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 2. The Company will proffer "chase" assignments in seniority order by using a list of qualified "chase" Flight Attendants. A "chase" Flight Attendant will not be proffered subsequent "chase" trips until other Flight Attendants on the "chase" assignment list are proffered "chase" assignments.
3. When a Flight Attendant performs "chase" duties during scheduled days off, pay (no credit) shall be remitted for the trip or trips involved in the "chase" activities. 4. If it becomes necessary to remove a Flight Attendant from a regularly scheduled trip sequence for a "chase"assignment, and if the "chase" Flight Attendant volunteers to do so, s/he will be paid and credited for the trip or trips involved in the "chase" activities, or the trip sequence from which s/he was removed, whichever is greater. 5. Expense monies in the prior two categories shall be remitted in accordance with Article 4.A. of this Agreement "...prorated to the nearest minute, from the reporting time as set forth in Article 7.L. through the debriefing period following the trip that returns the Flight Attendant to his/her home base station". 6. If it becomes necessary to remove a Flight Attendant from reserve duty for a "chase" assignment, pay and credit and trip expenses will be remitted for the trip or trips involved in the "chase" activities. 7. "Chase" Flight Attendants will receive all contractually required legal rest. 8. Voluntary Galley Proficiency Training will be offered to Flight Attendants on a first come/first serve basis on days off only, without the need for trip removals. A Flight Attendant may attend more than one (1) Voluntary Galley Proficiency Training session, however, the Company will only pay for one (1) such Voluntary Galley Proficiency Training session in accordance with Article 3.H.2. If necessary, as determined by the Company, Flight Attendants attending Voluntary Galley Proficiency Training will also receive room, board, A-12 round trip travel and ground transportation; however, the Company will only provide room, board, A-12 round trip travel and ground transportation for one (1) such Voluntary Galley Proficiency Training session. N. NOTIFICATION OF DELAY When a Flight Attendant's originating trip of the day is delayed and s/he is notified of this delay prior to leaving for the airport, his/her duty day begins at his/her rescheduled report time. If Crew Schedule is unable to reach the Flight Attendant before s/he departs for the field, and s/he reports for the original departure time, his/her duty day begins at the originally scheduled report time. However, if the call is placed by Crew Schedule three (3) hours or more prior to the originally scheduled departure time and the Flight Attendant cannot be contacted, s/he will be considered notified. Crew Schedule will use its best efforts to notify a Flight Attendant affected by a delay as soon as practicable after Crew Schedule becomes aware of the delay. O. RESCHEDULING Rescheduling can occur as the result of irregular operations due to weather delays, equipment delays, cancellations, crew shortages and misconnections. In the event of irregular operations, Flight Attendants who are assigned together will, to the extent possible, be kept together. If a cabin crew is to be split due to reschedule, a reserve, if a member of the crew, should be rescheduled prior to a regularly scheduled crew member. P. MISCONNECTION/ ILLEGALITY/CANCELLATION (MIC) 1. Mid-Sequence. A misconnection, illegality, or cancellation (MIC) during the course of a trip sequence shall have no impact on a Flight Attendant's monthly guarantee and the Flight Attendant shall have no obligation following his/her return to base; provided, however, that prior to his/her return to base, s/he may be deadheaded or rescheduled as determined by Crew Schedule. 2. Sequence Origination Other Than the Last Trip of the Month. When a regularly scheduled Flight Attendant's originating flight has a misconnect, illegality or cancellation (MIC) at trip sequence origination, excluding schedule conflict and the last trip of the month, such Flight Attendant shall contact Crew Schedule to determine if s/he shall be assigned/rescheduled or held available for further duty in accordance with 2.a. through d. below or released in accordance with 2.e. below. Crew Schedule may: The Flight Attendant may not at his/her request deadhead to cover his/her return trip, if this will cause a double deadhead. Once the MIC has occurred, a Flight Attendant may not move his/her duty-free period(s) or schedule a non-flying assignment onto a day legally available for assignment, as provided in this paragraph P., without Crew Schedule approval until such time as s/he has fulfilled his/her obligation as provided herein. 