Irregular Operation definition

Irregular Operation. (IROP) means severe weather or unforeseen event(s) (for example, a terrorist attack, power outage, etc.) that significantly affect flight operations at any of the Company’s domicile(s) as determined by the Operations Control Center (OCC).

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Irregular Operation. (IROP) means severe weather or other unforeseen event(s) 26 that significantly affect flight operations at any of the Company’s domicile(s) as 27 determined by the Operations Control Center (OCC). 28

Irregular Operation means the use by an Airline or a Tab F designated Affiliated Airline of one of the Airline’s Preferential Use Gates for an off-scheduled arrival or departure of an otherwise scheduled flight, or any flight by the Airline or Affiliated Airline that is not scheduled at one of its Preferential Use Gates that needs to operate at such gate for reasons outside the Airline’s control or for other commercially reasonable purposes.

Examples of Irregular Operation in a sentence

• When IROP conditions are encountered or are expected, the Vice President, Flight Operations, or his/her designee, may declare an Irregular Operation Plan (IROP).

• This paragraph G does not apply to any accommodations that the Company may provide during anticipated or actual Irregular Operation (IROPS) or any accommodations that may be provided by the Company associated with TDY or other special assignments.

• Except during a Declared Irregular Operation, if she/he has accumulated twelve (12) or more hours of duty time, she/he will be Released to Rest at that time.

• A Declared Irregular Operation (DIO) is defined as a short-term event, including a meteorological condition, technology outage, issue or failure, or other event that delays and/or cancels or that is predicted to delay or cancel at least 25% of the total system flight segments within a 24-hour period.

• The 12-hour processing limit will not apply during a Declared Irregular Operation.

• If an Airline’s Irregular Operation interferes with the operation of an Airline temporarily assigned to the Airline’s Preferential Gate, the Airline with the Preferential Gate shall retain scheduling priority in that particular instance, but shall work with and make commercially reasonable efforts to accommodate the Airline at another of its Preferential Gates that may be located in the same Concourse as the Preferential Gate and that can accommodate the size of the scheduled Airline’s aircraft.

• If the Gate Accommodating Airline’s or the Gate Requesting Airline’s Irregular Operation exceed the Period of Use on Airline’s Preferential Use Gate, then that Passenger Carrier may be required by Authority to immediately vacate the Preferential Use Gate, at its sole expense.

• In the event an Irregular Operation of the Accommodating Airline prevents this accommodation, the Accommodating Airline shall accommodate the Requesting Airline during the Period(s) of Use specified in the notice from City on another Preferential Use Gate assigned to the Accommodating Airline, provided, however that the Accommodating Airline selects a Gate on the same concourse and uses reasonable efforts to select a Gate in close proximity to the Designated Gate.

More Definitions of Irregular Operation

Irregular Operation means an off-schedule arrival or departure of a Scheduled Operation.‌

Irregular Operation means an off-schedule arrival or departure of a Scheduled Operation at a particular Gate or any flight that is not a Scheduled Operation at a particular Gate, but needs to operate at that Gate for reasons outside an Passenger Carrier’s control or for other commercially reasonable purposes.