Reserve Discussion for Council 89 March Union Meeting
OPR
Dear CLT Flight Attendants,
Reserve Discussion for Council 89 March Union Meeting
The reserve scheduling discussion was quite long and informative. Several
employees from Flight Attendant Scheduling were with us (including Manager John
Petronzi, Supervisor John Martin, and Wayne and Wanda from the ETB desk). Listed
below are some of the issues that were discussed:
Document
Whenever you deal with scheduling always document the following;
Date
Time
Scheduler's name
Future/Daily/Midnight/Systems
Pairing number
If there is an unsolved problem or if you feel that you were not treated
professionally by scheduling, please get in touch with your local LEC RSV Chair,
or the local LEC office. Using all of the information supplied by you helps us
to correct or highlight the problem.
Q: I have been advised that I MAY NOT split a trip for OFF days. Is this
true?
A: It depends on whether coverage is inadequate or adequate. When coverage is
inadequate, splits are not allowed. When coverage is adequate splits in domicile
are allowed. Below is Section 11.C.4 (from page 11-7).
4. Pairing Assignment in Conflict with Non-Inviolable (OFF) Day(s)
a. When Coverage is Inadequate
If at the time of reserve processing the only available pairing(s)
conflict with non-inviolable (OFF) day(s) and reserve coverage is inadequate,
the Company may require a reserve to fly into non-inviolable (OFF) day(s)
despite the conflict. If the Company requires a reserve to fly into
non-inviolable (OFF) day(s), the days will be restored as follows:
(1) Such non-inviolable (OFF) day(s) will be moved to the end of the
affected period of days off, or if moving the non-inviolable (OFF) day(s) to
the end of the affected period of days off is not practicable, then the
non-inviolable day(s) shall be added to another period of days off in the
same calendar month;
(2) With mutual consent, such non-inviolable (OFF) day(s) may be used to
create an additional period of day(s) off within the same month provided
that such additional period of day(s) off is not adjacent to an existing
period of day(s) off, or
(3) With the reserve's consent, the non-inviolable (OFF) day(s) may be moved
and added to another period of days off in the subsequent calendar month.
b. When Coverage is Adequate
If at the time of reserve processing the only available pairing(s)
conflict with the non-inviolable (OFF) day(s) and reserve coverage is adequate,
the Company will offer the following options to the reserve in the order listed.
If the reserve declines to select from the options offered, the Company will
require the reserve to remain on call (ROC)
(1) Give up all or a portion of the non-inviolable (OFF) day(s) in
order to complete the pairing, in which case the non-inviolable (OFF) day(s)
will not be restored;
(2) Release early into days off with Company consent;
(3) Remain on call (ROC) with Company consent;
(4) Select a pairing to split in domicile;
(5) If no pairing is available which can be split in domicile, then, with
Company consent, select a pairing to split in a domicile that operates in
the same time zone as the reserve's domicile in the continental United
States, or
(6) If no pairing is available which can be split in a domicile that
operates in the same time zone as the reserve's domicile in the continental
United States, then with Company consent select a pairing to split in any
station in the Continental United States or Canada.
**NOTE** Splitting trips when you receive a future courtesy call
When a F/A going on call at midnight receives a courtesy call from future
scheduling and there is a trip you want to split to protect your days off, you
may only split if no trip you are legal for is available when first contacted,
or within your original 15 minute window.
Example- if you are AVL for 2 days, and you receive a courtesy call from
future scheduling before midnight, and the only trips are a 2 day and a 4 day.
You may only split the 4 day if the 2 day is gone before your 15 minute window
expires. Scheduling will not allow you to split since a 2 day was available when
first contacted, and you have waited past your 15 minutes.
OPR
FAS cannot assign boarding duty to a F/A if it goes past their scheduled OPR
time. Example-If you have 1400-1800 OPR, and scheduling wants to assign boarding
duty for a flight that departs at 1815, you do not have to accept the
assignment.
Also, if a F/A on OPR is assigned a trip, the trip must depart within 6 hours
of the time OPR began. Scheduling must remove the F/A from the trip if it
exceeds the 6 hours. Remember, the 14-hour duty day rule still applies with OPR.
If anyone has any questions or concerns they would like to see addressed in a
future E-Line, please feel free to call or email me.
