DFW Base Briefs

  August 2018 DFW Allocations Call: 5635 headcount August 2018. Increase of 201 Flight Attendants year over year. Decrease of 16 Flight Attendants from July. 5345 available headcount. DFW has 106 inactive Flight…

Hello DFW, Just A Friendly Reminder:  As reported in a Special APFA Hotline last week: Effective in July for the contractual month of August, bids will open on the 11th…

DFW July 2018 Allocations Call​ Hey DFW, Manning Information: 5651 total headcount for July 2018. Increase of 205 Flight Attendants year over year. Increase of 88 Flight Attendants from June 2018 5451 available…

  Hey DFW As you know, Asia block times are usually higher in the summer months. On Tuesday, we were noticed by the Company that, while building the bid line…

A personal note from our hard working Bid Sheet Committee: For those of you who may have glanced at a previous DFW Base Brief, this month we are pulling the…

  Hello DFW, APFA and DFW Flight Service have been in continuous talks with the DFW Airport Board about the upfront Terminal D Rooftop Parking. The Board has agreed to…

    ***May DFW Base Brief Correction*** HKG flying for the DFW Base is on a 777-300 Aircraft in May, not a 777-200 as was stated in the recent DFW Base Brief…

May 2018 DFW Allocations Call Manning Information: 5408 Total Headcount for May 2018. Increase of 57 Flight Attendants from April 2018. 5177 Available Headcount. DFW has 231 inactive Flight Attendants.…

Hello DFW, We have received a few questions about the pairing of the NRT flights in the April Bidsheet. When AA builds the pairing, they are no longer built manually.…

  ****Correction**** Today’s earlier base brief on the monthly allocation call inadvertently included OGG and HNL under 777 IPD flying for April. OGG and HNL are NIPD sequences. The following…

April 2018 DFW Allocation Call: 5351 Total Headcount for April 2018. Decrease of 54 Flight Attendants year over year. 5133 Available Headcount. DFW currently has 218 inactive Flight Attendants. 3864 Bid Jobs…

  Hello DFW, Understandably, we have been receiving many emails and phone calls about the March Reserve numbers and the relative seniorities affected. Here at DFW, we have been and…

Hello DFW, I along with the DFW Bidsheet Committee met yesterday for our monthly Allocations call. 5343 Headcount for March 2018. Decrease of 32 Flight Attendants year over year. 3717…

Hello DFW, The DFW “24-Hour Terminal D” parking list is now being finalized. I will be turning the names and employee numbers in to the Company next week. There have…

  February 2018 DFW ALLOCATIONS CALL Manning Information: 5341 Headcount for February 2018. Decrease of 35 Flight Attendants year over year. 3715 Bid jobs planned for February 2018. Increase of…

  Hello DFW, This allocation brief is a few days late due to the fact that we are still discussing the January 2018 Reserve numbers. We have been in constant…

    Hello DFW! The DFW Team hopes everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Here are a few items we are working on in December: Elevate Training I recently filed a…

Friday, November 10, 2017 Hello DFW, We had our December allocation call on November 9, 2017: Manning Information 5360 DFW headcount for December 2017. This is a decrease of 32…

Monday, October 9, 2017   Hello DFW, We had our November Allocations call on October 5, 2017 MANNING INFORMATION 5374 DFW Headcount for November 3552 Bid jobs for DFW 106…

Monday, September 25, 2017   Hello DFW,   It has been a busy month: Between Harvey, Irma, Maria and the earthquakes in Mexico, the DFW Team has been very busy.…

Saturday, September 2, 2017   Hey DFW! APFA is pleased to have reached a Letter of Agreement (LOA) with the Company that provides protection for Houston commuters who were affected…

Tuesday, August 29, 2017   Hello DFW! It has been a busy couple of weeks –Hurricane Harvey, reassignments, Crew Schedule and Crew Tracking Issues. We would like to give you…

Thursday, August 10, 2017 DFW Allocations Call for the September 2017 Bid Month On Monday, I, along with Laura Hansen, Coleen Fussell and Miro Stein participated on the monthly Allocation…

Friday, July 7, 2017   Hello DFW,   The DFW Bid Sheet Team had their August 2017 Allocations Call on July 6, 2017. Here are the Highlights: 5437 DFW headcount…

Wednesday, July 5, 2017   Hello DFW, DFW Base Meeting Just another reminder that the DFW Team cordially invites you to a DFW Base Meeting to be held on July…

Friday, June 16, 2017   Hello DFW, I, along with the DFW Team, cordially invite you to a DFW Base Meeting to be held on July 10, 2017, from 1000-1400…

Friday, June 9, 2017   Hey DFW, The APFA office at Terminal A has been open since June 1st. We have had a lot of traffic in and out of the…

Thursday, May 18, 2014   Hello DFW! I would like to introduce myself and our DFW Team to the DFW Membership. My name is Maureen Walsh-Martin, your newly elected DFW…

Friday, March 31, 2017   Hello DFW,   I want to thank each of you for the honor and privilege of allowing me to represent DFW. To each of you…

February 11, 2017   *Valentine’s Day Picketing Event* 14 February from 1100 – 1500 CT AA HDQ Centreport – 4333 Amon Carter Blvd. (Sidewalk Between HDQ 1 and HDQ 2) APFA…