Hotlines – 2003

This is APFA President John Ward. Today is Thursday, July 3. Yesterday, the Company proceeded to furlough an additional 3,123 flight attendants. This brings the total number of American Airlines…

Hello. This is Liz Geiss, DFW InfoRep Captain, with a hotline update for Monday, June 30th, 2003. The Federal District Court in New York this morning denied the motion of…

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, June 27, 2003. As previously reported a hearing took place this week in Federal District…

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator with an APFA Hotline Update for Wednesday, June 25, 2003. The Federal Court in New York will be conducting a further…

Today is Saturday, June 21. Late yesterday afternoon, a hearing took place in Federal District Court in New York involving the seniority integration lawsuit filed by former TWA flight attendants…

Hello. Today is Friday, June 20, 2003. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline. Ballots were mailed to all APFA members on June 12, 2003,…

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, June 13, 2003. The APFA Executive Committee authorized the National Ballot Committee to ballot the…

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, June 6, 2003. On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, the APFA Executive Committee met via teleconference…

APFA Hotline Friday, May 30, 2003. This is APFA President John Ward. Today is Friday, May 30. The APFA Board of Directors met yesterday in special session in the DFW…

APFA Hotline Update May 29, 2003. This is APFA National Communications Coordinator George Price with an APFA Hotline Update. American Airlines notified the APFA today that Jane Allen has resigned…

This is APFA Vice President Jeff Bott with a special APFA HotLine update for Tuesday, May 20, 2003. The following is additional information about the 777-Atlantic Presidential Staffing Award. As…

Hello. Today is Friday, May 16, 2003. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline. APFA met with the Company today to review the results of…

This is George Price APFA National Communications Coordinator with an APFA Hotline update for Thursday, May 15, 2003. The meeting between the APFA and American to discuss the STL transfer…

This is APFA President John Ward with the APFA Hotline for Wednesday, May 14. The APFA and the Company met today to discuss the results of the Overage Leave of…

This is George Price, APFA Communications Coordinator, with an APFA Hotline Update for Monday, May 12, 2003. The Overage Leave and Partnership Flying proffer closed at 0800 CDT today. The…

Hello. This is Liz Geiss, DFW InfoRep Captain, with an APFA Hotline update for Friday, May 9th, 2003. American Airlines Outplacement Department has organized a Furlough Information Event for the…

Hello, this is George Price APFA National Communications Coordinator with an APFA Hotline Update for Wednesday, May 7, 2003. The company has notified the APFA that an overage in the…

Hello. Today is Friday, May 2, 2003. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline. On April 29, 2003, APFA received formal notice from American via…

Hello. This is Liz Geiss, DFW InfoRep Captain, with an APFA Hotline update for Tuesday, April 29, 2003. Today the APFA was formally notified by American Airlines via the WARN…

Hello. This is APFA President John Ward with an APFA HotLine Update. Today is Friday, April 25th. The APFA Board of Directors has voted to accept an improved proposal from…

Hello. Today is Friday, February 7, 2003. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator with the APFA Hotline. Today, the three union groups again met with the company, this…

This is APFA President John Ward with a Special HotLine Message for Tuesday, February the 4th. Earlier today, the APFA National Officers, along with our counterparts from the Allied Pilots…

Hello. This is APFA Communications Coordinator George Price with the APFA Hotline for Friday, January 31st, 2003. On Thursday, January 30th, 2003, Richard Reid, a self-described member of al-Quaeda, was…

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator with an APFA Hotline Update for Tuesday, January 21, 2003. Late last week, American Airlines delivered a letter to APFA, APA,…

Hello. This is APFA Communications Coordinator George Price with the APFA Hotline for Friday, January 10, 2003. On Thursday, American Airlines provided the APFA with the results of the Overage…

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with a special APFA Hotline Update for Thursday, January 9, 2003. American Airlines today provided the APFA with the results of…

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, January 4, 2002. There is not a lot to report this week, a welcome change compared to…

Hello. Today is Tuesday, December 23, 2003. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator with an APFA Hotline Update. The Department of Homeland Security has raised the national terrorism…

Hello. Today is Friday, December 19, 2003. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline. We would like to begin this week’s hotline by extending holiday…

