Hotlines – 2006

12.29.06 – (LAA) – MIC, WTS, Skyword, Reserve Trip Trading Poll

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, December 29, 2006. APFA News: From the Scheduling Department – Flight Attendants may be subject to assignment…

12.21.06 – (LAA) – AA Offering Reinstatement to 6 Most Senior Displaced FAs, Bankruptcy Watch

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Thursday, December 21, 2006. APFA News: The Company is offering reinstatement to the six most senior FAs who…

12.15.06 – (LAA) – NOD on Family Leave, Skyword, WINGS, Luggage Safety

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, December 15, 2006. APFA News: The System Board Department would like to inform those FAs who filed…

12.07.06 – (LAA) – Skyword, Presidential Grievance Awards

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Thursday, December 7, 2006. APFA News: The winter ’06 edition of Skyword will be shipped to your homes…

12.01.06 – (LAA) – Trip Cancellation on Origination, Bankruptcy Watch

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, December 1, 2006. APFA News: In the event of a trip cancellation on origination, one member of…

11.22.06 – (LAA) – Holiday Staffing Tests, Cabin Jumpseats, US Airways Issues Hotle Bid for Delta Airlines

This is Tommie Hutto-Blake, APFA President, with an APFA Hotline update for Wednesday, November 22, 2006. November has become synonymous with the AA Flight Attendants’ struggle for respect and equality…

11.18.06 – (LAA) – Cabin Jumpseat

This is Tommie Hutto-Blake, APFA President, with a Hotline update for Saturday, November 18, 2006. This hotline update will be a simple fact-based message to all AA Flight Attendants regarding…

11.15.06 – (LAA) – Holdiay Staffing Tests, Scheduling Letters of Agreement, Delta Announces Recall of FAs

This is Lori Bassani, APFA Public Affairs, with the APFA Hotline for Wednesday, November 15, 2006. APFA News: The following are some important reminders from the Scheduling Department: When bidding…

11.09.06 – (LAA) – Flight 587, Family Medical Leave Presidential Arbitration Awards, Manual Checks, Liquid Carry-on Restrictions, Northwest Mechanics Strike

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Tuesday, November 9, 2006. APFA would like to pay tribute to the seven flight attendants who died five…

11.02.06 – (LAA) – FML I and FML II Presidential Grievances, Pensions

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Thursday, November 2, 2006. APFA News: In the past five years, APFA has filed two Presidential Grievances (FML…

10.26.06 – (LAA) – Reciprocal Cabin Seat Agreement with jetBlue Airways, Joint Business Teams of MIA and SFO, Attendance Control Policy, Vacatioin and Sick Accrual, UNICEF, National Elections

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Thursday, October 26, 2006. APFA News: APFA and AA announced on Monday a reciprocal cabin seat agreement with…

10.23.06 – (LAA) – Reciprocal Cabin Seat Agreemtn with jetBlue Airways

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with a Hotline update for Monday, October 23, 2006. APFA and AA are pleased to announce a reciprocal cabin seat agreement with JetBlue…

10.18.06 – (LAA) – 420-Hour Threshold, Health Benefits Enrollment, Skyword, AMR Earnings, Bankruptcy Watch

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Wednesday, October 18, 2006. APFA News: Each year, a number of Flight Attendants do not accrue vacation or…

10.12.06 – (LAA) – Health Benefits Enrollment, Skyword, On-Duty Contract Guide, FA Contract Comarison, HNL, Northwest Mechanics Strike

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Thursday, October 12, 2006. APFA News: From the Health Department: Health Benefits enrollment began October 1st and…

10.05.06 – (LAA) – Option II Test, Skyword, Wright Amendment

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Thursday, October 5, 2006. As we stated in last week’s hotline, APFA lost 867 American Airlines Flight Attendants…

9.28.06 – (LAA) – FAs Removed from System Seniority List, Skyword, 2000 Series will be Discontinued, Bankruptcy

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Thursday, September 28, 2006. APFA is extremely disappointed to announce that on Sunday, October 1st, 867 American Airlines…

9.20.06 – (LAA) – 2nd Family Leave Presidential Grievance Award, Benefits Enrollment, Beijing Route

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Wednesday, September 20, 2006. APFA News: The second Family Leave Presidential Grievance Award has been issued by the…

9.14.06 – (LAA) – Duty of Fair Representation, Restructuring Agreement

This is Tommie Hutto-Blake, APFA President, with a Hotline Update for Thursday, September 14, 2006. As the only independent Flight Attendant union in the nation – representing 18,071 active and…

9.07.06 – (LAA) – 9/11, Layover Hotels, Resignation Proffer, DOT Secretary Appointment

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Thursday, September 7, 2006. September 11th: Monday marks the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World…

9.01.06 – (LAA) – Labor Day

Hello, this is APFA President Tommie Hutto-Blake with a special Labor Day Message to our members. Many Americans probably think of Labor Day as a long weekend, a holiday, or…

