The Crew Contract

United pilots contract, Section 20 — Allocation, Assignment and Scheduling of Flying

United Pilot Agreement 2023Effective Last checked Source document

20-A General

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20-A-1 The Company shall be responsible for allocation of hours, construction of trips, Duty Period assignment, assignment to Base(s) of all trips (including charters), lines of flying, and all known Open Flying in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. At SSC request, the Company shall discuss the revision of trips, Duty Period assignment or assignment to Base(s).

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20-A-2 Pilot Bases. The geographical location of a Pilot Base(s) and designation of Equipment type to be flown from each Base(s) shall be determined by the Company after discussions with the SSC.

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20-A-3 A Pilot who has restrictions regarding with whom he may fly (e.g., low-time Pilots, etc.) may be denied an assignment to ensure compliance with such restrictions. If changes to existing assignments are necessary to comply with such restrictions, the reassignment provisions of Section 20-F shall apply. After the Company determines which Status to reassign, if a choice of which Pilot to reassign exists, the reassignment shall be offered on a seniority basis, and if no Pilot volunteers, then the reassignment shall be made on an inverse seniority basis.

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20-A-4 Call-Out Time

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20-A-4-a A Reserve in a Short Call window or a Lineholder in a telephone availability window must be able to report for duty (call-out time), including to a voluntary Field Standby assignment, no more than two hours and thirty minutes (2:30) after the Company’s initial attempt at contact. Consideration shall be given to heavy traffic, construction, and similar circumstances. When the call-out time is less than three (3) hours, to effectuate an on-time Departure or a Field Standby report time, the Pilot may elect to pay for parking closer to the terminal and shall be reimbursed for such expense. Additionally, at Bases with co-terminals, consideration shall be given if the Pilot is given an assignment that reports at an airport that is not the primary airport of the Base.

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20-A-4-a-(1) Nine (9) hours after the start time of a Short Call window the call-out time for a Basic Reserve shall increase to twelve (12) hours. If the Company’s initial attempt at contact occurs before the nine (9) hour point, the Basic Reserve’s call-out time remains at two hours and thirty minutes (2:30).

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20-A-4-b If such a Pilot accepts and fulfills a call-out time requirement that is from one hour thirty minutes (1:30) to two hours fifteen minutes (2:15) of the Company’s initial attempt at contact, he shall receive one (1) hour of Add Pay. If a Pilot accepts and fulfills a call-out time requirement that is less than one hour thirty minutes (1:30) of the Company’s initial attempt at contact, he shall receive two (2) hours of Add Pay. By default, such Add Pay shall be included in the Pilot’s schedule at time of acceptance; if the Pilot is unable to fulfill the call-out time requirement, the Company may remove the Add Pay.

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20-A-4-c The Company may reduce the ninety (90) minute report time for a Duty Period that begins with a Global Flight by up to thirty (30) minutes but by no more than is required to achieve a two hour thirty minute (2:30) call-out time (or less, in accordance with Section 20- A-4-b). The parties acknowledge that in some cases this reduced report time may be insufficient.

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20-A-5 Buffers. The Company may apply buffers to contractual scheduling rules and to FAR, including to contractual scheduling rules and FAR that impact reserve assignment order.

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20-A-5-a Buffers that impact Pilot schedule improvement (that is, Monthly Schedule Preferencing, Trip-Trading and reserve aggressive pickups) shall be published and the Company shall provide the SSC the opportunity to consult with and make recommendations to such buffers. If the SSC disagrees with such buffers, it may appeal to the senior-most flight- qualified Vice-President in charge of Flight Operations and both the Company and the SSC shall provide documentation necessary to support their positions; however, the Company shall make the final determination.

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20-A-5-b When a Pilot is projected to exceed a buffer established under this Section 20-A-5, but is not projected to exceed any actual limits, the Company may choose to apply Section 20- F-1 or 20-F-2, as appropriate, to the Pilot's schedule.

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20-A-5-b-(1) In addition, if the Company chooses to apply the preceding paragraph to a Trip for which the Pilot has reported, the Pilot shall receive Add Pay under the terms of Section 20-I-9 Step Five (Untriggered Reassignments) (the Pilot is considered to be assigned or reassigned under Section 20-F-1 or 20-F-2, not under Section 20-I-9).

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20-A-5-b-(2) Example 1: A Pilot is scheduled for Trip A followed by Trip B. There is an FAR limit of sixty (60) hours of duty in a rolling one hundred sixty-eight (168) hour window. When building schedules, the Company buffers this limit at fifty-six (56) hours in a rolling one hundred sixty-eight (168) hour window. At the time the Trips are placed on his schedule, the Pilot is below this buffered value. Trip A experiences some delays and, when evaluating the legalities for Trip B, the Pilot is now projected at fifty-eight (58) hours in a rolling one hundred sixty-eight (168) hour window, which exceeds the buffered value but does not exceed the actual limit. The Company may elect to reassign the Pilot for Trip B utilizing either Section 20-F-1 or 20-F-2, as appropriate.

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20-A-5-b-(3) Example 2: A Pilot is scheduled for Trip A followed by Trips B and C. There is an FAR limit of sixty (60) hours of duty in a rolling one hundred sixty-eight (168) hour window. When building schedules, the Company buffers this limit at fifty-six (56) hours in a rolling one hundred sixty-eight (168) hour window. At the time the Trips are placed on his schedule, the Pilot is below this buffered value. Trip A experiences some delays and, when evaluating the legalities for Trip B and Trip C, the Pilot is now projected at fifty-eight (58) hours in a rolling one hundred sixty-eight (168) hour window, which exceeds the buffered value but does not exceed the actual limit. The Company may elect to reassign the Pilot for Trip B or Trip C utilizing either Section 20-F-1 or 20-F-2, as appropriate.

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20-A-5-b-(4) Example 3: A Pilot is scheduled for a EWR-HKG-EWR Trip. There is an FAR limit of sixty (60) hours of duty in a rolling one hundred sixty-eight (168) hour window. When building schedules, the Company buffers this limit at fifty-six (56) hours in a rolling one hundred sixty-eight (168) hour window. At the time the Pilot reports for EWR-HKG, he is below this buffered value. EWR-HKG experiences a delay and the Pilot is now projected at fifty-eight (58) hours in a rolling one hundred sixty-eight (168) hour window, which exceeds the buffered value but does not exceed the actual limit. The Company may elect

to reassign the Pilot under 20-F-1 to fly EWR-NRT-EWR, and the Pilot shall receive Add Pay under the terms of Section 20-I-9.

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20-A-5-c Buffers shall not be increased for the purpose of denying a Pilot the ability to increase his pay. Buffers used by the Company when making reserve assignments or when approving out-of-silo aggressive pickups shall not be greater than those applied to automated transactions (that is, Trip-Trading, reserve aggressive pickup, etc.).

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20-A-5-d When a Pilot is legal to fly a Trip on his schedule but has an upcoming currency or qualification lapse, the Company may drop the Trip due to the upcoming lapse only as follows:

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20-A-5-d-(1) The Trip that is dropped has a scheduled arrival time that is within two (2) calendar days of when the Pilot’s currency or qualification lapses; and

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20-A-5-d-(2) The Trip is dropped no more than two (2) calendar days prior to the Trip’s scheduled departure time.

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20-A-5-d-(3) If a Trip is so dropped, and if the currency or qualification lapse is not Pilot- caused, then:

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20-A-5-d-(3)-(a) The Pilot’s LPV and PTC shall not be reduced, and he shall not lose any Add Pay that he received prior to the time of the Trip drop.

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20-A-5-d-(3)-(b) At its discretion, the Company may either:

(i) Apply Section 20-F-1-a to the dropped Trip, provided that any replacement flying must be scheduled to arrive no later than twelve (12) hours prior to the original Trip’s scheduled arrival time; or

(ii) Place the Pilot on ‘Do Not Fly’ status, commencing twelve (12) hours prior to the original Trip’s scheduled arrival time; or

(iii) With the concurrence of the Pilot, use an alternate process that enhances the Pilot’s ability to maintain currency or qualification.

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20-A-5-d-(4) If a Trip is so dropped, and if the currency or qualification lapse is Pilot-caused (e.g., CQDL, medical, 757 display currency when CBT extension is available, passport expiration), then the Trip will be dropped without pay.

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20-A-5-d-(5) Example: Assume that a currency or qualification lapses at the end of the day Friday. A Trip that is scheduled to arrive prior to the end of the day Wednesday may not be dropped. A Trip that is scheduled to arrive on Thursday or Friday may be dropped.

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20-A-5-d-(6) This Section 20-A-5-d shall in no way limit the Company’s ability to FBO a Trip according to the provisions in Section 20-Q-15.

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20-A-6 The Company may always bypass a Reserve for assignment, or assign a Reserve and later remove him from that assignment, if another Pilot can protect an on-time Departure or reduce a delay. If such a Reserve is assigned and later removed, he shall be entitled to call out pay (whether he actually reports or not), in accordance with Section 3-C-3-g. When administering this Section 20-A-6, the Company must notify Reserves in the proper order but is not required to wait for call- backs. A Reserve who is removed from a Trip under this provision shall be treated as follows:

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20-A-6-a If the Reserve was a long-call Reserve when they received the Trip assignment or was a short-call Reserve whose rest was reset at time of assignment, if they are removed from the Trip prior to report the Pilot shall return to long call. If the Pilot is removed from the Trip after they report, the Pilot shall be released. In all cases, with their concurrence they may be reassigned to Field Standby duty having the same report time as the Trip report, in which case the Pilot shall be eligible for the Add Pays described in Section 20-K-10.

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20-A-6-b If the Reserve was a short-call Reserve when he received the Trip assignment (excluding a short-call Reserve whose rest was reset at time of assignment), if he is removed from the Trip prior to report he shall, at Company discretion, be released or be returned to his previous short-call assignment. If he is removed from the Trip after he reports, he shall be released. In all cases, with his concurrence he may be reassigned to Field Standby duty having the same report time as the Trip report, in which case he shall be eligible for the Add Pays described in Section 20-K-10.

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20-A-7 The Company may bypass a Lineholder for assignment if another Lineholder can protect an on-time Departure or reduce a delay. When administering this Section 20-A-7, the Company must notify Lineholders in the proper order but is not required to wait for call-backs.

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20-A-8 Unless otherwise stated, all time references in this Agreement shall refer to a Pilot’s Base time.

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20-A-9 Assignment or reassignment limitations contained in this Section 20 are waivable with Pilot concurrence.

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20-A-10 A Pilot who operationally is released from duty in a vacation period shall have the lost vacation day(s) added to the end of the vacation period. The Pilot may waive this provision.

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20-A-11 A Pilot's schedule assignment is an individual assignment. Each Pilot shall fly his assigned schedule unless deviation is permitted or required by the Company or the application of this Agreement.

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20-A-12 If a Reserve drops an assignment whose footprint includes a disrupted day (FDO, RDO, or VDO) on which he performed no flight duty, including but not limited to sick leave, fatigue or FMLA, any previous day-off adjustments shall be reversed and sick leave, if applicable, shall not be debited for that day, and any Add Pay associated with the disrupted day shall be removed. If the disrupted day is an FDO, the Company may decide to not apply this provision, in which case any Add Pay shall remain.

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20-A-13 A Pilot who is transitioning from Lineholder to Reserve or vice versa between Bid Periods A and B, and who has a Trip that begins in Bid Period A and ends in Bid Period B, shall be treated as a Lineholder for the entire Trip if he began the Trip as a Lineholder and shall be treated as a Reserve for the entire Trip if he began the Trip as a Reserve. Except that if the Pilot is transitioning to Reserve and the Trip was awarded or assigned to him after schedules for Bid Period B have been awarded, the Company may return him to underlying Reserve days, as an option when applying Section 20-F-1 or 20-F-2.

20-B Preparing for Monthly Schedule Preferencing

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20-B-1 Changes to Trips used in Monthly Schedule Preferencing that are made between initial publication and 0800 CT on the eighth (8th) calendar day of the month shall be reflected in Monthly Schedule Preferencing. The SSC shall determine which Trip changes shall be communicated.

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20-B-2 Notwithstanding Section 20-B-1, changes to trips which are scheduled to operate from one Bid Period ("Bid Period A") into the next Bid Period ("Bid Period B") that are made prior to the time that bidding for Monthly Schedule Preferencing closes for "Bid Period B" shall be reflected in Monthly Schedule Preferencing. If a revision is made after Monthly Schedule Preferencing, the Company shall call the affected Pilot(s) (and leave a message, if necessary) to advise him of the revision.

