Open Time Pick Up. 1. The open time remaining when bids are final and any new open time will be posted as it becomes available.
Open Time Pick Up. 1. The open time remaining when bids are final and any new open time will be posted as it becomes available.
2. Requests for Automated transactions will be submitted in DECS via Sabre or its replacement. Bids for manually processed Daily Open Time may be submitted via e-mail, the computer system (RF) or, on the day of the operations, by telephone if followed up in writing. Bids will close each day at 1200 noon CT for all known daily open time for the following day and for each subsequent day throughout the remainder of the month. Manual transactions will be processed as received and awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
3. Automated bids will be processed and awarded as they are received on a 24-hour basis. Manual submissions will be processed as they are received during normal Swaps and Drops hours. Any requests that can be processed through the automated system should not be submitted manually.
4. Between the time a request for manual processing of a pairing is received and the time it is processed, another Flight Attendant may submit an automated request for the same pairing. This would result in the pairing being properly awarded to the automated request.
5. Following the final bid award, the Company may utilize open time for the purposes of conducting Initial Operating Experience (IOE).
I. Pairing Trades/Optional Exchanges Between Flight Attendants 1. A Flight Attendant, other than a Reserve, may trade a pairing with another Flight Attendant, or pick up a pairing from another Flight Attendant on her/his day off so long as it does not create a scheduling conflict.
Open Time Pick Up. A Pilot may pick up open time if he is qualified and current, it does not jeopardize any scheduled trip pairing(s), and complies with FAR requirements. Open time will be paid at 100% of line value.
