Crew Scheduling Irregularities

This is
developed from a line holders� perspective. Much of this also pertains to
reserves, but some is still in dispute.

Subject

Supporting
Documentation

Re-Route

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A change to or cancellation of a pairing or segments therein

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Pilot may be re-routed up to maximum duty limitations

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Pilot must be scheduled to return to his domicile within 4 hours of
his original return

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Crew scheduling must notify the pilot as soon as it is known that a
portion of his trip will be cancelled or that he is to be re-routed

�
All telephone conversations between Crew Scheduling and pilots
involving scheduling matters shall be recorded

Sec.25.S.1
Scheduling

Sec.25.B.1
Telephone Recordings

Junior
Assignment [JA]

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The procedure used by crew scheduling to assign a trip to a pilot in
inverse seniority order

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Trips that become available after reserve assignment but prior to 2
hours before departure shall be assigned in the following order:

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Pilots low on credit who have signed up on a priority list

�
Relief line holder low on credit

�
Standby reserve

�
Reserve pilot on movable days off

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Junior assigned

�
Junior assignment is a mandatory assignment

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Must meet the reserve complement requirements

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May not take the pilot below 9 days off

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At pilot option, may:

� Apply credit to negative bank

� Apply credit to positive bank

� Adjust line by dropping or
splitting a trip

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Crew scheduling shall identify themselves on initial contact

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Pilot may not be junior assigned while on vacation

�
Junior assignments may not be made prior to 2 calendar days before
the assigned scheduled report date

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Pilot may not be junior assigned over 90 hours

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Pilots who have reported for duty are not subject to junior
assignment except as narrowly permitted in AWA-2-95GG, Trip Tagging mediation
settlement

Sec.2
Definitions

Sec.25.N.4
Scheduling

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G97-001

G2001-10

G2001-65

Sec.12.A.6

98-165,
Re-route and C� Reserve Assignments

Trip
Tagging

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A turnaround which becomes available two [2] hours or less prior to
departure and not assigned to a Supervisory Pilot

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The company must endeavor to assign the trip in accordance with Sec.
25.N.

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As a last resort the company may junior assign the turnaround to a
pilot at the end of his currently assigned trip [a.k.a. Trip Tagging]

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The trip tag must meet the following criteria:

� ��Assignment remain within the pilot�s duty
limitations

�
Return the pilot to his domicile within 4 hours of his scheduled
return time

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Credit the entire duty day as a junior assignment

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Provide a report to the ALPA Scheduling Committee

System
Board

AWA-2-95GG,
Trip Tagging

2.� PRACTICAL
APPLICATION

Can a
pilot be notified of a re-route at his overnight hotel?

Yes.�
If there is a change to the pilots pairing, the pilot may be re-routed
in accordance with Sec.2, Sec.25.R, and Sec.25. S. Crew scheduling should make
the required phone call referenced in Sec.25.R so as not to interrupt the
pilot�s normal sleep cycle.��

Can a
pilot be notified of a re-route in the jetway?

Yes. If the assignment complies with
the re-route provisions outlined in Sec.2 and Sec.25 of the CBA.

No. If the arrival in PHX is your
last segment, the trip tagging procedure outlined in System Board decision
AWA-2-95GG applies.�

Can a
pilot be tagged at the end of his trip upon arrival in PHX?

Yes. The company must follow the
procedures outlined by the trip tagging System Board decision AWA-2- 95GG.

Could a
trip tag force a pilot into a 5-day trip?

No. A pilot may only be tagged at
the completion of the last segment of his pairing in PHX, and the tag may
only be for a turnaround which is scheduled to return the pilot to domicile
within four [4] hours of his originally scheduled return time. The tag must
comply with the provisions outlined in the trip tagging System Board decision
AWA-2-95GG.

Can crew
scheduling junior assign a pilot to fly over 90 hours?

No. There are no circumstances,
which allow a pilot to be junior assigned over 90 hours.�

Can a
downgraded captain fly as a captain after the bid period begins but before
right seat dependency training occurs?

No. The pilot�s bid position is FO
and that pilot does not have the seniority to hold a captain vacancy and may
therefore not fly as a captain. The collective bargaining agreement
provisions regarding pay for downgraded pilots do not override the seniority
provisions of Sec.22.A.4.

Are
furloughed pilots allowed to fly as an AWA crewmember after a pilot has been
furloughed?

No. Sec.22.A.4.

Definition

Sec.2 Definitions

System Board

Situation

Procedure

DEFINITIONS