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20-B-3 If an absence or activity causes a Pilot’s Trip or other activity that starts in “Bid Period A” and ends in “Bid Period B” to be dropped and if schedule bidding for “Bid Period B” has not yet closed, then during Monthly Schedule Preferencing for “Bid Period B” he shall not have any carry- in (Line Credit or pay value) in “Bid Period B”. Further, the Pilot shall not be unavailable in “Bid Period B” due to such Trip or activity drop.

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20-B-3-a For example, a Pilot has a four (4) day Trip, two days in “Bid Period A” and two days in “Bid Period B”, and he receives a vacation drop before schedule bidding for “Bid Period B” has closed. He shall receive vacation pay in accordance with Section 11-G for the portion of the pay value of the Trip that occurs in “Bid Period A”. During Monthly Schedule Preferencing for “Bid Period B”, he shall not have any carry-in (Line Credit or pay value) in “Bid Period B” and he shall be available for the first two days in “Bid Period B” (unless made unavailable for a reason other than the vacation drop).

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20-B-3-b This Section 20-B-3 shall not be applied to a Trip drop caused by an ALPA or Company business absence or activity.

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20-B-4 Absence and activity changes shall be held until after monthly schedules have been awarded, unless the Company and the Pilot agree otherwise.

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20-B-5 Upon the start of Monthly Schedule Preferencing, any Section 20-F availability days in the Bid Period being preferenced shall be canceled.

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20-B-6 Active/inactive and Category changes may continue to be made until the awarding process for that Category begins.

20-C Monthly Schedule Preferencing

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20-C-1 Timeline.

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20-C-1-a Schedule bidding shall open no later than 1700 CT on the fourth (4th) calendar day of the month and shall close at 0800 CT on the tenth (10th) calendar of the month for Captains and at 0800 CT on the eleventh (11th) calendar day of the month for First Officers.

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20-C-1-b By Equipment-Base, Captain monthly schedule awards shall run prior to First Officer monthly schedule awards. Captain schedule awards shall be completed no later than 2359 CT on the thirteenth (13th) calendar day of the month. First Officer schedule awards shall be completed no later than 2359 CT on the fifteenth (15th) calendar day of the month. Monthly schedule awards for each Category shall be published in PBS when completed.

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20-C-1-c In the event of a catastrophic failure, a rerun or restart shall be initiated and a joint decision between the Company and the SSC shall be made on extending the publishing deadlines.

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20-C-1-d Modification to the timeline, including re-runs, may be made by mutual agreement between the Company and the SSC. A substantive change to the Trips used in Monthly Schedule Preferencing is a valid reason to consider a modification to the timeline.

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20-C-2 All Trips starting in the Bid Period shall be posted for preferencing and awarded by this process, except for the following:

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20-C-2-a Trips awarded to Line Check Pilots, but no more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the anticipated OE requirement, may be removed from the pool of Trips available to be awarded to First Officers and set aside for use as OE Trips.

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20-C-2-b Up to three percent (3%) of the Line Credit in any Category may remain unassigned, to facilitate trip-trading with Open Flying. Trips set aside for use as OE trips under Section 20- C-2-a shall not count towards this limit.

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20-C-3 Preferencing

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20-C-3-a A Pilot shall be included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing in the Category he will be in on the first day of the Bid Period being preferenced, except that if a Pilot is scheduled for initial, transition or requalification training that includes the first day of the Bid Period being preferenced, he shall be included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing in the Category for which he is training.

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20-C-3-b If a Pilot has availability in a Category other than the Category in which he was included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing or if his availability was not known until after bidding for Monthly Schedule Preferencing has closed, the Company shall construct a reserve line for the days he is available, pro-rated if necessary, for the Pilot.

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20-C-3-b-(1) A Pilot returning from an unpaid absence (including a Pilot returning from LTD) that spanned the entire Bid Period in Monthly Schedule Preferencing shall be subject to this Section 20-C-3-b; otherwise he shall be subject to Section 20-F-6.

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20-C-3-b-(2) With mutual agreement and in lieu of a reserve line, a Pilot who could have been a Lineholder had he been included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing may be placed on Lineholder status for the days he is available. The Pilot’s initial PTC and LPV shall start at zero for those days.

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20-C-3-c When a Pilot is included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing in the Category for which the Pilot is training and requires OE, the following shall apply:

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20-C-3-c-(1) If fifteen (15) hours or less of OE is required, the Company shall block at least four (4) days, but no more days than the Recent Qualification Time minus four (4) days, immediately after the date the Pilot is projected to complete training.

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20-C-3-c-(2) If more than fifteen (15) hours of OE is required, the Company shall block at least ten (10) days, but no more days than the Recent Qualification Time, immediately after the date the Pilot is projected to complete training. The SSC may concur to more OE

Blocker days than would otherwise be provided by the calculation of Recent Qualification Time.

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20-C-3-c-(3) The Recent Qualification Time shall be defined as the average number of days from completion of training until completion of OE for the respective fleet for the Bid Period which is two (2) Bid Periods before the Bid Period in question, measured by the completion of OE (i.e., the average for those that completed OE in October for application to the December Bid Period), plus an additional twenty percent (20%) or as may be adjusted in collaboration with the SSC to account for differences in the number of students and available LCPs in the planned Bid Period. For example, if the calculation results in an average of ten (10) days, the Recent Qualification Time as applied in this Section 20-C-3-c would be twelve (12) days (or as otherwise adjusted to a greater number of days in collaboration with the SSC).

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20-C-3-c-(4) These blocked days shall be added to a Pilot’s schedule before bidding for Monthly Schedule Preferencing closes.

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20-C-3-c-(5) Once the Pilot has successfully completed his OE, the Pilot shall fly the remainder of his awarded schedule.

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20-C-3-c-(6) A Pilot who completes a training course that requires two (2) Flight segments of OE rather than a specific number of hours shall not have any days blocked.

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20-C-3-c-(7) If a Pilot elects to have three (3) unpaid days off blocked in accordance with Option 1 or Option 2 of Section 9-F-12, those days will be blocked in addition to the days required by Section 20-C-3-c-(1) or Section 20-C-3-c-(2), as applicable. If a Pilot elects Option 3 of Section 9-F-12, the Pilot will be given three (3) additional OE blocker days beyond the number required by Section 20-C-3-c-(1) or Section 20-C-3-c-(2), as applicable, and the Company shall designate any three (3) consecutive days within the block of OE blocker days as days on which OE will not be assigned and the Company shall inform the Pilot of the designated days no later than the Pilot’s last day of simulator training. The same rule shall apply even if the Pilot fails to indicate an election and the Company determines which option shall apply in accordance with Section 9-F-12.

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20-C-3-d During Monthly Schedule Preferencing, a Pilot shall have the opportunity to indicate to the Company which trips and criteria he desires. Any Pilot may preference a reserve schedule for the Bid Period.

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20-C-3-e A Pilot who fails to enter a monthly preference shall be awarded a schedule based on the Pilot's standing bid or, if no standing bid is entered, then based on the default bid as predetermined by the SSC for each Category. The SSC shall advise the Company of any changes to default bids no later than five (5) business days prior to the opening of Monthly Schedule Preferencing. The Company shall publish these default bids.

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20-C-4 Awarding

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20-C-4-a Pilots shall be awarded a schedule within their Category in accordance with their seniority, subject to FAR and contractual limitations, including the requirement for all Pilots in the Category to receive a legal award.

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20-C-4-b Without SSC concurrence, the Company shall not use the PBS software (i.e., the "drag and drop" interface) to manually alter the final PBS solution.

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20-C-4-c Awarded schedules shall provide reasonable expectancy of schedule reliability.

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20-C-4-d The Company shall continue to use the current product for the PBS application, unless mutually agreed otherwise. If the Company desires a different product or vendor, ALPA shall not unreasonably withhold its consent, and shall only withhold its consent for issues directly related to the capabilities or design of the new system under consideration; specifically, ALPA shall not withhold its consent for unrelated issues. The Company shall not make any changes to the PBS awarding logic or bidding interface unless mutually agreed upon.

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20-C-4-e If the Company demonstrates technology or process improvements (e.g., new PBS servers) resulting in First Officer solve times of eighty-two (82) hours or less, with no reduction in solve quality, then the Company may change the First Officer schedule bidding close date in Section 20-C-1-a from the eleventh (11th) calendar day of the month to the twelfth (12th) calendar day of the month. If the Company executes this option, the parties will meet and agree on a mechanism to return to the original timeline in the event the modified timeline proves insufficient in maintaining solve quality.

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20-C-5 Line Production Average (LPA)

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20-C-5-a At the opening for Monthly Schedule Preferencing, the Company shall publish each Category’s LPA, G-Line, and minimum number of Long Call Reserve Lines and Voluntary Early Check/Voluntary Short Call Lines being offered.

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20-C-5-b No later than 1700 CT on the fifth (5th) calendar day of the month, the Company may update the LPA, G-Line, or number of Long Call Reserve or Voluntary Early Check/Voluntary Short Call Lines being offered in a Category as a result of an unforeseen change in flying for that Category.

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20-C-5-c The LPA calculated from the inputs and parameter settings used for actual schedule awarding, but excluding Pilot bids, must adhere to the following tolerances. While adhering to such tolerances this calculated LPA may fall outside the limits specified in Section 5-B-1-a. For purposes of this Section 20-C-5-c, ‘line-eligible Pilots’ shall be the number of Pilots above the G Line, excluding those who are unavailable for the full Bid Period, and “Build Range” is the Category’s line construction range.

Table in 20.C.5.c
Line-Eligible PilotsTolerance
200 or more± [0.5]
100 to 199± [Build Range ÷ 16 × 1.0]
40 to 99± [Build Range ÷ 16 × 1.25]
Less than 40± [Build Range ÷ 16 × 2.5]
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20-C-5-d When complying with Section 20-C-5-c, the Company may assume that up to seventy (70) hours of Line Credit shall remain unassigned (or up to seventy (70) additional hours, if

some number of hours was already assumed). However, the Company must then allow an equivalent number of hours to be unassigned in the award run.

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20-C-5-e If the Company does not utilize the provision in Section 20-C-5-d, or if it does utilize the provision but not to the full seventy (70) hours, to improve the run (time permitting) it shall give consideration to an award solution that has a number of unassigned hours from the number used in Section 20-C-5-d (including zero) to seventy (70), but it need not accept such a solution if there is a valid reason not to (general coverage concerns is a valid reason).

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20-C-5-f Changes to Trips made prior to the Section 20-B-1 time limits must comply with the tolerances found in Section 20-C-5-c and in addition cannot result in a change to the published LPA of more than:

Table in 20.C.5.f
Line-Eligible PilotsTolerance
200 or more± 15 minutes
100 to 199± 30 minutes
40 to 99± 45 minutes
Less than 40± 45 minutes

20-D After Monthly Schedule Preferencing

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20-D-1 Full lines which become available after the completion of Monthly Schedule Preferencing may be assigned to Reserves, according to their seniority, who have indicated during Monthly Schedule Preferencing a desire for a move-up line; except that any Reserve who desires to remain a reserve may, within seventy-two (72) hours after the completion of Monthly Schedule Preferencing for all Pilots, advise the Company that he desires to keep his reserve schedule; in which case he shall not be moved up under this provision. To be eligible to be moved up, a Reserve must be available for a full Bid Period. "Available for a full Bid Period" as used herein means a Reserve who, at the time schedule awards are made, is not planned to be absent for any reason except (1) training of less than five (5) days; (2) ALPA duty; (3) no more than one weekend (or equivalent) military absence or (4) Company business.

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20-D-2 If, at any time, a partial line becomes available, such partial line may be offered to Reserves, in seniority order, who are available for all of the flying.

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20-D-3 Errors made in Monthly Schedule Preferencing or Recurrent Training Preferencing shall be handled according to the following process:

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20-D-3-a A Pilot must file a dispute within five (5) days after Monthly Schedule Preferencing is completed for all Pilots or publication of Recurrent Training awards, as applicable. Filing a dispute does not affect a Pilot’s ability to grieve.

