Common use of FILLING OF VACANCIES OR TRANSFERS Clause in Contracts

FILLING OF VACANCIES OR TRANSFERS. A. Voluntary Transfers 1. A Flight Attendant who has completed his or her probationary period is eligible to request a base transfer. 2. Each bid period the Company shall electronically post all known vacancies which will be open for transfer. Vacancies which occur after posting and before transfer awards are made shall also be processed. 3. A Flight Attendant desiring to transfer to a different base must submit an electronic bid before the tenth (10th) of each month stating the base(s), in order of preference, to which he or she desires to transfer. A Flight Attendant who is not awarded a transfer must submit a new transfer request before the tenth (10th) day of any calendar month. The electronic bidding procedure must provide a method of insuring that the bid has been submitted and for printing the bid and submission confirmation. 4. By the fifteenth (15th) day of each calendar month, all transfers shall be posted and shall be effective the first day of the month two (2) months following the month of the transfer award posting. 5. Transfers shall be awarded in system seniority order. Changes to or withdrawals of a transfer request are not allowed after the tenth (10th) of the calendar month in which the transfer request is submitted. A Flight Attendant may request release from the transfer due to a hardship if approved by the Vice President of Inflight or her designee. Transfer awards shall be posted at each base. 6. After the transfer process outlined in A.3. and D.2. is complete, the Company shall process mutual base transfer requests, in order of system seniority, between bases which have no vacancies. 7. A Flight Attendant awarded a base transfer is precluded from further voluntary base transfers for four (4) months. The Company may waive this restriction due to extenuating circumstances. A Flight Attendant who voluntarily transfers from one base to another shall retain the amount of vacation time awarded but shall not retain his or her previously selected vacation periods. The Flight Attendant shall be required to rebid vacation based on open vacation periods. A displaced Flight Attendant shall retain his or her previously selected vacation periods. 8. Subject to operational needs, the Company and the Flight Attendant shall coordinate the scheduling of a duty free period in which to accomplish the move as a result of a voluntary transfer. In the event that a previously scheduled trip falls within the moving period the Flight Attendant may do the following: a. Trade the trip. b. Drop the trip(s) as provided for in Section 8, Scheduling. c. Drop the trip(s) and sit reserve during another part of the bid period to make up for the lost time. d. Use earned vacation time and/or personal day to compensate for the value of the missed trip(s). B. New Base Hire Assignments 1. When hired, a Flight Attendant candidate shall be assigned to a base. All transfers shall be awarded in accordance with Section 15.A. prior to the assignment of a new hire Flight Attendant. 2. A new hire Flight Attendant shall not be eligible to transfer until completion of his or her probationary period. 3. After graduation, a Flight Attendant shall be allowed a total of four (4) days with pay to relocate prior to being assigned to duty. These four (4) days shall include one (1) day for travel to his or her base.

