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April 15, 2005

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Dear Members,

There are 559 f/as who have applied for the VFLR as of today's date, April 15,2005.

Teddy
MEC President, AFA-CWA

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Dear Members,

Please read the following ETB information and keep this as reference until the contract is completed and distributed. This information may also be printed from HERE (http://www.afausairways.org/ETB/etb_resv.htm).

Teddy
MEC President, AFA-CWA

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ETB an Reserves

The following contract language has certain parameters that a reserve Flight Attendant must meet when picking up trips from other Flight Attendants via the ETB.

d. Within the same domicile, Reserves may utilize the ETB to drop, pick up and/or trade trips on INV days, or on OFF days once released into such days off, and/or on vacation days, or after being released subject to the rest requirements of the FARs, but no less than nine hours and forty-five minutes (9:45).

n. Reserves 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.

o. Reserves must allow a minimum of ten (10) hours rest between the scheduled release of the ETB requested trip and the earliest time a Reserve could be required to report for duty on her/his first day of availability following the INV day, the OFF day or the vacation day. The ETB requested trip must be scheduled to release no later than 1800 on the last INV, OFF or vacation day so as to have at least ten hours (10:00) rest prior to 0400 on the first day of availability should a twenty-four hour (24:00) reserve period be introduced.

The following examples show how the aforementioned language will be administered once the ETB is up and running.

EXAMPLE 1 (Legal combination): As a reserve, Tim picks up pairing 23456, a 4-day trip, via the ETB. The trip has a check-in of 1000 and a 26:00 hour break after duty period 1. Tim could pick up this particular trip as soon as the ETB is open for the month in which the trip operates and up until 1200 on the 14th. Tim is awarded pairing 12345 by crew scheduling on the 11th but not released after his arrival back into domicile on the 14th because of a reserve shortage. The request to pick up this trip via the ETB would be processed because the combination meets all rest break requirements and checks-in no earlier than 1000 on the first day of his INV period. This example complies with paragraph "n" above and since he was the first person in time stamp order, he was awarded pairing 23456 on the 15th.

12	AVL	Awarded pairing 12345/1
13	AVL	12345/2
14	AVL	12345/3 checking out at 1400
15	INV	ETB trip 23456/1 checking in at 1000 APPROVED
16	INV	23456/2
17	INV	23456/3
18	INV	23456/4 checking out at 1800
19	AVL

Note: Pairings 12345 on the 12th and 23456 on 15th were scheduled legally. However, if pairing 12345 is delayed due to a mechanical/weather, etc. making Tim illegal to originate/complete ETB 23456, he would be pay-protected because it would be "through no fault" of his own. Such pay protection will be to the point where he could be split back on the trip after receiving domicile rest.

EXAMPLE 2 (Illegal combination): As a reserve, Nadia picks up pairing 23456, a 4-day trip, via the ETB on the 15th. The trip has a check-in of 1000 and is worth 20+00 hours of block (hard) time. In addition, all duty breaks are less than 20:00 hours. Nadia could pick up this particular trip as soon as the ETB is open for the month in which the trip operates. The request to pick up this trip via the ETB would be processed because Nadia is on INV days, at the time of the award had no trip on the 12th and was the first person in time stamp order. Ultimately, as a reserve Nadia is assigned/awarded pairing 72345 on the 12th worth 18+00 of hard time. She tried to pick up a pairing that would have kept her legal for her ETB trip on the 15th, but this was the only pairing available.

12	AVL	Assigned pairing 72345/1
13	AVL	72345/2
14	AVL	72345/3 checking out at 1400
15	INV	ETB trip 23456/1 APPROVED "Later Illegal No 24/7-Split is Required"
16	INV	23456/2
17	INV	23456/3
18	INV	23456/4 checking out at 1800
19	AVL

Note: Pairing 72345 on the 12th and ETB trip 23456 on 15th fail to meet the FAR requirements of 24/7; therefore a split is required. The Contract language states that a lineholder or reserve can pick up a trip from the ETB or AIL that meets the rest requirements of the FARs and terms of the Agreement. Therefore, a reserve awarded an ETB trip who has no scheduled trip on his/her AVL day(s) preceding such awarded ETB trip will not receive "illegal through no fault" pay protection if ultimately such an assignment(s) on AVL day(s) makes him/her illegal to originate or complete the ETB trip. Further, the ETB trip will be split at point where the reserve is legal; however, pay protection will not apply to the point of the split.