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20-D-3-b A Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC) shall consist of two (2) members from ALPA and two (2) members from the Company. The DRC shall have access to any systems tools that are necessary to validate each dispute. For all valid schedule errors, the DRC shall have full discretion to determine the appropriate remedy to make the Pilot whole and shall have access

to any systems tools that are necessary to determine the appropriate remedy, if any. Remedies shall relate directly to the error that occurred and only to the directly affected Pilot, and shall not include removing Trips or Recurrent Training from the schedules of other Pilots.

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20-D-4 If an error occurs after Monthly Schedule Preferencing, the Company will attempt to restore the schedule of any Pilot directly impacted by the error (that is, no secondary or ‘domino’effect) to how such schedule existed before the error occurred. The Pilot may be given an assignment(s) under Section 20-F-1 in lieu of any flying that was not restored. Such Pilot’s Line Pay Value shall be the greater of his Line Pay Value as it existed before the error occurred or his Line Pay Value after he completes his Section 20-F-1 obligation. In addition, the Company may apply this process to a Pilot mistake (e.g., a Pilot who picks up a Trip he didn’t intend to).

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20-D-4-a If the error is discovered after the Pilot has reported for the assignment made in error, Section 20-F-1-b or Section 20-F-2, as applicable, shall apply.

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20-D-4-b If the error occurred less than or equal to two (2) hours prior to the report time of the assignment made in error, Section 20-F, as applicable, shall apply.

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20-D-4-c If the error occurred more than two (2) hours but less than or equal to twelve (12) hours prior to the report time of the assignment made in error, Section 20-D-4 shall apply until the earliest of (a) two (2) hours after the error occurred; or (b) two (2) hours before the report time of the assignment made in error; after that time, Section 20-F, as applicable, shall apply.

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20-D-4-d If the error occurred more than twelve (12) hours but less than or equal to seventy- two (72) hours prior to the report time of the assignment made in error, Section 20-D-4 shall apply until the earliest of (a) twelve (12) hours after the error occurred; or (b) ten (10) hours before the report time of the assignment made in error; after that time, Section 20-F, as applicable, shall apply.

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20-D-4-e If the error occurred more than seventy-two (72) hours prior to the report time of the assignment made in error, Section 20-D-4 shall apply until the earliest of (a) the end of the second full day after the error occurred (e.g., until 2359 CT on Wednesday for an error that occurred on Monday); or (b) sixty (60) hours before the report time of the assignment made in error; after that time, Section 20-F, as applicable, shall apply.

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20-D-4-f If the Pilot brings the error to the attention of Crew Scheduling, it must be resolved at that time.

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20-D-4-g At any time, the Company may elect to use Section 20-F in lieu of this Section 20-D- 4. With the concurrence of the Pilot, this Section 20-D-4 may be used outside the timeline restrictions above.

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20-D-5 Days Off Adjacent to Vacation.

Within seventy-two (72) hours after Monthly Schedule Preferencing is completed for all Pilots, a Pilot may elect to protect some or all of his days off before and after a vacation period that was included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing, subject to the following:

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20-D-5-a A Lineholder or Basic Reserve may not protect the first day off occurring before the vacation period.

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20-D-5-b A Global Reserve may not protect the first two (2) days off occurring before the vacation period.

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20-D-5-c The protected days must be continuous and adjacent to the vacation period.

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20-D-5-d Without Company concurrence, a Lineholder may not pick up or trade for a Trip that overlaps the protected days and/or the day off before the protected days.

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20-D-5-e Without his concurrence, a Pilot may not be given an assignment or reassignment that infringes on protected days.

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20-D-5-f Vacation in a Bid Period shall comply with the timeline in Section 20-D-5, even if that vacation begins on the first day of the Bid Period. It is understood that in some cases the protected days off will occur in the Bid Period prior to the one in which the vacation occurs. In the application of Sections 9-B-4 and 20-Q-12 (no training or landings classes before and after a vacation period), if the Company is unaware of the Pilot’s vacation because it occurs in the subsequent Bid Period, the Pilot is deemed to have concurred to the training or landings class assignment provided he does not call the upcoming vacation period to the Company’s attention at the time of notification of assignment.

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20-D-6 When a schedule repair is required due to the results of Monthly Schedule Preferencing for the next Bid Period being loaded into the crew management system, at its discretion the Company may utilize either Section 20-F or the following process:

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20-D-6-a For the Pilot’s first occurrence over a rolling six Bid Period timeframe, Section 20-F is applicable.

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20-D-6-b For the Pilot’s second and third occurrences over a rolling six Bid Period timeframe, Section 20-F is applicable except that the Company and the Pilot shall mutually select a block (or blocks) of AV days that need not correspond to the footprint of the Trip (or Trips) being dropped. If mutual agreement cannot be reached, a flight manager will select the repair and AV days in Bid Period B. The intent of this paragraph is a selection of AV days for which the Pilot is legal for an assignment.

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20-D-6-c For the Pilot’s fourth, fifth and sixth occurrences over a rolling six Bid Period timeframe, at its discretion the Company may utilize Section 20-D-6-b above or it may elect to repair the Pilot’s schedule by dropping a Trip (or Trips) in Bid Period B without pay (in which case the Pilot shall have no AV day obligation).

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20-D-6-d The process described in this Section 20-D-6 is not applicable and the schedule repair will not count as an occurrence under this Section 20-D-6 if:

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20-D-6-d-(1) the need for the schedule repair was created by reassignment or in the Actual Operation; or

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20-D-6-d-(2) a schedule repair is made because a Pilot is projected to exceed a buffer established under Section 20-A-5, but is not projected to exceed any actual limits.

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20-D-6-e A schedule repair made under Section 20-D-6-b must allow the Pilot a reasonable amount of time to respond to the Company’s proposal before the first trip-trading run for Bid

Period B. A schedule repair made under Section 20-D-6-c must be completed before the first trip-trading run for Bid Period B.

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20-D-7 A Pilot who is changing Bases and is awarded a block of reserve days that crosses between Bid Periods from the old Base to the new Base may:

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20-D-7-a Continue the block of reserve days at their old Base (either through an election or failure to make an election under Section 20-D-7-b), and be provided lodging starting on the last night of the first Bid Period, or

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20-D-7-b Elect, prior to start of trip-trading as provided in Section 20-P-3-c in the first Bid Period, to start the block of reserve days at their new Base. For example, by the start of February trip-trading (which occurs in January) for a reserve block that crosses between the January and February Bid Periods.

20-E System Schedule Committee

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20-E-1 A System Schedule Committee (“SSC”) shall be composed of four (4) Pilot representatives, one of whom shall be designated as Chair. These Pilots may also be Local Schedule Representatives. Each month the SSC shall meet with the designated Company representatives to review and make recommendations to the Company regarding Trip construction, the allocation and assignment of flying and lines of flying. Members of the SSC, or their designees, may observe, review and provide input during schedule awarding. In addition, a minimum of one (1) scheduling representative from each Base shall be given the opportunity to review the construction of Trips. Each month, the Company shall schedule the SSC meeting to coincide as closely as possible with the anticipated dates of the opening of monthly bidding. This SSC meeting shall be at least three days; however the meeting may be extended by agreement due to problems with schedule awarding. Meetings may be on different dates for some or all fleets. Additional meetings may be held by mutual agreement. It is the intent that this SSC shall have the opportunity to consult with and make recommendations to the Company on the allocation of flying, assignment and reduction of flying to Pilot Bases. When considering the allocation of flying, assignment and reduction of flying to Pilot Bases, the seniority of the Pilots involved shall be taken into account, so long as efficient utilization of Pilots and stability of Pilot employment at the Bases are achieved and economy of operations and working conditions are not unreasonably affected.

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20-E-2 All information pertinent to the allocation, assignment, and scheduling of flying shall be provided to the SSC on a timely basis. In addition, the Company shall provide the SSC with requested information, including the results of trip construction studies requested by the SSC Chair, and provide test runs to address issues such as misawards. The Company shall provide PBS Planner Interface Training for members of the SSC upon request by the SSC Chair. It is understood by the parties that some information may be identified by the Company as "privileged." The SSC and the MEC Officers agree to keep this information confidential until informed otherwise by the Company.

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20-E-2-a The SSC, or other ALPA committee members as designated by the SSC Chairman, shall be involved with the application of fatigue software to Pilot Trips, including the opportunity to consult with and make recommendations on the parameter settings and other assumptions used by the fatigue software. The Company and SSC must agree on the use of fatigue modeling

software and the metrics used for determining minimum fatigue scoring for pairings used for monthly preferencing. If the parties are unable to agree, then the FMSC will be tasked with finding a mutually agreeable solution.

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20-E-3 In the event unforeseen circumstances arise which would necessitate discussions with the SSC in compliance with the provisions of this Section 20, the Company shall communicate with the SSC via conference call prior to taking any actions.

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20-E-4 The Company and the SSC shall continue efforts to develop and improve computer programs to provide for more efficient scheduling of Pilots. It is agreed and understood that mutual agreement between the Company and the SSC must be reached prior to the implementation of any such program. The Company agrees to correct any PBS program errors and to make any mutually agreed upon changes in a timely manner. The need for future meetings with the PBS provider shall be addressed in accordance with established SSC review processes.

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20-E-5 If changes to planned flying occur too late to be included in Pilots' schedules and such changes result in the need to modify a Pilot's awarded schedule(s), the Company shall offer the SSC the opportunity to consult with and make recommendations regarding the appropriate manner to accomplish the necessary modifications.

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20-E-6 The Company shall provide the monthly Trip file to the SSC no later than five (5) days prior to the opening of the PBS bidding. If the Company is unable to provide the SSC with the monthly Trip file within four (4) days of the opening of PBS bidding, the Company will provide three (3) days of Company-paid Trip/reserve drops or Company-paid Association Leave for one (1) local System Scheduling Committee pairing reviewer per Pilot Base to complete the pairing review.

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20-E-6-a Example: If the Company delivers the June Trip file to the SSC no later than April 28 2359 CT that would satisfy this provision in relation to the opening of PBS bidding on May 4.

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20-E-6-b Example: If the Company delivers the June Trip file to the SSC after April 29 2359 CT, the Company-paid Trip/reserve drop and Company-paid Association Leave provisions would apply.

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20-E-7 In the event unresolved scheduling problems arise, the SSC may appeal the matter to the senior-most flight-qualified Vice-President in charge of Flight Operations.

20-F Assignment or Reassignment After Loss of Flying, Training Assignment or Other Absence and

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20-F-1 Loss of Full Trip or Originating Segment of Trip

When a Pilot loses a full Trip or the originating portion thereof, due to a schedule repair, being out of position, cancellation, inability to be dispatched due to being a “high minimums” Captain, a Pilot refusing to fly with another Pilot, consolidation or Equipment substitution, regardless of whether he has reported for the Trip, he may be assigned or reassigned by the Company as follows:

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20-F-1-a Prior to Scheduled Report Time. If he is advised of the loss of his flying prior to his scheduled report time for such flying, the Company shall at that time exercise one of the options below. A Pilot will be considered to be advised under this provision if two-way contact is established any time prior to Report Time or if the Company attempts to contact the Pilot

and leaves messages describing the loss of flying at all provided contact phone numbers at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to Report Time. If however the loss of his flying is due to the suspension of operations at his Base, the Company shall exercise one of the following within two (2) hours after operations are resumed:

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20-F-1-a-(1) Convert the day(s) on which the lost Trip was scheduled to operate to availability (“AV”) day(s). Until 1500 on the day prior to the first AV day, the Company may give the Pilot training assignment(s) or flight assignment(s), including landings classes, recurrent training fill-in assignments, and additional flying to flight assignments already made, on that AV day(s). Notwithstanding the timeline requirements outlined in Section 9-B-2, a Pilot can be assigned Section 9-B-2 training on AV days under this provision. Assignments, once made, may only be removed with Pilot concurrence. For purposes of this paragraph, “lost Trip” refers to the Trip subset that is included in the Lineholder’s PTC.

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20-F-1-a-(2) Require him to deadhead to any point to connect with the remainder of his scheduled assignment.

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20-F-1-a-(3) If the loss of his flying occurs after 1300 on the day prior to the scheduled Departure of the Trip lost, require him to be telephone available for a period not to exceed four (4) hours for a potential flight assignment. Such four (4) hour telephone availability period shall start no earlier than four (4) hours prior to the scheduled Departure time of the Trip lost and shall end no later than the scheduled release time of the Trip lost. In addition, the Pilot’s last Duty Period must have ended at least ten hours and forty-five minutes (10:45) before the start of the telephone availability period (or less, with Pilot concurrence).

