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December Bid 328 – Pairing Construction Notes AFA had an extremely difficult build this month. The software that we use to build the trips (Jeppesen) did not want to build three or four-day trips in MFR. It also did not want to build one or two-day trips…

FAIF: Pairings File Error and Protest Period Extension for October bid Attention all Flight Attendants: Yesterday, we received two protests from flight attendants regarding a few pairings that showed they had carry-out credit even though they did not carry out…

October Bid 326 – Scheduling Notes We will start with the disappointing news. The pairing solution for October was not our first choice.  Our preferred solution had a maximum of four working legs. If a fifth leg was included, it…

September Bid 325 – Scheduling Notes  This month management had a lot of their own parameters they added due to overall staffing. The company put extra credits into PDX and SEA and took some out of MFR, GEG, and BOI.  We continue…

To:         HZN AFA Membership/Flight Attendants Date:     July 9, 2019 Subject: HZN AFA MEC Crew Planning Liaison Position Flight Attendant Callie von Borstel informed the MEC that she will be leaving her AFA MEC position of Crew Planning Liaison at…

July Bid 323 – Scheduling Notes  July will be our fourth full month of mixed-pairing flying.  With it, there were a total of 1,562 trips between all bases.  Of those, 304 are all Q400 flying and 327 are all E175 flying.  That’s…

Back in April inflight management implemented mixed pairings to help drive better efficiencies, as they understood them. Since then, Kieran Whitney, our former Managing Director of Inflight, has moved back over to Alaska. The downside of this is that Kieran…