Reserve Information

November 8, 2019 - The MEC Reserve Committee’s October 2019 report detailing the activities of the Reserve Committee has been published on unitedafa.org.

October 30, 2019 - Reserve Flight Attendants will have the ability to block in electronically via CCS, effective October 30, 2019 at 2345CT, and will not have to call the crew desk to do so.

October 25, 2019 - This past week the company announce that Reserve Flight Attendants will have the ability to block in electronically via CCS, effective October 30, 2019 at 2345CT, and will not have to call the crew desk to do so.

October 23, 2019 - As we prepare for Vacation bidding 2020, we offer a timely reminder of how sacred days, that is, days off immediately prior to and/or following a period of vacation apply to Flight Attendant schedules.

October 11, 2019 - Guaranteed personal time office will be made available to Flight Attendants on a daily basis regardless of White Flag. Guarantee PTO is 1% of a domicile’s active Flight Attendant population on any day..

September 27, 2019 - As we approach the last day of the September bid month, it is timely for us to review the Reserve availability requirements on the last day of the schedule month.

September 13, 2019 - Our MEC Reserve Committee’s most recent Reserve Committee Report addressing system Reserve issues has been posted on www.unitedafa.org for your review. 

August 28, 2019 - Following a recent communication from the company addressing programming changes to track 1-in-7 violations for Reserves, the insertion of a Break (BRK) day placeholder in the schedule of a Reserve having a potential 1-in-7 and/or 24-in-7 violation is no longer necessary nor is there any contractual requirement for break days to be used.

August 23, 2019 - On the last day of the old bid month, there a special Reserve telephone availability and assignment rules that apply to Flight Attendants who are going on and off Reserve. 

August 13, 2019 - Effective with deployment later tonight, Crew Scheduling will no longer be required to insert a break day ("BRK") as a placeholder to resolve 1-in-7(1:7) Contractual or 24-in-7(24:7) FAR violations as the result of the conjunction of two schedule months after loading the new month schedule into the system.