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Negotiations & Impact of Federal Government Shut Down

10 Oct, 2025

As you know, the federal government has been shut down since October 1st. We are starting to see the effects of the shutdown in ATC staffing shortages, leading to ground stops and delays. But the shutdown may also have an effect on our negotiations.

MEC Newsletter September 30, 2025

01 Oct, 2025

Reserve Guide

Contract Negotiations Update - September 2025

26 Sep, 2025

AFA and management held our third mediation session on September 16-18, 2025, at the AFA office in Chicago.

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E-Line from your EAP

Substance use alters the brain’s structure and function, leading to changes in the same areas affected by mental health conditions such as anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, and schizophrenia.

11, Mar, 2025

March Contract Mediation Update.

Our negotiation team will sit down in Chicago on June 23-25 with National Mediation Board member Michael Kelliher to begin the contract mediation process.

11, Mar, 2025

Immediate - Crew Hotel Change /LAS

HOTEL UPDATE - Temporary move
**LAS - Temporary Hotel Move**

10, Mar, 2025

Who is our NMB Contract Mediator?

Information on the national mediation board mediator assigned to QX Flight Attendant contract mediation

07, Mar, 2025

Endeavor Flight 4819 incident

Around 2:45pm on Feb 17th Delta Air Lines Endeavor Flight 4819 operated with a CRJ-900 experienced a crash landing at Toronto Pearson International airport. The flight departed from MSP. There are no fatalities and all 80 individuals were evacuated.

17, Feb, 2025

Negotiations Mediation Update

As you know, AFA filed for mediation a couple of weeks ago. The National Mediation Board (“NMB”) recently assigned Michael Kelliher as our mediator. Mike has been mediating for nearly 15 years and most recently helped AFA and Alaska achieve their tentative agreements.

05, Feb, 2025