C. REPLACEMENT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS

1. Classification. Replacement Flight Attendants are regularly scheduled Flight Attendants and not reserves.

2. Categories. Replacement Flight Attendants fall into two (2) categories:

a. Regular Replacement (1) "Regular Replacement" Flight Attendants are Flight Attendants who are awarded a flying assignment consisting of preplanned required duty-free periods and "relief flying", defined as the trip sequence(s) left uncovered by a Flight Attendant with a planned vacation, whose vacation dates were published on the monthly bid sheet. (a) Vacation/replacement selections will be awarded according to procedures agreed upon by the Company and the APFA. (b) The assignment may include one or more days of availability, in accordance with 4.a. below, and/or unscheduled days off (DO). (c) A Flight Attendant's vacation will not be included for bid if s/he is on the planned reserve list or has fewer than ten (10) days vacation, unless the Company and the APFA agree to include vacations of less than ten (10) days. (d) Any vacation replacement selection containing reserve will be shown as "no bid" in the bid results and will not be awarded. (2) A Flight Attendant with one (1) or more AVBL days on her/his monthly activity record for reasons other than 4.a. below (e.g., Article 9.E. and 9.V.), will be considered a Regular Replacement Flight Attendant for such AVBL days for the purposes of this Article. b. Open Replacement (1) "Open Replacement" Flight Attendants are Flight Attendants who start out the month with either no assignment flying or have one (1) or more trip sequences which were not awarded/assigned based on a published vacation as described in 2.a. above. These Flight Attendants will have on their activity records preplanned required duty-free periods and may have included one (1) or more days of availability in accordance with 4.a. below, and/or unscheduled days off (DO). (2) A Flight Attendant awarded or assigned a Planned Duty-Free (PDF) Replacement schedule, pursuant to 5. below, is considered an Open Replacement Flight Attendant. (3) An Open Replacement Flight Attendant who is not on availability on the last day of the contractual month and has reached seventy-two hours one minute (72:01) or more in her/his greater-time-to-date (GTD) column shall be released from all remaining AVBL days. An Open Replacement Flight Attendant who has reached seventy-four hours one minute (74:01) or more in her/his GTD column and has an available day on the last day of the contractual month will also be released from that day. 53 (4) In the event the Company pre-plots a trip(s) on an Open Replacement Flight Attendant's schedule and the combination of the GTD and the Company pre-plotted trip(s) results in the Flight Attendant reaching seventy-two hours one minute (72:01), any AVBL days remaining on her/his schedule will be converted to DO's. In addition, it is understood that any credited absences on future AVBL days will also be added to GTD for purposes of release.

3. Schedule Adjustments Due to Legality and Qualifications. Adjustments may be made to a replacement schedule due to legality and qualifications.

4. Flight Attendant Obligation with Available (AVBL) Day(s)

a. "Available (AVBL) Days". Any replacement Flight Attendant scheduled with less than a seventy-two hour one minute (72:01) projection may have included AVBL days designated on the Flight Attendant's activity record as AVBL. The number of AVBL days shall be based on the following chart. The cumulative total time of pre-plotted trip assignments plus AVBL days shall not project the Flight Attendant in excess of the scheduled monthly maximum of seventy-seven (77) hours. The following chart is used as a limitation guide of the total pre-plotted AVBL days in relation to projection:

(1) A replacement Flight Attendant will receive three hours fifty-three minutes (3:53) of flight pay credit and flight time credit for each day of availability spent in paid meeting(s), paid classroom training, or on vacation, special assignment, union leave, personal emergency and paid sick leave. (2) A replacement Flight Attendant will receive three hours fifty-three minutes (3:53) of flight time credit for each day of availability while on unpaid sick, personal leave, credited military leave and suspension. b. Pre-Plotting of Open Time Trips. Replacement Flight Attendants shall be eligible to access open time ("pre-plot") in accordance with the provisions of paragraph K. of this Article. Pre-plotting exceptions for Open Replacement Flight Attendants are outlined in 9.K.1.e. c. Flight Attendant's Responsibility When AVBL. During periods of "availability" the unassigned replacement Flight Attendant should call Crew Schedule at his/her convenience, between the hours of 1000-1400, local base time, on each day preceding an AVBL day. At that time Crew Schedule will make known to the unassigned replacement Flight Attendant the choice of trips available the next day. If an unassigned replacement Flight Attendant is on a duty-free period on the preceding day and if voluntary contact is not made during these hours, it is mandatory that such Flight Attendant contact Crew Schedule as soon as the duty-free period is over. d. AVBL Open Time Assignment. Notwithstanding paragraph c. above, open time which exists at the beginning of the month, as well as open time which develops during the course of the month, may be assigned, to the extent possible, to Flight Attendants on AVBL days. However, the Company shall not pre-plot replacement Flight Attendants on Variable Staffing trip sequences seventy-two (72) hours or less prior to the day of departure of such trip sequences. 5. Planned Duty-Free Replacement Selections a. At bases where the total number of planned reserves is at a level of sixteen (16) or more Flight Attendants, the Company shall reduce that portion of the total number of reserves which were planned for the purpose of variable staffing by a minimum of forty percent (40%) unless the Company and the APFA otherwise agree to a lower percentage. b. Once established, the reduction number equal to a minimum of forty percent (40%) shall be used to determine the amount of planned duty-free replacement selection(s) offered for bid. c. Such selection(s) shall be of an amount equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the aforementioned reduction number and shall have eight (8) preplanned duty-free periods offered for bid on the selection. Two (2) additional duty-free periods shall be indicated on the activity record prior to the beginning of the contractual month. 6. Move-Up/Move-Back of AVBL Day. A replacement Flight Attendant may request to move a future AVBL day in the current contractual month to an earlier or later day in the same month by exchanging it with an unscheduled day off (DO) or a Duty-Free Period. A request to move up or move back an available day must be for a date which is still prospective.

