Council 12 - Los Angeles

The LAX Briefing Newsletter (Sep 19, 2018)

Mutual trades and EOM conflicts

All flight attendants are now able to complete mutual trip trades and we encourage you to submit mutual trades via CCS or using Mobile CCS. 

 

To resolve an End of Month (EOM) conflict through mutual trading, flight attendants should attempt to resolve in CCS or using Mobile CCS. You can trade either the trip in the old month or the conflict trip(s) in the new month. You will have at least 24 hours to complete a trade with another flight attendant that eliminates the conflict; you may also conduct mutual trades without resolving the conflict. If you are unable to resolve your conflict, or choose not to resolve the conflict through mutual trades, at 1700 CT on September 20, 2018, your line will be blocked from further mutual trading until the conflict is resolved. Once the conflict has been resolved, your guarantee will be reset, your line will be “unlocked,” and you will be able to conduct mutual trades for the duration of the bid month.

 

If a flight attendant has an EOM conflict and is attempting to trade a pairing other than their EOM conflict, please attempt to resolve this conflict in CCS or using Mobile CCS. Crew Scheduling is unable to assist flight attendants in this scenario.

 

Should you experience technical issues processing a mutual trade in CCS or Mobile CCS and need to contact Crew Scheduling, please ensure both flight attendants involved in the trade call Crew Scheduling together to ensure trade accuracy. All trade requests will still be validated for full JCBA legalities. If illegal, Crew Scheduling will be unable to complete the requested trade. 

 

Who to Contact

Line Award Questions / Bid Disputes: For questions about your October 2018 line awards, please contact the Common Metal Support Team. The team’s contact information is included towards the bottom of this message.  

 

Vacation Slides: For questions regarding October 2018 vacation slides, please contact Crew Schedule Planning at 1-800-FLT-LINE (option 5, then option 2).

 

Vacation Fly Through: For questions regarding October 2018 vacation fly through, please contact Crew Scheduling at 1-800-FLT-LINE (option 3, then option 2). 

 

Updated Timing

Please see below for an updated timeline for the October 2018 bid month due to delays in populating October line awards in CCS and opening mutual trip trading. The modified timeline only applies to the October 2018 bid period. We appreciate your patience and continued focus as we navigate the bidding, awards and trading periods, including our experience this week with the delay in awards.

 

Updated October Bid Month timing

 

 

October Real-Time Trade brackets

 

CCS Master Schedule Settings

All pmUA flight attendants are automatically opted-in to allow other flight attendants the permission to view their schedule. If you wish to restrict the ability for other flight attendants to view your schedule, in CCS select the drop down arrow by your name in the top right corner of CCS, select General Settings > Schedule Opting Electing (under the General Settings menu on the left) > Restrict > Update. 

 

 

 

Common Metal Support Team

 

The Common Metal Support Team is available to answer any question you might have on JCBA education materials including how to read the guides and help finding specific information within the guides. If you have specific questions on how provisions of the JCBA work or apply to you, please contact your AFA Local Council Office. The team can be reached by:

 

Email: CommonMetal@united.com

 

Phone Number (U.S.): 

1-800-FLT-LINE (option 7)

1-800-358-5463

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