Line Construction. 1. Bid lines with a majority of flight time in the forty- eight (48) contiguous United States will be constructed not to exceed ninety-two hours and thirty minutes (92:30). All other bid lines will be constructed not to exceed ninety-seven hours (97:00). Flight attendants who are awarded any line with less than seventy hours (70:00) original flight time line projection will be pay protected up to seventy hours (70:00).
2. If sufficient vacations are scheduled in any month such that the time vacated can make a complete line of vacation relief, such lines will be posted as a regular bid. Vacation relief lines will not change after bids are posted. However, if a vacation slot is dropped due to leave of absence, resignation, etc., that vacation relief line will no longer be valid. Vacation relief lines will be guaranteed at least seventy hours (70:00). Remaining vacation time will be placed in open time for use for adjustments, trip trades, and/or move-up lines.
3. Reserve bid lines may include, but are not limited to, Airport Alert duty and Charter Reserve.
4. Flight attendants available for a full bid month will have a minimum of eight (8) days off at their base.
5. Time permitting, charters, extra sections and scenic flights (excluding variable staffing positions) assigned to a base which are not in the bid lines will be placed in open time unless a particular flight attendant(s) has been requested by the charter organization.
6. The Company will not schedule any pairing with more than one (1) segment following a red-eye flight segment, and in no case will a flight attendant be reassigned to fly more than two (2) segments following a red-eye flight segment. For purposes of this paragraph, a red-eye flight is one which is scheduled to depart before 0200 and scheduled to terminate after 0400, local time.
7. Relief from all duty on domestic trips for not less than one (1) twenty-four hour (24:00) period will be provided to each flight attendant at her/his base at least once during any seven (7) consecutive calendar days. Relief from all duty on international trips for not less than one (1) twenty-four hour (24:00) period will be provided to each flight attendant during any seven (7) consecutive calendar days. Relief from all duty on international trips for not less than one (1) twenty-four hour (24:00) period will be provided to each reserve flight attendant at her/his base at least once during any seven (7) consecutive calendar days, unless assigned to a trip...
Line Construction. 1. The Company will construct as many Regular lines as practicable, taking into consideration the recommendations of the Union Scheduling Committee Chair and giving consideration to operational issues and overall cost.
Line Construction a. All Reserve Lines must contain a minimum of two (2) consecutive reserve days in each reserve sequence coming out of the PBS award.
Line Construction. 1. Each calendar month will be one bid month except for the below months: January 30 days Jan 1-30 February* 30 days Jan 31-Mar 1 March 30 days March 2-March 31 *Leap Year will make February a 31-day bid period 2. Each lineholder bidline will contain a minimum of twelve (12) days off per bid month.
Line Construction. Each Company agrees severally to procure in its own name all necessary right of way for, and itself to construct, operate and maintain the portion of the 345 KV transmission line which it is to own. The Companies shall jointly plan and design the line prior to the commencement of construction in order to assure adequacy and compatibility of each portion thereof to perform its intended purpose at completion and for a reasonable period in the future.
Line Construction. 1. Lines of flying will be constructed between seventy-five (75) and ninety (90) credit hours based on a 30/31 day month. A variety of bid lines will be constructed, with priority given to constructing lines with similar trips (e.g. single day trips or multi-day trips or CDO’s etc.), recognizing that a number of variables including flying allotted to the domicile, weekend/holiday schedule adjustments, etc. may make it difficult to build “pure” lines.
2. A maximum of ten percent (10%) of the flying may be held out of lines and placed into open flying.
3. Hard lines will be constructed with a minimum of eleven (11) calendar days off in domicile in a bid month. Reserve and Build-up lines will be constructed with a minimum of eleven (11) calendar days off in domicile.
4. All schedules will be constructed with a minimum of one (1) calendar day free from duty within a seven (7) calendar day period in domicile.
5. As many co-domicile lines as possible shall be built with trips that begin and end at the same airport. In the event there are leftover trips, mixed lines may be built.
6. Trips will be constructed with no more than fourteen (14) hours of duty time scheduled. No more than 10% of all duty days in the system or more than 20% of all constructed duty days per bid period in any domicile will be built in excess of twelve and one-half (12.5) hours of duty time.
7. Hard Lines. Hard lines of time shall consist of trips, trip series, and days off. During hard line construction, single days off, except for the first and last day of the bid period, shall not count toward the minimum days off. This rule shall not apply when lines are being built for a Flight Attendant returning from a leave of absence in accordance with paragraph D, below. Hard lines of time may contain charter flying and will contain no out of base trips. Hard lines may only contain reserve days during the interface period in accordance with Section 7.G.5. Reserve days will not be placed on the originally scheduled days off.
Line Construction. 1. The Company will construct as many Regular lines as practicable, taking into consideration the recommendations of the Union Scheduling Committee Chair and giving consideration to operational issues and overall cost.
2. Bid Year For scheduling, bidding and pay purposes, a Bid Year shall consist of twelve (12) Bid Months, each containing no less than twenty-eight (28) days and no more than thirty-two
Line Construction. 1. The Company will construct as many Regular lines as practicable, taking into consideration the recommendations of the Union Scheduling Committee Chair and giving consideration to operational issues and overall cost.
2. Bid Year
3. Minimum Days Off Extra day off for reserves so now all FAs have the same amount of days off
a. A Full-Time Line Holding Flight Attendant shall have the following minimum days off in domicile: 12 days off in a 32-day bid month; 11 days off in a 31- or 30-day bid month; and 10 days off in a 29- or 28-day bid month. Protects min. days off – average of 11 per month.
b. A Full-Time Reserve Flight Attendant shall have the following minimum days off in domicile: 12 days off in a 32-day bid month; 11 days off in a 31- or 30- day bid month; and 10 days off in a 29- or 28-day bid month.
c. A Full-Time Flight Attendant shall have a minimum of one-hundred thirty-two (132) days off in any Bid Year.
d. A Flight Attendant may voluntarily waive minimum days off by adding duty time or reserve days to his/her line.
e. A Full Time Flight Attendant who is not available for the entire bid month shall have his/her minimum days off prorated in accordance with the following proration chart: DAYS OFF PRORATION CHART [See Appendix A this Section 5] 4. Line Construction Single-day reserve exception removed
a. All Reserve Lines must contain a minimum of two (2) consecutive reserve days in each reserve sequence coming out of the PBS award (See Section 5.F.11.).
Line Construction. It is the intent of this section to provide policies as to how Crewmembers will be scheduled. The policies contained herein are absolute minimums to protect Crewmembers, they are not intended to represent the norm.
Line Construction. The process of building Trip Pairings, Reserve Days, Days Off, Known Absences, and Pre-Awarded Assignments (e.g., Training) into a Flight Attendant’s Schedule. 105. Line Holder – A Flight Attendant who is awarded a Hard Line or a Composite Line. 106. Line Flight Attendant – A Flight Attendant who is not a Management Flight Attendant, as described in the Agreement, and who is covered by the Agreement.
