Common use of LONG STAGE LENGTH DUTY PERIOD ( Clause in Contracts

LONG STAGE LENGTH DUTY PERIOD (. “4k”) 1. At the Flight Attendant’s option, s/he may preference and may be awarded a sequence with one (1) or more Long Stage Length Duty Periods (“4k’s) as defined in Section 5 [Definitions]. 2. Crew Planning may construct 4k’s under the following parameters: a. Two leg maximum in the duty period. b. The scheduled sit time will not exceed seventy minutes (:70). c. Must depart from and return to the same domicile. d. The 4k will exceed ten hours and thirty minutes (10:30) but cannot exceed four-thousand (4,000) statute miles (i.e. two-thousand (2,000) statute miles per leg or four-thousand (4,000) statute miles round-trip). See Section 8.E. [Duty Period] for 4k reassignments. e. Crew Planning must consult with the Association Scheduling Chair on a monthly basis and during pairing construction for specific sequence selection. f. The 4k provided for in this Section may be built into a multi-day sequence; however, the exceptions to Section 8.E. [Duty Period] will only apply to the duty period that contains the 4k. g. Sequences containing 4k’s will be identified and placed into PBS for bid. In no circumstances will a Flight Attendant be awarded a sequence containing a 4k(s) via PBS unless s/he has indicated a preference for or has specifically bid for those sequences. 3. A maximum of ninety percent (90%) of the total 4k sequences will be built out of any single domicile for each bid month. a. Any domicile with five percent (5%) or more of the total number of single-duty period 4k sequences will be included in the ninety percent (90%) allocation. b. All other domiciles will be allocated 4k sequences in accordance with paragraph DD.4. below: 4. A minimum of ten percent (10%) of the 4k sequence(s) will be built and distributed in the remaining domiciles on an approximately equitable basis as follows: a. The number of 4k sequences at each domicile will be approximately proportionate to the number of active Flight Attendants in the domiciles. b. No single domicile in this group may be allocated more than five percent (5%) of the total number of 4k sequences. 5. Sequences containing a 4k(s) may be offered as Premium Open Time with a minimum one and one-half times (1.5x) premium. 6. Automated trading of 4k’s will be processed through E-maestro or a successor system. 7. Reserve Flight Attendants who self-assign into a 4k will be considered to have opted into the sequence. 8. A Flight Attendant who is awarded or accepts a sequence containing a 4k(s) of twelve hours and thirty minutes (12:30) or less will not be deemed to have waived the pay and crew rest provision in Sections 8.F. [Over-Duty Pay], 8.G. [Fourteen Hour (14:00) Duty...], Section 8.H. [Compensatory (Double-Out) Rest] and 8.M. [Domicile Rest]. 9. If there is an open position(s) on 4k sequence(s) and it is more than three (3) hours prior to departure the following will apply: a. The 4k sequence must be placed into Open Time per Section 12.E.1. [Open Time]. b. Crew Scheduling may reconfigure a 4k sequence consistent with Section 8.E. [Duty Period] to make all duty periods equal to or less than ten hours and thirty minutes (10:30) prior to assignment. If such reconfiguration occurs, the surviving legal sequence is no longer considered a 4k sequence. c. A Reserve may opt into a 4k sequence by preferencing it on the LTFA. Crew Scheduling may bypass the order of assignment to assign a 4k sequence to a Reserve who has preferenced 4k. A Reserve who preferences 4k, then subsequently receives a 4k assignment, must accept the sequence. If a Reserve preferences a 4k sequence the premium in 10.c., below, will not apply. d. If no such Reserve exists as referenced in 9.c., above, Crew Scheduling may offer a 4k sequence to another Reserve and must inform that Reserve the sequence contains a 4k duty period(s). S/he is not required to accept the sequence. If that Reserve declines the offer, the next Reserve in the appropriate order of assignment may be offered the 4k sequence under the same conditions of this provision. The process may be repeated until all available Reserves are exhausted. 