7. AVBL days may be pre-plotted on the monthly trip selections (bid sheet) on any such trip selection scheduled for seventy hours (70:00) or less. The number of such AVBL days shall be predicated on the basis of one (1) AVBL day for each four hours ten minutes (4:10) or any portion thereof, below seventy hours one minute (70:01).

D. CHANGEOVER PAIRINGS

1. A changeover pairing is one which reflects a change in schedules that occurs between two (2) contractual months. Trip sequences as depicted in the Monthly Trip Selections reflect a commitment of flying only for that particular month. Changes that occur in the following month reflect a new commitment of flying.

2. Changeover pairings are listed on the base Trip Selection Header Sheet as "Prior Removals". They may be longer or shorter than the original pairing and may affect legality as well as trips to be flown or trips to be credited because of conflict with a Flight Attendant's vacation or training.

E. SCHEDULE CHANGES

Schedule changes may occur after the allocations have been received and trip selections awarded.

1. Major Changes. A post-selection schedule change may be of such magnitude as to precipitate an entirely different pattern of equipment and flight crew utilization. Under this condition, the blocks of flying time for each type of equipment originally allocated to the crew bases may change to some degree, creating the need for an entirely new trip selection. It is, therefore, possible to have more than one (1) trip selection during a contractual month.

2. Minor Changes. A post-selection schedule change is usually not great enough to warrant a re-selection of trips, i.e., the change only affects one (1) or two (2) bases or is small enough that the overall effect on the system is relatively slight. In such cases, the trips affected by the schedule change are reworked within the framework of the trip selections as they were awarded.

3. Flight Attendant Obligation in the Event of Schedule Changes. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph P. of this Article, in the event a Flight Attendant loses his/her entire month's trip selection or balance of his/her month's schedule because of a major or minor schedule change, including natural disaster and/or substitution of equipment, and/or extraordinary operational circumstances, the following shall apply: A Flight Attendant whose pay projection falls below his/her monthly guarantee as a result of the Schedule Change shall be held AVBL only on those days originally scheduled to fly (DOSTF) in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs C.4.b.,c., and d. of this Article.

F. TRIP SELECTION (BIDDING), SCHEDULE COVERAGE & NOTIFICATION

1. Calendar Bidding Period a. The monthly trip selections shall be distributed and made available to Flight Attendants for selection no later than 0001 of the seventeenth (17th) day of the contractual month. The due date for the bid ballot submission shall be no earlier than 0001 of the twenty-first (21st) day of the contractual month. Such bid ballot submission deadline may be deferred by the local Crew Schedule Office. Such deferral shall be noted on the monthly trip selection. Bid results shall be posted by midnight of the twenty-sixth (26th) day of the contractual month. 56 b. If extraordinary circumstances prevent the accomplishment of the above-stated time schedule, the Company will make every effort to adhere as closely as possible to such schedule. c. Changes to the bid sheet will be made available to all Flight Attendants by computer file and by posting at each crew base operations. The Company may make changes to the bid sheet up to twenty-four (24) hours prior to the actual time of bid closing. Changes made during the twenty-four (24) hours prior to the actual time of bid closing, other than the complete elimination of a trip selection, will be treated as a reassignment.

2. Bidding Responsibility. A Flight Attendant must submit, in writing, his/her preference for a trip selection. It is permissible for a Flight Attendant to submit his/her selection(s) through another Flight Attendant as long as such selections are in writing.

3. Bid Awards. Trip selections shall be awarded in accordance with seniority and the provisions of Article 13-Seniority General.

4. Notification of Bid Award/Subsequent Assignment. Each Flight Attendant at the base shall be furnished with a copy of his/her trip selection award, replacement schedule or reserve assignment on a Flight Attendant Activity Record. This record represents notification of the month's flying. When a Flight Attendant must be informed of an assignment not shown on his/her trip selection, replacement schedule or reserve assignment or when a change must be made in his/her schedule, notification must be made to and acknowledged by the Flight Attendant. Third party notifications are not acceptable.

