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December 2006 Primary Lines of Flying: The Director of Crew Scheduling, Mike Finn set the maximums in ALL bases at 90 hrs of Company time for the month of December. 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 and some over. AFA agreed to publish such lines to give more flight attendants primary blocks. The pilot's scheduling committee and the computer built the primary lines as follows:

Lines Less 75: Flight attendants awarded a line blocked 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. 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 to include 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. 

December SAP: Group 1 (PIT, PHL, and BOS) opens Oct 26th at1800 and closes Nov 1st at 1800. Group 2 (CLT, DCA, and LGA) opens Oct 26th at 1800 and closes November 2nd 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 December: The blocking maximum will be 90 hrs. They will open November 8th at 1800 and close November 13th at 1800.

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

December IT Lines With Line Lead-in Pairings - PHL Only: Line lead-in trips are added to IT lines in order to bring such lines up to the minimum or to make an additional line. Line lead-ins are pairings at transition time that originate in one month and terminate in another. The practice of adding such pairings in IT lines yields more lines of flying and some extra flexibility. Example: First look at December's FAI Line 2857 (MAD) or FLS line 3316 with published values of 77+43. You will see pairing 51015 or 34019 transitioning from the November bid month into the December bid month. Such pairings are owned by the originating crew in the November bid month. Duty period 2 of pairings 51015 and 34019 are also placed in December's FAI line 2857 and 3316 as "artificial time" to create legal lines. Remember, FAI line 2857 and FLS Line 3317 have a published value of 77+43 but when the "artificial block time" of 9+00 (dp2 of 51015 & 34019) are subtracted the recalculated value of both lines will be 68+43.

The flight attendants that are awarded such a line may come in with the published time less the "artificial block time". In this example, the recalculated value of 68+43 will be entered as an adjusted obligation in CATS. Or, the affected flight attendants could SAP upward to 90 hrs of Company time (including vacation time) to increase his/her flying time. Any time SAP is utilized the increased post SAP line value would be his/her new obligation for December. 

Additionally, the AIL may be used to increase the flying time up to a maximum 90 hrs of Company. However, in the case of using the AIL this action increases your flying time (projection) but not adjusted obligation of 68+43. Note: Whenever a line lead-in pairing (artificial block time) spans a Saturday or/and Sunday such affected flight attendants are NOT required to "touch" for a restricted weekend.

Carol Austin
CAustin@afausairways.org
US Airways MEC Scheduling Committee
AFA-CWA

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