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- July 2008 Primary Lines
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July 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:
| CLT A319 75-90 |
CLT 32J (LODO) 70-85 |
PHL A319 75-90 |
DCA 733 75-90 |
| CLT 733 75-90 |
CLT E190 75-90 |
PHL 733 75-90 |
DCA A319 70-85 |
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CLT 76 Dom 75-90 |
PHL FAD 70-85 |
PHL FAI (INT) 75-90 |
LGA A319 75-90 |
| CLT 21M 70-85 |
PHL 21M
70-85 |
PHL 33F (INT) 70-85 |
LGA 21M 70-85 |
| CLT 33F (INT) 70-85 |
PHL FLS (LODO) 70-85 |
PHL 76M 70-85 |
BOS A319 75-90 |
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CLT FLS(LODO) 70-85 |
PHL E190 75-90 |
PHL 32J (LODO 70-85 |
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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.
July SAP:
Group 1 (PHL, and BOS) opens May24th at 1800 and closes May 30th
at 1800. Group 2 (CLT, DCA, and 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 to allow for the oddity of the
extra blocking windows.
Secondary Lines for July:
The minimum has been lower to 70 hours to create more lines. The lines will
open June7th at 1800 and close June12th 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 June 14th closes
June 22nd or he/she may use the AIL.
Reserves May:
The maximum for the bid month will be 90 hrs; therefore, a reserve may call out
of time at 85:01.
July IT Lines with Line Lead-in
Pairings – PHL Only: FAI Line 5330 (ATH) has pairing
54002 carrying-over (transitioning) from the June bid month into the July. Such
pairing is owned by the originating crew in the June bid month; however, duty
period 2 of pairing 54002 is also placed in July’s line 5330 as
“artificial time” to create a legal line.
The flight attendants awarded line 5330 may
come in with the published value (84+35) less the “artificial block time”
(11+15). In this example, the recalculated value of
73+20 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. In the case of using the AIL this action increases flying time
(projection) but does not adjusted the obligation of
73+20.
Note: Other IT lines with a line lead-in are FAI lines 5314, 5315, 5316,
5318, 5319, 5327, 5328, 5329, 5331, 5346, 5347, 5348, 5350, 5351, 5353, 5357,
5359,5365, 5366, 5371, 5376, plus 33F lines 2930 and 2932. 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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AFA Local Numbers
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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