Negotiations Committee:

Lee Wilkes – MEC President – DCA
Sean Griffin – LEC75 (CLT & DFW) President – CLT
Becky Black – Rep – DAY
Alidz Oshagan – AFA-CWA Staff Attorney
Negotiations E-Line Updates:
Contract Section Status
Section 1 | Recognition, Scope, Successorship, and Merger | Tentative Agreed 3/28/23 |
Section 2 | Definitions | |
Section 3 | Compensation | |
Section 4 | Sick Time | Non-Economic TA 3/29/23 |
Section 5 | Vacations | |
Section 6 | Travel Expenses | Opened 5/19/23 |
Section 7 | Hours of Service | |
Section 8 | Scheduling | |
Section 9 | Reserve Flight Attendants | |
Section 10 | Leaves of Absence | Opened 3/28/23 Tabled 5/19/23 |
Section 11 | Uniforms | Opened 2/22/23 Tabled 2/22/23 |
Section 12 | Seniority | Tentative Agreed 5/17/23 |
Section 13 | Probation | Opened 2/22/23 Last Countered 2/22/23 |
Section 14 | Union Business |
Opened 3/28/23 |
Section 15 | Agency Shop and Dues Checkoff | Tentative Agreed 3/28/23 |
Section 16 | Grievances | Opened 3/30/23 |
Section 17 | System Board of Adjustment | Opened 3/29/23 |
Section 18 | Training | Opened 4/19/23 |
Section 19 | Furlough, Displacement, and Recall | Tentative Agreed 3/30/23 |
Section 20 | Job Vacancy Bid System / Filling of Vacancies | Tentative Agreed 2/22/23 |
Section 21 | Opening and Closing of Domiciles | Tentative Agreed 2/22/23 |
Section 22 | Moving Expenses | Opened 5/19/23 |
Section 23 | Health and Safety | Opened 4/17/23 Last Countered 5/17/23 |
Section 24 | General | Opened 4/17/23 Tabled 5/19/23 |
Section 25 | Insurance | |
Section 26 | Hostage Benefits | Tentative Agreed 2/22/23 |
Section 27 | Retirement | |
Section 28 | No Strike / No Lockout | Opened 3/28/23 Last Countered 3/29/23 |
Section 29 | Employee Assistance/Professional Standards/Drug and Alcohol Testing | Opened 4/17/23 Last Countered 5/18/23 |
Surveys Completed
Negotiations Video Updates:
AFA Opening Proposal
PSA-AFA Negotiations
AFA Opening Proposal
February 21, 2023
This Opening Proposal represents a preview of the AFA’s anticipated improvements and other changes to the current CBA. The Opening Proposal is not intended to be a final representation of the AFA’s position on any section. The Opening Proposal is also not intended to be a formal proposal on any section. The AFA reserves the right to add to, remove, and modify the Opening Proposal.
SECTION 3: COMPENSATION
- Across-the-board increases to rates of pay
- Increase guarantee
- Increase pay for minimum day
- Increase administrative stipends and overrides
- Increase amounts for extensions and junior assignments
- Increase deadhead pay
- Increase hours of flight pay for each day of training
- Expand holidays and increase holiday pay
- Add holding/boarding pay
- Pay for any drug test and increase amount paid for test
- Shorten pay discrepancy response time
- Other related items
SECTION 4: SICK LEAVE
- Increase accrual rates and cap
- Add ability to use sick time to care for others
- Add ability to cash-out of earned but unused sick time upon resignation, retirement or death
- Other related items
SECTION 5: VACATIONS
- Increase value of a vacation week
- Increase vacation time
- Add PTO time to use outside a block
- Add trip touching option
- Add ability to pick up flying during vacation
- Add ability to cash-out earned but unused vacation time upon retirement or death
- Other related items
SECTION 6: TRAVEL EXPENSES
- Increase per diem
- Change commuter hotel stipend to be measured in days vs. amount
- Add ability to earn hotel reward points
- Add requirement for fridge to be in every room and microwave available
- Add meal voucher option for airport sits in lieu of day room
- Provide positive space travel for commuters attending training
- Add global entry reimbursement
- Other related items
SECTION 7: HOURS OF SERVICE
- Lower block and duty time
- Establish international report time
- Increase days off
- Other related items
SECTION 8: SCHEDULING
- Provide more flexibility in trip construction
- Lower maximum number of flights flown per day
- Provide more flexibility in trip dropping, line sharing, and trading
- Move up bid deadline and open time bidding process earlier in month
- Add designated meal break time
- Adjustment to alternative deadhead procedures
- Other related items
SECTION 9: RESERVE
- Clarify ability to check in via Crew Mobile
- Update ready reserve process
- Other related items
SECTION 10: LEAVES OF ABSENCE
- Increase amount and scope of bereavement leave
- Eliminate 3-year seniority expiration for workers’ comp
- Increase personal days
- Streamline return from leave requalification process
- Add parental leave
- Add ability to bridge seniority for a transitional leave of absence
- Other related items
SECTION 11: UNIFORMS
- Improve uniform program
- Add maternity uniform
- Other related items
SECTION 14: UNION BUSINESS
- Update provisions
- Other related items
SECTION 15: AGENCY SHOP AND DUES CHECK OFF
- Update provisions
- Other related items
SECTION 18: TRAINING
- Make no training days consistent
- Provide hotel rooms at base for Company training
- Allow bidding for recurrent training
- Provide direct space positive travel for commuters
- Other related items
SECTION 22: MOVING EXPENSES
- Increase amounts
- Other related items
SECTION 23: HEALTH AND SAFETY
- Improve pay protection coverage
- Add ability to use sick bank to pay protect on fatigue call
- Other related items
SECTION 24: GENERAL
- Provide parking pass or metro stipend for commuter location
- Other related items
SECTION 25: INSURANCE
- Improve life insurance amounts
- Preserve cost-sharing
- Other related items
SECTION 27: RETIREMENT
- Improve Company’s 401(k) match
- Other related items
SECTION 28: NO STRIKE/NO LOCKOUT
- Update language
- Other related items
SECTION 29: EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE/PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
- Implement 2nd chance program
- Other related items
Past Contract Successes
From the 2012 Contract:
- Random Drug and Alcohol Testing of $10 when at the end of a trip.
- Value of vacation week increased from 18 to 21 hours.
- Creation of the Long and Short Call Reserve System
- The ability to trade down to 60 hours – Has been further improved with the current contract.
- Improved EAP & Professional Standards Language
Did you know our current contract...
- Will reimburse for uniform dry cleaning expenses. Just submit the expense in Workday.
Section 11.D:
“A Flight Attendant who has completed twelve (12) months of service with the Company will be credited with five hundred dollars ($500.00) every twelve (12) months as a replacement and cleaning allowance. A Flight Attendant’s uniform account may not exceed eight hundred dollars ($800.00).”