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The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) is a labor union which was founded in 1977 and represents over 28,000 flight attendants at American Airlines.In 2003, APFA played a major role [citation needed] in keeping American Airlines solvent and out of bankruptcy by giving back an employee bailout of $340 million in annual salary and benefits, for a total of over $3 billion.
An ATP allows a pilot to act as the captain or first officer of an airline flight and requires 1,500 hours of total flight time as well as other requirements (i.e. 25 hours of night, 23 years old), see 14CFR61.159. An ATP-r certificate allows a pilot to act as a first officer in a two-pilot crew if they do not meet certain requirements.
Part 117 specifies flight and duty-time limitations and rest requirements for flightcrew members. Part 121 defines regularly scheduled air carriers. These are airlines who operate scheduled flights carrying either cargo or more than nine passengers. [19] Among the many Part 121 rules, pilots must have 1,500 of flight time and must retire by age ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. regulators said on Wednesday they would extend temporary cuts to minimum flight requirements at congested New York City-area airports and Washington National Airport ...
Under minimum flight requirements, airlines can lose their takeoff and landing slots at congested airports if they do not use them at least 80% of the time. The FAA said it continues working "on a ...
American Airlines is testing a new tool to stop passengers from boarding flights ahead of their assigned group. American Airlines' message to boarding group cheats: Wait your turn. Skip to main ...
American Airlines ordered 25 DC-10s in its first order. [16] [17] The DC-10 made its first flight on August 29, 1970, [18] and received its type certificate from the FAA on July 29, 1971. [19] On August 5, 1971, the DC-10 entered commercial service with American Airlines on a round-trip flight between Los Angeles and Chicago. [20]
In 1973, ALSSA flight attendants chose self-determination and formed the independent Association of Flight Attendants, leaving ALPA. [2] In 1982, AFA had 22,000 members at 18 American airlines. In 1984, the AFL–CIO granted AFA a charter. [3] In 2004, after the September 11th attacks, the AFA merged with the Communication Workers of America ...