10. If there is an open position(s) on 4k sequence(s) and it is three (3) hours or less prior to departure the following apply: a. Crew Scheduling may offer the 4k sequence to a Lineholder as a reassignment at check-in consistent with Section 10.R. [Reassignments]. Crew Scheduling must inform the Lineholder that the sequence contains a 4k duty period. S/he is not required to accept the assignment. If a Flight Attendant accepts the 4k sequence as a reassignment all provisions of Section 10.R. [Reassignments] will apply. If the Lineholder declines the offer, the next eligible Lineholder in seniority order may be offered the 4k sequence under the same conditions of this provision. The process may be repeated until all available Lineholders are exhausted consistent with Section 10.R. [Reassignments]. b. Crew Scheduling may reconfigure a 4k sequence consistent with Section 8.E. [Duty Period] to make all duty periods equal to or less than ten hours and thirty minutes (10:30) prior to assignment. If such reconfiguration occurs, the surviving legal sequence is no longer considered a 4k sequence. c. A Reserve may opt into a 4k sequence by preferencing it on the LTFA. Crew Scheduling may bypass the order of assignment to assign a 4k sequence to a Reserve who has preferenced 4k. A Reserve who preferences 4k, then subsequently receives a 4k assignment, must accept the sequence. If a Reserve preferences a 4k sequence the premium in 10.c., below, will not apply for involuntary 4k assignment will apply. d. Crew Scheduling may involuntarily assign a 4k sequence to a Reserve. The Reserve will be paid one and one-half times (1.5x) the trip rate for the entire sequence of which one times (1.0x) the trip rate will be credited toward the Reserve’s guarantee and one-half times (0.5x) the trip rate will be paid above the guarantee. 11. Crew Scheduling may create or reconfigure sequence(s) that contain a 4k only if the 4k was in a published sequence originally built by Crew Planning and due to irregular operations (including crew shortage) needs to be staffed. 12. Lineholders will not be required to accept or be reassigned to a 4k sequence. A sequence containing a 4k may not be assigned as a JA. 13. If a Flight Attendant domicile opens or closes, the parties will meet and agree on a revised 4k sequence distribution system

LONG STAGE LENGTH DUTY PERIOD (. “4k”) 1. At the Flight Attendant’s option, s/he may preference and may be awarded a sequence with one (1) or more Long Stage Length Duty Periods (“4k’s) as defined in Section 5 [Definitions]. 2. Crew Planning may construct 4k’s under the following parameters: a. Two leg maximum in the duty period. b. The scheduled sit time will not exceed seventy minutes (:70). c. Must depart from and return to the same domicile. d. The 4k will exceed ten hours and thirty minutes (10:30) but cannot exceed four-thousand (4,000) statute miles (i.e. two-thousand (2,000) statute miles per leg or four-thousand (4,000) statute miles round-trip). See Section 8.E. [Duty Period] for 4k reassignments. e. Crew Planning must consult with the Association Scheduling Chair on a monthly basis and during pairing construction for specific sequence selection. f. The 4k provided for in this Section may be built into a multi-day sequence; however, the exceptions to Section 8.E. [Duty Period] will only apply to the duty period that contains the 4k. g. Sequences containing 4k’s will be identified and placed into PBS for bid. In no circumstances will a Flight Attendant be awarded a sequence containing a 4k(s) via PBS unless s/he has indicated a preference for or has specifically bid for those sequences. 3. A maximum of ninety percent (90%) of the total 4k sequences will be built out of any single domicile for each bid month. a. Any domicile with five percent (5%) or more of the total number of single-duty period 4k sequences will be included in the ninety percent (90%) allocation. b. All other domiciles will be allocated 4k sequences in accordance with paragraph DD.4. below: 4. A minimum of ten percent (10%) of the 4k sequence(s) will be built and distributed in the remaining domiciles on an approximately equitable basis as follows: a. The number of 4k sequences at each domicile will be approximately proportionate to the number of active Flight Attendants in the domiciles. b. No single domicile in this group may be allocated more than five percent (5%) of the total number of 4k sequences. 