Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement Language
View the JCBA with Letters of Agreement - 3.16.15
Section 01 (Full Section)
Section 01A - Recognition
Section 01B - Scope
Section 01C - Successorship
Section 01D - Labor Protective Provisions
Section 01E - Partial Transactions
Section 01F - Force Majeure and Bankruptcy Protection
Section 01G - Severability
Section 01H - Remedies
Section 02 - Definitions (Full Section)
Section 02A - Active Flight Attendant
Section 02B - Block to Block Time/Block Hours
Section 02C - Calendar Day
Section 02D - Call Out Pay
Section 02E - Charter
Section 02F - Co-Terminals
Section 02G - Credited HoursSection 02H - Crew Base
Section 02I - Deadheading
Section 02J - Diversion
Section 02K - Domestic Flight
Section 02L - Double Up Sequences
Section 02M - Duty Period/On-Duty Time
Section 02N - Duty Rig
Section 02O - Electronic Trade Board
Section 02P - Extended Long Range Flying
Section 02Q - Flex Days
Section 02R - Flight Attendant
Section 02S - Foreign Language Speaker/Speakers
Section 02T - Golden Days
Section 02U - Home Base Rest
Section 02V - Home Base Time (HBT)
Section 02W - Injury on Duty (IOD)
Section 02X - International Flight
Section 02Y - International Premium Destination (IPD)
Section 02Z - Involuntary Assignment
Section 02AA - Layover or Ron
Section 02BB - Lead Flight Attendant
Section 02CC - Line of Flying
Section 02DD - Line of Time
Section 02EE - Long-Range Flying
Section 02FF - Mid-Range Flying
Section 02GG - Month-Calendar/Contractual
Section 02HH - Non-International Premium Destination (NIPD)
Section 02II - Non-Long Range Flying
Section 02JJ - On-Duty All-Nighter
Section 02KK - Open Time
Section 02LL - Over Water Operations
Section 02MM - Pay No Credit
Section 02NN - Position
Section 02OO - Positive Space Travel
Section 02PP - Preferential Bidding System (PBS)
Section 02QQ - Recurrent Training
Section 02RR - Red Flagging Open Time
Section 02SS - Reschedule
Section 02TT - Satellite Operation/Base
Section 02UU - Staffing
Section 02VV - Standby
Section 02WW - System Irregular Operations (IROPS)
Section 02XX - Sequence Rig
Section 02YY - Trip, Trip Sequences, Sequence
Section 02ZZ - Trip Hours/Time Away from Base
Section 02AAA - Trip Trade System (TTS)
Section 02BBB - Turn
Section 02CCC - Union
Section 02DDD - Unsuccessful Bidder's List
Section 03 (Full Section)
Timelines for Pay Comp Processing New Pay Types - 7.12.16
Holiday Pay Guidelines - Flight Attendants - 11.04.15
Section 03A - Compensation
Section 03B - Minimum Monthly Guarentees
Section 03C - Purser, Lead, Aft, and Galley Position Premium Pay
Section 03D - Holding Time
Section 03E - Understaffing Pay
Section 03F - International Pay
Section 03G - Jury Duty Pay
Section 03H - Drug Testing
Section 03I - Foreign Language Speaker Premium Pay
Section 03J - Holiday Pay
Section 03K - Premiums for Paid Time Off
Section 03L - ATC Hold/Actual "Out" Time (Code 59)
Section 03M - Diversion Pay
Section 03N - Monthly Method of Pay
Section 030 - Pay Descrepancies
Section 03P - Overpayments
Section 03Q
Section 04 - Expenses (Full Section)
Section 04A - Per Diem
Section 04B - Special
Section 04C - Crew Meals
Section 04D - Parking
Section 05 - Moving Expenses (Full Section)
Moving Allowance - 10.16.15
Section 05A - Qualifying for Expenses
Section 05B - Allowable Expenses
Section 05C - House Finding for Company Paid Moves
Section 05D - Settling Days
Section 05E - General
Section 05F - Voluntary Transfers
Section 05G - New Hires
Section 05H - Definitions
Section 06 - Crew Accommodations (Full Section)
Section 06A - Union Hotel Committee
Section 06B - Lodging
Section 06C - Transportation
Section 06D - General
Section 06E - Flight Attendant Crew Lounges
