8.06.22 – Pay Protection for Select Canceled Flights Published

Saturday, August 6, 2022

Pay Protection for Select Canceled Flights Published

On a July 29, 2022, hotline, we announced that APFA reached an agreement with American Management on a Letter of Agreement (LOA) that will pay protect affected Flight Attendants for certain sequences canceled during June, July, and August. These pay protections are over and above the pay protections included in our JCBA. Yesterday, the Company published the list of pay-protected sequences. Here is the link to the list that may also be found on the front page of the Flight Service page under Flight Service News.

The pay protection portion of the LOA includes:

• Pay protection for Lineholders awarded sequences originating in the bid months of June 2022 – August 2022 and Reserves awarded sequences originating on days off that the Company has canceled or will cancel with an XI removal for reasons other than weather, maintenance, and air traffic control cancellations.
• Pay protection for all XI-removed full sequence cancelations, for both line holders and reserves as described above, that were included in the August critical ops packages issued on 7/21/22, and the critical ops package anticipated on 8/21/22.
• Lineholders may conduct TTS/UBL/ETB transactions that would result in flying on day(s) pay-protected by this LOA, and such time flown will be paid in addition to any applicable pay protections in this LOA. Reserves may conduct ROTA/ROTD/ETB transactions that would result in flying on day(s) pay-protected by this LOA, and such time flown will be paid in addition to any applicable pay protections in this LOA. Please note: For the purposes of XI-removed full sequence pay protections in this LOA only, using all of the system tools (TTS/ROTA/ETB) to fly on a pay-protected calendar day will not negate pay protection. For all JCBA pay protections (for example: XR, LS, DC, FI, removals shown on your HI1), using ETB to fly over a pay-protected calendar day will negate your pay protection.
• There is no obligation for Flight Attendants to receive this pay protection and filing a Direct Connect will not be necessary.

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In Solidarity,

Jeff Petersen
APFA National Contract Chair
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Marti McMillan
APFA National Scheduling Chair
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