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20-F-1-a-(4) Give him a new assignment.

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20-F-1-a-(5) With Pilot concurrence, assign the Pilot to report to the airport for a four (4) hour Field Standby assignment; such four (4) hour Field Standby assignment shall commence at the scheduled report time of the lost Trip.

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20-F-1-a-(6) If the Pilot is a Reserve, give him a short-call reserve assignment that begins no earlier than the report time of the lost Trip, except that a Reserve on an LCL cannot be given a short-call reserve assignment without their concurrence.

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20-F-1-a-(7) Relieve him from responsibility under the provisions of this Section 20-F. In such case, if the Pilot is a Reserve, he shall return to long-call.

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20-F-1-a-(8) Any assignment given under this Section 20-F-1-a, including a deadhead to connect to the remainder of his scheduled assignment, cannot be scheduled to depart prior to 1800 or three (3) hours before the Pilot's originally scheduled Departure, whichever is earlier.

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20-F-1-a-(9) If the lost flying was originally assigned under Section 20-H-4 or 20-H-5, the Add Pay the Lineholder received under that provision shall be removed. Instead, the Add Pay percentage he was entitled to under the original assignment shall apply to the scheduled pay value of the replacement Trip(s) he performs in conjunction with his obligation under Section 20-F-1-a.

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20-F-1-a-(10) If a Reserve loses a full Trip, and if the assignment of the Trip involved a disruption to an RDO, VDO, or FDO, the disrupted RDO, VDO, or FDO will remain disrupted (i.e., as a reserve day), unless the Reserve elects to restore his schedule to how it existed before the lost Trip was assigned (in which case any Add Pay associated with the disrupted day shall be removed). The Reserve must make such an election when he is advised of the loss of flying.

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20-F-1-b After Scheduled Report Time. If the Pilot is advised of the loss of their flying at or after their scheduled report time for such flying or is not otherwise advised as provided in Section 20-F-1-a, the Company shall exercise one of the following within one (1) hour of the time they are advised of the loss of his flying (in the event of a cancellation or Equipment substitution, the hour shall begin at the later of (-1-) the cancellation or Equipment substitution timestamp in the official system of record or (-2-) the Pilot’s report time). This one (1) hour limitation shall be extended to two (2) hours if, at the time of the loss of his flying the Pilot’s Base is operating in Code Gray or Code Yellow status and three (3) hours if the Pilot’s Base is operating under Code Red or Code Blue status, as those terms are defined in the Network Operations Center Operations Manual in effect on September 29, 2023. If the loss of flying is due to the suspension of operations at the Pilot’s Base, the Pilot may be released from duty and the Company shall exercise one of the following within two (2) hours after operations are resumed:

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20-F-1-b-(1) Require him to deadhead to any point to connect with the remainder of his scheduled assignment.

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20-F-1-b-(2) Reassign him other flying within that Duty Period.

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20-F-1-b-(3) Give him a new assignment after being given an Off-Duty Period of at least ten hours and forty-five minutes (10:45) (or less, with Pilot concurrence). This new assignment may not be a Field Standby assignment, without the Pilot’s concurrence.

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20-F-1-b-(4) Require him to be telephone available for a period not to exceed four (4) hours for a potential flight assignment; the start time of such four (4) hour period shall be at least ten hours and forty-five minutes (10:45) (or less, with Pilot concurrence) after the Pilot is released from his current Duty Period.

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20-F-1-b-(5) With Pilot concurrence, assign the Pilot to remain at the airport for a four (4) hour Field Standby assignment; such four (4) hour Field Standby assignment shall commence at the scheduled report time of the lost Trip.

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20-F-1-b-(6) Relieve the Pilot from responsibility under the provisions of this Section 20-F. In such case, if the Pilot is a Reserve, they shall return to long-call.

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20-F-1-c Any assignment or reassignment given a Pilot under the provisions of Sections 20-F- 1-a or 20-F-1-b must comply with the following limitations:

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20-F-1-c-(1) It cannot be scheduled to interfere with the Pilot’s next scheduled day off. If a Reserve receives an assignment or reassignment under Section 20-F-1-b, it must also comply with Section 20-L.

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20-F-1-c-(2) If it produces any new Off-Duty Periods at the Pilot's Base during the period of his original assignment, the Pilot shall, upon request, be provided a local hotel room.

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20-F-1-c-(2)-(a) Until the Pilot actually reports, at a scheduled report time, whether for the canceled flying or for any assignment or reassignment, any additional off-duty time shall not be considered as a new Off-Duty Period and this provision shall not apply.

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20-F-1-c-(3) If it is scheduled to interfere, or does interfere in the Actual Operation, with the Pilot's next scheduled Trip, the loss of such next Trip shall subject him to assignment or reassignment under this Section 20-F.

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20-F-1-d If a Pilot is assigned an AV day, a telephone availability period, or voluntary Field Standby period, and is not utilized, the Pilot is relieved of responsibility under this Section 20- F-1.

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20-F-1-e The Company may, at any time, split Open Trips to make flight assignments or reassignments under Section 20-F-1.

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20-F-1-f When the originating segment of a Pilot’s Trip is canceled after a gate return or air return, this Section 20-F-1 shall apply.

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20-F-1-g When applying Section 20-F-1-a or 20-F-1-b to an out-of-base Lineholder, he shall be assigned or reassigned as if he was an in-base Lineholder at the Base to which the out-of-base trip was assigned.

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20-F-1-h When applying Section 20-F-1-a or 20-F-1-b to a situation in which a Pilot refuses to fly with another Pilot, only one (1) of the Pilots may be reassigned. Unless a Captain-qualified flight manager determines otherwise, the Pilot who is refusing to fly should be reassigned.

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20-F-2 Loss of Segment After Originating Segment of Trip

When a Pilot loses any portion of a Trip other than the originating segment, regardless of whether they have reported for the Trip, they may be reassigned to other known Open Flying, including deadheading to such flying, in accordance with Section 20-L.

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20-F-2-a Loss of Flight Segment while at Base. If a Pilot at their Base is not reassigned within two (2) hours they are released from the Trip (a reserve Pilot returns to long-call) unless there is a subsequent deadhead or Flight Segment out of their Base which is part of the Pilot’s existing Trip.

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20-F-2-a-(1) If there is a subsequent deadhead or Flight Segment departing from their Base which is part of the Pilot’s existing Trip, the Pilot is released to that Flight Segment and will be provided lodging if an Off-Duty Period is required.

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20-F-2-a-(2) The two (2) hours will be measured from the latest of the (1) first report of the duty day with the lost flying, (2) arrival of the Flight Segment preceding the lost flying within the Duty Period, or (3) the actual time of the loss of flying.

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20-F-2-b Loss of an Out-of-Base Flight Segment. If a Pilot loses flying at a location other than their Base and is not reassigned within two (2) hours (as calculated under 20-F-2-a-(2)), then:

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20-F-2-b-(1) Last Day of Trip. If the lost Flight Segment is on the Pilot’s last day of the Trip, the Pilot will be deadheaded to their Base and released unless there is a subsequent deadhead or Flight Segment from that city which is part of the Pilot’s existing Trip. If the Pilot is on Reserve, they shall be returned to long-call.

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20-F-2-b-(2) Not on Last Day of Trip. If the lost Flight Segment is not on the Pilot’s last day of their Trip, then:

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20-F-2-b-(2)-(a) With Subsequent Segments. If there is a subsequent deadhead or Flight Segment from that city which is part of the Pilot’s existing Trip, the Pilot is released to their next segment and will be provided lodging if an Off-Duty Period is required.

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20-F-2-b-(2)-(b) Without Subsequent Segments. If there is not a subsequent deadhead or Flight Segment from that city which is part of the Pilot’s existing Trip, the Pilot will be provided with a hotel room and remain on phone availability at the hotel until the end of the scheduled Duty Period. In the event the Pilot exercises self-help to obtain a hotel room, the Pilot will attempt to notify the Company of their location (which may be by email).

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20-F-2-b-(2)-(b)-i If a Reassignment is made within the Duty Period, the Pilot will be subject to the Section 20-L limits and the Pilot cannot be assigned additional legs without a contractual Off-Duty Period.

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20-F-2-b-(2)-(b)-ii At the scheduled end of the Duty Period, the Pilot shall be automatically released into an Off-Duty Period that ends at the later of either twelve (12) hours or 0700 local time (unless the required contractual Off-Duty Period is longer). This serves as their contractual off-duty entitlement and prospective FAR rest period.

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20-F-2-b-(2)-(b)-iii At the end of the Pilot’s Off-Duty Period, the Pilot will check their schedule and/or contact the Company. If a Reassignment under this provision is made while the Pilot is in an Off-Duty Period (as described in Section 20-F-2-b- (2)-(ii)), the Reassignment must be scheduled to return the Pilot to their Base on the same day as original Trip instead of the Section 20-L limits. The Pilot can waive this limit (and the Section 20-L limit) and accrue 100% Add Pay until rejoining the original Trip.

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20-F-2-b-(2)-(b)-iv If no Reassignment is made at the end of the Off-Duty Period in Section 20-F-2-b-(2)-(b)-iii, any Reassignment is limited to deadheading the Pilot to their Base and being released upon arrival. If the Pilot is on Reserve, they shall be returned to long-call.

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20-F-2-b-(2)-(b)-v If the Company has not exercised any Reassignment by the end of the Off Duty period, the Pilot is presumptively approved to a deadhead deviation, shall be entitled to a Section 21-AA remedy, and will attempt to inform the Company of their action (which may be by email). Alternatively, the Pilot may remain in the hotel awaiting the pairing update with a deadhead to Base.

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20-F-2-c Loss of Segment Due to Suspension of Operations. A Pilot who is unable to return to his Base within the time limits set forth in Section 20-L as a result of the suspension of operations, either at their Base or at the airport at which they lost their scheduled flying, may, when operations are resumed, be reassigned to other known Open Flying which shall expediently return the Pilot to their Base, otherwise, they may be deadheaded to their Base. When this Section 20-F-2-c is applied by automation, ‘expedient’ shall mean no more than two (2) Flight Segments and no intervening Off-Duty Period. The 2-hour limit defined in Section 20-F-2-a-(2) shall start upon resumption of operations.

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20-F-2-d If the reassignment given above interferes with the Pilot's next scheduled Trip, the loss of such next scheduled Trip shall subject the Pilot to assignment or reassignment under Sections 20-F-1-a or 20-F-1-b.

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20-F-2-e Example 1: A ORD-based Pilot reports in BOS at 1300 on day 2 of a 4-day trip to find their BOS-EWR leg is cancelled. EWR is in irregular ops, and the Pilot’s scheduled duty period was set to end at 2300.

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20-F-2-e-(1) The Pilot waits 2 hours (until 1500) for a 20-F-2 reassignment to be made and for the Company to contact them. At the end of two (2) hours the Pilot checks their schedule and if no reassignment has been made, the Pilot calls the crew desk to advise them they are going to the hotel to await a reassignment beginning tomorrow. If unable to reach the crew desk, the Pilot will find a hotel, proceed to it and notify the Company of their location (including by email).

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20-F-2-e-(2) The Pilot remains on-duty and available by phone until the end of the scheduled duty period (2300) for any reassignment that begins after a layover. If reassigned by 2300, normal 20-L limits apply.

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20-F-2-e-(3) If at 2300 no reassignment has been made, the Pilot begins a 12-hour contractual Off-Duty Period ending at 1100. Their FAR rest period will be 0100-1100.

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20-F-2-e-(4) If a reassignment is made between 2301 (Day 2) and at or prior to 1100 (Day 3), it must be scheduled to return the Pilot to their Base no later than Day 4, the last day of the original trip.

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20-F-2-e-(5) If no reassignment is made by 1100, the Pilot can only be deadheaded to Base and be released from the Trip at their Base. If unable to reach the crew desk, the Pilot may make their own way home (eligible for a Section 21-AA remedy) or remain in the hotel awaiting the pairing to be updated with a deadhead to ORD.

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20-F-2-f Example 2: An IAH-based Pilot is on day 2 of a 3-day trip. Due to weather in the Bay area, the SFO-IAH flight has been cancelled at departure time. After two (2) hours (0940), if the Pilot has not been notified of a reassignment they may proceed to a hotel in SFO and consider themselves released until their report in SFO on day 3.