Section 07 - Uniforms (Full Section)
Letter of Agreement - Uniform Items - 12.23.15
Section 07A - Required Items
Section 07B
Section 07C
Section 07D - Uniform Dollars
Section 07E - Uniform Replacement
Section 07F
Section 07G
Section 07H
Section 07I
Section 07J
Section 07K
Section 07L
Section 07M
Section 07N
Section 07O
Section 07P
Section 07Q - Payroll Deduction on Uniform Items
Section 07R - Union Uniform Committee
Section 08 - Vacation (Full Section)
Section 08A - Vacation Accrual
Section 08B - Vacation Pay and Credit
Section 08C - Vacation Bidding
Section 08D - Vacation Limits and Carry-Forward
Section 08E - Filler Days
Section 08F - Vacation Buyback
Section 08G - Working While on Vacation
Section 08H - Vacation When Transferring From Another Crew Base
Section 08I - Vacation Trades
Section 08J - Other
Section 09 - Sick Leave (Full Section)
Section 09A - Sick Pay and Credit
Section 09B - Notification
Section 09C - Sick Leave Accrual
Section 09D - Claiming Sick Leave
Section 09E - Doctor's Statements
Section 10 - Scheduling (Full Section)
Section 10A - Joint Scheduling Committee
Section 10B - Sequence Generation
Section 10C - Monthly Bidding Information and Bidding Process
Section 10D - Preferential Bid System (PBS)
Section 10E - Lineholder Trip Trade System (TTS)
Section 10F - Post TTS Daily Processing
Section 10G - Electronic Trade Board (ETB)
Section 10H - Red Flag Open Time
Section 10I - Involuntary Assignment
Section 10J - Rescheduling
Section 10K - Illegal Through No Fault
Section 10L - Last Sequence of the Month Pay and Credit
Section 10M - Sequence Splits
Section 10N - Sequence Trades Day of Departure
Section 10O - Projection and Adjustment
Section 10P - Last Live Leg
Section 10Q - Staffing
Section 10R - Telephone Recording and Rules
Section 10S - Flight Attendant Positions
Section 10T - Crew Scheduling Errors - Double Covered Positions
Section 10U - Satellite Base(s)
Section 10V - General
Section 11 - Hours of Service (Full Section)
LAA - Voluntary Extension of Duty Day (VE) - 12.28.16
Letter of Agreement - Minimum Days off for Lineholder - 3.01.16
Rest Chart - Lineholder (Chart applies unless compensatory rest is required) - 2.02.16
Section 11A - General (Domestic and International)
Section 11B - Cumulative Duty Limitations (Domestic and International)
Section 11C - 24:00 Hours Off in 7 Days (Domestic and International)
Section 11D - Duty Period Minimum and Duty Rig (Domestic and International)
Section 11E - Domestic Duty Limitations (Monthly Sequence Construction Only)
Section 11F - Domestic On-Duty Limitations (Actual Operations)
Section 11G - Standby Reserve Duty Limitations
Section 11H - Minimum Days Off
Section 11I - Domestic Home Base Rest
Section 11J - Domestic Minimum Layover Rest
Section 11K - Domestic Flight Segment Limits and Patterns Scheduled within a Sequence
Section 11L - On-Duty All-Nighter Duty Periods (ODAN) - (Domestic and International)
Section 11M - Domestic On-Board Requirements
Section 11N - Domestic Report and Release Times
Section 11O - Voluntary Waiver of Flight Duty Limitations
Section 11P - Consolidation of All-Nighters Resulting in Flagstop(s)
Section 11Q - Incorporation of Flagstop(s) Into All-Nighters
Section 12 - Reserve Duty (Full Section)
Reserve 3 Hour co-terminal call out - 7.18.16
Reserve Rotation - 6.16.16
Rest Chart - Reserve (Chart applies unless compensatory rest is required) - 3.03.16
Letter of Agreement - Vacation/PLOA: Effect on Reserve Rotation - 8.25.15
Section 12A - Reserve Lines
Section 12B - Scheduled Days Free of Duty
Section 12C - Trading Days Off
Section 12D - Rescheduling of Flex and Golden Days
Section 12E - Reserve Crew Base Rest
Section 12F - Standby Reserve
