Balance Avoidance Sample Clauses

Balance Avoidance. Pilots who are subject to balance for any ------------------ reason shall be allowed to request an opportunity to avoid balancing. Requests to avoid balance action must be communicated to Crew Scheduling and, if approved, the pilot's guarantee will be reduced to the current value of his/her services performed and projected services. The decision to permit balance avoidance will be subject to forecast reserve availability and operational considerations at the time of the request and will be at the sole discretion of the Company. Pilots who exercise the balance avoidance option and subsequently are again subject to balance will be handled in accordance with Section 9(D)1 and (D)2 above.
Balance Avoidance. Flight Attendants who are subject to balance shall be provided an opportunity to avoid balancing. Requests to avoid balancing must be telephoned to Crew Schedule. The decisions of Crew Schedule to reduce the base guarantee and/or the initial projection to avoid balancing, or to avoid same calendar day balance when the current projection is not more than five (5) hours below the initial projection, will depend on the forecast of availability of reserves and operational considerations. Crew Schedule's decision will be based on the circumstances at the time of the request.