Association of Professional Flight Attendants
Financial Transparency & LM Reporting
Official APFA LM-2 filings, section guides, and annual financial analysis.
Official Filings
APFA is reviewed here as a single-filer union. The latest official LM-2 currently available is the fiscal year ending 03/31/2025.
- FY ending 03/31/2025: Official filing
- FY ending 03/31/2024: Official filing
- FY ending 03/31/2023: Official filing
Filing-status note: the FY ending 03/31/2026 LM-2 is not yet due. Under DOL rules, APFA’s next annual filing is due 06/29/2026.
Form LM-2 is the federal government’s most detailed annual financial report for unions with $250,000 or more in annual receipts. For APFA, it is one national filing, which means this page is reading one treasury rather than a sector / MEC / LEC stack.
- Items 1–9: these are the filing-header basics. They identify the union, file number, reporting period, whether the filing is amended, hardship-filed, or terminal, the union’s mailing address, and whether the records are kept there.
- Items 10–21: these are the governance and activity basics. They show things like PAC activity, outside audit or review, fidelity bond coverage, asset pledges or contingent liabilities, the next regular officer election, membership, and the rates of dues and fees.
- Statement A — Assets and Liabilities: this is the balance-sheet section. It shows what APFA reported owning and owing at the start and end of the fiscal year. Total assets are built from cash, accounts receivable, investments, fixed assets, and other assets. Total liabilities are built from accounts payable, loans payable, mortgages payable, and other liabilities. Net assets are total assets less total liabilities.
- Schedules 1–10: these schedules support Statement A. They provide additional detail for accounts receivable, loans receivable, sales and purchases of investments or fixed assets, investments, fixed assets, other assets, accounts payable, loans payable, and other liabilities.
- Schedules 11 and 12: these report officers, employees, and disbursements to them. This is where the filing shows salaries and other direct or indirect disbursements to named officers and employees.
- Schedule 13: this is the membership-status schedule. It shows the union’s membership categories and counts, which helps explain how the membership total in Item 20 is composed.
- Statement B — Receipts and Disbursements: this is the cash-flow section. It shows what APFA reported receiving and spending during the fiscal year.
- Schedule 14 — Other Receipts: this is the catch-all receipt schedule. It is used when receipts do not belong in the more specific Statement B receipt lines.
- Schedule 15 — Representational Activities: this is the main member-service spending category. It covers direct and indirect disbursements associated with preparing for, negotiating, administering, and enforcing collective bargaining agreements.
- Schedule 16 — Political Activities and Lobbying: this covers direct and indirect disbursements associated with political activities and lobbying.
- Schedule 17 — Contributions, Gifts, and Grants: this covers reported charitable or similar transfers.
- Schedule 18 — General Overhead: this covers overhead that supports operations but cannot be allocated to another disbursement category.
- Schedule 19 — Union Administration: this covers internal governance and administration, including elections, meetings, and routine union operations.
- Schedule 20 — Benefits: this covers direct and indirect benefit disbursements, including items such as health insurance, life insurance, and pensions.
- Signatures and filing date: the end of the filing shows who signed the report and when it was submitted. This matters because it helps identify whether a figure is current, amended, or filed later than the fiscal year-end.
The year-by-year sections below should therefore be read as reported filing amounts, not as complete narrative explanations. The purpose is to show what APFA reported in each section of the LM-2 and what those reported amounts appear to mean.
PAC Activity
APFA’s LM-2 reports that a PAC exists, but the PAC itself is tracked separately through the Federal Election Commission rather than through the union’s LM-2 spending schedules.
- Committee name: ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS (APFA PAC) POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
- FEC committee ID: C00246421
- Committee type: Labor Organization PAC — Qualified
- Registration date: 06/27/1990
- Current public cycle summary (2025–2026, coverage through 03/31/2026): total receipts $210,773.98; total disbursements $180,500.00; beginning cash on hand $107,690.13; ending cash on hand $137,964.11.
The PAC should not be conflated with APFA’s LM-2 representational, administration, benefits, or overhead schedules. For cross-union comparison, PAC activity should be tracked separately through FEC data.