3. Assignments Resulting From A MIC Trip Sequence During The First Twenty-Five (25) Or Twenty-Six (26) Days Of The Month. The following shall apply to the assignment of a regularly scheduled Flight Attendant pursuant to paragraphs 2.a. through d. above, as a result of a MIC during the first twenty-five (25) or twenty-six (26) days of a month (depending on the length of the contractual month): A Flight Attendant shall have fulfilled and be released from his/her obligation under this paragraph P. if s/he has: 4. Release From A MIC Trip Sequence During The First Twenty-Five (25) Or Twenty-Six (26) Days Of The Month. The following shall apply to the release of a regularly scheduled Flight Attendant, pursuant to paragraph 2.e. above, as a result of a MIC occurring the first twenty-five (25) or twenty-six (26) days of a month (depending on the length of the contractual month): | a. A Flight Attendant whose pay projection, excluding any chase no-credit flying, after taking into account the MIC, is at or above his/her applicable monthly guarantee, when released by Crew Schedule, shall have no further obligation, as provided for in this paragraph P; or b. A Flight Attendant whose pay projection, excluding any chase no-credit flying, after taking into account the MIC, is below his/her applicable monthly guarantee when released by Crew Schedule, shall select from the following: | (1) S/he may elect to forego any additional obligation. In such event, the trip sequence missed due to the MIC (the "MIC trip sequence") will be treated as a trip trade down in hours for purposes of guarantee reduction and the Flight Attendant shall have his/her guarantee reduced to equal the new projection, as provided in Article 25.G. However, such Flight Attendant shall be eligible to access open time ("pre-plot"), in accordance with paragraph K. of this Article, and/or trip trade with open time or another Flight Attendant, in accordance with Article 25.A. and C. of this Agreement, up to his/her monthly maximum, i.e., No Option or Option I, as applicable; or | | | (2) S/he may elect to protect his/her applicable monthly guarantee, or reduced guarantee (if the Flight Attendant has reduced his/her guarantee prior to the MIC through a previous guarantee adjustment), by incurring a "comparable day(s)" obligation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5. below. | 5. Release: Comparable Days/Protection Of Monthly Guarantee Or Reduced Guarantee. If released by Crew Schedule, a Flight Attendant may protect his/her monthly guarantee (or reduced guarantee if such Flight Attendant has reduced his/her guarantee through a previous guarantee adjustment) by agreeing to make him/herself available for assignment on a pre-determined number of unscheduled days off during the remainder of the contractual month ("Comparable Days"), as described herein: | a. The Company shall designate the comparable day(s); however, the Company shall attempt to honor Flight Attendant preferences for a designated comparable day(s), whenever possible. A Flight Attendant whose preference for a comparable day(s) is not honored may elect to forego his/her comparable day(s) obligation as provided herein and be released with no further obligation, under this paragraph P., with the hours lost treated as a trip trade down in time. b. The number of Comparable Days required for monthly guarantee protection shall be equal to the number of calendar days contained within the MIC trip sequence, except that: | (1) If a Flight Attendant is notified of a MIC after reporting for duty, the comparable day(s) obligation shall be one (1) less day than the number of calendar days contained within the MIC trip sequence. (2) In cases of an overfly which causes an illegality removal due to a direct conflict, the comparable day(s) obligation will be equal to the number of calendar days of the MIC trip sequence less any day(s) of overfly flown into a day(s) of the MIC trip sequence. (3) If a Flight Attendant's monthly activity record reflects fewer unscheduled days off remaining in the contractual month than the days obligated, then such Flight Attendant shall satisfy the comparable day(s) obligation by remaining available on all remaining unscheduled days off. (4) If a Flight Attendant's monthly activity record reflects that s/he has no unscheduled days off for the remainder of the contractual month, s/he will be deemed to have satisfied his/her comparable day(s) obligation. (5) A Flight Attendant with a comparable day(s) obligation shall maintain contact with Crew Schedule on each day prior to a comparable day during a four (4) hour period specified by Crew Schedule. If the Flight Attendant is on a duty-free period and contact is not made, the Flight Attendant must contact Crew Schedule as soon as the duty-free period is over. If a Flight Attendant's MIC occurs after the normal call-in window, the Company may designate an earlier call-in period for the next day to allow for an assignment for that next day. A Flight Attendant may be subject to multiple assignments up to the monthly maximums, i.e., No Option or Option I, as applicable, provided that such assignment does not conflict with a duty-free period or another trip sequence. Once such Flight Attendant has been assigned up to his/her applicable monthly guarantee, s/he shall have no further obligation to the Company. | | | | | 6. Cancellation/Illegality Protection - Last Trip During The Last Five (5) Days Of The Month a. A regularly scheduled Flight Attendant whose last trip sequence (including a trip sequence obtained by make-up, Optional Exchange or Option II) on his/her trip selection is scheduled to originate during the last five (5) days of the contractual month, and as a result of a cancellation/illegality of all or part of such sequence, does no flying, shall be paid and credited on a scheduled basis for such trip sequence, provided such Flight Attendant