3.01.25 – Contract Implementation Update #16: Aggressive Reserve Hours and COT (12.K.4.b)

Saturday, March 1, 2025

Contract Implementation Update #16

Aggressive Reserve Hours and
Calling Out of Time (COT)
CBA 12.K.4.b

We are pleased to announce early implementation of CBA 12.K.4.b on March 2nd, 2025 for the March contractual month. This provision had a targeted implementation of DOS +18 months.

CBA 12.K.4.b enhances how aggressive hours are viewed for Reserves when calculating RSVCOT (Reserve Calling out of Time).

Today, any aggressive credited hours after a Reserve has 40 hours, regardless of how those hours were obtained, do not count towards Calling out of Time.

Beginning March 2nd, 2025, aggressive hours will count towards calling out of time until a Reserve reaches 40 aggressive hours. Afterwards, any further aggressive hours awarded will not count towards calling out of time.

What are aggressive hours?

When you are on a RAP and bid for a sequence, this is known as an aggressive bid. An award from this aggressive bid would be an aggressive award (aggressive hours). Future awards (ROTA) and future or daily assignments are not aggressive hours.

Examples (click on each example to enlarge):

Contact the CIC

To contact us with any questions regarding all things CBA Implementation, please use our contact form located on APFA.org > CBA Implementation > Contact the CIC and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

In Unity,

Kelly J. Hagan
LGA

Hunter Meredith
PHL

Wendy Oswald
LAX

Mike Sosa
DFW