Table in 20.F.2.f
Day 1:
IAH CUN1040 1300
CUN SFO1410 1805
Day 2:
SFO IAH0740 1329 [Cancelled]
IAH SFO1620 1831 [Cancelled]
Day 3:
SFO LAX0750 0922
LAX IAH1040 1429
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20-F-2-g Example 3: An MCO-based Pilot is on day 1 of a 3-day trip. Their second leg of the day EWR to FLL is delayed, and then subsequently cancelled at 1330. If a reassignment is made by 1530 (2 hours after the actual loss of flying) the Pilot may be given any open flying within Section 20-L limits. At 1530, if no reassignment is made the Pilot may proceed to a hotel in EWR and shall remain contactable until 1625 (their original release time). If notified between 1530 and 1625, the Pilot may be given new flying (after an Off-Duty Period) as long as it returns to Base within the Section 20-L limit of 2359 the day after the original last day of the Trip.

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20-F-2-g-(1) At 1625, the Pilot is automatically released until 0700 the next morning (which is the later of twelve (12) hours after the original schedule release or 0700). At 0700 on day 2, the Pilot is required to check their schedule for a reassignment. If no reassignment is made by 0700, the Pilot is limited to a deadhead back to MCO where they will be released.

Table in 20.F.2.g.1
Day 1:
MCO EWR0710 1000
EWR FLL1205 1610 [Cancelled]
Day 2:
FLL ORD0800 1020
ORD CUN1140 1525
Day 3:
CUN IAD0845 1330
IAD MCO1730 2015
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20-F-3 Notwithstanding Sections 20-F-1 or 20-F-2, if a change to the applicable airline system schedule causes a Trip or Trips to change, and, according to Sections 20-B-1 and 20-B-2, it is too late to include the changed Trips in Monthly Schedule Preferencing, the affected Pilots may be assigned other flying as follows:

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20-F-3-a The changes to lines of flying shall be limited to the fewest number of lines consistent with efficient scheduling and those affected Pilots shall be notified as soon as possible after the changes are made.

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20-F-3-b The primary effort shall be to assign the revised Trip on the same day(s) the Pilot(s) was scheduled to fly. No revised lines may exceed ninety (90) Line Credit hours.

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20-F-3-c If an assignment produces any new Off-Duty Periods at the Pilot's Base during the period of his original assignment, the Pilot shall, upon request, be provided a local hotel room.

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20-F-3-d A Pilot who is assigned a line with fewer Duty Periods than were contained in his original line may, at the time of initial notification of the revision, be given Section 20-F-1-a- (1) or 20-F-1-a-(3) assignments, as appropriate, on days he was originally scheduled to fly. The Company shall make such assignments available as far in advance as possible.

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20-F-3-e Should the schedule change result in a reduction of flying at the Base equivalent to one Line of Flying or more, any Pilot who loses all of his flying may be assigned a reserve schedule which shall retain the days off he had in his original line.

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20-F-3-f The SSC shall be afforded the opportunity to consult with and make recommendations on schedule revisions.

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20-F-3-g No more than five percent (5%) of Pilot schedules, as measured on a Category basis, shall be subject to assignment under this provision in any one (1) Bid Period. Should an occasion arise which requires revision to more than five percent (5%) of schedules, all assignments must be made under the provisions of Section 20-F-1.

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20-F-3-h Notwithstanding the five percent (5%) limit above, in the event of a major disruption to service outside of the Company's control (such as that created by the 1981 Air Traffic Controller's strike), the Company may revise schedules to the extent necessary to maintain the highest level of service possible. In such event, the Company shall work closely with the SSC to ensure that passenger schedule integrity is maintained without imposing unnecessary disruption on Pilots' schedules.

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20-F-4 When the Company cancels or terminates a training assignment of five (5) days or more that was included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing (excluding recurrent training), it shall be handled as follows:

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20-F-4-a The Company shall construct an initial schedule based on the prorated duty days.

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20-F-4-a-(1) For Lineholders:

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20-F-4-a-(1)-(a) If the schedule is constructed at or before 1300 on the day prior to the first duty day in a set of duty days, the Lineholder shall be reassigned on those duty days under Section 20-F-1-a-(1).

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20-F-4-a-(1)-(b) If the schedule is constructed after 1300 on the day prior to the first duty day in a set of duty days, then on that first duty day the Lineholder shall be assigned a period of telephone availability of four (4) hours in duration, flying, or relieved from responsibility and such assignments shall be made when the schedule is constructed.

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20-F-4-a-(1)-(c) When Section 20-F-1-a-(1) applies to more than one set of duty days, the “1500 on the day prior to the first AV day” cut-off time for assignments shall be applied separately to each set of duty days.

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20-F-4-a-(2) Reserves shall be given a prorated number of reserve days.

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20-F-4-b Within seventy-two (72) hours of construction, the Pilot may contact the Company and rearrange one-half (1/2) of his days off (rounded up) as follows:

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20-F-4-b-(1) For a full month absence, the Pilot must designate two (2) blocks of days off;

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20-F-4-b-(2) For a partial month, the Pilot may designate only one (1) block of days off, with a maximum length of five (5) days;

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20-F-4-b-(3) When the proration results in only two (2) days off, the Pilot can elect to place a single day off. The Company may place the remaining day off at its discretion;

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20-F-4-b-(4) After the Pilot designates his days off, the Company may rebuild the remaining schedule around those days;

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20-F-4-b-(5) If the Pilot contacts the Company after 1300 on the day before the report time of a Trip or other duty already on his schedule, the Pilot may only move the Trip or first three (3) days of duty with Company concurrence.

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20-F-4-b-(6) The Pilot is not eligible to place days off on a Holiday unless there is a Pilot junior to the affected Pilot (in Category) who was awarded the Holiday off.

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20-F-4-b-(7) After the Pilot’s schedule rearrangement is complete, the Company may give the Pilot a set of new assignments, in accordance with Section 20-F-4-a-(2).

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20-F-4-c The provisions of Section 20-F-7 shall apply.

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20-F-5 When the Company cancels or terminates recurrent training or a training assignment of less than five (5) days that was included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing, then duty days shall coincide with the originally scheduled training and travel days.

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20-F-5-a For Lineholders:

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20-F-5-a-(1) If the training was canceled at or before 1300 on the day prior to the first day of the training footprint, the Lineholder shall be reassigned on those duty days under Section 20-F-1-a-(1).

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20-F-5-a-(2) If the training was canceled after 1300 on the day prior to the first day of the training footprint, then on the first duty day the Lineholder shall be assigned a period of telephone availability of four (4) hours in duration, flying, or relieved from responsibility and such assignments shall be made when the Lineholder is notified of the cancellation.

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20-F-5-b Reserve Pilots shall be given reserve day(s).

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20-F-5-c The provisions of Section 20-F-7 shall apply.

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20-F-6 Cancellation of training (including subsequent OE blocker days and any awarded flying of which the Pilot is now not qualified for), when the cancellation was not initiated by the Company, or the cancellation of any other absence or activity (e.g., sick leave, military leave), that was included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing shall be handled as follows:

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20-F-6-a The Company shall construct an initial schedule based on the prorated duty days. Lineholders may be assigned periods of telephone availability of four (4) hours in duration or flying. Such assignments shall be made when the initial schedule is constructed. The period of telephone availability for training cancellation is for each duty day; otherwise the period of telephone availability is only on the first day of a period of duty days. Reserves shall be given a prorated number of reserve day(s).

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20-F-6-b Within seventy-two (72) hours of construction, the Pilot may contact the Company and rearrange his schedule at his discretion. Rebuilt schedules must consist of three (3) to five (5) consecutive duty days (unless proration results in a lesser amount of duty days). If the Pilot contacts the Company after 1300 on the day before the report time of a Trip or other duty already on his schedule, the Pilot may only move the Trip or first three (3) days of duty with Company concurrence.

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20-F-6-c After the Pilot’s schedule rearrangement is complete, the Company may give the Pilot a set of new assignments, in accordance with Section 20-F-6-a.

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20-F-6-d The provisions of Section 20-F-7 shall apply.

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20-F-7 The following provisions shall apply to Sections 20-F-4, 20-F-5 and 20-F-6:

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20-F-7-a If the affected Lineholder picks up or is assigned Open Flying that fully covers a period of days owed, they shall have no further responsibility to the Company for that period. If they pick up or are assigned Open Flying that partially covers a period of days owed, with Company concurrence they shall have no further responsibility to the Company for that period.

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20-F-7-b The telephone availability period or Trip report time shall begin no earlier than 1000 on the first (1st) day.

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20-F-7-c The telephone availability period shall end no later than 1800 on the last day.

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20-F-7-d The above procedures may be modified with mutual concurrence between the Pilot and the Company.

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20-F-8 If a training assignment that was not included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing cancels or terminates earlier than planned, a Lineholder may be given replacement assignments, under the provisions of Section 20-F-1, on those days on which he had underlying Trips published in his awarded schedule. A Reserve shall return to his original reserve schedule.

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20-F-9 Treatment of Canceled Unpaid Absences Not Included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing

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20-F-9-a When a Lineholder cancels an unpaid absence that was not included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing, the days underlying the unpaid absence will become days off and the Pilot’s pay will not be restored.

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20-F-9-b When a Lineholder uses vacation to cover an unpaid absence that was not included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing, and if that unpaid absence is subsequently canceled, the vacation will be returned to the Pilot’s unused vacation balance and the Pilot shall become subject to Section 20-F-9-a above.

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20-F-9-c When a Reserve cancels an unpaid absence that was not included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing, the reserve days underlying the unpaid absence shall be handled as follows:

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20-F-9-c-(1) If the day on which he notifies the Company of the cancellation is an underlying reserve day, he shall be advised by the Company at the time of the call if he will sit reserve on that day. If so, he may be given a Short Call assignment beginning at or after the time of the call. If unused, such Short Call assignment shall not apply toward the MPG provisions of Section 3-C-1-b-(1).

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20-F-9-c-(2) If the day after he notifies the Company of the cancellation is an underlying reserve day and it is 1200 or earlier on the current day, the Pilot shall sit reserve on that next day and on any subsequent underlying reserve days.

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20-F-9-c-(3) If the day after he notifies the Company of the cancellation is an underlying reserve day and it is after 1200 on the current day, he shall be advised by the Company at the time of the call if he will sit reserve on that next day. He will sit reserve on any subsequent underlying reserve day(s) after the next day.

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20-F-9-c-(4) The reserve’s MPG shall be restored by four hours, seventeen minutes and thirty-nine seconds (4:17:39) for each day they sit reserve.

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20-F-9-c-(5) The days underlying the unpaid absence that are not converted back to reserve days shall be coded as RDO/HDO/FDO as appropriate.

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20-F-9-d When a Reserve uses vacation to cover an unpaid absence that was not included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing, and if that unpaid absence is subsequently canceled, the vacation will be returned to the Pilot’s unused vacation balance and the Pilot shall become subject to Section 20-F-9-c above.

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20-F-10 With concurrence of both the Company and the Pilot, alternate processes may be used, except as limited below:

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20-F-10-a AV day modifications

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20-F-10-a-(1) Requests to move AV days will not be granted until the completion of the trip-trade run required by Section 20-P-3-c.

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20-F-10-a-(2) Flight assignments must be contained within contiguous blocks of AV days. Replacement of an existing AV flight assignment(s) with a new flight assignment(s) must fill more remaining contiguous AV days. Requests to move unassigned AV days may be granted in order to comply with this restriction.

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20-F-10-a-(2)-(a) Example: Pilot has three contiguous AV days and wants to be assigned a four-day trip, this is not allowed. If that same Pilot has a second set of three AV days (total of six), with company concurrence he can move one of the days to make one of the blocks four days in order to be assigned the four-day trip.

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20-F-10-a-(3) Nothing in this Section 20-F-10-a shall prohibit the Company and the Pilot from mutually agreeing to drop any or all of the AV days without pay or remove any or all of the AV days with pay.

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20-F-10-b If availability days are dropped without pay, the Pilot’s PTC will be reduced on a straight dollar pro-rate of the number of days dropped. For example, if a Pilot has availability days associated with an underlying four-day Trip that paid $3200, each day dropped without pay will reduce the Pilot’s PTC by $800.

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20-F-10-c If availability days are dropped for vacation, the Pilot’s vacation balance will be reduced on a straight hour pro-rate of the number of hours dropped. For example, if a Pilot has availability days associated with a four-day Trip that paid 22 hours, each day dropped for vacation will reduce the Pilot’s vacation balance by 5.5 hours.