attempts to recover the time lost through make-up flying request. To qualify for this cancellation/illegality protection, a Flight Attendant should make an effort to fly any trip sequence for which s/he is legal and available that originates up to eight (8) hours after the scheduled termination time of the original trip sequence that was cancelled or from the trip sequence such Flight Attendant was removed due to illegality. b. A Flight Attendant who declines the opportunity to make up a trip as provided in a. above, shall forfeit cancellation/illegality pay. c. A Flight Attendant who successfully makes up a trip, but in so doing is paid and credited with less time than was contained in the original cancelled/illegal trip sequence shall be paid and credited with the difference between the trip sequence flown and the trip sequence for which s/he was protected. d. Pay protection is limited to the hours scheduled to be flown during the contractual month in which the trip sequence was scheduled to originate. e. The make-up obligation/make-up flying shall not extend beyond the contractual month in which the cancellation/illegality occurred. f. The provisions of a. through e. above will also apply to those instances of cancellation or illegality on the originating leg of the trip sequence, at home base, co-terminal or satellite base, following a ground interruption. These provisions will also apply to an air interruption as defined in Article 8.B.2. This does not include trip sequence cancellation or illegality after the first flight leg. | Q. CONSOLIDATION When flights are consolidated, the Flight Attendants originally assigned to the surviving trip number will normally operate the flight. However, the nature of a specific trip pairing may dictate that the Flight Attendants from the "cancelled" flight operate the surviving trip. R. MOVE-UPS When a trip assigned to an out-of base crew is uncovered due to the late arrival of the turnaround or layover crew, Flight Attendants should be moved-up as operational requirements dictate. Move-ups shall be considered reassignments. S. ILLEGALITY 1. When a late arrival or overflying causes a Flight Attendant to be illegal for his/her next scheduled trip sequence(s), s/he shall be subject to the provisions of paragraph P. of this Article. 2. An illegality shall include those instances of removal of a Flight Attendant from a flight due to either a lack of qualification and/or reduced manning requirement, as the result of a substitution of equipment. T. TRIPS MISSED-ASSUMED LEGALITY (PAPER LEGAL) A Flight Attendant who is relieved from flying duties for a paid absence including, but not limited to, vacation, sick leave, training, jury duty, union leave, displacement, personal emergency, shall not assume the legality of the trip sequence(s) from which s/he is removed. However, a Flight Attendant shall be considered illegal and shall be removed from any trip in the following circumstances: 1. when there is a "direct conflict" between the two trip sequences, i.e., the second trip sequence is scheduled to depart prior to the scheduled arrival of the first; or 2. the amount of time between the scheduled arrival of the first trip sequence and the scheduled departure of the second trip sequence is less than the applicable report and debrief period combined. U. ASSIGNMENT OF OPEN PURSER POSITIONS During the process of providing coverage for an open Purser position, should Crew Schedule be unable to fill the position prior to the assignment of a qualified Purser reserve, as provided in paragraph L.3. of this Article (Open Time - Order of Open Time Coverage), the following procedures shall apply: 1. If one (1) or more qualified Purser(s) are working such trip sequence and have indicated a desire to be assigned the Purser position should it become available, the open Purser position shall be assigned to the most senior such Purser except: 2. In the event that the provisions of paragraph 1. above fail to provide a qualified Purser for an open Purser position, time and operational needs permitting, Crew Schedule may: 3. In the event the procedures of paragraphs 1. and 2. herein have not resulted in the assignment of a qualified Purser to the open position, Crew Schedule may, based on operational requirements, elect to fill such Purser position without regard to the required foreign language qualification. In such case, Crew Schedule shall assign the open Purser position to the most senior language qualified Purser who has indicated a desire to be assigned the Purser position should it become available. 4. In the event the above procedures have not resulted in the assignment of a qualified Purser to the open position, the Purser position shall be filled either by proffering the open position to the cabin crew in seniority order or by using the procedures of Open Time as provided in this Article, irrespective of the Purser qualification. V. TRIP SELECTION/GUARANTEE ADJUSTMENT 1. A Flight Attendant who has not exercised the provisions of Article 7.C. or 7.D. and who becomes over-projected as a result of flying a trip sequence which originates in one (1) month and terminates in the subsequent month, or as a result of overflying within a contractual month, will have such over-projection handled in the following manner: |
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