Collective Bargaining Agreement
2012-2016
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Thirty-Five In Seven (35 in 7) -- 7.E. and 12.J |
7.E. Thirty (35) In Seven (7) Limitation
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For schedule planning purposes, flight schedules may not be arranged to exceed thirty (35) 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 (35) 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 35 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 35 hours in 7 consecutive 24-hour periods.
35 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 35 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 (lineholder) may waive 35 in 7 when bidding for monthly schedules. This 35 in 7 waiver applies for any 35 in 7 scheduling conflict resulting from the merging of the two schedules months. The 35 in 7 waiver applies only at the conjunction of the two schedule months and does not apply for the remainder of the month.
A 35 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 16 hours (16:00) 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 0412 16 0439 23 30 06
WE 03 10 -- 17 -- 24 31 07
TH 04 11 -- 18 -- 25 01 08
FR 05 0511 12 19 GUAR 26 1112 02 09
SA 06 -- 13 20 GUAR 27 -- 03 10
GAR MIN ACT FTM MAX OPTING
7600 7100 6000 6000 9500 BID OPS OP2
N N N |
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 20 hours (20:00) actual flight time.
Since the assignment of ID 9991 would project the Flight Attendant to 36 hours within
7 consecutive 24-hour periods, this would not be a legal reassignment.
ID 439 (16:00) + ID 9991 (20:00) = 36:00
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 0412 16 ONSL 23 30 06
WE 03 10 -- 17 ONSL 24 31 07
TH 04 11 -- 18 OFSL 25 01 08
FR 05 0511 12 19 9991 26 1112 02 09
SA 06 -- 13 20 -- 27 -- 03 10
GAR MIN ACT FTM MAX OPTING
8000 7100 8000 8000 9500 BID OPS OP2
N N N |
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 20 hours (20:00) 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 35-in-7 calculations.
Reserve Scheduling 35 in 7
A Reserve may waive 35 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 35 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 35 in 7 provision in the following manner:
- When a Reserve completes an International ID and is then assigned a Domestic ID, the 35 in 7 legality applies.
- When a Reserve completes a Domestic ID and is then assigned an International ID, the 35 in 7 legality applies.
- When a Reserve completes an International ID and is then assigned an International ID, the 35 in 7 does not apply.
Put another way, a Reserve Flight Attendant may be flown in excess of 35 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 35 in 7 provision.
Waiving the 35 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 35 in 7 provision on their bid card and receives a Reserve line, the 35 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 thirty-in-seven (35-7) rule (Section 7.E) and the eight-thirty-in-twenty-four (8:30/24) 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.
Contract References
Section 7- Hours of Service and Contractual Legalities
Section 12 - International
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