Section 12G - Reserve Availability Period (RAP)
Section 12H - Minimum Reserve Call Out Time
Section 12I - Future Reserve Bidding
Section 12J - Future Scheduling Award and Assignment
Section 12K - Daily Scheduling Award and Assignment
Section 12L - Calling Out of Time
Section 12M - Priority of Assignment
Section 12N - Sequence Verification and Reserve Check-in
Section 12O - Assignment Information
Section 12P - Not Legal to Fly
Section 12Q - Month to Month Integration
Section 12R - Reserve Trip Trading/Dropping
Section 12S - Reserve Flight Attendants with Missed Trips
Section 12T - General
Section 13 - Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY) (Full Section)
Section 13A - Determination and Duration of Temporary Duty
Section 13B - Limits to Award and Assignment
Section 13C - Expenses
Section 13D - Pay and Credit
Section 13E - Scheduling
Section 13F
Section 13G
Section 13H - Out-of-Base Single Sequence Assignmentimages/jcba/Section-12G.pdf
Section-13I - Out-of-Base Reserve Standby Assignment
Section 13J
Section 14 - International Flying (Full Section)
Location Delay Examples (LE) - Flight Attendants - 3.07.17
LAA - Voluntary Extension of Duty Day (VE) - 12.28.16
LAA - 2014 AA/APFA Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement Modification - 7.06.16
Section 14A
Section 14B - Definitions
Section 14C - International Pay
Section 14D - International Duty Time Limitations
Section 14E - International Flying - Report and Release from Duty
Section 14F - International On-Board Requirements
Section 14G - Duty Periods
Section 14H - Rest Periods at Home Base Station
Section 14I - Layover Rest Periods
Section 14J - Foreign Crew Base
Section 14K - Training
Section 14L - Purser
Section 14M - General
Section 15 - Foreign Language Speaker (Full Section)
Foreign Language Speakers on Flights to/from Asia - 2.15.16
Section 15A - Staffing
Section 15B - Language Lock-in
Section 15C - Language Pay
Section 15D - PBS Awards
Section 15E - Language Assignment
Section 15F - Assignments of Speaker Sequences Through TTS, Future Processing, Daily Processing and Reserve Processing
Section 15G - Post Line Award Adjustment (ETB, TTS)
Section 15H - Language Proficiency
Section 15I - Education
Section 15J - Advance Notice of Language Proffer
Section 15K - New Language
Section 15L - Language Resignation Proffers
Section 15M - Haitian-Creole Speaking Flight Attendants
Section 15N - Provisions in Conflict
Section 16 - Deadheading (Full Section)
Letter of Agreement - Valet Bag Service - 5.01.15
Section 16A
Section 16B
Section 16C
Section 16D
Section 16E
Section 16F - International Deadhead
Section 16G - Deadhead to First Live Leg of a Trip Sequence
Section 16H - Deadhead to Crew Base or Commuter City on Last Leg of a Trip Sequence
Section 16I
Section 16J - Surface Transportation
Section 16K - Boarding Passes and Seat Assignments
Section 16L
Section 16M
Section 16N
Section 16LO - Request to Deadhead and Exceed On-Duty Limitation
Section 17 - Co-Terminals (Full Section)
Section 17A - Co-Terminals
Section 17B
Section 17C
Section 17D
Section 17E
Section 17F
Section 17G
Section 17H
Section 19 - Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) (Full Section)
Section 19A
Section 19B - Compensation/Expenses
Section 19C - Staffing
Section 19D - CRAF Preference List
Section 19E - CRAF Activation and Training
Section 19F - Flight Assignments
Section 19G - Duty Time/Crew Rest
Section 19H - Insurance Benefits
Section 19I - General
Section 19J - Non-CRAF Military Charters Involving Middle East Destinations
Section 20 - Seniority (Full Section)
Letter of Agreement - Classification/Longevity Seniority Date for New Hires - 12.31.14
