Management Again Trying to Fix Its Failures on Our Pilots’ Backs Poor planning on management's part does not constitute an emergency on our pilots’ part. Enhancements to American Airlines' network must be planned and executed with competence. Unfortunately, the latest new service to De...

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Holiday Flying: APA is Here For You As professional pilots, we know how challenging the year-end holiday season can be, with full airplanes and the ever-present possibility of inclement weather the norm. These usual challenges will be magnified in the coming weeks by staffing shortages throughout t...

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APA Board of Directors Rejects LOA 21-006 Earlier today, the APA Board of Directors unanimously rejected proposed Letter of Agreement 21-006, which management offered for incentive pay for 19 peak-period days around the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s holidays. The proposal offered 50...

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Natural Immunity, Vaccine Effectiveness, Vaccine Side Effects: New “Five By Five” The latest edition of “Five By Five” features New England Journal of Medicine Editor-in-Chief Dr. Eric Rubin and consulting epidemiologist Dr. Richard Roth discussing a range of issues associ...

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Get Informed About Vaccine Mandate Fellow pilots, Your union leadership has received numerous emails, phone calls, SoundOffs, and text messages imploring APA to take action regarding the vaccine mandate and asking why it hasn’t done so already. The great majority of these messages indicate t...

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Federal Vaccine Requirement Announcement In an announcement this evening, American Airlines followed up its Friday night announcement regarding its federal contractor status and the related COVID-19 vaccine mandate by stating that “all U.S.-based team members must submit proof of vaccination ...

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Management’s Vaccine Mandate Announcement In a Jetwire message today, American Airlines management confirmed the Company is classified as a government contractor and that, as such, is required to impose a COVID-19 vaccination mandate covering all US-based employees. Essentially, the letter do...

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  9/11 From My Perspective – FO Tom McGuinness To My Fellow Aviators: This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of a cowardly terrorist attack that took the lives of 2,977 Americans in one day on US soil. Of those 2,977, we remember four active American Airlines Pilots who heroically a...

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Way Past Time to Get Back to the Basics American Airlines management likes to refer to the airline’s employees as “team members.” We’re not exactly feeling it today. The press release announcing American Airlines’ plans to acquire a stake in South American carrier Jet...

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WARN Letters, Again: Management Announces Up to 1,850 Pilot Furloughs Management announced that American Airlines is sending a WARN notice affecting 1,850 pilots. This news and the potential new round of pilot furloughs is devastating not only for the affected pilots and their families, but for all...

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