Posts Tagged ‘CLT Base Brief’

Monday, February 8, 2021 March 2021 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly allocations call this week to discuss the trips for March. There was some good news for a change. Our head count is increasing by 279 with the return of the first group of our furloughed colleagues. Our total headcount…

Saturday, January 30, 2021 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, Each year, the Company creates the annual vacation matrix outlining the distribution of vacation days allotted based on the number of Flight Attendants. JCBA Section 8 – Vacation guides the parameters used for accrual, pay, bidding, awards, trades, and vacation buyback. The Contract states that the Company shall…

Tuesday, January 19, 2021 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, With this week’s Presidential inauguration, the Company and the Federal Government have taken extra security precautions throughout the week. Some of the safety measures that we can expect are: Alcohol will not be served in any class of service between January 16th through the 21st for…

Wednesday, January 6, 2021 February 2021 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly call this week to discuss the trips for February. Keep in mind the recall of our furloughed Flight Attendants does not take effect until March. We still have the same staffing levels with only 12 people returning from leaves…

Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, Things are changing weekly, and we know information is key to adapting during this critical time. Many of the changes involve the safety of our members. Safety must be our primary concern. We must move forward with a culture of Safety First, not Business as Usual.…

Friday, November 6, 2020 December 2020 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly call with the Company concerning the trips for December this week and to say we were in shock would be an understatement. We all have seen the changes throughout this pandemic and the crisis in the airline industry. Continuous changes…

Friday, October 23, 2020 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, The times in which we live have become the most challenging for the airline industry in aviation history. This pandemic continues to impact all of us both in our professional careers and our personal lives. Many of our brothers and sisters have been furloughed, chosen to take early…

Friday, October 2, 2020 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We continue to push for a clean extension of the Payroll Support Program (PSP). No decision has been made this week on Capitol Hill. The Company is proceeding with its plans to furlough many of our friends and co-workers. This is a sad and unprecedented day…

Tuesday, September 15, 2020 Reserve Refresher Virtual Class On Friday, September 18th, from 11am until 3pm (EDT), APFA CLT Base Representatives will be hosting an interactive online Reserve Refresher Class via Zoom Video Conferencing. How do I sign up? Send your request via email to prclt@apfa.org or cltrep5@apfa.org. Include a good email, and we will…

Wednesday, September 9, 2020 October 2020 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly trip allocations call with the Company yesterday, and the news was not good. While we wait to see if the Federal Government will extend the Payroll Support Program (PSP) under the Cares Act, the Company had to schedule October as…

Friday, August 28, 2020 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, Tuesday, August 25, 2020, marked a dark day in the history of our airline. The Company announced that 8,099 of our Union Sisters and Brothers here at American Airlines would be involuntarily furloughed on October 3. We had over 25,000 active Flight Attendants on property before the…

Sunday, August 9, 2020 September 2020 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, Last week, we had our monthly call with the Company to look at the trips and staffing for September. Here is the breakdown: The actual number of Reserves in CLT has dropped from August (26%) to September (19.4%). While we are pleased with the reduction, Charlotte…

Friday, July 31, 2020 Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, This past week, the sign-ups for the Extended Leaves of Absence and the Voluntary Early Out Program (VEOP) have ramped up the calls. This is a big decision and there are many questions. The Company has decided to extend the deadline for the sign up to…

Saturday, July 18, 2020 WARN Notifications / EVLOAs / VEOPs Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, The Company sent out WARN notices to 9,950 of our Flight Attendants this week. The WARN notice requires employers to provide at least a sixty (60) day notification of a need for a reduction in a workforce including furloughs. Because…

Thursday, July 9, 2020 August 2020 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly allocations call with the Company this week to look at how the trips will break down for August. The good news, we saw a 16% increase in the number of trips. We have roughly 1004 actual trips as opposed to…

Sunday, June 14, 2020 CLT Flight Attendants, The past few months have seen massive changes for our company and the industry as a whole. We are unsure as to where this is all heading or even if we will be employed here in the months to come. It would be nice if we had a…

Friday, June 5, 2020 July 2020 Allocations Good Day CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly allocations calls with the Company this week, and we wanted to give you the details on how things are shaping up for July. There is always good news and bad news. It all depends on what you like to fly. For…

Saturday, May 9, 2020 APFA CLT Base Brief – June Allocations Good Evening CLT Flight Attendants, We had our monthly allocations call with the Company yesterday, and here is how things will shake out for June. We went to the Company and asked them if they could change the way they construct the trips and we are…

Friday, May 1, 2020 APFA CLT Base Brief – PVLOA’s & Unemployment With many of the Paid Voluntary Leaves of Absence (PVLOAs) beginning in the next week, we know the majority of Flight Attendants who elected this option will be filing for unemployment in the coming weeks. We wanted to share some of the information…

Sunday, March 15, 2020 Charlotte Base Brief We wanted to provide you with an update on what is happening with our trips and the recent message from the President that we will be suspending flights to Europe. We keep saying this situation is fluid but that would be an understatement, this is like a flood.…

Monday, November 4, 2019 Allocations December 2019 Good day, We had our monthly allocations call this week and here is the breakdown for December. We will have 128,238-man hours. This has been declining since the summer months and is lower than November. The number of trips are down, and the head count is also down…

Monday, October 7, 2019 November Allocations Good day, We had our monthly allocations calls this week and Charlotte trips officially look like this; 15.5% of the trips will be 1 days; 56.5% will be 2 days; 21% will be 3 days; and 6.5 % will be 4days. We have 137,709-man hours for the month with…

Wednesday, September 11, 2019 RESERVE CLASS and Q&A Rotating back on reserve? Have questions or need a refresher? Come join us for a special Reserve Class and have your questions answered. Hosted by Charles Starks, all are welcome! When? SEPTEMBER 19th and 20th. What time? 1 to 8 on the 19th (please note the end…

Wednesday, August 7, 2019   Allocations August 2019 Good day. We had our monthly allocations call last week. Here’s how the trips break down for September. Our total head count is 2766 with 2503 active. There will be 2018 line holders and the reserve number is set at 485. The trips break down as 14%…

Tuesday, August 6, 2019   Charlotte Base Brief Good day, We would like to send out a few reminders as we move into August. We are having a Base meeting August 27th at 11 am in the auditorium above the food court. A1 and A3 space positive passes given for deadheads to and from training…

Sunday, July 21, 2019   We are having a base meeting! Tuesday, August 27th, we will have a base meeting in the large auditorium above the food court right in the airport. Go up the stairs in the center food court and continue to the left hall way. We will get started around 11am and…