Status This Week
No written PSA TA2 recap of the September 4 virtual NMB-mediated session was located by the 2026.09.11 cutoff. The public TA2 page continued to list the August 4 proposal account and August 5 scheduling notice as its newest updates. The next announced mediation date was September 22 in person.
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 2026.09.11, 3 years, 1 month and 27 days—1,154 days—had elapsed since that benchmark. That full clock spans the original process, TA1 and TA2; it is not attributable solely to the current committee.
Process Signals
- The NMB FY2027 budget justification continues to identify PSA among CWA-AFA Flight Attendant mediation cases. At CrewSignal’s source check, the NMB weekly index had not posted a report for September 7–11.
- The latest detailed public proposal remained CWA-AFA’s request for a larger raise, boarding pay on ratification and a larger signing-bonus pool. The approximately 30 percent immediate-wage figure remains the union’s estimate of its proposal, not a negotiated commitment.
- A staff attorney and international leadership have been visibly deployed, and additional dates were secured. The missing September 4 recap means those institutional inputs cannot yet be connected to a publicly verified proposal movement or tentative agreement.
CrewSignal Assessment
At 1,154 days beyond the contractual benchmark, a one-week reporting lag after a mediated session is more than a communications detail: it prevents members from evaluating whether the accelerated TA2 strategy is working.
CrewSignal does not infer that the September 4 session was unproductive. It does conclude that multi-carrier resources should be judged through timely disclosure and a ratifiable economic result, not merely by the presence of staff, leadership and scheduled dates.
Notable Public References
- National Mediation Board Weekly Activity Report Index — 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 →