Reserve Information

September 4, 2018 - Reserve linesin the bid packet, are numbered in the 6000 and 7000 range, depending on the type of Reserve, and will appear in the following order:

September 4, 2018 - There continues to be some uncertainty in the area of a Reserve’s responsibility to answer her/his telephone while on days of availability specifically when calls come from an unfamiliar telephone number.

June 26, 2018 - There continues to be some uncertainty in the area of a Reserve’s responsibility to answer her/his telephone while on days of availability and when calls come from an unfamiliar telephone number. 

June 12, 2018 - Questions regarding the responsibility of a Reserve while on a legal rest period during the entire Acknowledgement window persist. The Company has acknowledged there are occasions when this may be the case, management has also acknowledged the vast majority of Flight Attendants are not only aware of their obligations following legal rest, they are also present for their assignments.

June 8, 2018 - MEC Reserve Committee’s most recent report, May 23, 2018 detailing the activities of the Reserve Committee has been published on unitedafa.org

May 23, 2018 - MEC Reserve Meeting Report - May 2018

May 4, 2018 - The May 2, 2018, ISW article addressing calls from Crew Scheduling to Reserves is perhaps being misunderstood by some Flight Attendants. The May 2nd article provided notice to Flight Attendants there may be isolated instances where the company may need to contact Reserves for assignment purposes from other than the normal Crew Scheduling telephone number.

May 1, 2018 - We understand there has been a great deal of discussion lately regarding the circumstances under which a Reserve may be displaced (or “bumped”) from her/his assigned trip by a Lineholder in the pm-CAL operation. We’ve been made aware that some of the information being distributed is inaccurate and is causing additional confusion. 

April 27, 2018 - Our MEC Reserve Committee is responsible for monitoring & addressing Reserve issues that arise during the course of the schedule month. Over the past several months, our MEC Reserve Committee has met with management to discuss and review a number of issues that directly affect Reserve Flight Attendants and the quality of their lives.

April 25, 2018 - MEC Reserve Meeting Report - March 2018