FILLING OF VACANCIES OR TRANSFERS. A. Voluntary Transfers 1. A Flight Attendant who has completed his or her probationary period is eligible to request a base transfer. 2. Each bid period the Company shall electronically post all known vacancies which will be open for transfer. Vacancies which occur after posting and before transfer awards are made shall also be processed. 3. A Flight Attendant desiring to transfer to a different base must submit a bid to the Vice President of Inflight or her designee an electronic bid before the tenth (10th) of each month stating the base(s), in order of preference, to which she or he or she desires to transfer. A Flight Attendant who is not awarded a transfer must submit a new transfer request before the tenth (10th) day of any calendar month. The electronic bidding procedure must provide a method of insuring that the bid has been submitted and for printing the bid and submission confirmation. 4. By the fifteenth (15th) day of each calendar month, all transfers shall be posted and shall be effective the first day of the month two (2) months following the month of the transfer award posting. 5. Transfers shall be awarded in system seniority order. Changes to or withdrawals of a transfer request are not allowed after the tenth (10th) of the calendar month in which the transfer request is submitted. A Flight Attendant may request release from the transfer due to a hardship if approved by the Vice President of Inflight or her designee. Transfer awards shall be posted at each base. 6. After the transfer process outlined in A.3. and D.2. is complete, the Company shall process mutual base transfer requests, in order of system seniority, between bases which have no vacancies. 7. A Flight Attendant awarded a base transfer is precluded from further voluntary base transfers for four (4) months. The Company may waive this restriction due to extenuating circumstances. A Flight Attendant who voluntarily transfers from one base to another shall retain the amount of vacation time awarded but shall not retain his or her previously selected vacation periods. The Flight Attendant shall be required to rebid vacation based on open vacation periods. A displaced Flight Attendant shall retain his or her previously selected vacation periods. 8. Subject to operational needs, the Company and the Flight Attendant shall coordinate the scheduling of a duty free period in which to accomplish the move as a result of a voluntary transfer. In the event that a previously scheduled trip falls within the moving period the Flight Attendant may do the following: a. Trade the trip. b. Drop the trip(s) as provided for in Section 8, Scheduling. c. Drop the trip(s) and sit reserve during another part of the bid period to make up for the lost time. d. Use earned vacation time and/or personal day to compensate for the value of the missed trip(s). B. New Base Hire Assignments 1. When hired, a Flight Attendant candidate shall be assigned to a base. All transfers shall be awarded in accordance with Section 15.A. prior to the assignment of a new hire Flight Attendant. 2. A new hire Flight Attendant shall not be eligible to transfer until completion of his or her probationary period. 3. After graduation, a Flight Attendant shall be allowed a total of four (4) days with pay to relocate prior to being assigned to duty. These four (4) days shall include one (1) day for travel to his or her base.

FILLING OF VACANCIES OR TRANSFERS. A. Voluntary Transfers 1. A Flight Attendant, whether or not the Flight Attendant who has completed his or her their probationary period period, is eligible to request a base transfer. 2. Each bid period the Company shall electronically post all known vacancies which will be open for transfer. Vacancies which occur after posting and before transfer awards are made shall also be processed. 3. A Flight Attendant desiring to transfer to a different base must submit an electronic bid before the tenth (10th) of each month stating the base(s), in order of preference, to which he or she the Flight Attendant desires to transfer. A Flight Attendant who is not awarded a transfer must submit a new transfer request before the tenth (10th) day of any calendar month. The electronic bidding procedure must provide a method of insuring that the bid has been submitted and for printing the bid and submission confirmation. 4. By the fifteenth (15th) day of each calendar month, all transfers shall be posted and shall be effective the first day of the month two (2) months following the month of the transfer award posting. 5. Transfers shall be awarded in system seniority order. Changes to or withdrawals of a transfer request are not allowed after the tenth (10th) of the calendar month in which the transfer request is submitted. A Flight Attendant may request release from the transfer due to a hardship if approved by the Vice President of Inflight or her designee. Transfer awards shall be posted at each base. 6. After the transfer process outlined in A.3. and D.2. is complete, the Company shall process mutual base transfer requests, in order of system seniority, between bases which have no vacancies. 7. A Flight Attendant awarded a base transfer is precluded from further voluntary base transfers for four (4) months. The Company may waive this restriction due to extenuating circumstances. A Flight Attendant who voluntarily transfers from one base to another shall retain the amount of vacation time awarded but shall not retain his or her previously selected vacation periods. The Flight Attendant shall be required to rebid vacation based on open vacation periods. A displaced Flight Attendant shall retain his or her previously selected vacation periods. 8. Subject to operational needs, the Company and the Flight Attendant shall coordinate the scheduling of a duty free period in which to accomplish the move as a result of a voluntary transfer. In the event that a previously scheduled trip falls within the moving period the Flight Attendant may do the following: a. Trade the trip. b. Drop the trip(s) as provided for in Section 8, Scheduling. c. Drop the trip(s) and sit reserve during another part of the bid period to make up for the lost time. d. Use earned vacation time and/or personal day to compensate for the value of the missed trip(s). B. New Base Hire Assignments 1. When hired, a Flight Attendant candidate shall be assigned to a base. All transfers shall be awarded in accordance with Section 15.A. prior to the assignment of a new hire Flight Attendant. 2. A new hire Flight Attendant shall not be eligible to transfer until completion of his or her probationary period. 3. After graduation, a Flight Attendant shall be allowed a total of four (4) days with pay to relocate prior to being assigned to duty. These four (4) days shall include one (1) day for travel to his or her base.