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Please
remember that "company time" (obligation) is the greater
of your monthly line award or post SAP line. Example: your awarded
line is worth 82:00, you SAP down to 70:00, your obligation
(company time) is still 82:00 because your awarded line is
"greater than your post SAP" Example: your awarded line
is worth 82:00 , you SAP up to 90:00, your obligation (company
time) is now 90:00 because your post SAP is "greater"
than your awarded line. You can ETB to pick up trips until the
cows come home as long as you are legal. You can drop down to
50:00 only via the ETB or TWOP (drop a trip through scheduling
with their consent, based on coverage) - this will also lessen
your obligation (company time). Should you decide to TWOP, you may
at a later, time during the month request from Scheduling to pick
up time via the AIL. It will be up to Scheduling to make that
determination.
The ETB will be available via the HUB or Catcrew. If you have
internet service at home and do not have Catcrew, you may visit
the ETB via the HUB and submit your drops/trades etc. The ETB is
not seniority driven, it is first come first served. F/A trainers
will be available in the crew room on April 13th and f/as can use
the screens for practice purposes. ETB instruction pamphlets will
be available to crewmembers at that time. The ETB will be
"live" around the 23rd of April for May drops/trades
etc. and will be continuous.
Once submitting a drop/trade you must check to see if it has been
"picked up". If the trip has not been picked up by
another f/a before 12:00 the day before the trip departs, you are
still responsible for the trip. You can go on the AIL but remember
if what you pick up is less than the trip you give up, you owe the
company the difference because the AIL is company time. The pay
cap (company time) on the 319/320/321 in BOS for May is 90:00.
This is set by Rob Fuhr/Director of Crew Scheduling. This means a
f/a cannot pick up anything on the AIL that brings them over 90:00
unless they have been grandfathered in at the higher option. The
only way a f/a can go over 90:00 is to go on the ETB and pick up
"flight attendant" time. You can still fly up to 90:00
considering your actual time thus increasing your pay time. Please
remember, you can pick up trips off the ETB during your vacation.
No Split to Reach 50 Hours: Keep in mind that
although the Company will allow you to go as low as 40 hours in
some situations, your obligation will be no less than 50 hours. If
you are at 40 hours due to ETB drops, you must come in with no
less than 50 hours and such time must be picked up using the AIL.
If you are at 40 hours and via the AIL cannot hold a 10 hour trip,
the Company WILL NOT split a trip for you. Why? Because May's
maximum is 90 hours - not 50 hours. If you are unable to get a
trip worth 10 hours, you may have to fly a trip worth more time in
order to meet the minimum of your obligation. If you fail to reach
the minimum of 50 hours, you will be cited for low block.
TWOP: Dropping time via TWOP (Time Off Without
Pay) will decrease your flying obligation in a given month.
Therefore, if you got yourself to 50 hours via the ETB and the
Scheduler approves a TWOP for 20 hours then coming in with 30
hours would be acceptable. If you have dropped below 50 hours as a
result of ETB and subsequently drop a trip via TWOP, you must
still make up the difference in the time between your pre-TWOP
value and 50 hours. As an example: if you are at 40 hours due to
ETB and you request and are granted a drop via TWOP of a trip
worth 10 hours, you still must come in with 40 hours.
More Information regarding the ETB will be available as the month
progresses. Please refer to future MEC E-Lines and CBS messages on
this topic. Please take the time to review the Hours of Service
section of the new F/A Agreement. Questions? Please contact your
local officers.
Quick Reserves/Notes
Please remember, when scheduling calls and has a choice
of trips, you have a choice of those trips even if coverage is
short and they may have to come back to reassign, you still have a
choice.
Please remember, your INV days are golden and it is the
reserve f/as' OPTION to fly up to 23:59 on the first INV day in
any period of inviolable (INV) days in order to complete the trip
in which case that portion of the first inviolable (INV) day will
not be restored. Please review - Reserve Time Balancing System -
FAQ available on the HUB - User ID/password - type in the search
box - scroll down the list
Please remember, LTO will be replaced with 5 hour ranges
as of May 1 and within those ranges, trips will be given in
seniority order. Review the new F/A Agreement.
Please remember, you too can pick up trips off the ETB,
trade INV/OFF days via the ETB, must allow a minimum of ten (10)
hours rest between the latest time the Reserve could be scheduled
to be released in domicile and the scheduled report of the ETB
requested trip.
Please remember, you have 15 minutes after scheduling
calls/beeps you to call back if you wait too long, you will
receive a NCT. Also note if there is a time discrepancy.
Please remember, Sec. 11-9 F. - Uninterrupted Domicile
Rest / 2000 Agreement STILL EXISTS - especially review - #3 In the
event a reserve flight attendant's uninterrupted rest period is
involuntarily broken by a Crew Scheduler, he/she shall IMMEDIATELY
commence a new eight hours and thirty minutes (8:30) of
uninterrupted rest.
