Collective Bargaining Agreement
2005-2010
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Thirty In Seven (30 in 7) -- 7.E. and 12.J |
7.E. Thirty (30) In Seven (7) Limitation
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For schedule planning purposes, flight schedules may not be arranged to exceed thirty (30) flight hours in any seven (7) consecutive twenty-four (24) hour periods. In addition, whenever a Flight Attendant is reassigned, her/his previous actual flight time, plus projected flight time, may not exceed thirty (30) flight hours in any seven (7) consecutive twenty-four (24) hour periods. Scheduled flight time not flown due to absences (e.g., vacation, sick leave) will not be a consideration in the application of this Paragraph. These provisions may be waived by an individual Flight Attendant. |
Section 7.E. of our Agreement provides that for Domestic schedule planning purposes a Flight Attendant’s schedule may not exceed 30 hours in any 7 consecutive 24-hour periods.
This provision applies to the construction of lines of flying, reassignments and Reserve Domestic assignments.
When a Flight Attendant is reassigned, any previous actual flight time, plus any projected flight time may not exceed of 30 hours in 7 consecutive 24-hour periods.
30 in 7 is calculated on actual flight time which does not include credited time, such as deadheading, and scheduled time not flown due absence (vacation or sick leave).
Individual Flight Attendants may waive this provision. Any voluntary action that results in a Flight Attendant being scheduled in excess 30 hours in any 7 consecutive 24-hour periods (such as trip trading) results in a waiver of this provision for the 7 consecutive 24-hour periods involved.
In addition, a Flight Attendant may waive 30 in 7 when bidding for monthly schedules. This 30 in 7 waiver applies for any 30 in 7 scheduling conflict resulting from the merging of the two schedules months.
A 30 in 7 legality may be waived by an individual Flight Attendant. If this creates a
24 in 7, this FAR legal rest may not be waived.
Using the two examples below, assume:
ID 0439 on 12/16 & 12/19 is worth 15 hours (15:00) actual flight time
Example 1:
»DSPLOF0009C/ORD/12/999999/POLO,MARKO *D*
SU 07 -- 14 21 GUAR 28 -- 04
MO 01 08 15 22 29 05
TU 02 09 0439 16 0439 23 30 06
WE 03 10 -- 17 -- 24 31 07
TH 04 11 -- 18 -- 25 01 08
FR 05 0439 12 19 GUAR 26 0439 02 09
SA 06 -- 13 20 GUAR 27 -- 03 10
GAR MIN ACT FTM MAX QAC QPJ QMX OPTING
7500 6500 6000 6000 9200 6000 6000 9200 BID OPS RDO
N N N
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In this example: ID 439 on 12/19 cancels.
The Flight Attendant is subject to reassignment under the provisions of Section 8.J. (Line Guarantee) The only ID available on 12/19 in open flying is ID 9991 worth 16 hours (16:00) actual flight time.
Since the assignment of ID 9991 would project the Flight Attendant to 31 hours within
7 consecutive 24-hour periods, this would not be a legal reassignment.
ID 439 (15:00) + ID 9991 (16:00) = 31:00
Example 2:
»DSPLOF0009C/ORD/12/999999/POLO,MARKO *D*
SU 07 -- 14 21 -- 28 -- 04
MO 01 08 15 22 29 05
TU 02 09 0439 16 ONSL 23 30 06
WE 03 10 -- 17 ONSL 24 31 07
TH 04 11 -- 18 OFSL 25 01 08
FR 05 0439 12 19 9991 26 0439 02 09
SA 06 -- 13 20 -- 27 -- 03 10
GAR MIN ACT FTM MAX QAC QPJ QMX OPTING
7500 6500 6000 7600 9200 7600 7600 9200 BID OPS RDO
N N N
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Using the same situation as above with the same schedule and ID values, now consider that the Flight Attendant was on sick leave for ID 439 on 12/16, and was able to return to work for their ID 439 on 12/19. ID 439 on 12/19 subsequently cancels.
When ID 439 on 12/19 cancels the Flight Attendant is once again subject to reassignment under the provisions of 8.J. (Line Guarantee). ID 9991 worth 16 hours (16:00) actual is the only ID to which the Flight Attendant can be legally reassigned.
ID 9991 on 12/19 is a legal reassignment because the flight time from ID 439 on 12/16 (when the Flight Attendant was on sick leave) is not included in the 30-in-7 calculations.
Reserve Scheduling 30 in 7
A Reserve may waive 30 in 7 only under very limited circumstances and there are differences in the way it is applied to Reserve Flight Attendants.
A reserve may waive a 30 in 7 in the following ways:
- In conjunction with some reassignments
- In conjunction with an open ended UNI ID away from home
- Picking up a trip on a day off
Reserve assignments must contemplate the 30 in 7 provision in the following manner:
- When a Reserve completes an International ID and is then assigned a Domestic ID, the 30 in 7 legality applies.
- When a Reserve completes a Domestic ID and is then assigned an International ID, the 30 in 7 legality applies.
- When a Reserve completes an International ID and is then assigned an International ID, the 30 in 7 does not apply.
Put another way, a Reserve Flight Attendant may be flown in excess of 30 hours in a 7 consecutive 24-hour period only when the total of those hours in that period are exclusively International. All combinations of Domestic and International flying done by Reserves are subject to the 30 in 7 provision.
Waiving the 30 in 7 provision on the bid card is only available when a Flight Attendant is a Lineholder in the new month. If A Flight Attendant elects to waive the 30 in 7 provision on their bid card and receives a Reserve line, the 30 in 7 provision remains in effect and can not be waived.
International
12.J. |
The thirty-in-seven (30-7) rule (Section 7.E) and the eight-in-twenty-four (8-24) rule (Section 7.D) shall not apply to International IDs, International lines of flying or to Flight Attendants holding a Domestic line of flying who pick up International IDs. |
The 30-in-7 legality does not apply for scheduling International Lines of Flying, International IDs or when a Flight Attendant holding a Domestic Line of Flying trades or pick up an International ID.
Contract References
Section 7 - Hours of Service and Contractual Legalities
Section 12 - International
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