Compass Project’s New “Decoding Guide”American Airlines aircrews need to know numerous codes, abbreviations, and acronyms. This Decoding Guide removes the confusion found routinely in scheduling, commuting, and pay codes for aircrews and focuses on individual codes, instead of strings of codes to em...

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Operations Survival GuideYour APA Compass Project – in cooperation with the CIRP, Contract Compliance, Flight Time/Duty Time, Safety, and Scheduling committees – presents your Operations Survival Guide. This guide features in-document navigation for ease of use. We recommend downloading this guide f...

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Consider Becoming a Compass Project SponsorAmerican has hired more than 630 pilots since last fall, and the airline plans to hire at least 45 more each week for the rest of 2022. Nearly half of our pilot group will reach age 65 in the next five years, requiring American to hire at this rate or highe...

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Attention, Recalled Pilots: Verify AA Benefits by Tomorrow The following information was in the Jan. 15 and Jan. 22 editions of the APA News Digest. Recalled pilots can make changes to their 2020 and/or 2021 health benefits through American Airlines. According to information provided by AA, change...

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Update for Recalled Pilots Greetings from the Compass Project, As you are likely aware, American Airlines has negotiated a tentative Letter of Agreement with APA regarding the pay and scheduling provisions for the recall of pilots furloughed in October, November, and December 2020. The APA Board o...

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Update for Furloughed Pilots Greetings from the Compass Project, As you are likely aware, after months of talks, an extension of the Payroll Support Program has been included in a bill passed by Congress. The new stimulus package provides four months of payroll support for the airlines, backdated ...

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Pilot Counseling Services Workshops Pilot Counseling Services is offering another series of virtual workshops exclusively for American Airlines pilots who have been furloughed or received furlough notice. Here are the links to register: 11 a.m. Central on Tuesday, Dec. 1 5 p.m. Central...

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Zoom Call for Furloughed Pilots on Nov. 17 The Compass Project will host another Zoom call for furloughed pilots at 11 a.m. Central on Tuesday, Nov. 17. Members of the APA Government Affairs Committee and the APA Furlough Medical Fund team will be on hand to answer questions. Click here to regist...

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Compass Project Offers Parental Leave Support We are pleased to announce that the group of pilots formerly known as the Maternity Mentoring Group is now known as Parental Leave Support as part of the APA Compass Project. This team of mentors, which is growing substantially, provides essential assis...

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Are You Using the Compass Project? The APA Compass Project serves as a unique resource to help all American Airlines pilots navigate the complex and confusing policies and guidelines governing our daily work life. From IOE to reserve to pay comp, Compass provides up-to-date online information for th...

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