If a reserve is called and once at the airport discovers that the
flight assigned has departed, the reserve is entitled to a
"show no go". If this is not reflected in your pay
summary after a day or so, CLAIM IT. Should scheduling release you
to go home, you begin your 8:30 rest. ASK scheduling if you are
released for rest to begin. If you are not released, please
remember that your duty day began 1 hour before the original
flight you were first assigned. Any time you speak to scheduling, GET
THE SCHEDULER'S NAME AND WRITE DOWN THE TIME.
REMINDERS
Please remember, 30/7 did not go away. It is at the OPTION
OF ANY F/A TO GO TO 35/7.
Please remember, crew substitution language did not go
away. - 2000 F/A Agreement
Please remember, if a "live" leg is replaced
with a deadhead due to mechanical/weather, you need to claim it on
a PE80 as the computer program recognizes all deadheads at 50%
pay, no credit. If you have uncertainties regarding any deadhead,
not previously published in your trip, claim it on a PE80.
Please remember, when weekend trip improving be sure you
do not set yourself up to not being able to pick up a trip due to
exercising your option of not going over 30/7. Example:
FRI/SAT/SUN trip / go on AIL to trip improve WED/THUR/FRI / you
will be placed on the AIL for a trip originating on SAT, you may
leave a list, if the only trip available is a 4/day and this
brings you over 30/7, Rob Fuhr/Director of Crew Scheduling has
advised you must complete the duty period through SUN and on MON
will be allowed to split for 30/7. If initial trip was scheduled
on both weekend days, unless you are allowed to drop, you must
fulfill the weekend obligation of working on both days. It is
similar to 'blue boxing', but with blue boxing you had an
opportunity to fly on another day to meet your obligation, if you
are scheduled to fly on SAT and SUN you must complete the duty
periods on both days, again, unless you are allowed to drop.
PHL lack of cleaners/supplies
The issues brought forward to the LECP on the waiting/insufficient
supplies/no cleaners showing up - Caribbean inbound flights/ west
coast inbound flights, has been forwarded to the attention of the
US Airways, VP of Operations, Al Crellin. Should you continue to
experience deficiencies in PHL, please e-mail the information to LECP/BOS
-Lcaramello@afauairways.org,
also include the date, flight, names, circumstances, etc
The company is counting on the compassion of the Flight
Attendant group to pick up the slack when cleaners do not
show up and a delay is possible. Should you be feeling
compassionate and decide to clean the cabin when it is a
"listed cleaners' responsibility", please consider this
volunteering. The company has to realize that if they do not get
the proper staffing, scheduling and supplies together, flight
attendants will not be counted on to pick up the slack. Using
plastic bags and blankets to cover unidentified wetness or soiled
seat cushions is not the answer, ask for replacement, if none,
request the seat to be blocked and write it up.
Please stay in possession of your belongings when the
responsibility to clean the cabin is not that of the flight
attendants.
VFLR
ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY April 20, by 11:59pm.
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...From
the Customer Service Systems and Training Newswire March 2001
Print
this and keep it with you.
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Weight
Restricted and Capped Flights
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Issue:
There are non-compliance issues with cockpit and flight
attendant jumpseat procedures in conjunction with
contractual agreements.
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Situation:
The cockpit and flight attendant jumpseat riders are being
denied boarding because of the misinterpretation of the
verbiage on the Flight Status and Flight Data display.
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Solution:
The verbiage in both the Flight Status and Flight Data
display are very exacting to eliminate confusion. The
Flight Data display explains what jumpseat riders are
permitted.
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The
verbiage is very specific about cockpit and Flight
Attendant jumpseat categories.
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INCLUDES
ANY X RIDERS (Flight
Attendant jumpseat)
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ONLY
P AND A1 W RIDERS
(Cockpit jumpseat)
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All
space positive categories (P1 through P7) and space
available category A1 are included in the maximum
passenger count. They are never to be denied boarding.
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All
Flight Attendant jumpseat riders are included in the
maximum passenger count. They are never to be denied
boarding.
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All
other cockpit jumpseat categories are on a space
available basis.
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Council
69/BOS LEC Representatives - Contact Information
Sherri
Baker - Reserve Representative - sbaker@afausairways.org
Paul Foran - Crew Accommodations - Pforan@afausairways.org
617 750 5726
Joe Cybulski - Safety/Health - jcybulski@afausairways.org
617 251 7812
Karen Delutis - Professional Standards - kdelutis@afausairways.org
1 508 279 4999
FYI
- Do you have the MedLink number to program in your cell phone -
1-602 239-3627 / program it in now. Should you find yourself
or another crewmember needing Medlink on a layover you can call
this number.
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Do you have the Flightline questions number? - 1 800 659
9859
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Check out the DELL Computer/Employee discount program at the
bottom of the page on the AFA website www.afausairways.org
DELL has some great deals on computers!
Council/69/BOS
Officers and Representatives
Lynne Caramello - LECP/BOS
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