Letter of Agreement - Order of Seniority for First Day of Flight Attendant Training - 12.31.14
Section 20A
Section 20B
Section 20C
Section 20D - Classification/Longevity Seniority
Section 20E
Section 20F - Seniority List
Section 20G
Section 20H - Transfer to Non-Flying or Supervisory Duties
Section 20I - Transfer to Non-Related Duties
Section 20J - Transfer Due to Disability
Section 20K - Dues Payment
Section 20L - Return to Line Flight Status
Section 20M - Right of Representation
Section 21 - Period of Probation (Full Section)
Letter of Agreement - JCBA Section 21 - Period of Probation (LUS & LAA) - 7.17.15
Section 21A - Probation - Length, Definition and Trip Trade
Section 21B - Seniority Rights on Probation
Section 22 - Filling of Vacancies (Full Section)
Section 22A
Section 22B
Section 22C
Section 22D - Vacancy Awards
Section 22E
Section 22F
Section 22G
Section 22H - Displacement/Priority Return
Section 22I - Crew Base Closure
Section 22J - Foreign Language Speakers
Section 22K - Mutual Transfers
Section 22L - Mutual Transfers While on a Period of Probation
Section 23 - Reduction in Force (Full Section)
Section 23A
Section 23B - Alternatives to Involuntary Furloughs
Section 23C - Involuntary Furlough
Section 23D - Education/Interim Employment
Section 23E - Payment for Unused Vacation
Section 24 - Prisoner and Hostage (Full Section)
Section 24A - Benefits for Flight Attendants in the Event of Terrorism or Sabotage
Section 25 - Leaves of Absence/Approved Time Off (Full Section)
Unpaid Leaves of Absence Chart - 2.15.16
Section 25A - Personal Leave
Section 25B - Voluntary Leave of Absence (VLOA)
Section 25C - Leave in Lieu of Furlough
Section 25D - Educational Leave
Section 25E - Medical Leave of Absence
Section 25F - Family Medical Leave (FMLA)
Section 25G - Maternity/Paternity Leave
Section 25H - Adoption Leave
Section 25I - Union Leave
Section 25J - Military Leave of Absence
Section 25K - General
Section 25L - Approved Time Off
Section 25M - Benefits
Section 25N - Unpaid Leaves of Absences Chart
Section 26 - Insurance, Retirement, and Other Benefits (Full Section)
Section 26A - Life Insurance
Section 26B - Medical and Dental Plan
Section 26C - Disability Coverage
Section 26D - Retiree Health Care
Section 26E - Retiree Flight Attendant Life Insurance
Section 26F - Non-Incorporation
Section 26G - Replacement Retirement Plan
Section 27 - Injury on Duty (IOD) (Full Section)
Letter of Agreement - Injury of Duty (LUS & LAA) - 1.22.16
Section 27A
Section 27B
Section 27C
Section 27D - Salary Continuance
Section 27E
Section 27F
Section 27G
Section 27H
Section 27I - Benefits
Section 27J
Section 27K
Section 27L
Section 27M
Section 28 - Medical Examinations (Full Section)
Section 28A
Section 28B
Section 28C
Section 28D
Section 28E - General
Section 29 - Training (Full Section)
Training Irregular Ops (IROP) Guidelines - Flight Attendants
Letter of Agreement - Pay for Travel to and From Training - 3.01.16
Section 30 - Dispute Resolution and Grievance Procedures (Full Section)
Section 30A - Dispute Resolution Process
Section 30B - Discharge/Presidential Grievances
Section 31 - System Board of Adjustment (Full Section)
Section 31A - Statement of Purpose
Section 31B - Jurisdiction of the System Board
Section 31C - Authority of the System Board
Section 31D - Administrative Officers of the System Board
Section 31E - Composition of the System Board
Section 31F - Chairperson of the System Board
Section 31G - APFA and the Company System Board Members
Section 31H - Terms of Office - System Board Members
Section 31I - Submission of Disputes
Section 31J - Panel of Arbitrators
Section 31K - Appointment of Arbitrator, Location and Notice of Hearings
