Hotlines – 2013

APFA Members Subscribe to the APFA Hotline Non-Members Subscribe to the APFA Hotline Press Subscribe to APFA’s Press Release   APFA Special Hotline – Profit Sharing News! October 31, 2013       Late today, we learned that Flight Attendants are entitled to receive an allocation of profit sharing even if the merger closes before…

APFA Members Subscribe to the APFA Hotline Non-Members Subscribe to the APFA Hotline Press Subscribe to APFA’s Press Release   APFA Hotline – Bid Line Pay Protection Details October 31, 2013       Bid Line Guarantee Protection Details Effective November 1, 2013, the current line-holder guarantee of 70 hours will be replaced with an…

APFA Members Subscribe to the APFA Hotline Non-Members Subscribe to the APFA Hotline Press Subscribe to APFA’s Press Release ACTION ALERT: Contact Congress: Support the Merger!   IMPORTANT To receive the most up-to-date information about the AA Bankruptcy, US Airways/AA Merger, and DOJ Anti-trust Lawsuit, please subscribe to our list.   APFA Press Release Preview…

APFA Members Subscribe to the APFA Hotline Non-Members Subscribe to the APFA Hotline Press Subscribe to APFA’s Press Release ACTION ALERT: Contact Congress: Support the Merger!   APFA Hotline Update – AM/PM Base Brief Correction – October 28, 2013       IMPORTANT CORRECTION: Some of you may have recently received an APFA base brief…

APFA Members Subscribe to the APFA Hotline Non-Members Subscribe to the APFA Hotline Press Subscribe to APFA’s Press Release ACTION ALERT: Contact Congress: Support the Merger!   APFA Hotline – Bid Line Pay Protection Update / Capwiz 10.25.13       Good News! – Interim Bid Line Pay Protection Update As many of you have…

APFA Members Subscribe to the APFA Hotline Non-Members Subscribe to the APFA Hotline Press Subscribe to APFA’s Press Release ACTION ALERT: Contact Congress: Support the Merger! APFA Hotline – APFA Weekly Hotline – Interim Bid-Line Pay Protection / AM-PM and Adjacent Base / Benefits Enrollment / Roadshows October 23, 2013       Merger Update…

APFA Members Subscribe to the APFA Hotline Non-Members Subscribe to the APFA Hotline Press Subscribe to APFA’s Press Release ACTION ALERT: Contact Congress: Support the Merger! APFA Hotline – Brand New APFA.org, Anniversary Skyword, Bankruptcy Update, Pay Protection, Profit Sharing, AM/PM, Adjacent Base, Roadshows, APFA Endorses Wendy Davis for Governor of Texas October 18, 2013…

APFA Members Subscribe to the APFA Hotline Non-Members Subscribe to the APFA Hotline Press Subscribe to APFA’s Press Release ACTION ALERT: Contact Congress: Support the Merger! APFA Hotline – Merger Update / Benefits Enrollment / Speakers / Reserves / DOMA / Q&As / Roadshow Locations       Merger / Antitrust Lawsuit Update On Thursday,…

APFA Hotline – Merger Update, Seniority Integration, Roadshows, Scheduling and Reserve – October 4, 2013       Merger Update APFA President Laura Glading along with LAX-I Base Chair David Ransom and Beth Kilcran, APFA Division Representative met with Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne on Thursday in his office. General Horne was generous with his time and…

APFA Hotline Update – Onboard Personal Electronic Devices – October 3, 2013       On Monday, APFA received a private briefing from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) prior to the Advisory Committee submitting their report on the expanded use of personal electronic devices (PED).    In January 2013, the FAA established the Aviation Rulemaking…

  APFA Hotline Update – TX AG Withdraws from Antitrust Suit, Government Shutdown, DOJ Lawsuit Update       TEXAS AG WITHDRAWS FROM ANTITRUST SUIT In a press conference at DFW today, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced that he would withdraw from the antitrust suit to block the American-US Airways merger. General Abbott’s decision…