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20-F-11 If a Pilot calls in sick on availability days, the Pilot’s sick leave bank will be debited on a straight hour pro-rate of the number of hours dropped. For example, if a Pilot has availability days associated with a four-day trip that paid 22 hours, each day dropped for sick leave will reduce the Pilot’s sick leave bank by 5.5 hours.

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20-F-12 Whenever a Flying Flight Segment's airport pair changes prior to takeoff it shall be considered a loss of flying, with the Pilot subject to all reassignment rules, with the following exceptions:

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20-F-12-a The destination airport is changed to one of the co-located airports listed in Section 5-E-1-h and the flight number does not change; or

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20-F-12-b A planned fuel stop with no layover at the fuel stop city.

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20-F-12-c Note: Unless subject to Section 20-M, a delayed Flight with no change in flight number is not a reassignment. A delayed Flight with a change in flight number may or may not be a reassignment depending on circumstances.

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20-F-13 When a Pilot’s first activity in a Trip is deadheading, and if he loses his first Flying Flight Segment of that Trip, the following shall apply:

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20-F-13-a If the loss of flying occurs after the actual Departure time of the deadhead, or if the loss of flying occurs before the actual Departure time of the deadhead but the Pilot departs on the deadhead, then Section 20-F-2 shall apply.

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20-F-13-b In all other cases Section 20-F-1 shall apply.

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20-F-14 A Pilot concurring to sit Field Standby in accordance with Sections 20-F-1-a-(5) or 20-F-1- b-(5) shall receive three (3) hours of Add Pay.

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20-F-15 For the purpose of assignment, contiguous blocks of AV days shall be treated as a single block. For example, a Pilot who is assigned AV days for two (2) two-day Trips that were scheduled to operate on contiguous days, making for a four-day block of AV days, shall be treated as if the Pilot was assigned AV for a single, four-day Trip. This limitation does not apply when the ensuing AV block does not yet exist as of the Section 20-F-1-a-(1) deadline for the preceding AV block.

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20-F-16 A Pilot whose assignment on the last day of a block of AV days is scheduled to or results in a return to their Base after the scheduled release time of their original Trip and with less than two (2) hours prior to the departure time of the last on-line flight to their home of record airport shall be provided on-line positive space travel to their home of record airport, including on the following day. Such request must be made at the time of reassignment and the Pilot may deviate from their home of record airport. If the Pilot is scheduled to arrive or actually arrives too late to utilize positive-space travel on the same day, the Pilot shall be provided a hotel, upon request.

20-G Open Flying

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20-G-1 Open flying being covered shall be described to the Pilot at the time of assignment. If such assignment is revised at any time prior to initial scheduled Departure of that assignment, the Pilot shall be notified as soon as possible.

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20-G-2 Assignment of Pilots to Trips shall be made based on the scheduled or planned Departure times of the Trips at the time of the assignment. Subsequent changes in Departure time of Trips

shall not change such assignment of Pilots to Trips unless additional irregularities in crew assignments shall result.

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20-G-3 In the assignment of Open Flying, Trips may be combined with other Open Trips at any location at the time of original assignment. The Company may split Open Trips at any time, if it deems it necessary to cover such Open Trips. However, a Trip that becomes open before 0001 Central Time on the day prior to the Trip’s report time shall not be split until it has been through at least one (1) run of any version of the trip-trade system.

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20-G-4 If, because of irregular operations, a Pilot is in position to fly his regularly scheduled Trip after it has been assigned as an Open Trip, he shall be entitled to return to that Trip, unless he is involved with a conflicting assignment and such assignment cannot be covered by the Pilot assigned his scheduled Trip.

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20-G-5 After the first (1st) Trip-trading run but no more than fifteen (15) days prior to the Trip’s report date, an Open Trip (including an Open Trip created for this purpose) may be set aside for assignment to a Pilot for training and line checks.

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20-G-6 After the first (1st) Trip-trading run described in Section 20-P-3 but no more than ten (10) days prior to the Trip’s report date, an Open Trip may be set aside for assignment to a Global Reserve who requires consolidation. Unless the Trip is designated as an IRO Trip, the Trip must be either made available to the trip-trading system described in Section 20-P-3-d for at least one (1) trip-trading run, or made available to the trip-trading system described in Section 20-P-3-e for at least one (1) run of automated instantaneous trip-trading. If Consolidation Lines have not been offered in the Global Reserve’s Category, the Global Reserve may only be assigned one (1) Trip set aside in accordance with this Section 20-G-6 per Bid Period.

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20-G-7 If the Pilot for whom a Trip is set aside, in accordance with Sections 20-C-2-a, 20-G-5, or 20-G-6, is unable to operate the Trip (e.g., sick, fails to complete training), within two (2) hours of when the Company becomes aware of the matter the Trip shall either be assigned to another Pilot for training or line check purposes, or to a Global Reserve who requires consolidation, or designated as open.

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20-G-8 If an I/E is unable to operate a Trip on his schedule, the Trip shall be designated as open when the Company becomes aware of the matter, except that:

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20-G-8-a If the Trip was to be used for training or line checks, Section 20-G-7 shall apply.

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20-G-8-b If the I/E received the Trip through FBO, the Company is not required to designate the Trip as open until the aggressive pickup window for such Trip opens.

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20-G-9 If the Company projects that a Pilot has less than thirty (30) minutes to make a connection, it may reassign another Pilot to cover the flying. However, in the event the original Pilot actually has thirty (30) minutes or more to make the connection, at their option they shall return to their original flying, provided that such return of flying does not require a schedule repair for either Pilot. Every effort shall be made to advise the original Pilot that they are being reassigned. If the Pilot is not returned to their original flying, the Pilot shall receive reassignment pay in accordance with Section 20-I-9.

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20-G-10 A particular Pilot(s) may, on a voluntary basis and after Monthly Schedule Preferencing, be assigned by the Company to a charter Trip in order to comply with the needs and desires of the charterer.

20-H Open Trip or Flying Coverage At Equipment-Bases

Before or during a Bid Period, an Open Trip or flying occurring at or assigned to an Equipment-Base may be covered as follows:

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20-H-1 In accordance with Section 20-F, an Open Trip or flying may be assigned or reassigned to a Pilot who has lost flying.

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20-H-2 Lineholders or I/Es may pick up or trade with Open Trips via the trip-trading system, in accordance with Section 20-P.

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20-H-3 Open Trips or flying may be offered to flight management personnel who are on the Seniority List. Management flying under this provision shall not be on an FBO basis. A manager may pick up or be assigned any Trip or flying that has been open for at least six (6) hours, or after 1200, whichever is later. However, if the Open Trip is scheduled to depart within thirteen (13) hours, he may pick up or be assigned the Open Trip or flying at any time. The manager shall not pick up or be assigned any Trip or flying until after the first run of the trip-trading system for the Bid Period.

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20-H-4 Lineholder Premium Pay Trips

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20-H-4-a The Company shall create a lineholder premium pay Trip by attaching Add Pay to an Open Trip and designating it as a lineholder premium pay Trip. At the Company’s discretion, such Add Pay shall be fifty percent (50%), seventy-five percent (75%) or one-hundred percent (100%) of the Trip’s pay value.

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20-H-4-a-(1) However, for Trips reporting during the following periods, the fifty percent (50%) and seventy-five (75%) options will not be permitted:

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20-H-4-a-(1)-(a) Beginning at 0000 LBT on November 15 and ending at 2359 LBT on November 30 each year, and

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20-H-4-a-(1)-(b) Beginning at 0000 LBT December 15 and ending at 2359 LBT January 3 each year.

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20-H-4-a-(2) In addition to the premiums outlined above, at the Company’s discretion, the Company may create a lineholder premium pay Trip and designate it as a lineholder premium pay Trip with Add Pay of one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) with the limitation that the one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) Add Pay will only attach to the Trip if it is added to a Pilot’s schedule as a result of a straight pick-up (i.e., not as a result of a trade in which a Trip is dropped in the same transaction).

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20-H-4-b The Company may remove this Add Pay at any time, provided the Trip is not on a Lineholder’s schedule, in which case it shall no longer be a lineholder premium pay Trip.

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20-H-4-c If an in-Base Lineholder simultaneously drops a Trip that starts on the same day as a lineholder premium pay Trip that he picks up, the Add Pay shall be removed from the Trip. However, at its discretion the Company may keep the Add Pay attached to the Trip.

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20-H-4-d The Lineholder shall receive the Add Pay at time of assignment. If he drops or trades out of the Trip, the Trip’s Add Pay shall be removed. However, if the Trip is traded away to another Pilot (seniority or real-time) the Add Pay shall remain on the Trip. If a Reserve is assigned a lineholder premium pay Trip, the Trip’s Add Pay shall be removed.

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20-H-4-e When a lineholder premium pay Trip is eligible for scheduler-assisted instantaneous trip-trading, with Company concurrence it may be assigned as part of and within the limitations of the Pilot’s previously-scheduled Duty Period. The time of assignment may be either before or after the previously-scheduled Duty Period’s release time.

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20-H-5 Senior Manning (SRM)

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20-H-5-a The SRM process described in this Section 20-H-5 may only be applied to a Lineholder Premium Pay Trip that has 100% Add Pay attached (for purposes of this Section 20- H-5, “the Trip”). If the Company removes the Add Pay from the Trip, in accordance with Section 20-H-4-b, and subsequently decides to again attach 100% Add Pay and re-apply the SRM process to the Trip, this Section 20-H-5 shall be restarted from its beginning.

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20-H-5-b Before applying the SRM process in Section 20-H-5-c to the Trip, the following shall be satisfied:

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20-H-5-b-(1) If it is before 0900 on the day prior to the Trip’s scheduled report time, the Trip must be made available to the trip-trading system described in Section 20-P-3-d, for at least one (1) trip-trading run.

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20-H-5-b-(2) If it is after 0900 on the day prior to the Trip’s scheduled report time, the Trip must be either made available to the trip-trading system described in Section 20-P-3-d, for at least one (1) trip-trading run, or made available to the trip-trading system described in Section 20-P-3-e, for at least one (1) run of automated instantaneous trip-trading.

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20-H-5-c SRM processing shall occur in the following order:

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20-H-5-c-(1) The Company shall notify all Lineholders who have requested notification of 100% Add Pay Trips.

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20-H-5-c-(2) The Company shall contact and offer the Trip to Lineholders who have placed themselves on the SRM list in the following order:

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20-H-5-c-(2)-(a) In seniority order to in-Base Lineholders who could be assigned the Trip without a schedule repair;

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20-H-5-c-(2)-(b) In seniority order to out-of-Base Lineholders who could be assigned the Trip without a schedule repair;

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20-H-5-c-(2)-(c) To an in-Base or out-of-Base Lineholder who could be assigned the Trip with a schedule repair that the Company finds acceptable; if two (2) or more Lineholders have similarly-acceptable schedule repairs, the offer shall be made first to in-Base Lineholders in seniority order and then to out-of-Base Lineholders in seniority order.

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20-H-5-c-(3) The Company may contact and offer the Trip to Lineholders who have not placed themselves on the SRM list in the following order:

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20-H-5-c-(3)-(a) In seniority order to in-Base Lineholders who could be assigned the Trip without a schedule repair;

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20-H-5-c-(3)-(b) In seniority order to out-of-Base Lineholders who could be assigned the Trip without a schedule repair;

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20-H-5-c-(3)-(c) To an in-Base or out-of-Base Lineholder who could be assigned the Trip with a schedule repair that the Company finds acceptable.

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20-H-5-c-(4) Notwithstanding Sections 20-H-5-c-(2) and 20-H-5-c-(3), within four (4) hours of the scheduled Departure time of a Global Trip and within three and one-half (3.5) hours of the scheduled Departure time of a Basic Trip, the Company may assign the Trip to any volunteering Pilot.

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20-H-5-c-(5) The parties agree that the Company’s determination of “acceptability” may change, as it seeks a schedule repair it finds acceptable.

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20-H-5-c-(6) A Trip assignment that infringes on a buffer established under Section 20-A- 5 is considered to be a “Trip with a schedule repair”. Additionally, a Lineholder who requires positioning by the Company as a condition of accepting the Trip shall be considered to be a “Trip with a schedule repair”.

