Air Wisconsin · CWA-AFA Carrier Financial Report

Quick Read

Visible structure: the public filing trail points to the CWA-AFA sector funding the Air Wisconsin MEC and Air Wisconsin LECs separately rather than showing a fully documented MEC-to-LEC pass-through.
Most recent verified MEC filing: the FY ending 05/31/2024 Air Wisconsin MEC LM-3 reports 120 members, $79,407 in receipts, and $79,407 in disbursements.
Most recent verified local filing: the FY ending 05/31/2024 Air Wisconsin LEC 24003 LM-4 reports 85 members, $6,874 in receipts, and $6,874 in disbursements.
Visible direct local share: 35.2% in FY2025, 29.7% in FY2024, and 29.8% in FY2023, measured as the share of visible Air Wisconsin-specific CWA-AFA sector funding that went directly to named Air Wisconsin LECs rather than to the Air Wisconsin MEC.

Filing Map

Air Wisconsin has to be read in layers. Parent CWA is the upstream filing layer. The CWA-AFA sector LM-2 is the clearest public source for direct Air Wisconsin affiliate funding. The Air Wisconsin MEC and LEC filings then show what is publicly visible at the airline and local layers.

Parent CWA filings: FY ending 05/31/2025; FY ending 05/31/2024; FY ending 05/31/2023.
CWA-AFA sector filings: FY ending 05/31/2025; FY ending 05/31/2024; FY ending 05/31/2023.

Standalone MEC and LEC Filing Lookback

Air Wisconsin MEC: FY ending 05/31/2025: no verified standalone DOL filing link is posted here yet; FY ending 05/31/2024 Air Wisconsin MEC LM-3; FY ending 05/31/2023: no verified standalone DOL filing link is posted here yet.
Air Wisconsin LEC 24003: FY ending 05/31/2025: no verified standalone DOL filing link is posted here yet; FY ending 05/31/2024 Air Wisconsin LEC 24003 LM-4; FY ending 05/31/2023: no verified standalone DOL filing link is posted here yet.
Air Wisconsin LEC 24029: no verified standalone DOL filing link is posted here yet for FY ending 05/31/2025, FY ending 05/31/2024, or FY ending 05/31/2023.

Visible CWA-AFA Sector Funding

FY2025: AFA MEC Air Wisconsin $68,767; AFA LEC 24003 $12,590; AFA LEC 24029 $24,707.
FY2024: AFA MEC Air Wisconsin $79,407; AFA LEC 24003 $6,874; AFA LEC 24029 $26,608.
FY2023: AFA MEC Air Wisconsin $93,238; AFA LEC 24003 $17,226; AFA LEC 24029 $22,406.

These are visible CWA-AFA sector allocations to Air Wisconsin-identified affiliates. They are not, by themselves, a complete measure of all bargaining, legal, administrative, or parent-supported service delivered to the property.

What the Visible Direct Local Share Means

This metric measures the percentage of visible Air Wisconsin-specific CWA-AFA sector funding that went directly to named Air Wisconsin LECs rather than to the Air Wisconsin MEC.

Formula: (LEC 24003 + LEC 24029) ÷ (MEC Air Wisconsin + LEC 24003 + LEC 24029)

FY2025: ($12,590 + $24,707) ÷ ($68,767 + $12,590 + $24,707) = 35.2%.
FY2024: ($6,874 + $26,608) ÷ ($79,407 + $6,874 + $26,608) = 29.7%.
FY2023: ($17,226 + $22,406) ÷ ($93,238 + $17,226 + $22,406) = 29.8%.

Treat this as a floor, not a complete service measure. It captures only direct Air Wisconsin-specific CWA-AFA sector funding lines that are publicly visible on the sector LM-2. It does not capture all upstream support, bargaining support, staff-negotiator time, legal work, release-time value, or overhead that may still benefit Air Wisconsin members.

Most Recent Verified Carrier and Local Filing Signals

Air Wisconsin MEC LM-3 (FY ending 05/31/2024): 120 members; $79,407 in other receipts; $79,407 in total receipts; $79,407 in total disbursements; $54,448 to officers; $1,570 to employees; $21,541 in office and administrative expense; $1,848 in professional fees; $0 in other disbursements.
Air Wisconsin LEC 24003 LM-4 (FY ending 05/31/2024): 85 members; $6,874 in receipts; $6,874 in disbursements; $5,489 in payments to officers and employees.

Negotiations and Compensation Visibility

Under CWA-AFA Section VI, the MEC selects the Negotiating Committee and Staff Negotiator. Air Wisconsin says its current committee was elected by the MEC in March 2022 after an all-member nomination process. The public LM-3 does not show a separate negotiator-pay line, so officer-negotiator lost time and reimbursements appear to be aggregated into officer disbursement reporting rather than disclosed as a distinct bargaining-pay line.

The posted Air Wisconsin contract says the union generally pays actual time lost for released union business, with limited company-paid joint meetings. That means some bargaining service is visible only indirectly in the public filing trail.

For a deeper explanation of how CWA-AFA negotiating committees are chosen, how staff negotiators are assigned, and where compensation appears in public reporting, see How CWA-AFA Negotiating Committees and Staff Negotiators Work.

Interpretive Caution

The public filing trail for Air Wisconsin does not support a simple assumption that the Air Wisconsin MEC received one funding pot and then distributed the local shares downward. The visible record instead points to the CWA-AFA sector funding the Air Wisconsin MEC and the Air Wisconsin LECs separately.

That matters for value-per-dues-dollar analysis. The visible local percentage is useful, but it should be read together with the Air Wisconsin MEC’s own spending, the separate LEC filings, and upstream CWA and CWA-AFA bargaining support that may not be fully allocated in a carrier-only filing.