  APFA Hotline – DOJ Lawsuit Update, Negotiating Team Base Visits, W-9, Thresholds and Scheduling – September 27, 2013       Merger News Over the past week, AA and US have asked the DOJ to produce documents in a motion to compel filed with the court pertaining to the airline mergers that were previously…

APFA Hotline Update – More Motions Filed in Antitrust Case       On last Friday’s Hotline, we reported the filing of AA and US Airways’ motion to compel the DOJ to comply with requests for discovery. In a civil case such as this antitrust litigation, the parties have the right to ask the opposing…

APFA Hotline – DOJ Update, DC Fly-In, Capwiz, W9s and Threshold Details         AA/US Airways Merger News Today, legal counsel for AA/US Airways in the antitrust lawsuit filed a motion with the court seeking DOJ documents from past mergers. Despite previous requests for specifics on the four previous successful airline mergers, the…

    IMPORTANT To receive the most up-to-date information about the AA Bankruptcy, US Airways/AA Merger, and DOJ Anti-trust Lawsuit, please subscribe to our list. APFA Merger Update – Judge Approves Plan of Reorganization       Today, US Bankruptcy Court Judge Sean Lane confirmed American’s Plan of Reorganization. He overruled all objections to confirmation…

Remembering Our Heroes – September 2013   On the eve of the twelfth anniversary of 9/11, there isn’t a single airline employee who doesn’t remember where they were and what they were doing on September 11, 2001. That Tuesday morning is forever etched in our minds. And the 33 crewmembers we lost will live forever…

  APFA Weekly Hotline – 9/11, Contact Congress, DC Fly-In, APFA Meets with Att’y Gen, Thresholds, Same Sex Couples, Initial Training Info – September 6, 2013       9/11 Earlier this week, APFA published an online memorial card honoring the crew members we lost on 9/11. Hundreds of employees have added their thoughts to…

  Thank you. Thank you for standing up and making yourselves heard. And thank you for your unrelenting tenacity.    We’ve come too far and worked too hard to allow this merger to slip away. And thanks to your continued support, it won’t. APFA has been leading the way throughout AA’s bankruptcy. Our work group…

  APFA Hotline: DOJ Lawsuit, Adjacent Base Flying, AVBL, Bulletin 22, New Hire Training Dates, W-9, Wings – August 30, 2013   AA-US Airways Antitrust Lawsuit Court Date Set for November 25, 2013 APFA is happy to report that the judge assigned to the DOJ vs AA-US Airways merger lawsuit, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, set a…

APFA Labor Day Capwiz Action – Contact Congress In Support of the AA/US Merger – August 31, 2013   Labor Day marks an important day for all hard-working Americans. And for those in the aviation industry, every day is Labor Day. As airline employees, we have suffered through years of turbulence: bankruptcies, layoffs, and significant…

  IMPORTANT To receive the most up-to-date information about the AA Bankruptcy, US Airways/AA Merger, and DOJ Anti-trust Lawsuit, please subscribe to our list.   APFA Hotline – August 30,2013        Antitrust Lawsuit Conference – Trial Date Set for November 25, 2013 APFA is pleased to announce that today Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, the judge…

APFA Hotline Update – APFA President Laura Glading on Bloomberg and CNN       Tune in to Bloomberg TV “Market Matters” on Friday morning at 11:00 a.m. Eastern where Laura Glading will be the  appearing Live guest in the New York studio along with Neil Roghair, APA Vice President, via satellite. On Labor Day,…

  IMPORTANT To receive the most up-to-date information about the AA Bankruptcy, US Airways/AA Merger, and DOJ Anti-trust Lawsuit, please subscribe to our list. Click here to read the most up-to-date information on the AA-US Airways merger. APFA August 29, 2013       Meeting with Washington, D.C. Attorney General A meeting has been scheduled…