Section 31L - Procedure for Breaking Deadlock in the Appointment of an Arbitrator
Section 31M - Scheduling and Postponements of Arbitration Hearings
Section 31N - Stenographic Reports
Section 31O - Representation of Summoning of Witnesses
Section 31P - Exchange of Documents and Witness Lists
Section 31Q - Evidence
Section 31R - Time Limits
Section 31S - Statement of Employer and Employee Rights
Section 32 - Union Business (Full Section)
Section 32A
Section 32B - Reports
Section 32C
Section 32D
Section 32E
Section 32F - Travel for Union Business
Section 32G - Monthly Union Business
Section 33 - APFA Employee Assistance Program (Full Section)
Section 33A - APFA Employee Assistance Program ("APFA EAP")
Section 33B - Drug and Alcohol Policy
Section 33C - Duty Time and Rest
Section 33D - Pay for Drug and Alcohol Testing
Section 33E - Professional Standards
Section 34 - Safety and Security Department (SSD) (Full Section)
Section 34A
Section 34B
Section 34C
Section 34D
Section 34E
Section 34F
Section 34G
Section 34H
Section 34I
Section 34J
Section 34K
Section 34L
Section 34M
Section 34N
Section 34O
Section 34P
Section 34Q
Section 34R
Section 34S
Section 34T
Section 34U
Section 35 - Union Security (Full Section)
Section 35A - Union Membership
Section 35B - Joining the Union
Section 35C - Recalled and Rehired Flight Attendants
Section 35D - Union Dues During Leaves/Transfer
Section 35E - Definition of "Member of the APFA"
Section 35F - Delinquent Dues Procedures
Section 35G - Discharge for Non-Payment of Dues
Section 35H - Procedures for Contesting Discharge
Section 35I - Statement of Responsibility
Section 35J - Statement of Good Faith by the Company
Section 35K - Statement of Good Faith by APFA
Section 35L - Company Agreement to Dues Check-Off
Section 35M - Dues Check-Off Form
Section 35N - Company Procedures for Dues Check-Off
Section 35O - Dues Policies for the Inactive Flight Attendant
Section 35P - Collection of Back Dues
Section 35Q - Dues Deduction
Section 35R - Right to Union Representation
Section 35S - Company to Assume Administrative Override
Section 35T - Savings Clause
Section 37 - General (Full Section)
Section 37A - No Discrimination
Section 37B - Bulletins
Section 37C - New Equipment and New International Routes
Section 37D - New Equipment Design
Section 37E
Section 37F - Cabin Cleaning Duties
Section 37G - Cabin Jumpseats
Section 37H - Reciprocal Cabin Seat Agreements
Section 37I - Commuter Policy
Section 37J - Cameras in Cabin
Section 37K - Mechanical Ferry Flights
Section 37L - Changes in Flight Service
Section 37M - First Late Check-In
Section 37N - APFA Lock-Box
Section 37O - Access to Policies and Procedures
Section 37P - Medical Clearance
Section 37Q - Company Personnel Records
Section 37R - In-Flight Rest
Section 38 - Crew Rest (Full Section)
Letter of Agreement - Crew Rest Guidelines Clarification - 6.22.15
Section 38A - Guidelines for Use of Passenger Seat(s) During In-Flight Rest
Section 38B - Crew Rest Guidelines
Section 38C - Crew Rest Seats
Section 38D - Type of Crew Rest Facility
Section 38E - International 757 Crew Rest Seats
Section 38F - International 767 Crew Rest Seats
Section 38G - International 777 Crew Bunks
Section 38H - International 787 Crew Bunks
Section 38I - International A330 Crew Rest Seats
Section 38J - Crew Rest Seat/Bunks - Procedures for Significant Malfunctions
Section 38K - Crew Rest Accomodations
Section 40 - Duration (Full Section)
1004 West Euless Boulevard
Euless, Texas 76040
Phone: (817) 540-0108
Fax: (817) 540-2077
Headquarters
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APFA Phone Reps
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After-Hours Live Chat
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