EXAMPLE 3 (Released after assignment on last AVL day): As a reserve, Susan wants to pick up ETB pairing 78999/3-day, on the 13th after she has been awarded 12777 (a red-eye checking out at 0700 on the 12th). ETB pairing 78999 has a check-in time of 0600 on the 13th. On the 11th, Crew scheduling releases Susan after her trip terminates at 0700 on the 12th; therefore, she submits an ETB request. It is valid since as a reserve, Susan has been released and her schedule complies with paragraphs "d" and "n" above. Susan was the first person in time stamp order so she was awarded pairing 78999 on the 13th.

10	AVL	Awarded 12777/1 (red-eye)
11	AVL	12777/LAX (On this date crew scheduling gives release for the 12th)
12	AVL	12777/2 checking out at 0700
13	INV	ETB trip 78999/1 checking in at 0600 AWARDED
14	INV	78999/2
15	INV	78999/3
16	INV
17	AVL

Note: Pairings 12777 on the 10th and ETB trip 78999 on the 13th were scheduled legally. However, if pairing 12777 is delayed due to a mechanical/weather, etc. making Susan illegal under the terms of the Agreement to originate/ complete ETB 78999, Susan would be pay-protected because it would be "through no fault" of her own. Such pay protection will be to the point where she could be split back on the trip after receiving domicile rest.

EXAMPLE 4 (Denied ETB trip checks-out after 1800 on last OFF day): As a reserve, Tim puts in a request to pick up pairing 34567, a 4-day trip via the ETB. The trip originates on the 15th with a check-in of 1200 and check-out of 2000 on the 18th. This request is denied because the ETB trip checks-out after 1800 on the last day of his INV period and the Agreement does not allow a reserve to pick up a trip that checks-out after 1800 on the last INV period. This request does not comply will paragraph "o" above.

12	AVL
13	AVL
14	AVL
15	INV	ETB trip 34567/4-day checking out after 1800 on the 18th - DENIED
16	INV
17	INV
18	INV
19	AVL

EXAMPLE 5 (Denied ETB trip checks-in before 1000 on first INV day): As a reserve, Mike wants to pick up pairing 77777/3-day, checking in at 0900 on the 24th via the ETB. His request will be denied since a reserve cannot pick up a trip that checks in prior to 1000 unless such reserve has been released by crew scheduling complies with paragraph d above. In this example, Mike is attempting to pick up this trip several weeks in advance of its origination. Since, as a reserve, Mike has no idea what trip he may be awarded by crew scheduling on his AVL days prior to this trip, he cannot ask to be released.

21	AVL
22	AVL
23	AVL
24	INV	ETB trip 77777/3-day checking in at 0900 - DENIED
25	INV
26	INV
27	INV
28	AVL

EXAMPLE 6 (Flying on OFF days after being released into such OFF day): As a reserve, Theresa requests pairing 54555/3-day checking in at 0600 on the 15th via the ETB. The 15th is the second day of this OFF/INV pattern. Theresa calls Crew Scheduling and gets released into her OFF day on the 15th; therefore, the reserve cannot be restricted as to the time he/she checks-in. Further, the check-out cannot be restricted because in this example it is not the last INV in such period. Theresa's request was valid because of her early release into her OFF day and since she was the first person in time stamp order, she was awarded pairing 54555 on the 15th.

12	AVL
13	AVL
14	OFF
15	OFF	ETB trip 54555/1 checking in at 0600 - AWARDED Released
16	INV	54555/2
17	INV	54555/3
18	INV
19	AVL

Pay protection will apply, if a pairing(s) assigned on AVL days prior to ETB trip 54555 make Theresa illegal, under the terms of the Agreement, to originate/complete the ETB pairing or if such reserve assignment has a mechanical/weather ,etc delay whereby she cannot originate/complete such ETB pairing. Such pay protection will be considered "through no fault" and will be paid to the point where she could be split back onto the ETB trip after receiving domicile rest because crew scheduling authorized the release into OFF days.

EXAMPLE 7 (Minimum 9:45 rest block to block): As a reserve, Terry is awarded a future pairing 45678 that originates on the 10th. The pairing is a 3-day and is scheduled to arrive (block-in) in domicile on the 12th at 2200. On the 9th, after being released into OFF days on the 13th, 14th, and 15th Terry submits a request to take a 3-day pairing 02399 from the ETB. The pairing originates on the 13th with a departure of 0845. Terry's request is valid because obtained an early release into her days OFF day on the 13th, and she has no less than 9:45 (block to block) between trips and the combination complies with paragraph "d" above. Since she is the first person in time stamp order, she will be awarded pairing 02399 on the 13th.