8.31.06 – (LAA) – 9/11, Language Resignation Proffer

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Thursday, August 31, 2006. The fifth anniversary of 9/11 is upon us and we will each remember and…

8.23.06 – (LAA) – DFW to Beijing Route

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Wednesday, August 23, 2006. APFA News: APFA would like to thank those of you who took time to…

8.22.06 – (LAA) – Pension Reform Legislation

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with a special Hotline update for Tuesday, August 22, 2006. Late last week, President Bush signed into law the massive 900+ page pension…

8.16.06 – (LAA) – Liquid Ban, Leave of Absence Rules and Instructions Letter

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Wednesday, August 16, 2006. APFA News: Things have somewhat settled down after last Thursday’s carry-on procedures changed to…

8.09.06 – (LAA) – Leave of Absence for More than 30 Days, Hotel Reviews, Pension Reform Bill

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Wednesday, August 9, 2006. APFA News: The Contract Department would like to remind you that if you take…

8.02.06 – (LAA) – Buyout of PacifiCare by United Healthcare, Reserve Utilization, Personal Leaves of Absence, Pension Bill

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Wednesday, August 2, 2006. APFA News: From the Health Department: APFA met with the Company on July 27th…

7.27.06 – (LAA) – AMR Profit Report, Executive Bonuses, Inoperative 777 Crew Bunks, FA Fatigue Study, Pension Bill, Foreign Control of US Carriers, Wright Amendment Agreement

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Thursday, July 27, 2006. It was a busy week at American Airlines and here are some of the…

7.24.06 – (LAA) – AA Notifies APFA that Management Wished to Commence Collective Bargaining, Pension Reform

Today is Monday, July 24th. This is Tommie Hutto-Blake, APFA President, with a special Hotline briefing. On Friday, July 21st, American Airlines noticed the Allied Pilots Association (APA) that management…

7.06.06 – (LAA) – NBC Certifies Results of the BOS-I and LGA VChairperson Ballot Count, FAMS Responsible for the Crewmember Self Defense Training (CMSDT) Program

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Thursday, July 6, 2006. Today the APFA National Ballot Committee, in conjunction with our independent auditors Whitley-Penn, certified…

7.13.06 – (LAA) – NASA Research on FA Fatigue Released by the FAA, Pension Reform Bill, Wright Amendment, HMO Changes

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Thursday, July 13, 2006. As APFA President Hutto-Blake announced Tuesday, the results of the NASA research on Flight…

7.11.06 – (LAA) – APFA Receives the CAMI Findings on FA Fatigue, Prepared by NASA

Today is Tuesday, July 11, 2006, with a Special APFA Hotline update. This is Tommie Hutto-Blake, APFA President. Yesterday, APFA received the 77-page FAA-Civil Aerospace Medical Institute’s (CAMI) findings on…

6.27.06 – (LAA) – Reserve and Option II Enhancements, Last Day of the Month, Reserve Preferences

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Tuesday, June 27, 2006. In APFA News: The APFA Scheduling Department has been working with AA to…

6.22.06 – (LAA) – Pension Reform, Flight 1740, Annual Seniority Adjustment, Wright Amendment

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Thursday, June 22, 2006. In APFA News: We would like to commend the three Flight Attendants and two…

6.20.06 – (LAA) – Pension Reform Bill

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with a Hotline Update for Tuesday, June 20, 2006. Attention MIA-Domestic Flight Attendants All Miami Domestic-based Flight Attendants should be aware that bid closing…

6.07.06 – (LAA/LUS) – Pension Reform Bill, Reinstatements

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Wednesday, June 7, 2006. We have 3,949 members on furlough and 10 members serving full time in the…

6.01.06 – (LAA/LUS) – Pension Reform, Northwest FA Right to Choose Representation, Inoperative Crew Bunks

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Thursday, June 1, 2006. We have 3,949 members on furlough and 10 members serving full time in the…

5.24.06 – (LAA/LUS) – Pension Reform Legislation, APFA EC Notices Company to Cease and Desist

Today is Memorial Day, 2006. This is Tommie Hutto-Blake, APFA president, with a hotline update for Monday, May 29th. This is an urgent call for membership action. In June 2005, APFA…

5.17.06 – (LAA/LUS) – WTS for VC at BOSI and LGA, Cleaning Procedures, Bid Sheets, International Mutual Transfers

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator with an update to the APFA Hotline. The National Ballot Committee (NBC) has notified APFA of the following: Today, May 18, 2006, the…

5.10.06 – (LAA/LUS) – APFA Hotline, Donating AA Items to Charity

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Wednesday, May 10, 2006. We have 3,949 members on furlough and 10 members serving full time in the…

5.05.06 – (LAA) – Q&A’s About Upcoming Changes to Open Replacement, IAM Files Petition with the NMB to Hold Representation Election on Behalf of Baggage Handlers