“Payloss†Reference
DOL describes “lost time†or “lost wage†payments as reimbursements for wages lost while union officials or representatives are conducting union business. APFA’s filing uses the label “American Airlines Payloss,†which strongly suggests a pay-loss / lost-time concept of that kind.
- Significance: this is not a generic service category like representational activities or union administration. It appears as a carrier-linked balance-sheet item.
- Where it appears in APFA’s FY2025 filing: Schedule 1 accounts receivable lists American Airlines Payloss at $18,118, and Schedule 8 accounts payable lists American Airlines Payloss at $1,075,650.
- How to read it carefully: these lines appear to show balances or timing differences related to pay-loss reimbursements or settlements between APFA and the carrier. They do not, by themselves, show the full annual value of all pay-loss activity.
This explanation is based on DOL’s lost-time terminology plus the APFA filing label, and is not a formally published APFA definition.
FY2025 Analysis
Filing Header and Governance Basics
- File number: 509-620
- Period covered: 04/01/2024 through 03/31/2025
- Amended / hardship / terminal: No / No / No
- Records kept at mailing address: Yes
- PAC fund reported: Yes
- Outside audit or review reported: Yes
- Maximum fidelity bond coverage: $500,000
- Next regular election of officers: 02/2027
- Members: 28,732
- Regular dues: $41 per month
Statement A — Assets and Liabilities
- Cash: $1,063,173
- Accounts receivable (Schedule 1): $24,557
- Investments (Schedule 5): $12,216,330
- Fixed assets (Schedule 6): $880,144
- Other assets (Schedule 7): $140,356
- Total assets: $14,324,560
- Accounts payable (Schedule 8): $1,673,779
- Total liabilities: $1,673,779
- Net assets: $12,650,781
Statement B — Receipts and Disbursements
- Dues and agency fees: $13,139,191
- Interest: $345,052
- Sale of investments and fixed assets: $217,380
- Total receipts: $13,701,623
- Representational activities (Schedule 15): $8,445,314
- Political activities and lobbying (Schedule 16): $171,998
- Contributions, gifts, and grants (Schedule 17): $4,092
- General overhead (Schedule 18): $2,202,931
- Union administration (Schedule 19): $2,145,710
- Benefits (Schedule 20): $807,387
- Purchase of investments and fixed assets: $277,664
- Direct taxes: $91,331
- Total disbursements: $14,146,427
Notable Schedule-Level Signals
- American Airlines Payloss — Schedule 1 accounts receivable: $18,118
- American Airlines Payloss — Schedule 8 accounts payable: $1,075,650
- Schedule 5 investments: $12,216,330
FY2024 Analysis
Filing Header and Governance Basics
- File number: 509-620
- Period covered: 04/01/2023 through 03/31/2024
- Amended / hardship / terminal: No / No / No
- Records kept at mailing address: Yes
- PAC fund reported: Yes
- Outside audit or review reported: Yes
- Maximum fidelity bond coverage: $500,000
- Next regular election of officers: 02/2028
- Members: 26,523
- Regular dues: $41 per month
Statement A — Assets and Liabilities
- Cash: $1,507,977
- Accounts receivable (Schedule 1): $96,539
- Investments (Schedule 5): $14,875,873
- Fixed assets (Schedule 6): $1,067,272
- Other assets (Schedule 7): $44,033
- Total assets: $17,591,694
- Accounts payable (Schedule 8): $2,075,570
- Total liabilities: $2,075,570
- Net assets: $15,516,124
Statement B — Receipts and Disbursements
- Dues and agency fees: $13,009,224
- Interest: $308,074
- Sale of investments and fixed assets: $739,157
- Total receipts: $14,056,455
- Representational activities (Schedule 15): $8,717,630
- Political activities and lobbying (Schedule 16): $245,517
- Contributions, gifts, and grants (Schedule 17): $5,042
- General overhead (Schedule 18): $1,902,117
- Union administration (Schedule 19): $1,773,887
- Benefits (Schedule 20): $730,487
- Purchase of investments and fixed assets: $463,547
- Direct taxes: $174,710
- Total disbursements: $14,012,937
Notable Schedule-Level Signals
- American Airlines Payloss — Schedule 1 accounts receivable: $94,662
- American Airlines Payloss — Schedule 8 accounts payable: $1,516,786
- Schedule 5 investments: $14,875,873
FY2023 Analysis
Filing Header and Governance Basics
- File number: 509-620
- Period covered: 04/01/2022 through 03/31/2023
- Amended / hardship / terminal: No / No / No
- Records kept at mailing address: Yes
