Nov 2012: The APA negotiates a second TA and sends it to the vote of the members. On December 7, the pilots ratified the TA. The AFAC negotiating team is reviewing the new agreement to quantify potential improvements to pilots. The letter “I, too” in August states that the value of the changes to the agreement on pilots and cabin crew is equivalent. [Citation required] Aug 2012: Faced with the prospect of living under American`s draconian press kit, APFA approves the latest offer, the best and final (LBFO) of the management. Although the LBFO is making substantial improvements to the appointment sheet, including the VEOP, this is still a very conceded agreement. APFA, APA and TWU continue to commit to a merger with US Airways in the event of bankruptcy. As part of this strategy, the TWU also ratifies a concession agreement. The APA opposes its first interim agreement, but a letter “Me Too”, guaranteed by the APFA, ensures that the work savings of the pilot contract correspond to the savings achieved in the cabin crew CBA. Feb 2012: American publishes its Terms Sheets, which detail the concessions it will seek through work in accordance with Section 1113 of the Bankruptcy Act. Section 1113 allows insolvent companies to invalidate their employment contracts and impose new concession contracts with the judge`s consent.

In general, the threat of draconian contracts encourages unions to enter into reciprocal agreements on concession contracts. The term U.S. leaders offers APFA dramatic reductions in wages, benefits and labor rules, and the loss of hundreds of air hostess jobs. [Citation required] No more bs of apfa. We need a real Union. This offers real representation and bed with AA management. We need the AFA or the Teamsters. Even the Girl Scouts of America would do better There is also limited room for manoeuvre on the number of foreign flight attendants the airline can hire because of complex contracts. Currently, the company can employ a maximum of 394 foreign cabin crew at its Latin American bases, plus 2.75 percent of APFA representatives.