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- December 2007 - Primary Lines of Flying
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December 2007 - Primary Lines of Flying: 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. However, 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:
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CLT A319 80-95 |
CLT FLS 70-85 |
LGA 21M None |
PHL 76D 80-95 |
PHL 32J
70-85 |
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CLT 733 80-95 |
CLT 32J 70-85 |
PIT A319 75-90 |
PHL FAI 75-90 |
PHL FLS 70-85 |
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CLT 76 D 75-90 |
BOS A319 75-90 |
PIT 733 75-90 |
PHL 33F 75-90 |
PHL FAD 75-90
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CLT 33F 80-95 |
DCA 733 75-90 |
PIT 21M None |
PHL E190 75-90 |
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CLT 21M 70-85 |
DCA A319 80-95 |
PHL A319 80-95 |
PHL 21M 70-85 |
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CLT 76M 70-85 |
LGA A319 75-90 |
PHL 733 80-95 |
PHL 76M 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.
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 makes no changes
to such line.
December SAP: Group 1 (PIT, PHL, & BOS) opens October 25th 1800 and
closes October 31st at 1800. Group 2 (CLT, DCA, & LGA) opens October 25st at
1800 and closes November 1st 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 shown above.
Secondary Lines for December: The Construction Blocking Minimum will be
70 hours. The minimum has been lower to 70 hours to help create more secondary
lines. The Secondary lines will open November 07th at 1800 and close on November
12th 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 November
14th at 0700 and closes November 21st at 1800 or he/she may use the AIL.
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: Look at 33F Line
2901 published value of 80+50. You will see pairing 96015 carrying-over from the
November bid month into the December bid month. Such pairing is owned by the
originating crew in the November bid month; however, duty period 2 of pairing
96015 is also placed in line 2901 for December as "artificial time" to create a
legal line. Remember, line 2901 has a published value of 80+50 but when the
"artificial block time" of 8+05 (dp2 of 96015) is subtracted the recalculated
value of the line will be 72+45.
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 72+45 will be entered as an adjusted obligation in CATS.
Or, the affected flight attendants could SAP upward (max 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 (including vacation time) would be
his/her new obligation for that bid month.
Additionally, the AIL may be used to increase the flying time up to a maximum 90
hrs of Company. In the case of using the AIL, this action increases your flying
time (projection) but not the adjusted block (2901) obligation 72+45.
PHL Note: Also, look at other December Blocks which have line lead-in
pairings like 33F lines 2902, 2912, 2913, or FAI lines 5301, 5308, 5311, 5313,
5315, 5317, 5321, 5322, and 5330. Then use the logic described above to
determine the new obligation for the bid month. Further, 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.Thank You,
Carol Austin - MEC Scheduling Chair
CAustin@afausairways.org
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Council 70 PHL 215-492-0840
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