This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, December 28, 2001. APFA President John Ward issued the following statement this week regarding American Airlines flight 63 – the Miami-bound flight that originated in Paris on Saturday, December 22 and was diverted to Boston after flight attendants discovered a man attempting…
Read MoreToday is Wednesday, December 26th. This is John Ward, President of APFA. I know you’re all aware of the events of last Saturday aboard flight 63 from Paris to Miami. By every account, a major disaster was narrowly averted thanks to the quick and decisive actions of our flight attendants. APFA recognizes these flight attendants…
Read MoreThis is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, December 21, 2001. Yesterday, the House and Senate approved the Defense Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2002. Due in large part to the efforts of the APFA membership, the so-called “Bond Amendment” that called for arbitrating the AA-TWA LLC seniority integrations was…
Read MoreHello. This is George Price, APFA InfoRep Coordinator, with the APFA Hotline for Tuesday, December 18, 2001. On Monday, December 17, 2001, the APFA and American Airlines reached an agreement concerning the seniority integration of the TWA LLC Flight Attendants into American Airlines, and related matters. APFA President John Ward has called a teleconference of…
Read MoreThis is George Price, APFA InfoRep Coordinator, with a special Hotline Update. Today is Monday, December 17, 2001. Earlier today, a Tentative Agreement was reached between the APFA and the Company concerning the seniority integration of the TWA LLC flight attendants into American Airlines, and related matters. APFA President John Ward has called a teleconference…
Read MoreThis is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, December 14, 2001. Conferees from both the House and Senate Defense Appropriations Committees are meeting today and most probably throughout the weekend to reconcile differences between the two bills. For those of you who may not be familiar with the Bond amendment,…
Read MoreThis is Leslie Mayo, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with an updated HotLine for Thursday, December 13, 2001. The time is 6:00 p.m. CST. The Defense Appropriations Conference Committee met today and has begun discussions relating to the reconciliation of both the House and Senate versions of H.R. 3338. A decision as to whether the so-called…
Read MoreHello. Today is Monday, December 10, 2001. This is George Price, APFA InfoRep Coordinator with a Hotline Update. As previously reported on this hotline, Missouri Senator Kit Bond succeeded in attaching his amendment calling for arbitrating the AA- TWA LLC seniority integration to the 2002 Defense Appropriations bill. Due to the fact the Senate and…
Read MoreToday is Sunday, December 9. This is George Price, Info Rep Coordinator, with an important APFA Hotline Update. Late Friday night, Missouri Senator Kit Bond successfully attached an amendment mandating third-party arbitration to determine the seniority integration issues stemming from American Airlines’ purchase of TWA, to a Defense Appropriations Bill which was approved by the…
Read MoreThis is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Friday, December 7, 2001. Memorial Service details will be provided at the end of this HotLine. We previously reported on this HotLine that due to the FAA security directive, only crewmembers whose names appear on the NS for a specific flight may board…
Read MoreThis is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Tuesday, December 4, 2001. Memorial service details will be read at the end of this HotLine. Due to the FAA security directive, only crewmembers whose names appear on the NS for a specific flight may board that flight. This prohibits standby flight attendants…
Read MoreThis is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine for Tuesday, November 20, 2001. I will read up-to-date memorial service information for the flight attendants from flight 587 at the end of this HotLine. All of American’s A-300s have been inspected and no signs of fatigue or delamination were found. According to the…
Read MoreThis is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator with an updated HotLine for Sunday, November 18, 2001. The following Memorial Services are planned for some of the crewmembers from flight 587. A Wake Service is planned for Deborah Fontakis on Monday and Tuesday, November 19 and 20 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and from 7:00…
Read MoreThis is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator with the APFA HotLine. Today is November 16, 2001. The NTSB investigation team continues to analyze the structural damage to specific aircraft parts caused by the crash of flight 587 on Monday. The team has interviewed American Airlines Flight Attendants from IMA and JFK who either recently worked…
Read MoreThis is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the APFA HotLine. Today is Friday, November 9, 2001. The company announced today that they will close the Seattle base effective March 8, 2002. They also announced several flight cancellations effective January 8, 2002 – Seattle-Narita and Dallas-Osaka as well as Miami-Seattle as it feeds Seattle Narita.…
Read MoreThis is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator with the APFA HotLine. Today is Friday, November 2, 2001. APFA has filed Presidential Grievances on the company’s misapplication of Article 16 and Appendix F, and arbitration dates have now been set. We encourage all members in good standing to attend. The Presidential relating to Article 16 and…
Read MoreThis is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with an updated HotLine for Tuesday, October 30, 2001. The Airline Security Act is going to the House Floor for a vote on Thursday, November 1, and APFA representatives were in Washington today ensuring that our voice was heard. Two versions of this Bill will be presented –…
Read MoreAs APFA previously mentioned on this HotLine, we requested that the Company provide the Flight Attendants with a breakdown of the October 31st paychecks which include your retro/lump sum monies. The Company has published this breakdown on their web site at www.aafltsvc.com. Please stay on the line for the regular hotline. This is Leslie Mayo,…
Read MoreThis is Leslie Mayo, APFA National Communications Coordinator, with an updated HotLine for Tuesday, October 23, 2001. As we told you on Friday, the Company has announced additional furloughs effective in two waves. 200 flight attendants will be furloughed effective November 1, 2001 and the remaining 201 will be furloughed effective December 2, 2001. The…
Read MoreThis is Leslie Mayo, APFA National Communications Coordinator. Today is Saturday, October 20, 2001. After the awarding of overage leaves of absence and partnership flying, the projected flight attendant surplus of 3,176 was reduced to 401. These 401 furloughs will occur as follows: 200, effective November 1, with an additional 201, effective December 2. The…
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