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BLACKOUT DAYS AND PROTECTED HOLIDAYS
The Company has informed the MEC that in order to protect operations during the holidays they may be invoking the "blackout period" provision of the contract. The blackout period is part of the LTO Reserve System negotiated in the December 2002 Restructuring Agreement and subsequent mediation and arbitration that further defined various elements of the reserve system. If invoked, the blackout period would restrict Reserves from flying Company time on their OFF or INV days if those days off occur during the four calendar days prior to the protected holidays of December 24, 25, 31 and January 1. The other protected holidays during the year that fall under this provision are Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day and Thanksgiving Day. The blackout period provision does not apply to any time picked up by Reserves from the ETB.
The specific contract language Section 11.D.6 (page 11-12) is copied below. The 2004 Agreement can be viewed on the AFA web site or theHub.
In order to ensure adequate coverage during protected holidays, there will be a four-day blackout period beginning four (4) calendar days before the protected holiday. Reserves may fly into the blackout period in order to complete a pairing that originates outside the blackout period. Reserves having non-inviolable (OFF) or inviolable (INV) days off during the blackout period may be prohibited from picking up Company open time that originates on days off (OFF or INV) falling within the blackout period. Reserves having available days within the blackout period may be required to split for non-inviolable (OFF) or inviolable (INV) days falling within the blackout period.
To date the Company has not decided if they will be invoking the blackout provision. The Company will notify Reserves via CBS and crew scheduling if that decision is made.
Thank you,
The Master Executive Council
RSV QUICK CALL SCREEN
As promised the company implemented the Quick Call Screen provisions before the 12/31/05 deadline. This step should help gauge your availability to scheduling in the future.
The following CBS message was sent out to all flight attendants…
Date: Friday, 16 December 2005 15:03 ET
To: Emc2-News-c
From: GUNSTEENS.T
Subject: RESERVES - Quick Call screen
Please note that several changes have been made to CATCREW Option #18.
Option #18 has been modified to designate quick calls!
If you select Option #18 in CATCREW, you will notice a new column at the top right hand side of the screen. It is QCK (in yellow).
-If you only want to see who has made themselves available for quick call, enter a "Y" in the QCK field and press ENTER
- You will see a list of ONLY those people who are available for quick call in seniority order.
- To go back to the full list of reserves, remove the "Y" from the QCK field and press ENTER
- If you scroll down through the entire list of RSV's, you will note that f/a's on the "Quick Call" list have a '*' in the new column labeled "QCK".
We hope that this helps you more easily identify those who are on the quick call list.
Have a safe and pleasant holiday.
Michael Elias
AFA Council 70 RSV Chair
melias@afausairways.org
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