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1.20.22 – March 2022 Monthly Vacation Buyback
Thursday, January 20, 2022 March 2022 Monthly Vacation Buyback In accordance with JCBA Section 8.F.2., the Company is offering vacation buyback for the March bid month. Flight Attendants with blocks of vacation days originating March 2 through March 31 will be eligible to participate in the buyback. You may only buyback full blocks of vacation days. The bidding window…
Read More1.19.22 – Annual Vacation Buyback Awarded/Vacation Bidding Timelines
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 Annual Vacation Buyback Awarded The Annual Vacation Buyback for 2022-2023 vacation is now awarded. You may view your award in AVBA on the Summary page via Crew Portal > Monthly Bids > Vacation > Annual > Summary. Example Award: All Buyback bids were awarded to all Flight Attendants in all bases. If you have any questions…
Read More1.13.22 – Annual Vacation Buyback Closes Tomorrow
Thursday, January 13, 2022 Annual Vacation Buyback Closes Tomorrow The Annual Vacation buyback process will close tomorrow, Friday, January 14th, at 1200 (CT). In accordance with JCBA Section 8.F., Flight Attendants have the option to buyback a portion or all vacation days accrued during 2021 (carryover days are excluded). This includes the incentive vacation day…
Read More12.03.21 – January 2022 Vacation Buyback Re-opened
Friday, December 3, 2021 January 2022 Vacation Buyback Re-opened The Company sent out a CCI message alerting Flight Attendants of an option for Monthly Vacation Buyback on November 25th. Since the message went out the evening before Thanksgiving and was sent as medium priority, many of you did not see the message and let your APFA Base…
Read More10.22.21 – November 2021 Monthly Vacation Buyback
Friday, October 22, 2021 November 2021 Monthly Vacation Buyback Monthly vacation buyback will be offered for the November contractual month. As an exception for November, APFA and AA have signed a Letter of Agreement that modifies language in JCBA Section 8.F.2. After seeing the minimum hourly constraints placed on many bases for November, it is easy to…
Read More8.26.21 – Monthly Vacation Buyback Available for the October 2021 Bid Month
Thursday, August 26, 2021 Monthly Vacation Buyback Available for the October 2021 Bid Month The Company will open Monthly Vacation Buyback for the month of October per JCBA Section 8.F.2. Vacations that are completely in October are eligible. Vacations that originate in October and carry from October into November are eligible. Vacations that originate in September and carry into October are not eligible. Per the Contract, the Company…
Read More8.16.21 – September Monthly Vacation Buyback
Monday, August 16, 2021 September Monthly Vacation Buyback Monthly vacation buyback will be offered for the September contractual month. As a one-time exception, APFA and AA have signed a Letter of Agreement that modifies language in JCBA Section 8.F.2. The operation continues to be stressed, and the vacation buyback is one way to bring some much-needed relief…
Read More8.06.21 – August Monthly Vacation Buyback
Friday, August 6, 2021 August Monthly Vacation Buyback This summer has been extremely challenging for our Flight Attendants. We have experienced high Reserve numbers, unsustainable trip construction, long duty days, long sit times, short layovers, delays, cancellations, and worst of all contract violations in the form of many illegal reschedules. The operation over the last week…
Read More6.03.21 – Monthly Vacation Buyback for the July Bid Month Closes Tomorrow
Thursday, June 3, 2021 Monthly Vacation Buyback for the July Bid Month Closes Tomorrow As a reminder, the Company opened the Monthly Vacation Buyback for the month of July per JCBA Section 8.F.2. This gives our members who were not awarded Annual Vacation Buyback the option to be paid out for July vacation hours. Vacations that are completely in…
Read More5.28.21 – Monthly Vacation Buyback Available for the July Bid Month
Friday, May 28, 2021 Monthly Vacation Buyback Available for the July Bid Month We anticipate this to be a busy summer of flying for our Flight Attendants. Demand for air travel is increasing dramatically, and the Company is ramping up our summer operation in response. As a result, the Company will open Monthly Vacation Buyback for the month…
Read More1.14.21 – Annual Vacation Buyback Process Closes Tomorrow
Thursday, January 14, 2021 Annual Vacation Buyback Process Closes Tomorrow In accordance with JCBA Section 8.F, the annual vacation buyback process will close tomorrow, Friday, January 15, at 1200 (CST). The awards will be posted by Wednesday, January 20, at 1200 (CST). Crew Portal > Monthly Bids > Vacation > Annual > Summary > Annual Buyback…
Read More1.07.21 – Vacation Buyback and Vacation Bidding Timelines
Thursday, January 7, 2021 Vacation Buyback and Vacation Bidding Timelines In accordance with JCBA Section 8.F, the annual vacation buyback will open on Friday, January 8, at 1200 (CST), and will close on Friday, January 15, at 1200 (CST). The awards will be posted by Wednesday, January 20, at 1200 (CST). You have the option…
Read More12.26.20 – Monthly Vacation Buyback Extended Through January 4th
Saturday, December 26, 2020 Monthly Vacation Buyback Extended Through January 4th Today, we were notified by American of possible staffing shortages throughout the holiday weekend. As a result, the Company will offer vacation buyback through January 4th, 2021. As a lineholder, you will be able to use UBL or TTS to pick up open time, and…
Read More11.25.20 – Monthly Vacation Buyback Offered
Wednesday, November 25, 2020 Monthly Vacation Buyback Offered Today, we were notified by American that, due to a number of factors, there will be staffing shortages throughout the holiday weekend. As a result, the Company will offer vacation buyback for the remainder of November and December 2020, as outlined in JCBA Section 8.F. A Letter of…
Read More1.03.20 – Annual Vacation Buyback (JCBA Section 8.F)
Friday, January 3, 2020 Annual Vacation Buyback (JCBA Section 8.F) The JCBA provides for Flight Attendants to sell back their accrued vacation to the company on both a monthly and annual basis. On Jan 10th at 1200 DFW time, the annual vacation buyback process will open, and it will close on Jan 17th at 1200 DFW time.…
Read More1.05.18 – (LAA/LUS) – 1K Emp payout/Clarification on IOD Filing Procedures /Special BOD Meeting Minutes/Vac Buyback/EC Meeting/Retirement Seminars/Uniform Rpt
Company Announces $1,000 Pay-out to Employees – LAA/LUS Clarification on new IOD Filing Procedures – LAA/LUS Minutes in Review – APFA Special BOD Meeting – LAA/LUS Vacation Buyback Window – LUS 4Q17 Executive Committee Meeting – LAA/LUS February Retirement Seminars – LAA/LUS Uniform Reaction Report Count – LAA/LUS Company Announces $1,000 Pay-out to Employees…
Read More1.05.18 – (LUS) – February 2018 PBS & Vacation Bidding Information
February 2018 Pairing Percentages – LUS Important Bidding Information- Redeye Pairings – LUS Vacation Buyback Window – LUS February 2018 Bidding Timelines – LUS FABRC Hours – LUS February 2018 Pairing Percentages – LUS *Important Bidding Information- Redeye Pairings* – LUS Redeye Defined – Last September, both LAA and LUS Redeye pairings (sequences) were aligned. This was communicated by…
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