09		(On this date crew scheduling authorizes release into days OFF for the 12th)
10	AVL	Awarded pairing 45678/1
11	AVL	45678/2
12	AVL	45678/3 blocks-in at 2200
13	OFF	ETB trip 02399/1 departs at 0845 AWARDED
14	OFF	02399/2 (26 hour R.O.N. break)
15	OFF	02399/3 arrives at 2200 in domicile
16	INV
17	INV
18	INV
19	AVL

If pairing 45678 on the 10th has a mechanical/weather, etc delay whereby Terry cannot originate/complete 02399 on the 13th pay protection will apply. Such pay protection will be considered "through no fault" and will be paid to the point where she could be split back onto the ETB trip after receiving domicile rest because crew scheduling authorized the release into OFF days.

EXAMPLE 8 (2 trips in one calendar day -Minimum 9:45 rest block to block): As a reserve, on the 20th John is not awarded a trip and released at 2400. On the 21st before the AIL closes he sees a pairing 02388 on the 22nd. It is a 2-day trip that checks-in at 0600 and arrives back in domicile at 1000 on the 23rd. Additionally on the 23rd, John picks-up a red-eye, pairing 55588 with a departure of 2145. John's requests are valid because he has no less than 9:45 (block to block) between trips on the 23rd and complies with paragraph "d" above. Since he was the first person in time stamp order, he was awarded pairings 02388 on 22nd and 55588 on the 23rd.

20	AVL	Released
21	OFF
22	OFF	ETB trip 02388/1 checks-in at 0600 AWARDED
23	OFF	02388/2 arrives back in domicile at 1000 "Minimum domicile rest"
23	INV	ETB trip 55588/1 departs at 2145 AWARDED
24	INV	LAX
25	INV	55588/2
26	INV

If pairing 02388 on 22nd has a mechanical/weather delay whereby John cannot originate/complete 55588 on the 23th pay protection will apply. Such pay protection will be considered "through no fault" and will be paid to the point where she could be split back onto pairing 55588 after receiving domicile rest because John had been release into OFF days.

EXAMPLE 9 (Transition from May to June): Bonnie is a reserve for the month of May and will be for June. She wants to pick up ETB pairing 23456, a 4-day trip, which originates on the 30th of May. The trip has a check-in at 1000 and a check-out at 1800 on June 2nd. Even though Bonnie has INV days on the 30th and 31st of May she cannot be awarded this particular trip when the ETB opens for May. Bonnie must wait until the Secondary lines of flying for June are awarded. At that time, she will treated, for the purposes of picking up such trip, as if she has INV/OFF days on the 1st and 2nd of June. On or about the May 24th when she is awarded her reserve schedule for June, if she does not have INV/OFF days on June 1st and 2nd she must call Crew Scheduling to move some days around. First Crew Scheduling will move June OFF days followed by June INV days to ensure that Bonnie is legal to fly day 3 and day 4 of pairing 23456 on June 1st and June 2nd. If Bonnie is the first person to time stamp her request for the trip she will be awarded the pairing.

26	AVL
27	AVL
28	AVL
30	INV	ETB trip 23456/1 checking in at 1000 APPROVED
31 May	INV	23456/2
01 Jun	OFF	23456/3
02	OFF	23456/4 checking out at 1800
03	AVL

"Illegal through no fault" pay protection to the point of the split applies because of the following reasons: The Contract language states that a lineholder and/or reserve can not pick up a trip from the ETB or AIL that does not meet all legalities or conflicts with another trip. Therefore, a reserve awarded an ETB trip who has a scheduled trip on his/her AVL day(s) preceding an awarded ETB trip which is scheduled legally will receive "illegal through no fault" pay protection. (1) If such reserve assignment(s) in actual operations make the ETB trip illegal to originate or complete. (2) If crew scheduling "releases a reserve Flight Attendant into his/her days OFF/INV days and ultimately his/her combination of pairings become illegal.

The aforementioned pay protection will not apply for the following reason: A reserve awarded an ETB trip who has no scheduled trip on his/her AVL day(s) preceding such ETB trip will not receive "illegal through no fault" pay protection if eventually such a reserve assignment(s) makes him/her illegal to originate/complete the ETB trip. Further, the ETB trip will be split at the point where the reserve becomes legal; however, pay protection will not apply to the point of the split.

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