10.17.18 – The Weekly Scoop

Call to Action October 23rd!

Let’s Support TWU & IAM

Our TWU Brothers and Sisters have been in contract negotiations with American for nearly 3 years. TWU has shown their strong support at APFA’s WAAKE UP AMERICAN Picket at Centreport – DFW in August, and will continue their support in joining APFA System-Wide Base Airport picketing, November 18th.

TWU & IAM Rally
October 23, 2018
11:00 – 13:00
15:00 – 17:00
DFW International Airport – Terminal D

When reporting an issue to the Scheduling and Contract Desk or when completing a Systems Issues Form, your issue is researched and forwarded to the AA FOI team. The FOI team logs these issues for review by the appropriate departments to investigate and respond.

After an issue has been resolved by the corresponding department, a member of the FOI team or FABRC contacts the Flight Attendant to share their findings.  If you have been contacted by the FOI team or FABRC regarding a report and are not satisfied with the results, contact APFA Contract Dept for additional follow up.Remember to include your employee number and Run ID number with all inquiries.

Workers’ Comp (IOD) with Long Term Disability

LTD is only available to those who have LTD coverage.  Short-term disability does not cover work related injuries. Always file your LTD as soon as possible.  There is a one-year filing deadline from the date of disability.  LTD information is in the Health and Benefits page on jetnet. LTD benefits begin at the end of 4 months of continuous disability if your sick bank is depleted and you are not receiving salary continuance or when your six-month salary continuance has ended, and your sick bank is depleted.

If your LTD claim is approved, you will receive a minimum benefit if you are also receiving Workers’ Compensation benefits. If you are no longer receiving Workers’ Compensation pay, LTD benefits are based on 50% of the Flight Attendants’ guaranteed base pay.
LTD benefits are non-taxed.

– Bellia Peckson, APFA National IOD Chair, [email protected]

Notification of a Delay (JCBA 10.J.11.a):
If you have already left for the airport and it is less than 3 hours to departure and you get a call from Crew Schedule notifying you of a delay, your duty day still begins at the original report time. A Mobile CCI notification does not replace a call from Crew Schedule.  If you have not received a call from Crew Schedule you will need to advise them you want your original report time.

– Becky Lydecker, APFA National Scheduling Chair, [email protected]

Flight Attendants may complete the CQ WBT 60 days prior to their base month, which will remain good through the end of their grace month. If a Flight Attendant is placed in a QI status, the WBT will have to be redone and completed the month she/he attends CQ, in addition to the While You Were Away WBT course.

– Jeffrey Ewing, APFA National Safety & Security Chair, [email protected]

If you believe you have a mis-award, do not participate in TTS or make changes with ETB until you have received confirmation of a mis-award as you cannot make yourself illegal for any mis-award remedy. After receiving confirmation of a mis-award, follow the instructions provided and input the “like” trip parameters in the next available TTS run. The confirmed mis-award may not necessarily be determined prior to the first TTS run.

You only need to participate in one TTS run after a confirmed mis-award to be pay protected.

– Alin Boswell, Julie Hedrick, Linda Haertling, Vicki Balistreri, APFA Joint Scheduling Implementation Committee, [email protected]

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As of today, there have been 4, 858 Flight Attendants who have filed uniform reaction reports.

Please continue to utilize the Uniform Reaction Report Form on the APFA website if you experience a suspected reaction to your uniform.