ARTICLE 12 - FILLING OF VACANCIES A.  TRANSFER REQUESTS A Flight Attendant who desires to transfer to a different base may file a request for transfer to the base(s) to which s/he desires to transfer. When vacancies (as defined by the Company) expected to last ninety (90) days or longer occur at any base, the Flight Attendant having the most system seniority who is qualified to perform the job and had a Request for Transfer on file for transfer to the base where the vacancy exists, shall be transferred to fill the vacancy. A Flight Attendant in a non-flying status will be allowed to transfer if his/her report to base can be accomplished on schedule. Vacancies beyond the filling of the vacancy created by the first transferee may be filled by the Company at its option. Upon transfer, the Flight Attendant shall not have the request for another transfer honored for a period of three (3) months from the date of transfer. B. TRAVEL AND RELOCATION TIME 1. Travel and Pre/Post-Indoctrination Forty-Eight. Any Flight Attendant transferred to fill such a vacancy shall be available to begin the assignment on the date set by the Company which shall be not less than seven (7) days from the date notified of the assignment. Travel time will be established in advance and will be dependent upon the Flight Attendant's election to travel by air or drive his/her automobile. A Flight Attendant driving his/her automobile will be allowed one (1) day for each four hundred and fifty (450) miles, based on the most direct route, from origination to his/her new location. A Flight Attendant will be granted a forty-eight (48) hour period free of duty either prior to base indoctrination or after completion of base indoctrination. If the forty-eight (48) hour period is granted prior to base indoctrination, such forty-eight (48) hour period will be in addition to travel time. This forty-eight (48) hour period free from duty may be waived at the Flight Attendant's option. | | C. VACANCIES IN EXCESS OF TRANSFER REQUESTS If no Requests for Transfer are on file at the time the vacancy occurs, the vacancy may be filled, at the discretion of the Company, by: 1. Assigning the most junior qualified Flight Attendant at any base having an excess of Flight Attendants, or 2. Hiring a new Flight Attendant. D. RESCINDING OF TRANSFER A Flight Attendant may rescind a transfer upon notification. A supervisor shall personally notify the Flight Attendant that the transfer award has been made. The Flight Attendant shall advise the Company immediately upon the personal notification of the transfer award that the transfer request is rescinded. The Flight Attendant shall confirm the rescindment in writing. Once a Flight Attendant refuses an opportunity to transfer, the transfer request on file will be considered withdrawn. A multiple transfer to more than one base will also be considered withdrawn. 1. In the event that rescinded transfer(s) would cause insufficient staffing at the base to which transfer was requested, as determined by the Company, the junior Flight Attendant(s) who has a transfer request(s) on file, will be denied the option of rescinding such transfer in order to ensure that base vacancies are filled. 2. No Flight Attendant shall exercise this rescind option more than two (2) times in any twelve (12) month period nor more than one (1) time in any ninety (90) day period. 3. Prior to the processing of a transfer request, such request may be withdrawn in writing. E. TEMPORARY VACANCIES Vacancies in positions expected to continue ninety (90) days or less will be considered temporary vacancies. In filling such vacancies, the Company may request any Flight Attendant willing to accept, or may assign to the position the most junior qualified Flight Attendant at any base having an excess of Flight Attendants. F. TRANSPORTATION When Flight Attendants are transferred at their own request, the Company shall furnish space-available transportation to the extent permitted by law, and all other expenses incident thereto shall be borne by the Flight Attendant. G. MUTUAL TRANSFERS The Company will establish a method of allowing Domestic Flight Attendants from different Domestic base stations to mutually transfer as provided herein. 1. The Company may permit the processing of Domestic Mutual Transfers at any time at the option of the Company without regard to normal transfer activity, as described in paragraph A. of this Article, at a particular base or throughout the system. If, however, there is an absence of such transfer activity at a base for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days, the Company will begin processing Domestic Mutual Transfer requests to the base. 2. A Flight Attendant who desires a Domestic Mutual Transfer shall submit a transfer request to the Company, indicating a desire for a mutual transfer. 3. The Company will maintain a list of Flight Attendants requesting Domestic Mutual Transfers and review the operational needs at each base prior to processing. Domestic Mutual Transfers will be processed in system seniority order. Flight Attendants may be required to possess the same equipment/service qualifications and/or the same language qualifications. The Company will not be required to process more than ten (10) Domestic Mutual Transfers into any base in any given month. 4. When a transfer match is made, those Flight Attendants desiring the Domestic Mutual Transfer shall be notified by the Company. If the transfer is accepted by both Flight Attendants, such transfer shall be effective on the first day of the next month as defined in the Basic Agreement. A Flight Attendant may decline the Domestic Mutual Transfer offer; however, his/her Domestic Mutual Transfer request will be removed from the Domestic Mutual Transfer list. If either Flight Attendant rescinds such transfer request upon notification, the Domestic Mutual Transfer is voided. 5. If the Flight Attendant accepts the Domestic Mutual Transfer offer, he/she must remain at the new base for a period of three (3) months. 6. The Domestic Mutual Transfer shall be at the Flight Attendant's expense. 7. A Flight Attendant involved in a Domestic Mutual Transfer shall be responsible for rearranging his/her schedule to avoid trip sequence conflicts. If the Flight Attendant cannot rearrange his/her schedule to avoid a conflict, the Flight Attendant shall be removed from the trip sequence at the Company's option, and the Flight Attendant shall not be paid or credited for the trip removal and the monthly guarantee shall be reduced accordingly. 8. In order to facilitate arrangement of mutual transfers, the Company will make available to Flight Attendants a list of the qualifications typically required and/or held at a particular base. H. TRANSFER WHILE ON INJURY ON DUTY 1. Any Flight Attendant who would otherwise have been awarded a base transfer, but is unable to be awarded the transfer or report to base on the effective date because of injury on duty status, shall have a priority right to be awarded the next transfer to that base following his/her medical clearance. It is the Flight Attendant's responsibility, once medically cleared, to ensure that his/her name is on the transfer list no later than the date of posting of the next available transfer; otherwise, the Flight Attendant will be considered to have relinquished his/her priority transfer rights to such base. A Flight Attendant will also be considered to have relinquished his/her priority transfer rights to such base if he/she declines a transfer, once next offered, after medical clearance. 2. If at the time of the award of the base transfer, it is known that such Flight Attendant is not able to report to base as scheduled because of injury on duty status, the next most senior eligible and available Flight Attendant on the base transfer list desiring that base will be awarded the transfer. |
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