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August 2008 Primary Lines: The Director of Crew Scheduling, Mike Finn, set the maximums in ALL bases at 90 hrs of Company time. The blocking objective was a flight attendant window of 75-90 hrs. The way the pilot lines are built (separately constructed by aircraft type) some lines were beneath the minimum window.  AFA agreed to publish such lines to give more flight attendants primary blocks as follows: 

Lines Less 75: Flight attendants awarded a line for less than 75:00 can come in with such value. Or, the affected flight attendants could SAP upward to 90 hrs of Company time (including vacation time) to increase his/her flying time for the month.  When SAP is utilized the increased post SAP line value would be his/her new obligation including vacation time.

Lines Over 90: Flight attendants awarded lines over 90 can come in with between 85 - 90 hrs, not  including ETB time.  Such affected flight attendants may call Crew Scheduling and drop a trip to downward project his/her block or drop via SAP.  Further, the AIL may be used to get to between 85-90 hrs.  On a non precedent-setting basis an over-fly letter will not apply to a flight attendant that flies his/her awarded line which exceeds 90 hrs if he/she make no changes to such line

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

Secondary Lines for August; The minimum has been lower to 70 hours to create more lines.  The lines will open July 8^th at 1800 and close July 13^th at 1800.  Any Secondary lineholder that wishes more Company time (to a max of 90) may use the Secondary Line Augmentation process which opens on July 14^th  and closes June 31st or he/she may use the AIL. 

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

August IT Lines with Line Lead-in Pairings – PHL Only:  FAI Line 5308 (ARN) has pairing 51015 carrying-over (transitioning) from the July bid month into the August.  Such pairing is owned by the originating crew in the July bid month; however, duty period 2 of pairing 51015 is also placed in August line 5308 as “artificial time” to create a legal line.  

The flight attendants awarded line 5308 may come in with the published value (76+36) less the “artificial block time” (8+55).   In this example, the recalculated value of 67+41 will be entered as an adjusted obligation in CATS.  Or, the affected flight attendants could SAP up to a maximum of 90 hrs of Company time (including vacation time) to increase time.  Any time SAP is used the increased post SAP line value would be the new obligation for such month.  Additionally, the AIL may be used to increase flying time up to a maximum 90 hrs of Company time.  When using the AIL this action increases flying time (projection) but does not adjusted the obligation of 67+41  Note: Other IT lines with a line lead-in are FAI lines 5308, 5309, 5310, 5319, 5320, 5321, 5322, 5325, 5332, 5333, 5334, 5335, 5338, 5352, 5354, 5358,5360, 5368, and 5369 Use the above methodology to determine the new obligation for the bid month.

Remember, each time a line lead-in pairing is utilized to bring up the value of a line you may utilize the provisions on page 9-28 line 24 of the Contract. Additionally, the Company and AFA concur that the protection associated with carry over trips, on 9-28 line 39, will also apply to a flight attendant that is automatically removed from a pairing in the new month because of a legality related to flying his/her last trip(s) of the old month.

Weekend Touch – Line Lead-in Pairings: Whenever a line lead-in (artificial block time) spans a Saturday or/and Sunday such affected flight attendants are NOT required to “touch” for a restricted weekend.

Carol Austin
USA MEC Scheduling Chair
CAustin@afausairways.org

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