As you will notice, we added quite a few new definitions to Section 5. We also added a headers throughout the body of the TA. This was all in an effort to make the contract more readable and a much better reference tool.
Specifically about the definition of Reassignment…As you know, currently the provisions for reassignment at check-in, pre-cancellation, move-up and reschedule are all different and confusing to many FAs and most crew schedulers. We made the rules consistent for all provisions – and called everything a “Reassignment” except pre-cancellation remains the same.
Under TA2, all “Reassignments” must be to a “Like Sequence” (also defined now in Seciton 5). Like Sequence carries a more favorable application than what is in the current book today. A Like Sequence must be a single (today can be more than one) pairing that operates no earlier than the original report time on the 1st day of the impacted pairing and must return to domicile no later than 2359 on the last day of the original pairing.