5. Selecting to Fly Together - Buddy Bidding. Two or more Flight Attendants may bid to fly together according to the following provisions:

a. All Flight Attendant(s) involved must submit a bid ballot with the following information completed: (1) Names of the Flight Attendant(s) involved in the buddy bid. (2) Employee numbers. (3) System seniority numbers. (4) Signatures of all Flight Attendants involved in the buddy bid. b. Only the most junior Flight Attendant will list the trip selections desired on his/her bid ballot. c. The senior Flight Attendant(s) must accept the seniority of the most junior Flight Attendant. d. Awards/assignments shall be made in order of the first open positions available on the trip selection, regardless of the cabin involved. Such awards/assignments shall be made in order of the seniority of the Flight Attendants involved and by preference in positions as listed on the bid ballot. e. If Flight Attendants bidding to fly together desire positions in the same cabin, they must indicate this preference by bidding only those cabin positions desired. f. Flight Attendants bidding to fly together may bid two or more trip selections. (1) Such selections must be bid together and designated as one (1) unit. 57 (2) Awards/assignments shall be made in order of the first open positions available on any of the designated selections.

(3) Should a substitution of equipment occur during the month, Crew Schedule shall determine the assignment/reassignment of the Flight Attendants without regard to the buddy bid.

g. Flight Attendants bidding to fly together may be denied a selection(s) if the Flight Attendants involved do not possess the required qualifications for such selections, e.g., language, service, equipment.

6. Paper Bid

a. A "paper bid" is a trip selection awarded on paper to a Flight Attendant when it is known that s/he will be absent for the entire month so that the same trip selection may be awarded to the next most senior Flight Attendant bidding the selection. A Flight Attendant on a paper bid will receive the pay and/or credit (as applicable) of the trip selection awarded. For purposes of legality from one (1) month to the next, a Flight Attendant on a paper bid is considered to have flown the trip selection awarded.

b. A Flight Attendant shall be awarded a paper bid when it is known to Crew Schedule prior to the awarding of trip selections that s/he will be absent for the entire month as a result of:

(1) four (4) or more weeks of vacation,

(2) four (4) or more weeks of SLOA/Authorized Leave (PLOA/ULOA, etc.),

(3) four (4) or more weeks combination of (1) and (2) above.

7. Cancellation of Vacation/Authorized Leave

a. A Flight Attendant awarded a paper bid who has his/her vacation or authorized leave cancelled subsequently shall be assigned to a replacement schedule.

b. When not awarded a paper bid, the following guide shall be followed when a vacation or authorized leave is cancelled at the request of:

(1) the Flight Attendant: such Flight Attendant shall be assigned to a replacement schedule,

(2) the Company: reinstate such Flight Attendant's original schedule and adjust the replacement Flight Attendant's schedule.

8. Assignment of Unbid Selections and Open Replacement

a. If, after awarding flying assignments to all Flight Attendants who have made their selections, there are still some unselected regular and replacement assignments, these will be assigned by Crew Schedule in the following order:

(1) Flight Attendants who failed to submit a bid ballot, in reverse order of seniority, (2) Flight Attendants who submitted a bid ballot containing an insufficient number of bids and did not bid open replacement, in reverse order of seniority, 58 (3) Flight Attendants who submitted a bid ballot containing an insufficient number of bids and who did bid open replacement, in reverse order of seniority.

b. Flight Attendants who are left without an assignment for the month after the awarding of all published selections, whether regular or replacement, shall be assigned open replacement.

9. Bid Denial/Drafting

a. Bid Denial Due to Lack of Qualification/Trigger Training. In the event a Flight Attendant having sufficient seniority to be awarded a trip selection is denied such selection solely due to the lack of qualification, and training is required, the training shall be offered at least once every four (4) months to cover the following reasons for bid denial:

(1) Lack of service qualification contained within the selection; (2) Lack of initial equipment qualification contained within such selection; (3) Lack of new equipment qualification contained within such selection; so that if the training under (1), (2), and/or (3) as provided above is completed as offered, the Flight Attendant will be qualified to bid and be awarded a trip selection on such service and/or equipment in the months following training. b. Drafting: Purser/Foreign Language Qualification (1) A Flight Attendant who possesses a Purser and/or a foreign language qualification(s) shall be subject to drafting only on those trip selections which contain two (2) or more trip sequences requiring such qualification(s). The inclusion of a single trip sequence which requires a qualification(s) into a trip selection which is otherwise free of qualification(s) shall be avoided. A trip selection containing a single trip sequence which requires a foreign language and/or Purser qualification shall be awarded in accordance with seniority without regard to such qualification(s). A Flight Attendant awarded such trip selection who does not possess such required qualification(s), may trade the trip sequence containing the qualification(s) without regard to the qualification(s). (2) When drafting to fill trip selections requiring Purser and/or language qualified Flight Attendants, the Company may, if necessary, assign such trip selections in reverse order of seniority. There shall be no exception in such order of assignment, the vacation status of the Flight Attendant notwithstanding.

10. Notice of Meetings and Training

a. Required meetings and training schedule information will be provided on the monthly allocation. b. Regularly scheduled Flight Attendants will be scheduled for required meetings and/or training through self sign-up, except the Company may elect to preplan and indicate on the monthly trip selection FAA required training. c. A Flight Attendant may trade required meetings and training date(s) through an automated system. The Company will maintain either the Help Desk or a comparable system to assist Flight Attendants with training needs.

ARTICLE 9 - SCHEDULING (Continued)