5. Sequences containing a 4k(s) may be offered as Premium Open Time with a minimum one and one-half times (1.5x) premium. 6. Automated trading of 4k’s will be processed through E-maestro or a successor system. 7. Reserve Flight Attendants who self-assign into a 4k will be considered to have opted into the sequence. 8. A Flight Attendant who is awarded or accepts a sequence containing a 4k(s) of twelve hours and thirty minutes (12:30) or less will not be deemed to have waived the pay and crew rest provision in Sections 8.F. [Over-Duty Pay], 8.G. [Fourteen Hour (14:00) Duty...], Section 8.H. [Compensatory (Double-Out) Rest] and 8.M. [Domicile Rest]. 9. If there is an open position(s) on 4k sequence(s) and it is more than three (3) hours prior to departure the following will apply: a. The 4k sequence must be placed into Open Time per Section 12.E.112.E. 1. [Open Time]. b. Crew Scheduling may reconfigure a 4k sequence consistent with Section 8.E. [Duty Period] to make all duty periods equal to or less than ten hours and thirty minutes (10:30) prior to assignment. If such reconfiguration occurs, the surviving legal sequence is no longer considered a 4k sequence. c. A Reserve may opt into a 4k sequence by preferencing it on the LTFA. Crew Scheduling may bypass the order of assignment to assign a 4k sequence to a Reserve who has preferenced 4k. A Reserve who preferences 4k, then subsequently receives a 4k assignment, must accept the sequence. If a Reserve preferences a 4k sequence the premium in 10.c., below, will not apply. d. If no such Reserve exists as referenced in 9.c., above, Crew Scheduling may offer a 4k sequence to another Reserve and must inform that Reserve the sequence contains a 4k duty period(s). S/he is not required to accept the sequence. If that Reserve declines the offer, the next Reserve in the appropriate order of assignment may be offered the 4k sequence under the same conditions of this provision. The process may be repeated until all available Reserves are exhausted. 10. If there is an open position(s) on 4k sequence(s) and it is three (3) hours or less prior to departure the following apply: a. Crew Scheduling may offer the 4k sequence to a Lineholder as a reassignment at check-in consistent with Section 10.R. [Reassignments]. Crew Scheduling must inform the Lineholder that the sequence contains a 4k duty period. S/he is not required to accept the assignment. If a Flight Attendant accepts the 4k sequence as a reassignment all provisions of Section 10.R. [Reassignments] will apply. If the Lineholder declines the offer, the next eligible Lineholder in seniority order may be offered the 4k sequence under the same conditions of this provision. The process may be repeated until all available Lineholders are exhausted consistent with Section 10.R. [Reassignments]. b. Crew Scheduling may reconfigure a 4k sequence consistent with Section 8.E. [Duty Period] to make all duty periods equal to or less than ten hours and thirty minutes (10:30) prior to assignment. If such reconfiguration occurs, the surviving legal sequence is no longer considered a 4k sequence. c. A Reserve may opt into a 4k sequence by preferencing it on the LTFA. Crew Scheduling may bypass the order of assignment to assign a 4k sequence to a Reserve who has preferenced 4k. A Reserve who preferences 4k, then subsequently receives a 4k assignment, must accept the sequence. If a Reserve preferences a 4k sequence the premium in 10.c., below, will not apply for involuntary 4k assignment will apply. d. Crew Scheduling may involuntarily assign a 4k sequence to a Reserve. The Reserve will be paid one and one-half times (1.5x) the trip rate for the entire sequence of which one times (1.0x) the trip rate will be credited toward the Reserve’s guarantee and one-half times (0.5x) the trip rate will be paid above the guarantee. 11. Crew Scheduling may create or reconfigure sequence(s) that contain a 4k only if the 4k was in a published sequence originally built by Crew Planning and due to irregular operations (including crew shortage) needs to be staffed. 12. Lineholders will not be required to accept or be reassigned to a 4k sequence. A sequence containing a 4k may not be assigned as a JA. 13. If a Flight Attendant domicile opens or closes, the parties will meet and agree on a revised 4k sequence distribution system.