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, May 5, 2006. We have 3,949 members on furlough and 10 members serving full time in the…

4.28.06 – (LAA) – AA Informs APFA that in July 2006 757 and 752 Equipment Will Be Mixed on the Bid Sheet

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, April 28, 2006. We have 3,975 members on furlough and 10 members serving full time in the…

4.26.06 – (LAA) – Open Replacement Series 2000

This is Jaimie McNeice, National Scheduling Coordinator, with an APFA Hotline Update for Wednesday, April 26th, 2006. A few months ago, we were informed by AA that they intended to…

4.21.06 – (LAA) – Eleminating Open Replacement

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, April 21, 2006. There are 3,975 American Airlines Flight Attendants on furlough and 10 members serving our…

4.13.06 – (LAA) – Open Replacement, SFO Domestic Reserve Coverage for San Jose Flying, Retirement Seminars

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Thursday, April 13, 2006. There are 3,975 American Airlines Flight Attendants still on furlough and 10 members serving…

4.07.06 – (LAA) – Family Leave Presidential Arbitration Status, Pension Reform, Open Replacement Schedules, Executive Committee

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, April 7, 2006. To date, we have 4,005 flight attendants furloughed from American, and ten members serving…

4.04.06

This is an APFA Hotline Update regarding one item. Today is Tuesday, April 4rd, this is Tommie Hutto-Blake, APFA President. Late yesterday Arbitrator Robert O. Harris released his ruling in…

3.17.06 – (LAA) – Pension Reform Bill

Today is Wednesday, March 22nd and this is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with an update for the APFA Hotline. Congress is in recess this week and will reconvene on…

3.10.06 – (LAA) – Presidential Grievance Arbitration, Vacation Bidding, 100/107, Retirement Seminars, AA ID Badges

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, March 10, 2006. We have 4,005 flight attendants currently furloughed from American, and ten members serving full…

3.07.06 – (LAA) – APFA Members in Good Standing are Welcome to Attend Arbitration

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with an APFA Hotline update for Tuesday, March 7, 2006. The arbitrator decided this evening, after hearing arguments for and against an open…

3.03.06 – (LAA) – Presidential Grievance Arbitration, Time Accrued Reserve System (TARS), Leave All Blades Behind Bill

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, March 3, 2006. We have 4,037 flight attendants currently furloughed from American, and ten members serving full…

2.17.06 – (LAA) – AMRs CFO Resigns, Northeast Storm Letter of Understanding

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, February 17, 2006. We have 4,037 flight attendants currently furloughed from American, and ten members serving full…

2.10.06 – (LAA) – Presidential Grievance Filed Against AMR’s Bonuses Update, Language Requirements

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, February 10, 2006. We have 4,037 flight attendants currently furloughed from American, and ten members serving full…

2.09.06 – (LAA) – Speaker Test, Language Staffing Requirements

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator with a Hotline update for Thursday, February 9, 2006. Last June, APFA and the Company agreed to test the modifications of language requirements…

2.03.06 – (LAA) – Presidential Griveance Regarding the Management Cash Bonuses Update, FAs at Continental Reatify Concessionary Agreement

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, February 3, 2006. We have 4,037 furloughed flight attendants and ten members serving full time in the…

1.27.06 – (LAA) – APFA, APFA, and TWU File Seperate Presidential Grievances on the Cash Bonuses to be Distributed to Managers, Recall of Furloughed Members, BOD Convention

Today is Friday, January 27th. This is Tommie Hutto-Blake, APFA President, with two items for today’s APFA Hotline. The first item I will address is an update on the current…

1.25.06 – (LAA) – Press Release – AA Unions File Grievances Against Cash Bonuses

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with a Hotline update for Wednesday, January 25, 2006. The following press release was issued last night: AA UNIONS FILE GRIEVANCES AGAINST CASH…

1.20.06 – (LAA) – APFA Seeking More Information About Executive Bonuses, Changes to TSA’s List of Allowable Items on Board, Weapons in the Cabin

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, January 20, 2006. We have 4,070 furloughed flight attendants and 10 members serving full time in the…

1.13.06 – (LAA) – Officers of APFA, APFA, and TWU Meet with AA to Get Answers Regarding 973 Management Cash Bonuses, International Proffer Preferences

This is Tommie Hutto-Blake, APFA President, with the Hotline message for Friday, January 13, 2006. Last evening, officers of APFA, APA, and TWU met with senior management in an effort…

1.10.06 – (LAA) – Press Release – Labor Unions at AA Voice Concern Over Executive Bonuses

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with a Special Hotline Update for Wednesday, January 10, 2006. The following statement was released to the media on January 9, 2006: …

1.06.06 – (LAA) – AA Announces Executive Bonuses

This is Tommie Hutto-Blake, APFA President, with the APFA Hotline for Friday, January 06, 2006. Today it was announced that many of AA’s management – about 1,000 employees from mid-level…