This is Linda Herod-Rivas from the APFA National Ballot Committee. The deadline for the Early Term Delegate Willingness-to-Serve submissions for Washington D.C. International Chairperson was today, December 17, 2003. We…

Hello. This is George Price, APFA Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, December 12, 2003. The Company began testing a new Commuter Policy for flight attendants, effective December…

This is Gay Floyd with the APFA National Ballot Committee. Today, December 10, 2003, the APFA National Ballot Committee retrieved the National Officer Willingness-to-Serve Notifications. The candidates for President are:…

Hello. Today is Friday, December 5, 2003. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline. We would like to begin this week’s hotline by welcoming back…

Today is Tuesday, December 2, 2003. This is Liz Geiss, DFW InfoRep Captain, with an APFA Hotline Update. The APFA would like to welcome back to the line 352 formerly…

APFA Hotline Hello. Today is Friday, November 21, 2003. This is Liz Geiss, DFW InfoRep Captain, with the APFA Hotline. American formally notified APFA on Wednesday that in accordance with…

Hello. Today is Friday, November 14, 2003. This is Liz Geiss, DFW InfoRep Captain, with the APFA Hotline. APFA Vice President Jeff Bott and American Airlines have reached a settlement…

This is Jeff Bott, APFA Vice President, with an APFA Hotline Update for Thursday, November 13, 2003. Yesterday marked the second anniversary of the loss of our colleagues from Flight…

Hello. This is George Price, APFA Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, November 7, 2003. The APFA would like to remember the crew and passengers who died on…

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, October 31, 2003. American Airlines has informed the APFA that the 2004 Benefits Enrollment has…

Hello, this is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with an APFA Hotline Update for Thursday, October 30, 2003. American Airlines has informed the APFA that the 2004 Benefits Enrollment…

Hello. This is Liz Geiss, DFW InfoRep Captain, with a special hotline update for Monday, October 27th, 2003. It has been confirmed by, law enforcement reports, that card style hotel…

Hello. This is Liz Geiss, DFW InfoRep Captain, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, October 24, 2003. On Wednesday, AMR reported third-quarter operating earnings of $165 million and net earnings…

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, October 17, 2003. Recall packets were mailed on October 9th to 390 Flight Attendants eligible…

This is John Ward, APFA President, with a hotline message for Friday, October 10. American Airlines Managers were in Dallas this week for their Fall Management Conference. The Company announced…

This is John Ward, President of APFA, with a hotline message for Thursday, October 09. The APFA and the Company have signed off on a Letter of Agreement confirming that…

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, October 3, 2003. The APFA and the Company have reached an agreement on the administrative…

Hello. This is Liz Geiss, DFW InfoRep Captain, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, September 26th, 2003. Despite rumors to the contrary, the Company is not currently hiring Foreign National…

This is Liz Geiss, DFW InfoRep Captain, with an APFA Hotline Update for Wednesday, September 24, 2003. Despite rumors to the contrary, the Company is not currently hiring foreign national…

Hello. This is Liz Geiss, DFW InfoRep Captain, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, September 19th, 2003. The Safety, Health and Scheduling Departments need to hear from you on the…

Special Hotline Update. This is Liz Geiss, DFW InfoRep Captain, with a special hotline update for Thursday, September 18th, 2003. If you have a cancellation due to Hurricane Isabel, please…

Hello. This is Liz Geiss, DFW InfoRep Captain, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, September 12th, 2003. On Wednesday September 10th, the APFA, along with AFA, IBT-Airline Division, and TWU,…

This is John Ward, APFA President. Today is Friday, September 5. I’d like to bring you up-to-date on the manning situation on Domestic as well as my meetings earlier this…

This is APFA President John Ward. Today is Friday, August 29. As you know, Monday is Labor Day. Labor Day is a time for the nation to pay tribute to…

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, August 22, 2003. The APFA Scheduling Department has received continuous updates from crew schedule on…

This is Joann Matley National Safety Coordinator, with an APFA Hotline Update for Thursday, August 14, 2003 The Northeastern United States has been affected by a power outage. All major…

