Posts Tagged ‘ORD’

Thursday, December 3, 2020 Hello ORD Flight Attendants, We hope everyone found a way to celebrate Thanksgiving in our pandemic world. November is behind us. While there is no official analysis, it would appear any cost savings the Company hoped to achieve in the oppressive November sequence build was lost when Red Flag flying was…

Friday, November 6, 2020 Hello ORD Flight Attendants, Not sure where to even start. The APFA National President and APFA Base Presidents have been fighting the Company over the allocations since they were released to us on Monday. Unfortunately, but not surprising, there is little improvement to the sequence build month-over-month. A new twist thrown…

Thursday, November 5, 2020 Hello ORD Flight Attendants, The APFA Fall Board of Directors Meeting was held in DFW from October 26-28. This was the first meeting with our new National Officers, Julie Hedrick, Larry Salas, Erik Harris and Josh Black. We support their shared vision to create a better work life for our Flight…

Friday, October 9, 2020 Hello ORD Flight Attendants, It is hard to believe we are already in October. Our world is still upside down, and the status of the payroll support extension remains unknown. Thank you to the thousands of members who continued to answer every call to action urging support of the stimulus bill.…

Tuesday, September 8, 2020 Hello ORD Flight Attendants, APFA is continuing the fight for the extension of the Payroll Support Program (PSP). If the PSP does not get extended, the loss of jobs due to furlough will change the face of this Company and the makeup of every base. The Company has not made it…

Thursday, August 27, 2020 ORD Flight Attendants, We know the base is still reeling over Tuesday’s involuntary staffing reduction announcement by the Company. The 8,099 Flight Attendant furlough number was very sobering. Certainly not the outcome we wanted to see after months of negotiating numerous ways to mitigate the overage. The APFA Government Affairs Team,…

Monday, August 10, 2020 Hello ORD Flight Attendants: Every day we are reminded of the strength and resilience of our Flight Attendants in these challenging times. We are so proud of ORD! Please continue to read all APFA email and company communication to stay up-to-date with all the changes at work. Over the past weeks,…

Thursday, July 23, 2020 Hello ORD Flight Attendants: The APFA Telephone Town Hall was held on Wednesday. Over 5,000 Flight Attendants dialed in for a great information session for all things VEOP/EVLOA. The audio and full list of Q&A’s will be available on the APFA website soon. There has been some feedback regarding problems with…

Tuesday, July 21, 2020 Hello ORD Flight Attendants: We know you have been inundated with emails, so we will keep this one short. The July 31st deadline to submit ballots for VEOP and EVLOA is right around the corner. Very difficult personal decisions will need to be made in a very short timeframe. While we…

Thursday, July 9, 2020 Hello ORD Flight Attendants: We are so proud of how our Flight Attendants are managing in these uncertain times. The recent Company announcement of Flight Attendant overages, base closings and base resizing was certainly hard to hear. Our Company is changing and many will be forced to make hard, life altering…

Sunday, June 7, 2020 ORD Flight Attendants, As your Chicago Base President, to say I am outraged over the senseless deaths of Black people is an understatement. I wish the world were better. However, it is evident racism is alive and well in our country and workplace. It is not just the killings. Blatant racist…

Friday, June 5, 2020 ORD Flight Attendants, We are in sad and unprecedented times. Our city is just beginning to emerge from the shelter in place orders due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and we are plunged into civil unrest after the wrongful death of George Floyd. Your APFA leaders are taking a stand against racial…

Saturday, May 9, 2020 June 2020 ORD Allocations Hello ORD Flight Attendants! We would like to acknowledge and congratulate all of our AA colleagues who chose the early out option. We wish you all the best as you start the next chapter of life. For those ORD-Based Flight Attendants who took the Voluntary Early Out…

Friday, April 24, 2020 TTS Runs Tonight ETB Opening Tomorrow MSP Satellite Sequences   TTS Runs Tonight The first TTS run for May is tonight at 2300 Home Base Time (HBT). ETB Opening Tomorrow The Electronic Trade Board will open tomorrow morning at 0400 HBT. MSP Satellite Sequences There are many MSP Satellite Sequences in…

Friday, April 10, 2020 May 2020 Allocations Hello ORD! We want to thank everyone for your patience as we move thru these challenging times. We will get a regular Base Brief out soon, but wanted the Allocation information (what little we have) out as soon as possible. The May Allocation meeting was today, Friday. The final…

Friday, March 6, 2020 Hello ORD! Welcome to the March Base Brief. This is all pertinent information from the APR Allocation call and hot topics at the Base. A communication reminder… text, phone, email are the preferred ways to reach ORD reps.  Don’t forget to include your employee number, and let us know if you have…

Thursday, February 6, 2020 February Base Brief Hello ORD! Welcome to the February Base Brief.  This is all pertinent information from the MAR Allocation call and hot topics at the Base. A communication reminder… text, phone, email are the preferred ways to reach ORD Reps.  Don’t forget to include your employee number, and let us…

Friday, January 10, 2020 Hello ORD! Welcome to the January Base Brief.  We hope everyone enjoyed the Holidays. This is all pertinent information from the FEB Allocation call and hot topics at the Base. A communication reminder… text, phone, email are the preferred ways to reach ORD Reps. We do not have an official FB…

Friday, December 6, 2019 Hello ORD! Welcome to the December Base Brief. We will share all pertinent information from the JAN Allocation call and hot topics at the Base. A communication reminder… text, phone, email are the preferred ways to reach ORD reps. We do not have an official FB page and cannot consistently monitor…

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Hello ORD! We would like to give a warm welcome to all FAs new to ORD. Happy to have you’re here!  Please remember when contacting us, always include your employee number and let us know if you have contacted another Rep or HDQ.   This helps us to not duplicate work.  ORD…

Tuesday, October 8, 2019   Hello ORD! We would like to give a warm welcome to all FAs new to ORD. Happy to have you are here! Please remember when contacting us, always include your employee number and let us know if you have contacted another rep or HDQ. This helps us to not duplicate…

Friday, September 6, 2019 Hello ORD! Hope everyone had an enjoyable summer.  We would like to give a warm welcome to all FAs new to ORD, happy to have you here!  Please remember when contacting us, always include your employee number and let us know if you have contacted another rep or HDQ.   This helps us…

Sunday, July 7, 2019   Hello ORD! We would like to give a warm welcome to all FAs new to ORD. Happy to have you here! Please remember when contacting us, always include your employee number and let us know if you have contacted another rep. This helps us to not duplicate work. ORD reps…

Friday, June 7, 2019   Hello ORD! We would like to give a warm welcome to all FAs new to ORD, including 58 new hires who report in JUN.  Happy to have you here!  Please remember when contacting us, always include your employee number and let us know if you have contacted another rep.  This…

Tuesday, May 7, 2019   Hello ORD! We would like to welcome all Flight Attendants who have transferred into the Base. We are happy to have you all here! The monthly allocation meeting took place last week. Most of the data we received is available to you on the Crew Portal Bidding Dashboard–targeted lineholder, reserve,…

Tuesday, April 9, 2019   Hello ORD!  The monthly allocation meeting was last week.  Most of the data we receive is available to you on the Crew Portal Bidding Dashboard–targeted lineholder, reserve, total bidder and line average.  We will continue to share these numbers and any pertinent information from the call. MAY BIDS OPEN 10th…