2.04.24 – APFA DCA Base Brief – March 2024 Staffing and Allocations

March 2024 DCA Staffing and Allocations

Sunday, February 4, 2024

When PBS processing begins, if additional Lineholders are needed, those with Reserve status will be changed to Lineholder status in the following order:

1. Tentative Flight Attendants whose preference was Lineholder in the LRD process.
2. Reserve Flight Attendants who toggled to Pref LH in the LRD who were unable to hold Lineholder status in LRD.
3. Most junior Reserve Flight Attendants involuntarily moved to Lineholder status after all the above have been utilized.

Important: If you are in one of these 3 categories above, you will want to bid 7 layers of Reserve and 7 layers of Lineholder in PBS.

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• DCA: 39,926
• IAD: 1,963
• BWI: 2,893

44,782 Total flying hours (DCA, IAD, BWI) (+491 month-over-month) (+2624 hours year-over-year)

• March will not be a flex month.
• The contractual targeted credit range default is 70-90. with an opening line average of 82.10 hours.
• There will be no unpaid VLOA’s for March.
• DCA March Reserve seniority begins at System Seniority 23573 of October 6, 2022.
• 9 new hire Flight Attendants will be based in DCA on March 5.
• 7 new hire Flight Attendants will be based in DCA on March 12.
• The new hires will not be in the LRD.
• Reserve percentage is up 3.9% from March 2023 with an increase of 33-line holders.
• The overall headcount year-over-year has increased by 56 Flight Attendants

February 2024 PBS constraints started at base seniority 1 with a minimum constraint of 70 hours and base seniority 362 with a minimum of 78 hours. Both metrics were more senior than months prior.

February Vacation Low ‘most junior’ base seniority 231 This was an improvement from January’s Vacation Low, February awarded 18 of the eligible 88 FA’s (not all eligible FA’s bid for Vacation Low) March has 1267 vacation days awarded and will be part of the PBS processing.

Vacation low is predicted to not be as junior in March, but always bid accordingly in hopes of holding low if desired.

Bid accordingly to your relative seniority, as constraints could be similar or more senior to the February results. Factors such as leaves, vacation days, pre-planned absences, increase in month-over-month block hours, % of reserves, fewer line holders, etc., are direct factors for the outcome of PBS.

March Holidays or Events:

• Schedule Change: March 5
• Daylight Saving Time: March 10 at 2 am
• St. Patrick’s Day: March 17
• First Day of Spring: March 19
• Palm Sunday: March 24
• Good Friday: March 29
• Easter Sunday: March 31

Allocations Notes for March:

• +491 block hours over February 2024
• 747 sequences
• ODANS are considerably up from last month (BDL, BOS, BTV, JAX, LGA, PVD)
• LAX high time turns operating 30 days.
• No LAX 2-days -1 leg out and 1 leg back.
• PHX ‘pink eye’ operates 30 days.
• BWI one day turns. Only operates 3 days.
• No charter or honor flights scheduled.
• 91 sequences with 3+ hour sit times.
• 5 speaker sequences -Spanish Speaker
• 78 NIPD sequences out of DCA with layovers: ANU, BGI, CUN, CUR, LIR, MBJ, MGA, NAS, SAP, SDQ, STX, UVF
• 6 NIPD trips out of BWI with layovers: CUN, MBJ, STX
• Canada layovers YYC, YVR out of DCA
• 127 pure Boeing 737 MAX sequences

Scheduled Duty Days:

• < 8 hours 47.5%
• 8-10 hours 26.6%
• 10-12 hours 23.1%
• > 12 hours 2.8%

Scheduled Legs in Duty Day:

• 1-leg: 33.0%
• 2-legs: 49.8%
• 3-legs: 15.9%
• 4-legs: 1.3%

Scheduled Layover Rest:

• < 11 hours: 0.3%
• 11 – 12 hours: 5.7%
• 12 – 14 hours: 26.7%
• 16 – 18 hours: 16.8%
• > 24 hours: 11.1%

Scheduled Sit Times:

• 2-  2.5 hours: 11.0%
• 2.5 – 3 hours: 8.9%
• > 3 hours: 3.0%

March 2024 Bidding Timelines

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March 2024 System Reserve Seniority

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Required Base Equipment and Service Training
Widebody Aircraft Training 777/787/IFS

Please note that mandatory widebody equipment and service training bidding opened on February 1 at Noon (CT) and will close on February 6 at Noon (CT). If you are not qualified, you may be drafted into a class date. Please ensure timely completion and submission to participate in the bid process.

MAR 2024 RBEST Training Ballot

Updated: FA numbers that still need to be trained as of February 1, 2024

• 155 FA /777
• 258 FA/ 787
• 129 FA/ IFS

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Final Notes for DCA:

Put a ring around February 13, 2024, as this will be our Worldwide Flight Attendant Day of Action.

APFA, AFA, and TWU will be teaming up to march the picket line at 30 airports, advocating for the Flight Attendant profession. We stand against corporate greed as we fight industry-wide for fair treatment and a wage that allows us to live. No more tolerating stall tactics and prolonged contract talks- it’s time for the contracts we rightfully deserve.

Enough is Enough! Join us at DCA from 11 am to 1 pm for our DCA picket and at IAD from 2 pm to 4 pm. Wear your uniform and red APFA swag! For more information, read the latest hotline here.

Come out and show your support!

• RSVP for DCA
• RSVP for IAD
• RSVP for all other cities

WHAT DO WE WANT – CONTRACT!
WHEN DO WE WANT IT – NOW!

In Solidarity,

John Pennel
APFA DCA Base President
[email protected]

Dianne Britton
APFA DCA Base Vice President
[email protected]

Lisa Barnes
APFA DCA Base Council Representative – Allocations
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