CREW SCHEDULING & PLANNING Sample Clauses

CREW SCHEDULING & PLANNING. 9.1 Bidding 9.1.1 Cabin Crew will receive a Bid Package by Base for each Block Month and may bid indicating his preference. It is the CCM’s responsibility to submit his bid online in the timeframe indicated on the Bid Package. 9.1.2 CCMs will bid for Pairings, GDOs and Reserve Lines (if the latter are applicable). 9.1.3 The bid period will remain open for no less than ten (10) calendar days. 9.1.4 If a CCM returns to duty after the Block Awards are published, he will be assigned available flights, if any, or reserve duty. If more than one CCM returns to the base after the bids have closed, seniority will be honoured when requesting available duties, if any, and GDOs in order to build a block. 9.1.5 In the event a CCM does not submit an online bid for the month, his standing bid will apply. It is understood that the bidding system default bid will apply if no other bid is entered. 9.1.6 Each Block Month a CCM may bid pairings, GDOs, Reserve and Reserve Blocks (if the latter is applicable) using the preferential bidding system. Awards are granted in order of seniority subject to availability, classification, language, base, legalities and other qualification requirements. 9.1.7 Crew Planning will publish the Block Awards for the following month by the 23rd of each month by 1700 YYZ time. The Company may extend the publishing date up to the 25th of a given month, with prior consultation with the Union. 9.1.8 The appeal process will take place no less than three (3) days after the Block Awards are published. A member of the Blocking Committee will work with the Crew Planning Department on the appeals. The Blocking Committee Member will be blocked for one (1) day in order to attend the appeals process. 9.1.9 Once the appeal process is complete, the Block Awards are considered final. 9.1.10 In the event a CCM cannot hold a bid preference due to planning and scheduling limitations or requirements, the bid may be imposed on the first available CCM who is more senior and whose Block Award can satisfy the bid. 9.1.11 For planning purposes, a one (1) hour buffer will be added to the Minimum Crew Rest between pairings. 9.1.12 In the planning stage, all schedules will be built in accordance with the flight duty time limitations for pilots. These regulations will be posted on Sunwing Operational Website.