Status This Week
No written PSA TA2 recap of the September 4 virtual NMB-mediated session was located by the 2026.09.18 cutoff. The public TA2 page still listed the August 4 proposal account and August 5 scheduling notice as its newest detailed updates. The next announced session 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 2026.09.18, 3 years, 2 months and 3 days—1,161 days—had elapsed since that benchmark. The 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 matters. The September 14–18 weekly report did not list a new PSA docket, reassignment, ratification or closure.
- The latest detailed public proposal remained CWA-AFA’s request for a larger raise, boarding pay upon ratification and a larger signing-bonus pool. The approximately 30 percent immediate-wage figure is the union’s estimate of its proposal, not a management commitment or negotiated result.
- A staff attorney and international leadership have been publicly deployed, but the missing September 4 recap still prevents members from connecting those institutional resources to verified proposal movement.
CrewSignal Assessment
At 1,161 days beyond the contractual benchmark, a two-week reporting gap following mediated bargaining is an accountability issue. CrewSignal does not infer that the September 4 session failed; it concludes that members lack the public information needed to judge whether TA2 is improving.
The September 22 session is the next measurable point. CWA-AFA’s multi-carrier model should be evaluated by whether it produces a materially stronger, ratifiable agreement and whether it reports the path to that result promptly.
Notable Public References
- National Mediation Board Weekly Activity Report, September 14–18, 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 →