So Many New Rules—Help!
Now that we are no longer under the L-VX Work Rules and have integrated into the JCBA, the Council 35 Scheduling and Reserve Committees have been busy fielding questions about the many changes L-VX Flight Attendants must now be familiar with as they fly the line. As a result, your Council 35 officers decided that a special “Scheduling Edition” of our monthly newsletter would be helpful to SFO members. Please remember to refer back to the JCBA for the sections referenced below.
Scheduling FAQs
New Name, Same Function
L-AS refers to CSS as “crew scheduling,” or abbreviated as “CSKED.” CSS or Crew Support Services is no longer the appropriate term to use when referring to “scheduling.”
Reduced Rest—§8.K
Reduced RON rest provisions include:
- 2.5X the trip rate for the entire pairing if your rest falls below 9:30 on one of your overnights
- CSKED may contact F/As during rest (once is allowed) to adjust report time to above 9:30
- F/As that acknowledge the change before report time, the report time (and consequent duty day) will be adjusted to reflect a new rest time
- Important note: 2.5X rate is not applicable if F/A acknowledges the change to increase rest or scheduling makes contact with you regarding the reassignment
- Refer to §8.Q for contactability requirements when on a layover and returning CSKED’s call after the commencement of the F/A’s next duty period
Reserve Contactability—§8.Q
- Reserve F/As are required to contact CSKED as soon as possible at the beginning of the next duty period
- Reserve F/As are to remain contactable during all duty periods
Pre-Cancellation and Reassignments—§10.S.2 & §10.S.3
If pre-cancellation occurs day prior to scheduled assignment before 2000:
- F/A may be offered an alternate assignment
- If assignment is outside of original footprint in excess of 2 hours earlier or release later, F/A may decline and request another reassignment
- F/A may decline and waive pay protection
- F/A may decline and request an alternate assignment
- If no reassignment is available F/A will be released with pay protection
- F/A may decline reassignment and waive pay protection
- If footprint limitations aren’t met, F/A may decline with pay protection
- If F/A fails to acknowledge CSKED/CrewAccess notification, F/A must report at original report time
- Acknowledgment of pre-cancellations and reassignments to CSKED must be by phone
If pre-cancellation occurs between 2000-2359 the night prior to scheduled pairing:
- F/A is pay protected
- F/A must acknowledge cancellation with CSKED by phone
- Failure to acknowledge will result in potential points assessment (refer to §32 Attendance Policy)
If pre-cancellation occurs while flying:
- F/A must acknowledge cancellation with CSKED by phone no later than release at domicile
- Failure to acknowledge will result in potential points assessment (refer to §32 Attendance Policy)
Same day as scheduled pairing:
- Considered a reassignment
Calling-In Well/Sick Leave Make-Up—§16.L&N
The new procedure for calling-in well/sick leave make-up are different than the process outlined in the L-VX Work Rules/Playbook. Please review §16.L&N for specific details before calling-in well or making-up sick leave to understand the differences.
FAR Violations—FAM 7.200
In the event of a potential FAR violation (i.e. rest below 8 hours/ less than 24/7, etc.) be aware that it is the responsibility of the Flight Attendant to know FAR violations and to contact Crew Scheduling (CSKED) to adjust the pairing if necessary.
Activity Claim Form
Not all pay provisions are automatically added to your monthly TFP. To see a list of the activities that require an Activity Claim Form (ACF), please visit:
Alaskasworld>> Inflight WebPage>>Administration>>Pay&Benefits>>Activity Claim Form
A drop-down menu provides a list of all the pay activities that require a separate claim. Failure to file an ACF will result in nonpayment for the activity. Additionally, some items will be added automatically. For more information about ACF, please visit:
Alaskasworld>> Inflight WebPage>>Administration>>Pay&Benefits>>Activity Claim Form Instructions
Pairing Construction
To understand the AS pairing construction process, please visit the Pairing Construction 101 page on our website. AFA is an active participant in the pairing creation process and is always seeking ways to improve desired pairings for each base’s needs.
For the month of April, AFA’s pairings were chosen which increased the amount of 4 days to 11.3% (February was 9%). Please keep an eye open for a survey from the PBS committee about preferred pairings to provide guidance to the pairing analyst when creating soft locks (most desired trips) for SFO in the future.
NavBlu/Crewaccess Base Sits
More base sits will be scheduled for March, April and May to assist with bidding and scheduling adjustments. Dates and times will be published on the NavBlu info page.
For more scheduling information, please reach out to the SFO Scheduling (Line-holder) Committee sfo.scheduling@afaalaska.org or the or Reserve Committee sfo.reserve@afaalaska.org:
- Virgina Fritz—Scheduling Chair, virginia.fritz@afaalaska.org
- Jaqui Bellenie—Scheduling Committee Member, jabellenie@gmail.com
- Julie Pearson—Scheduling Committee Member, jkinosian@gmail.com
- Rachel Sebastian—Reserve Chair, rachel.sebastian@afaalaska.org
In Solidarity,
Your Council 35 Officers –
