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September 09 Primaries: The Manager-Flight Attendant Scheduling, John Petronzi set the MAX in ALL bases at 90 hrs of Company time. The objective was a window of 75-90 hrs. The way the pilot lines are built, by aircraft type, some lines were beneath the minimum window.  Additionally, AFA wanted to make as many “flight attendant only lines” as possible so the minimum for those lines was 70.  AFA agreed to publish such lines.  Less Than 75 Hours: If awarded a line of less than 75:00 you can come in with such value or use the AIL.  Additionally, you can SAP upward to 90 hrs of Company time (including vacation time) to increase your flying time. When SAP is utilized the increased post SAP line value would be your new obligation.

SAP: Group 1 (PHL and BOS) opens July 24^th at 1800 and closes July 30^th 1800.  Group 2 (CLT, DCA LGA) opens July 24^th at 1800 and closes July 31st at 1800.  The SAP non-high option window is MAX of 90 and MIN of 60.  The SAP window has been expanded beyond the Contract provisions to allow for the extra blocking window (70-85).

SAP: September 7^th Labor Day is a Protected Holiday. You may utilize SAP to drop pairings which touch a Protected Holiday such as the Labor Day. However, such drop is based on a percentage related to the “Open Positions” touching the Protected Holiday resulting from all known drops prior to SAP opening. If those “Open Positions” are under 15% a drop that touches a protected holiday may occur.  The following list was compiled to give you an idea of the “Open Positions” percentages directly related to the last protected holiday (Fourth of July):

CLT - Start: 24.6 %   End: 21.9%,

BOS – Start: 7.8%:    End: 13.7%,       DCA- Start:   21.2%   End: 18.1%,

PHL - Start:  24.9 %   End: 21%,           LGA - Start:  5 %     End: 15%

Only BOS and LGA had a percentage of “Open Positions” below the 15% at the initial opening of SAP.  As a result, three (3) f/as in Boston and four (4) in LGA where allowed to drop their trips into Company open time on the Fourth of July. In other bases, the holiday DROP process relied on other f/as wanting to ADD a holiday trip via a chain link.

Labor Day Drop-Be Aware: Example Only) UNIT 1- DROP: 96001/07      ADD: NONE  At the time you are being processed the program may deny Unit 1 (drop the 96001/07) because the percentage is above 15% Open Positions and the f/a that wants 96001/07 is not legal to take the full value of the trip.  However, when the more junior f/a is processed in SAP and some of his/her units are worked he/she could be legal for 96001/07.  The system could return to you and drop 96001/07 if such trip is high on the more juniors ADD list.  As such, the more senior f/a will have his/her units worked out of order.  Like Unit 1 denied, Unit 2 Awarded, Unit 3 Awarded then Unit 1 Awarded.

Additionally, keep in mind that within the same Unit you can drop a trip like 96001/07 and ADD a 2day/06 or 3day/05. Why? As long as the trip you are adding touches Labor Day the system will work the Unit without applying the Holiday 15% formula.  Why? Basically you are exchanging one holiday touch for another within the same Unit. Then, after you are awarded a trip that touches Labor Day you have the AIL to move off the holiday completely.

Secondary Lines: Open: August 7^th at 1800 and close August 12^th at 1800.  Any Secondary lineholder that wishes more Company time (to a max of 90) may use the Augmentation process from August 14^th to August 21st or he/she may use the AIL.  When augmentation is utilized the increased post augmentation value is the new obligation including vacation time.

Reserves: The maximum for the bid month will be 90 hrs; therefore, a reserve may out of time at 85:01.

IT Lines with Line Lead-ins – PHL:  Example: FAI Line 5314 has pairing 54010 carrying-over from the August bid month into September.  Such pairing is owned by the originating crew in the August; however, dp2 of pairing 54010 is also placed in September’s line 5314 as “artificial time” to create a legal line. Line 5314 has a published value of 82+50 but when the “artificial block time” of 9+10 (dp2 of 54010) is subtracted the recalculated value of the line will be 73+40.

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Council 41 DCA 703-212-8090
Council 69 BOS 781-289-8454
Council 70 PHL 215-492-0840
Council 82 LGA 315-736-3483
Council 89 CLT 704-527-0325

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