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Dear Members,
July 09 Primaries:
The Manager-Flight Attendant Scheduling, John Petronzi set the MAX in
ALL bases at 90 hrs of Company time, which applies to Lineholders
and Reserves.
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 75: 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 including vacation time.
SAP:
Group 1 (PHL and BOS) opens May 24th
at 1800 and closes May 30th 1800. Group 2 (CLT, DCA LGA) opens
May 24th at 1800 and closes May 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: July Fourth is a
Protected Holiday. You may utilize SAP
to drop pairings which touch a Protected Holiday such as the July Fourth.
However, such drop is based on a percentage related to the "Open Positions"
touching the Protected Holidays 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
(Memorial Day). Only BOS had a percentage of "Open Positions" below the 15%.
Some F/A's in Boston where contacted, in seniority order, and trips that touched
Memorial Day were dropped to bring the "Open Positions" to at least 15%. In
other bases, the holiday drop process relied on other F/A's wanting to ADD a
holiday trip via a chain link.
For Reference only Memorial Day Stats: CLT
- Start: 19.24% End: 15.16% BOS – Start: 15.94%:
End: 10.14%, DCA- Start: 26.28% End: 22.44%, PHL - Start: 30.7%
End: 23.38%, LGA - Start: 18.52% End: 16.67%
Be Aware: When you enter the
following: (Example Only)
UNIT 1- DROP:
96001/04 ADD: NONE At the time you are being processed
the
program may deny Unit 1 (drop the 96001/04) because the percentage is above 15%
Open Positions and the F/A' that wants 96001/04 is not legal, in this case, to
take 18+00. However, when system moves to the seniority number of the more
junior F/A' and some of his/her units are worked, he/she could be legal for
96001/04. The system could return to you and drop 96001/04 if such trip is high
on the more juniors 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 96001/04 and ADD a 2day/03 or
3day/02. Why? As long as the trip you are ADDing touches the Fourth 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
the Fourth of July you have the AIL to try to move off the holiday completely.
Secondary Lines: Opens on June 8th at 1800 and closes June 13th at
1800. If you wish more Company time (to a max of 90) use the Augmentation
process from June 15th at 0700 to June 22nd at 1800 or the
AIL. Future Scheduling closes at 1900; however, after closing if you follow
the
phone prompts a Daily or Midnight Scheduler will help you augment your line. The
increased post augmentation value is your new obligation including vacation
time.
IT Line Lead-ins – PHL
and CLT: FAI Line (MXP) 5309 has
pairing 54016 carrying-over from the June into July. It is owned by the crew in
the June; however, dp2 of pairing 54016 is also placed in July’s
line 5309 as "artificial time" to create a legal line. Line 5309 has a published
value of 78+05 but when the "artificial block time" of 8+45 (dp2 of 54016) is
subtracted the recalculated value of the line will be 69+20 and entered into
SAP.
The F/A''s that are awarded line 5309 may come
in with the published time less the "artificial block
time". In this example, the recalculated value of 69+20 will be
entered as an adjusted obligation in CATS. Or, the affected F/A's could
SAP upward to 90 hrs of Company time (including vacation
time). Any time SAP is utilized the increased post SAP line value
would be his/her new obligation. Additionally, the AIL may be used to increase
the flying time up to a maximum 90 hrs of Company time.
However, in the case of using the AIL this action increases your flying time
(projection) but does not adjusted the obligation of 69+20.
Whenever a line lead-in is utilized to bring up the value the provisions on page
9-28 line 24 of the CBA applies. Note: Use the above methodology to
determine the recalculated obligation for any other IT block when a line lead-in
pairing is utilized. Note: Weekend Touch: 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.
Thank You,
Carol Austin
MEC Scheduling Chair
CAustin@afausairways.org
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