CBA 2026 Implementation
Under the CBA 2026 implementation changes, the separate seniority trip trade process that previously occurred on the 27th of each month has been discontinued.
Beginning with the July 2026 bid month, real-time trading opens on the 23rd of the month using the established two-hour base brackets.
How Trading Opens
Real-time trading opens by base in two-hour brackets:
- Trading begins with Guam
- Each base then receives its scheduled two-hour trading window
- Honolulu is the final base bracket
- After Honolulu’s two-hour window closes, real-time trading reopens systemwide
Once systemwide trading reopens, it remains available going forward into the new bid month.
What Changed?
The previous separate seniority trade process on the 27th is no longer part of the monthly trading timeline.
Flight Attendants should instead pay attention to their base’s 23rd-of-the-month real-time trading window and the subsequent systemwide reopening.
Questions?
AFA Council 21 Main Office: (703) 260-0051