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20-H-5-d After completing an SRM assignment, a Lineholder may be required to return to and complete his original Trip.

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20-H-5-e A SRM assignment in Section 20-H-5 shall include assigning the Trip as part of and within the limitations of the Pilot’s previously-scheduled Duty Period. Such an assignment will be included in the assignments made in Sections 20-H-5-c-(2)-(c) and 20-H-5-c-(3)-(c). The time of assignment may be either before or after the previously-scheduled Duty Period’s release time.

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20-H-5-f I/Es may participate in Section 20-H-5, in seniority order below in-Base Lineholders but together with out-of-Base Lineholders.

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20-H-5-g The Lineholder shall receive the Add Pay at time of assignment. If a Reserve is assigned the Trip, the Trip’s Add Pay shall be removed.

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20-H-6 Moving an Open Trip to Another Base

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20-H-6-a When a Trip remains open after having been through at least one (1) run of any version of the trip trade system, if no Reserve is projected to be legal for the Trip, after accounting for Open Trips, the Company may move that Open Trip to another Base (“legality trigger”). In addition, the Company may move an Open Trip to another Base when the net number of unassigned and available Reserves in the two (2) day silo or greater (“multi-day Reserves”) at the original Base on the day of the Open Trip’s report time, after accounting for Open Trips, is projected to be one (1) or less (“coverage trigger”). For purposes of this Section 20-H-6-a, a Reserve with a Short Call or voluntary Field Standby assignment shall be considered unassigned.

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20-H-6-a-(1) When “accounting for Open Trips”, the Company will match Reserves to Trips for which they are legal to the maximum extent possible while still complying with applicable assignment rules.

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20-H-6-a-(2) Example: There are six open trips for a Category, three with early morning departures and three with afternoon departures. There are three unassigned and available “multi-day Reserves”, but all three are legal only for the afternoon trips. After accounting for Open Trips, the three morning trips do not have a match. Thus, the three morning trips may be moved using the “legality trigger”, and one of the afternoon trips may be moved using the “coverage trigger”. Conversely, the company cannot move the three afternoon Trips with the “coverage trigger” then also move the three morning Trips with the “legality trigger”.

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20-H-6-a-(3) Example: There are six open trips for a Category, three with early morning departures and three with afternoon departures. There are four unassigned and available “multi-day Reserves”, all four of which are legal for the afternoon trips but only two of which are legal for the morning trips. After accounting for Open Trips, there are either two morning trips without a match, or one morning trip and one afternoon trip without a match; either combination may be moved using the “legality trigger”. Then, one additional trip may be moved using the “coverage trigger”. Thus, the following move combinations are allowed: three early morning trips; two early morning trips and one afternoon trip; one early morning trip and two afternoon trips. All three afternoon trips may not be moved.

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20-H-6-a-(4) For purposes of this Section 20-H-6-a, an ‘available’ Reserve is a Reserve who can report by 1200 (including the use of Sections 20-I-6-h-(1) and (2)).

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20-H-6-a-(5) The Company will ensure that the SSC is able to validate the legality of any Trip moves, provided the SSC requests details from the Company within three (3) months of the date the Trip is moved.

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20-H-6-b For every thirty-six (36) trip-days that are moved out of a Category in a rolling two (2) Bid Period time frame, the SSC may require the Company to exercise one of the following options, the choice of which shall be at the Company’s discretion.

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20-H-6-b-(1) Post one (1) vacancy bid to that Category, or

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20-H-6-b-(2) Offer one (1) month of voluntary TDY to that Category, or

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20-H-6-b-(3) Increase reserve staffing for one (1) month in that Category by one (1) full- month equivalent.

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20-H-6-b-(4) If the SSC requires the Company to exercise one (1) of the options, the latest thirty-six (36) trip-days in the rolling two (2) Bid Period time frame shall be removed from future calculations.

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20-H-6-b-(5) For purposes of Section 20-H-6-b, only a Trip that has a deadhead to the originating segment of the original Trip shall be considered as having been moved out of a Category.

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20-H-6-b-(6) When a Severe Weather Action Plan (“SWAP”) (or its equivalent) is active at a Base and when, as part of the SWAP, the Company has publicly announced the waiver of passenger change fees, any Trips moved out of that Base shall not count toward this calculation in Section 20-H-6-b. In the event the Company eliminates passenger change fees, the parties shall meet and agree on a new triggering condition.

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20-H-6-c Notwithstanding Section 5-E-12-a, a Basic Trip moved to another Base shall not be scheduled for more than five (5) Duty Periods.

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20-H-6-d A Trip that becomes open under the provisions of Section 20-Q-6 “Natural Disaster Absence Policy”, and that remains open after having been through at least one run of any version of the trip trade system, may be moved to another Base even if neither of the trigger conditions described in Section 20-H-6-a are applicable. In addition, any such moved Trips shall not count toward the calculation done in Section 20-H-6-b.

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20-H-6-e An Open Trip that remains open after having been through at least one (1) run of any version of the trip trade system may be moved to another Base in accordance with this Section 20-H-6 if doing so would prevent the assignment of a Reserve in the Trip’s original Base being assigned into a scheduled day off. Assignment of the Open Trip to a Reserve in a different Base cannot result in the Reserve being assigned into a scheduled day off, unless the Reserve has volunteered for assignment into the scheduled day(s) off.

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20-H-7 Visiting Reserve

Open Flying may be reassigned to a Reserve whose Trip ends with a deadhead, by replacing the deadhead with Open Flying, including deadheading to cover Open Flying, provided the reassignment is scheduled to return the Pilot to his Base without exceeding the limitations specified in Section 20-L.

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20-H-8 Premium Short Call Reserve Trips

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20-H-8-a Premium Short Call Reserve Trips are a series of daily Short Call periods of up to 12-hours each that can be offered to a Reserve or picked up by a Lineholder. For in-Base Premium Short Call Reserve Trips:

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20-H-8-a-(1) If the Company is unable to assign a particular Short Call to any Reserve in a Category, the Company may construct and offer a Premium Short Call Reserve Trip to any Lineholder on their days off or any Reserve in the Category (including days off).

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20-H-8-a-(2) Such assignments will include an initial credit of five hours and fifteen minutes (5:15) of Line Pay Value and PTC (for Lineholders) and five hours and fifteen minutes (5:15) of Add Pay per day of the Trip. If the Pilot is assigned flying, the LPV will be the greater of 5:15 per day or Trip(s) as actually flown.

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20-H-8-a-(3) Short Calls after the first day may be modified, if necessary, to provide rest periods.

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20-H-8-a-(4) The Trips will be limited to three (3) days in a Basic Category or four (4) days in a Global Category.

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20-H-8-a-(5) For a Lineholder, the Trip must be scheduled to return within the calendar days of the Premium Short Call Reserve Trip.

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20-H-8-a-(6) Upon request, PS travel and hotels will be provided to position the Pilot for the first Short Call period through the night following the last Short Call period.

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20-H-8-b Out-of-Base Premium Short Call Reserve Trips. If no Lineholder or Reserve in the Category picks up the Premium Short Call Reserve Trip described in Section 20-H-8-a, above, the Company may rebuild that Premium Short Call Reserve Trip in another Base for the same Equipment and Status in accordance with the following limitations:

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20-H-8-b-(1) Such assignments will include an initial credit of five hours and fifteen minutes (5:15) of Line Pay Value and PTC (for Lineholders) and five hours and fifteen minutes (5:15) of Add Pay per day of the Trip. If the Pilot is assigned flying, the LPV will be the greater of 5:15 per day or Trip(s) as actually flown.

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20-H-8-b-(2) The Premium Short Call Reserve Trip can be either a three-day, four-day, or five-day Trip in a Basic Category or a four-day, five-day or six-day Trip in a Global Category.

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20-H-8-b-(2)-(a) A Reserve on a Premium Short Call Reserve Trip in a Basic Category shall be limited to three (3) Short Call periods during the Premium Short Call Reserve Trip and a Reserve on a Premium Short Call Reserve Trip in a Global Category shall be limited to four (4) Short Call periods during the Premium Short Call Reserve Trip.

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20-H-8-b-(2)-(b) Lineholders and Reserves shall be scheduled to return within the calendar days of the Premium Short Call Reserve Trip.

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20-H-8-b-(3) The first and last day of the Premium Short Call Reserve Trip shall be scheduled as Deadhead-only Duty Periods. However, a Pilot on a Premium Short Call Reserve Trip may be assigned a Trip that includes flying on the last day of the Premium Short Call Reserve Trip if the flying would return the Pilot to their Base and the Pilot is removed from the Trip once returned to their Base. A Pilot on a Premium Short Call Reserve Trip must concur to any assignment that would extend into days off following the Premium Short Call Reserve Trip and would receive Day Off Add Pay provided in Section 20-K-3-b-(3).

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20-H-8-b-(3)-(a) For the purpose of application of Overtime Add Pay provided in Section 20-L-5, the scheduled release time shall be the scheduled release from the scheduled Deadhead on the last day of the Premium Short Call Reserve Trip. A Pilot who is reassigned while operating a Trip awarded while on a Premium Short Call Reserve Trip shall be eligible for all reassignment Add Pays.

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20-H-8-b-(3)-(b) Example: A four-day Premium Short Call Reserve Trip is built with a deadhead returning the Pilot to their Base at 1200 LBT on Day 4. The Pilot is assigned a three-day trip on Day 2 that is scheduled to and returns the Pilot to their base at 1800LBT on Day 4. The Pilot shall be paid 1:20 of Add Pay in accordance with Section 20-L-5.

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20-H-8-b-(3)-(c) Example: A four-day Premium Short Call Reserve Trip is built with a deadhead returning the Pilot to their Base at 1200LBT on Day 4. The Pilot is assigned a two-day trip on Day 2, which returns the Pilot to their Base at 1600LBT on Day 3. This

arrival time is the baseline for any reassignment. This Pilot’s reassignment limit is based on the assigned flying Trip’s end time (not the Premium Short Call Reserve Trip’s end time) using Section 20-L-2-a/b or 20-L-3, as applicable. The Pilot’s Overtime Pay is based on the original scheduled deadhead back to their Base on Day 4 of the Premium Short Call Reserve Trip.

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20-H-8-b-(4) If the out-of-base Premium Short Call Reserve Trip is not picked up, it can be assigned to a Reserve in the Category in which the out-of-base Premium Short Call Reserve Trip was offered. Premium Short Call Reserve Trips assigned in this manner cannot be scheduled to disrupt days off.

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20-H-8-b-(5) A Pilot on a Premium Short Call Reserve Trip shall be provided lodging in accordance with Section 4-C-2-d in the Base where the Short Call periods will be located.

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20-H-8-c For every nine (9) occurrences of Premium Short Call Reserve Trip built as a result of a lack of Reserves in a Category, the Company must offer one (1) vacancy in that Category.

20-I Covering Assignments At Equipment-Bases During the Assignment Window and Reassigning

Pilots to Open Flying and Open Trips At Equipment-Bases

During the Assignment Window, an open assignment, including Open Flying, occurring at or assigned to an Equipment-Base shall be covered as follows. In addition, without regard to the Assignment Window this Section 20-I shall be used to reassign Pilots to Open Flying or Open Trips at Equipment- Bases, when the reassignment is not covered under Section 20-H.

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20-I-1 The assignment window for an assignment that is open by 1000 on the day prior to the assignment’s report or start time shall begin at 1200 on the day prior to the assignment’s report or start time (unless the assignment is being made to a reserve on a LCL line, in which case it can be assigned beginning at 1015).

Real-Time Trade and APU Timeline
Real-Time Trade and APU Timeline ParticipantsLBTReference
Lineholder/LCL Seniority Run09:45NA
Lineholder/ LCL RTT/APU10:00 - 10:4420-K-8-a
LCL Assignment Window (opens)10:15 -20-I-6-d
Lineholder/All Other Reserves Seniority Run10:45NA
All Other Reserves APU window (opens)11:00 -20-K-8-a
Assignment window12:00 – 13:5920-I-6-d
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20-I-2 The assignment window for an assignment that becomes open after 1000 on the day prior to the assignment’s report or start time shall begin two (2) hours after it becomes open or twenty (20) hours prior to the report time for the Trip or Short-Call start time, as applicable, whichever is earlier, but never earlier than 1200 unless the assignment is being made to a reserve on a LCL line, in which case it can be assigned beginning at 1015.

