Our MEC Reserve Chairperson/Grievance Committee Payroll Representative Julie Thornton, Council 19 LEC Reserve Chairperson Conner Gallagher and Council 19 LEC President Paula Isla-McGill are working to ensure reserve FAs on the last day of their reserve block who have been assigned APSB–after the Daily Last Flight has departed–are being paid correctly in accordance with our CBA. If you are required to remain on APSB past the departure of the Daily Last Flight on the last day of your reserve block, you are due 2.0x pay for that APSB period per Section 11.C.5. Furthermore, if you are an AM reserve who was converted to ER for an APSB period after 12:00 in accordance with Section 11.F.5 and that APSB period also occurs after the Daily Last Flight has departed you are due 3.0x pay for that APSB period. You can verify the Daily Last Flight for each domicile/co-terminal on Crew Access under Reports > Daily Last Flight from Base. Additionally, you can verify you were paid correctly on Rainmaker by referencing the FANon pay bucket.
NOTE: Typically, you will need to press a ‘+’ button to expand the FANon column to verify APSB 2.0x or APSB 3.0x pay.
If you do not believe you were paid 2.0x or 3.0x appropriately for an APSB period occurring on the last day of your reserve block after the Daily Last Flight has departed please fill out the Google form below so we can investigate the matter further on your behalf. It is possible you are missing pay owed to you under the current CBA which went into effect when TA2 was ratified in March 2025. If you are not based in SEA please still fill out the form and we will copy your local council reps into all communications with FA Crew Pay/Crew Scheduling Management Personnel.
Relevant Contract Sections
§11.C.5
On the last day of a block, a Reserve who does not have a scheduling obligation (e.g., APSB) may request release from the remainder of their reserve day provided the last Company-operated flight that the Reserve would be legal to fly has departed the domicile. This release time will be posted in Crew Access. Crew Scheduling must grant the request if it has no further flying for the Reserve. A Reserve who is relieved of further reserve obligation under this Paragraph, will suffer no loss of pay. However, if the Reserve must remain at the airport for an APSB assignment after the last flight described above has departed, then the Reserve will be paid two times (2.0x) the trip rate for the APSB period.
§11.F.5
The maximum time assigned to APSB will not exceed five (5) consecutive hours per duty period. APSB Reserves may be assigned a sequence with a scheduled departure time no later than one (1) hour after the end of the APSB period. The Reserve is not required to be contactable from release from the APSB period until check-in for the sequence. APSB must be assigned in the order of the RAL within the same days of availability and call type.
- An AM Reserve may not be assigned an APSB period that ends after noon (12:00 PM).
- A PM Reserve may not be assigned an APSB period that ends after 11:59 PM.
- An ER may be assigned to any APSB period.