- PAC fund reported: Yes
- Outside audit or review reported: Yes
- Maximum fidelity bond coverage: $500,000
- Next regular election of officers: 02/2024
- Members: 25,085
- Regular dues: $41 per month
Statement A — Assets and Liabilities
- Cash: $1,464,459
- Accounts receivable (Schedule 1): $218,845
- Investments (Schedule 5): $16,006,312
- Fixed assets (Schedule 6): $1,049,887
- Other assets (Schedule 7): $67,415
- Total assets: $18,806,918
- Accounts payable (Schedule 8): $1,816,802
- Total liabilities: $1,816,802
- Net assets: $16,990,116
Statement B — Receipts and Disbursements
- Dues and agency fees: $11,587,801
- Interest: $286,248
- Sale of investments and fixed assets: $87,817
- Total receipts: $11,961,866
- Representational activities (Schedule 15): $7,915,901
- Political activities and lobbying (Schedule 16): $231,247
- Contributions, gifts, and grants (Schedule 17): $4,441
- General overhead (Schedule 18): $1,833,671
- Union administration (Schedule 19): $1,927,561
- Benefits (Schedule 20): $653,080
- Purchase of investments and fixed assets: $751,914
- Direct taxes: $156,046
- Total disbursements: $13,473,861
Notable Schedule-Level Signals
- American Airlines Payloss — Schedule 1 accounts receivable: $216,311
- American Airlines Payloss — Schedule 8 accounts payable: $1,241,673
- Schedule 5 investments: $16,006,312
How Local Representation Appears to Be Financed and Administered
APFA’s public record suggests that local representation is financed through one national treasury with budgeted allocations to bases, rather than through separately filed base treasuries.
- Dues distribution: APFA’s dues page says dues are distributed between Bases, National Departments, HQ & Executive Departments, NNRF, Special Funds, and more. APFA Dues Information
- Base budgeting: APFA’s 2024 dues-restructure archive says the Budget Committee, in collaboration with the National Treasurer, sets the annual budget for bases and national departments. 2024 Dues Restructure Archive
- Budgeted representative compensation: the APFA Policy Manual says National Chairs and Base Presidents may authorize payment of a Special Assignment Fee (SAF) to the extent allowed by their respective budgets, and that payment or trip removal charged to a base budget must be authorized by the respective Base President. APFA Policy Manual
- Base-representation staffing concept: the Policy Manual also ties full-month trip removal for Base Representatives to base headcount, with a minimum of one full-month trip removal for each 1,100 flight attendants, prorated above that level. APFA Policy Manual
- Who BCRs are: APFA’s Constitution says BCRs are elected by the membership of the base at which they are stationed, and APFA’s Base Representation Roles page says they assist the Base President and Vice President, coordinate grievance investigation and filing, and provide specialized expertise in areas such as safety, scheduling, grievance handling, contract interpretation, professional standards, uniforms, and hotels. APFA Constitution | APFA Base Representation Roles
- What the FY2025 LM-2 shows: the official filing clearly reports Base Presidents and many “REP” roles, and it shows a “2025 BASE REPRESENTATIVE” election-service expense of $62,382, but it does not surface a clean line item explicitly labeled BCR / Base Council Representative for compensation purposes. APFA FY2025 LM-2
Best-supported public reading: day-to-day local representation appears to be carried out by Base Presidents, Vice Presidents, APRs, BCRs, and other representatives, supported by national staff, and financed through the national treasury plus budgeted base allocations rather than through separately filed base treasuries.
Summary
APFA’s single LM-2 gives a strong national-level financial picture, but it does not break member-facing representation into a CWA-AFA-style sector / MEC / LEC reporting stack. That makes APFA easier to read as one treasury, but it also means local-layer representation cannot be analyzed here through separate subordinate-unit annual reports.
The public record also does not provide a clean per-BCR dollar figure. What it shows instead are national treasury totals, base-budgeting mechanisms, and representative-compensation rules that imply how local service is financed without producing a simple BCR-by-BCR budget line.