Status This Week
A virtual NMB-mediated PSA TA2 session was scheduled for September 4. No written carrier-specific result dated by the close of this reporting window was located, so CrewSignal records the session date without assigning an unverified proposal exchange or outcome.
Contract timing: The published PSA agreement was effective through 2023.07.15. The available public source does not label that date an amendable date, so CrewSignal treats it as a contractual benchmark rather than a formally verified amendable date. As of 2026.09.04, 3 years, 1 month and 20 days—1,147 days—had elapsed since that benchmark. The full period spans the original process, TA1 and the current TA2 effort; it is not time attributable solely to the present committee.
Process Signals
- The NMB FY2027 budget justification continues to identify PSA among CWA-AFA Flight Attendant mediation cases. The weekly report for August 31–September 4 did not announce a PSA ratification, closure or reassignment.
- The August 4 account remained the latest detailed proposal report located. It described CWA-AFA’s request for a higher raise, boarding pay upon ratification and a larger signing-bonus pool; the union’s approximately 30 percent immediate-wage figure is a proposal estimate, not an agreed result.
- The announced schedule placed the next in-person mediation date on September 22. CWA-AFA’s professional staff attorney and international leadership had participated in the TA2 town hall, showing shared resources in use even though the September 4 contractual result was not yet public.
CrewSignal Assessment
The September 4 date is evidence of an active mediated process, but scheduling a session is an input. At 1,147 days beyond the benchmark, the performance measure is whether TA2 produces a ratifiable economic package materially better than the earlier outcome.
A prompt written recap would let members distinguish productive movement from another calendar entry. CrewSignal will not treat the absence of an immediate report as proof that nothing happened, but the union’s advocacy for institutional scale is stronger when resource deployment is matched by transparent, measurable results.
Notable Public References
- National Mediation Board Weekly Activity Report, August 31–September 4, 2026 — View →
- National Mediation Board FY2027 Congressional Budget Justification — View →
- PSA CWA-AFA Agreement and Duration Clause — View →
- PSA CWA-AFA TA2 Negotiations Page — View →
- PSA CWA-AFA Town Hall and Additional Mediation Dates — View →
- PSA CWA-AFA TA2 Negotiations Update, August 4, 2026 — View →