Common use of OPENING AND CLOSING OF DOMICILES Clause in Contracts

OPENING AND CLOSING OF DOMICILES. 1. If possible, the Company shall advise the Union and the Flight Attendants of its decision to open or close domiciles at least sixty (60) days prior to the effective date. 2. If, during the terms of this Agreement, the Company chooses to open additional Flight Attendant domiciles, the following rules shall apply: a. If possible, the Company will notify the Union in writing at least sixty (60) days prior to the opening of a Flight Attendant domicile. b. The Company will announce the new domicile vacancies via CrewTrac message to all Flight Attendants and post it, in writing, at each domicile crew lounge for a period no fewer than seven (7) calendar days. The announcement shall state the new domicile location, number of positions available, their effective date, and any other relevant information. c. All voluntary transfers to the new domicile will be awarded in seniority order of active and available Flight Attendants, system wide, from the new domicile bid awards on file. Any remaining vacancies in the new domicile will be filled in reverse seniority order, system wide, or awarded to new hire Flight Attendants. d. Vacancy awards for the new domicile must be posted at each domicile crew lounge in two (2) business days, but no later than five (5) calendar days, after the closing of the bids. The affected Flight Attendants must be sent written notification, via CrewTrac message, of the vacancy award at the time of the posting. e. A Flight Attendant who is awarded or assigned a permanent position at a new domicile shall be given no fewer than twenty (20) days, unless extenuating circumstances exist, then it may be reduced to no fewer than fourteen (14) days from the vacancy posting to report to the new domicile. 3. If, during the terms of this Agreement, the Company chooses to close, or reduce the number of Flight Attendants in a domicile by more than twenty-five percent (25%) in a thirty (30) day period, the following rules shall apply: a. If possible, the Company will notify the Union in writing at least sixty (60) days prior to the closing of a domicile or the reduction of the number of Flight Attendants at a domicile by more than twenty-five percent (25%) in a thirty (30) day period. b. In the event that a reduction of Flight Attendants by more than twenty-five percent (25%) in a thirty (30) day period occurs in a domicile, this reduction will be posted by the Company as a domicile bid at least sixty (60) days prior to the effective date of the reduction, if possible. c. If an insufficient number of Flight Attendants bid to leave the affected domicile, Flight Attendants will be displaced in reverse seniority order.