ARTICLE 22 - JOINT SCHEDULING COMMITTEE

A. ROLE OF THE JOINT SCHEDULING COMMITTEE

The Company and the APFA will establish a Joint Scheduling Committee (JSC) to:

1. Improve communication and understanding of Flight Attendant scheduling issues, and

2. Investigate, identify, and promptly recommend solutions to resolve Flight Attendant scheduling problems, and

3. Make recommendations to improve the allocation, pairing, and scheduling of flying.

B. COMPOSITION

The APFA and the Company will determine the composition of their respective subcommittees. The APFA will include the National Scheduling Coordinator and base representatives. The Company will include representatives from Crew Resources, Crew Tracking, Crew Scheduling, Crew Manning, Flight Service and/or Employee Relations, as necessary.

C. MEETINGS

1. Meetings shall be held quarterly or more often, as deemed appropriate by the JSC, and in a place of their choosing.

2. The APFA and the Company will exchange, maintain and update points of contact between their respective subcommittees. The respective committees need not physically meet as a whole to complete their work.

3. The Company shall provide the APFA JSC participants Association Leave from flying duties when the requirements of the Company permit.

D. AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

The JSC's areas of responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, scheduling matters such as allocations; trip pairings; automated monthly bidding; trip trading with open time; and administration of the reserve system and movement of duty-free periods to ensure the Company maintains adequate reserve coverage.

E. DATA ACCESS

1. The JSC shall be provided access to and will use all methods, data, and reference materials which it determines is reasonable and necessary to effect their work. The JSC shall coordinate the timely exchange of data and reports, as well as the format, content and media of such information.

2. It is understood by the parties that some information may be identified by the Company as privileged. The APFA agrees to keep this information confidential until informed otherwise by the Company.

F. RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Contemplated changes to crew resource methodologies pertinent to the allocation, pairing, and scheduling of flying will be discussed jointly prior to their implementation.

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