  Today is Monday, August 11, 2003. This is George Price, APFA Communications Coordinator with an APFA Hotline Update. The Company has notified the APFA that there will be no…

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, August 8, 2003. The APFA Scheduling Department has been notified by crew schedule that the…

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, August 1, 2003. The APFA Board of Directors met on Monday and Tuesday in DFW.…

This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, July 25, 2003. APFA has been notified by the Company that the order of open time…

This is Jeff Bott with a special APFA Hotline update for July 22, 2003. As you know, Attachment K of the Restructuring Participation Agreement not only doubled our monthly contributions…

Today is Friday, July 18, 2003. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with a special APFA Hotline Update. The Company has informed the APFA there have been changes…

Hello. Today is Wednesday, July 16, 2003. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with an APFA Hotline Update. American Airlines made a series of announcements today regarding the…

This is Linda Herod-Rivas, chairperson of the APFA National Ballot Committee. The National Ballot Committee in conjunction with Whitley, Penn & Associates have certified the results of the Underfly balloting.…

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with an APFA Hotline Update. The APFA Board of Directors voted today to accept an improved proposal from AMR Corporation that…

This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with an APFA Hotline Update for Tuesday, April 22, 2003. The APFA Board of Directors met in special session today. The meeting…

This is APFA President, John Ward. Today is Monday, April 21. Earlier this afternoon the APFA National Officers, along with the leaders of the Transport Workers Union and the Allied…

This is APFA President John Ward. Today is Friday, April 18. As I’m sure you know, a majority of the APFA Board on Monday determined to extend by an additional…

This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with an APFA Hotline Update for Thursday, April 17, 2003. It’s been reported in the press today AMR revealed in a filing…

This is APFA President John Ward. Today is Wednesday, April 16. As was announced earlier this evening on this hotline, the results of the balloting for the Restructuring Proposal are…

Hello. This APFA National Communications Coordinator George Price with the APFA Hotline for Tuesday, April 15, 2003. The APFA Board of Directors concluded a conference call earlier this afternoon in…

This is APFA President John Ward with the APFA Hotline for Friday, April 11. I have an update on three items relating to the Restructuring Participation Agreement: 1. Duration Management…

Hello. This is Liz Geiss, DFW InfoRep Captain, with an APFA Hotline Update for Thursday, April 3, 2003. The Summary of the APFA/AAL Restructuring Participation Agreement has been posted to…

This is APFA President, John Ward. Today is Monday, March 31. Earlier today the APFA reached a tentative agreement with American Airlines on a Restructuring Participation Agreement that, together with…

This is APFA President John Ward with a Hotline update for Friday, March 21. Discussions between APFA and American Airlines Management continued every day this week as APFA works toward…

Today is March 18, 2003, and this is Linda Herod-Rivas, Chair of the APFA National Ballot Committee. The National Ballot Committee has certified the results of the Chicago International Base…

This is APFA President John Ward with the APFA hotline. Today is Friday, March 14. I wanted to update everyone on where things are with our discussions with American Airlines…

This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with a special APFA Hotline Update for Tuesday, March 11, 2003. The Annual Convention of the APFA Board of Directors, which began…

This is APFA President John Ward with the APFA hotline for Friday, March 07. Members of the APFA Negotiating Committee, along with the APFA National Officers, National Scheduling Coordinator, National…

This is APFA President John Ward with a hotline message; today is Friday, February, 28. As talk of an AMR bankruptcy increases I know, so too, do our stress levels.…

Hello. Today is Friday, February 21, 2003. This is Liz Geiss, APFA InfoRep Captain, with the APFA Hotline. The APFA National Officers, members of the negotiating team, and our advisors…

Hello. Today is Friday, February 14, 2003. This is Linda Lanning APFA Secretary, with the APFA Hotline. The APFA Board of Directors met this week in special session with our…

Good evening. This is APFA President John Ward with an important update; it’s February 12, 2003. The APFA Board of Directors has been meeting in special session this week to…

Hello. Today is Sunday, February 9, 2003. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator with a special APFA Hotline Update. American Airlines notified the APFA yesterday that the United…

Hello. This is George Price, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, January 3, 2003. The process of analyzing the company’s financial data will continue next week.…