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In preparation for the implementation of our Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement (JCBA), current language programs for all workgroups will be harmonized into a single language program and open to all Flight Attendants effective October 1, 2018. Information on the language program can be found in Section 9.G. of our JCBA

Current Language Qualified Flight Attendants (LQFAs) will be automatically transferred into the new, harmonized language program without needing to retest. New applicants are welcome to test to become language qualified at any time. 

A list of language trips flown by each base, with an approximate number of lineholder positions based on the October 2018 schedule month, is now posted on Flying Together > One United> Reference Guides.

Management has also provided an estimated number of LQFAs by language, by base. It is critical to understand that the assignment of flying and, therefore, language positions to a base may change based on shifts in flying, inadequate staffing in some languages, or the need to reassign flying to another base to support the population of Flight Attendants assigned at the location. Please note that language flying also shifts throughout the year due to seasonal flying and in some cases LQFA flying ceases when seasonal flying is discontinued.