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Simply put, the goal of Flight Attendants who become part of AFA is to negotiate better pay, benefits, working conditions and work rules at their airline, and to improve their safety on the job.

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Our Contract includes reassignment parameters to allow the airline to respond to operational irregularities while ensuring certain pay and schedule protections for Flight Attendants.

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Councils (Meetings | Elections)

Council 6 Newark

Representing United Airlines Flight Attendants based at EWR. Local CWA #21005

Council 9 Denver

Representing United Airlines Flight Attendants based at DEN. Local CWA #27009

Council 14 Honolulu

Representing United Airlines Flight Attendants based at HNL. Local CWA #29014

Council 25 Las Vegas

Representing United Airlines Flight Attendants based at LAS. Local CWA #29025

Council 63 Cleveland

Representing United Airlines Flight Attendants based at CLE.

Council 65 Guam

Representing United Airlines Flight Attendants based at GUM.

Council 7 London

Representing United Airlines Flight Attendants based at LHR. Local CWA #21007

Council 11 San Francisco

Representing United Airlines Flight Attendants based at SFO. Local CWA #29011

Council 20 Frankfurt

Representing United Airlines Flight Attendants based at FRA. Local CWA #21020

Council 26 Hong Kong

Representing United Airlines Flight Attendants based at HKG. Local CWA #29026

Council 38 Narita

Representing United Airlines Flight Attendants based at NRT. Local CWA #29038

Council 8 Chicago

Representing United Airlines Flight Attendants based at ORD. Local CWA #24008

Council 12 Los Angeles

Representing United Airlines Flight Attendants based at LAX. Local CWA #29012

Council 21 Washington

Representing United Airlines Flight Attendants based at DCA. Local CWA #22021

Council 27 Boston

Representing United Airlines Flight Attendants based at BOS. Local CWA #21027

Council 42 Houston

Representing United Airlines Flight Attendants based at IAH. Local CWA #26042
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2012-2016 Index

2012-2016

Index: P-Q

Select a topic below and you will be linked directly to the applicable paragraph within the Agreement. Your selection will appear toward the top of your Web browser window. NOTE: This index has been modified to be 'web friendly'. To view the official printed CBA index (with page numbers), download the PDF version of the contract.

Parental Leave of Absence
Parking
- Charges
- Co-Terminals
- Facilities
Passes
- Company Policy
- Resignation with 20 Years of Service
- Retired Employee
Passports
Pay
- A Scale Protection
- Base Pay
  - Domestic
  - International
- Call-Out Pay
- Credited Time
- Critical Coverage Pay
  - See also: 5.M.
- Court Witness
- Deadheading Pay
- Displacement Pay
- Domestic ID
- Drafting Pay
- Holiday Pay
- Holding Pay
- Hourly Rate
  - Domestic
  - International
- International ID
- Jury Duty Pay
- Line Guarantee
  - See also: 5.A.3 and International
- Mailing of Checks
- Month-End Overlap Pay
- Night Pay
- Occupational Illness or Injury Pay
  - See Also: Worker's Compensation
- Override, Reserve
- Premium Position Pay
  - Domestic
  - International
    - See also: International Purser
- Publicity/Promotional Pay
  - See also: 5.N.
- Pyramiding
- Relief Line, Mixed Domestic and International
- Reserve Guarantee
- Sick Leave Pay
- Special Assignment Pay
- Standby Reserve Pay
- Training Pay
- Understaffing Pay
- Vacation Pay
  - Galley
  - Language Incentive
    - See also: 12.C.7.l.
  - Language Qualified
  - Purser
    - Domestic
    - International
      See also: 12.D.4.e
- Pay Board (Economic Stabilization)
- Pay Checks
Per Diem
- Domestic
- International
Performance Incentive Program
Personal Emergency Policy
Personal Leave of Absence
Personal Time Off (PTO)
- Make-Up PTO
- See also: 9.I.4.e. and 12.Q.4.e.
Personnel File
- Availability
- Commendation Letters
- Contents
- Master File
- Passenger Complaint Letters
- Personal Comments
- Placing Reports in File
- Removal of Discipline
- Removal of Observation Reports (Checkrides)
- Review of File
Physical Examinations
Picket Line
Position Assignments
- New Equipment
- See also: 9.F.7. and 15.D.
Premium Pay Position
- Eligibility
  - See also: 9.F.7.
- Filling of
  - See also: 9.F.7.
- Galley
- New Equipment
- Purser
  - Domestic
  - International
- Vacation
Printing of Agreement
Probation
- Furlough
- Period of
  - See also: 26.F.2.
- Training During
Profit Sharing
Protected Days, Reserve
PTO (See Personal Time Off)
Publicity Flights
Publicity Pay
Purser
- (See Domestic and International)
Pyramiding Clause
Qualifications
- Equipment
  - See also: 9.F.1. and Training Jumbo Qualification
- International
  - See also: 15.P.
- Language
- Purser
  - International Purser
- Services
  - See also: 9.F.7. , 15.P., and Jumbo Qualification
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