002. Due to the number of recalled Flight Attendants on furlough who either did not…

3.15.02 – (LAA) – NMB Determines that AA and TWA-LLC are Single Carriers for the Purposes of the Railway Labor Act, Changes to D-3 Travel Program, BOD Training

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with an updated HotLine for Tuesday, March 19, 2002. The National Mediation Board today determined that American Airlines and TWA-LLC are a single…

3.08.02 – (LAA) – Seattle Base Officially Closed, NMB Issues Ruling Tuesday on Single-Carrier Application

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, March 8, 2002. APFA would like to extend our sincere thanks and well wishes to the Seattle…

3.01.02 – (LAA) – Recall Packets for Furloughed FAs, Primary Vacation Bidding, IOD Reports, Rejecting Offers of Reemployment

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, March 1, 2002. It has come to our attention that some of the furloughed flight attendants subject…

2.22.02 – (LAA) – Recall Packets Being Sent to Furloughed FAs, Overage Leaves Finalized

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, February 22, 2002. The company will be sending recall packets today to 413 Flight Attendants furloughed late…

2.15.02 – (LAA) – Recall of Furloughed FAs, Primary Vacation Bidding

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, February 15, 2002. APFA has received no further information regarding the recall of at least 400 of…

2.08.02 – (LAA) – Clarification of Presidential Grievance Relating to Articles 15, 16, and Appendix F

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, February 8, 2002. In an effort to further clarify the recently settled Presidential Grievance relating to Articles…

2.01.02 – (LAA) – Recall of Furloughed FAs, Overage Leave Proffer

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, February 01, 2002. As previously mentioned, the Company will be recalling at least 400 Flight Attendants effective…

1.25.02 – (LAA) – Presidential Grievances Relating to Reduction in Force and Partnership Flying

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, January 25, 2002. As was previously announced on this hotline, the Presidential Grievances relating to Reduction in…

1.22.02 – (LAA) – Presidential Grievances Related to Reduction in Force and Partnership Flying have been Resolved, Overage Leave Benefits

This is APFA President John Ward with a hotline update. Today is Tuesday, January 22. As was previously announced on this hotline, the Presidential Grievances relating to Reduction in Force…

1.19.02 – (LAA) – Settlement Agreement Reached with AA Relating to Presidential Grievances on Reduction in Force, Partnership Flying, and Furlough of Probationary FAs

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, January 18, 2002. The Vice President’s Department is pleased to announce that a settlement agreement has been…