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20-I-3 If the Company covers an open assignment, including Open Flying, under this Section 20-I, it may be covered under Step Three in this Section 20-I, or under Sections 20-I-12, 20-I-13, or 20-

I-14. If not, it shall be covered following Steps One through Five in this Section 20-I, exhausting each Step before advancing to the subsequent Step, unless otherwise stated.

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20-I-4 Step One. In any order:

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20-I-4-a In accordance with Section 20-F, an Open Trip or flying shall be assigned or reassigned to a Pilot who has lost flying.

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20-I-4-b The Open Trip or flying shall be assigned to a flight management Pilot who is on the Seniority List and who has volunteered for an Open Trip or flying, in accordance with Section 20-H-3.

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20-I-5 Step Two. In any order:

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20-I-5-a If Open Flying is created because an inbound Pilot cannot operate his next flight because of delays, schedule repair or cancellation or is created by the application of this Section 20-I-5-a (that is, cascading of Section 20-I-5-a reassignments is permitted), the Open Flying shall be covered by reassigning it to another Pilot, provided that the reassignment does not change the originating leg of the Pilot’s current trip and provided that if the final leg of his current Trip is not changed by the reassignment, then the reassigned flying must occur before such final leg, subject to the following:

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20-I-5-a-(1) The Company shall reassign the Open Flying using the following order, unless doing so would cause a delay or further delay, in which case it may choose the option with the least delay:

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20-I-5-a-(1)-(a) A Pilot who does not require a repair to the remaining Trips on his schedule.

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20-I-5-a-(1)-(b) A Pilot who does require a repair to the remaining Trips on his schedule. This provision is not available if the Open Flying can be covered under Step Three of Section 20-I using a Reserve not currently on a Trip.

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20-I-5-a-(2) Unless the Pilot otherwise concurs, a reassignment under this Section 20-I-5- a shall comply with Section 20-L.

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20-I-5-a-(3) This Section 20-I-5-a shall also apply if an Open Trip is created because a Pilot fails to report for his assigned Trip.

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20-I-5-a-(3)-(a) For purposes of this Section 20-I-5-a-(3), “a Pilot [who] fails to report for his assigned Trip” is a Pilot who provides less than four (4) hours of notice prior to the Trip’s scheduled departure time (including no notice and notice after the Trip’s scheduled departure time) that he will be unable to report at the airport at his Trip’s scheduled report time. Notwithstanding the above, a Pilot who calls in sick for his assigned Trip shall never be considered to be “a Pilot [who] fails to report for his assigned Trip”.

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20-I-5-a-(3)-(b) Further, such Open Trip may be reassigned to a Pilot such that the reassignment changes the originating leg of his current Trip, provided that such Pilot shall come last in the order given in Section 20-I-5-a-(1). If the Open Trip is reassigned to a Pilot under this provision, his Line Pay Value shall be the greater of his Line Pay

Value as it existed before the reassignment was made or his Line Pay Value after he completes the reassignment.

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20-I-5-a-(4) A Pilot reassigned under this Section 20-I-5-a for the first time in a Trip shall receive one (1) hour of Add Pay, except that this provision shall not apply if the reassignment is reversed.

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20-I-5-a-(5) A Pilot reassigned under Section 20-I-9-b may be part of the cascading reassignments. The cascade may continue after that reassignment and, if so, the next Pilot in the cascade (that is, the Pilot reassigned under Section 20-I-5-a to cover the flying now open due to the Section 20-I-9-b reassignment) shall also receive the reassignment Add Pay in Section 20-I-9-b. That reassignment Add Pay shall not extend to any subsequent Pilots in the cascade, provided they are reassigned under Section 20-I-5-a.

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20-I-5-b The Open Trip or flying shall be reassigned to a Lineholder who has volunteered to be available for reassignments, including add-on reassignments. Such Lineholder shall receive fifty percent (50%) Add Pay for all scheduled Flight Time and Deadhead Time that is part of this reassignment. If a Pilot is reassigned more than once under Section 20-I-5-b, he shall receive Add Pay for each reassignment. If the Lineholder is returned to his original Trip, such Add Pay shall cease to accrue. Further, Sections 20-L and 20-N shall not apply to Lineholders reassigned under this Section 20-I-5-b. The Company may allow a Lineholder to submit criteria to which the reassignment must adhere.

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20-I-5-c When a Pilot is reassigned in accordance with this Section 20-I-5 (Step Two), the Crew Scheduler making the reassignment shall enter into the pairing comments the reason for the reassignment, specifically referencing the original Trip number that included the reassigned flying.

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20-I-6 Step Three (Reserve Assignment)

An open assignment, including a Short-Call, shall be assigned to a Reserve, in accordance with Section 20-K and the following:

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20-I-6-a Reserve Assignment Order. Open Trips will be assigned in the following order:

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20-I-6-a-(1) Assigning a Trip with No Day-Off Disruption. Among Reserves who can receive an assignment without being assigned into a day off, they shall be assigned in the following order:

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20-I-6-a-(1)-(a) Within Silo, if any Long Call Reserves are legal for an assignment, then the assignment must be made to the Long Call Reserve and shall not be made to a Short-Call reserve or a Field Standby;

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20-I-6-a-(1)-(b) Within Silo, if any Short Call Reserves are legal for an assignment, then the assignment must be made to the Short Call Reserve and shall not be made to a Field Standby.

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20-I-6-a-(1)-(c) Among Reserves in the same silo and Long Call or Short Call status, the following priority shall be used when making the assignment of a Trip: a LCL Reserve, then a Traditional Reserve, and then any VEC, VSC or Compressed Reserve.

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20-I-6-a-(1)-(d) Assignment Ladder 1: For the purposes of determining assignments for Trips that do not require disruption, the following Assignment Ladder shall be used:

Table in 20.I.6.a.1.d
RungDescriptionCitation
1.Local LC reserve in silo; Priority 1) LCL, 2) Traditional Reserve, 3) VEC/VSC/Compressed line20-K-3-b-(1)
20-I-6-a
20-I-6-a-(1)-(c)
20-I-6-b-(1)
2.Local SC reserve, in silo; Priority 1) LCL, 2) Traditional Reserve, 3) VEC/VSC/Compressed line
a. Within silo/type, break tie with earlier SC start time
20-K-3-b-(1)
20-I-6-a
20-I-6-b-(1)
20-K-3-c-(2)
20-I-6-a-(1)-(c)
3.Local LC reserve silo+1, silo+2, etc.; Priority 1) LCL, 2) Traditional Reserve, 3) VEC/VSC/Compressed20-K-3-b-(2)
20-I-6-a
20-I-6-b-(1)
20-I-6-a-(1)-(c)
4.Local SC reserve, silo+1, silo+2, etc.; Priority 1) LCL, 2) Traditional Reserve, 3) VEC/VSC/Compressed
a. Within silo/type, break tie with earlier SC start time
20-K-3-b-(2)
20-I-6-a
20-I-6-b-(1)
20-K-3-c-(2)
20-I-6-a-(1)-(c)
5.FSB (no regard to silo)20-I-6-a
20-K-3-b-(4)
6.Visiting reserve with 20-L limit based on original trip returning on reserve days20-I-6-b-(1)
7.Visiting reserve with 20-L limit based on reserve block, returning on reserve days20-I-6-b-(2)
8.Add On flying with 20-L limit returning on reserve days (Add-On Flying in the same duty period as last leg)20-I-6-h-(3)
20-I-6-b-(3)
9.“Reduced Off Duty Time” in silo (Additional flying after a reduced, in-base off-duty period or “Quick Turn”)20-I-6-h-(1)
20-I-6-h-(2)
20-I-6-b-(3)
10.20-I-6-g-(1) or (2) “Reduced Off Duty Time” in silo+1, silo+2, etc. (Quick Turn)20-I-6-h-(1)
20-I-6-h-(2)
20-I-6-h-(3)
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20-I-6-a-(2) Assigning a Trip with Day-Off Disruption. If a Trip cannot be assigned without disruption of days off, it shall be assigned in the following order:

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20-I-6-a-(2)-(a) To a Reserve who has volunteered to have their days off disrupted. Such election shall be honored in FIFO order among Reserve Pilots with the least disruption, and then subject to the priority in Section 20-I-6-a-(1)-(c), among Reserve Pilots who can receive the assignment. The Company must use any volunteer who requires the same number of days off disrupted, or less, than the number of days off

that would be disrupted to assign the Trip to a Reserve who has not volunteered for such assignments;

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20-I-6-a-(2)-(b) The Trip must be advertised for premium pickup by a Lineholder at a fifty percent (50%) premium and must be specifically advertised as a 20-I-6-a-(2)-(b) premium Trip;

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20-I-6-a-(2)-(c) To a Reserve who has not volunteered to have their days off disrupted who can be given the assignment with the fewest number of rolled days off, and then subject to the priority in Section 20-I-6-a-(1)-(c).

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20-I-6-a-(2)-(d) The Reserve shall receive five hours and fifteen minutes (5:15) of Add Pay for each day off that was disrupted as of the time of assignment.

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20-I-6-a-(2)-(e) A Reserve whose FDO is disrupted may request to be removed from the Trip the first time it passes through their Base on the FDO and shall be removed if there is an unassigned Reserve from the same Base available to complete the flying. However, the Company shall not be required to replace the Reserve if assigning the flying to another Reserve would cause Open Flying to be cancelled, covered under Steps Four or Five of Section 20-I, or covered under Sections 20-H-5 or 20-H-6. If the Reserve is removed from the flying the Reserve will not be eligible for day off restoration in accordance with Section 5-F-5-b.

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20-I-6-a-(2)-(f) Assignment Ladder 2: For the purposes of determining assignments for Trips that require the same disruption, the following Assignment Ladder shall be used:

Table in 20.I.6.a.2.f
RungDescriptionCitation
1.Local LC volunteer for disruption; Priority 1) LCL, 2) Traditional Reserve, 3) VEC/VSC line/Compressed Line20-I-6-b-(5)
20-K-3-b-(3)
2.Local SC volunteer for disruption; Priority 1) LCL, 2) Traditional Reserve, 3) VEC/VSC/Compressed Line
a. Within silo/type, break tie with earlier SC start time
20-I-6-b-(5)
20-K-3-b-(3)
20-K-3-c-(3)
3.FSB, volunteer for disruption20-I-6-b-(4)
20-K-3-b-(3)
4.Visiting reserve with 20-L limit based on original Trip into day off, volunteer for disruption20-I-6-b-(2)
20-K-3-b-(3)
5.Visiting reserve with 20-L based on reserve block, volunteer for disruption20-I-6-b-(3)
20-K-3-b-(3)
6.Add On flying with 20-L limit with volunteer for disruption20-I-6-h-(3)
20-I-6-b-(4)
7.“Reduced Off Duty Time”, volunteer for disruption20-I-6-h-(1) or (2)
20-I-6-b-(4)
8.Offer to LH for 50% PPU20-I-6-a-(2)-(b)
9.Local LC involuntary disruption; Priority 1) LCL, 2) Traditional Reserve, 3) VEC/VSC line/Compressed Line20-K-3-b-(3)
11.FSB, involuntary disruption20-K-3-b-(3)
12.Visiting reserve with 20-L based on original Trip, involuntary disruption20-K-3-b-(3)
13.Visiting reserve with 20-L based on reserve block, involuntary disruption20-K-3-b-(3)
14.Add On flying with 20-L limit, involuntary disruption.20-I-6-h-(3)
20-I-6-b-(4)
15.“Reduced Off Duty Time”, involuntary disruption20-I-6-h-(1) or (2)
20-I-6-b-(4)
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20-I-6-a-(3) When determining “legal for an assignment” it shall be assumed that the Pilot is strictly following the UPA; in other words, that the Pilot will not waive any contractual provisions, will not agree to a reduction in call-out time requirements, etc.

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20-I-6-a-(4) The Company shall develop technology to allow crew schedulers to determine whether splitting a Trip and assigning the Trip to multiple Reserves or placing a portion of the Trip into open time would be economically viable rather than requiring application of Section 20-I-6-a-(2).

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20-I-6-a-(5) Real-Time Trade and APU Timeline table in the preamble of 20-I and the Assignment Ladders contained in 20-I-6-a-(1)-(f), 20-I-6-a-(2)-(d), 20-I-6-b-(6), and 20-I-6-b- (7) are to be read in conjunction with the cited contractual provisions (in pari materia). If there is a conflict between the Timeline table an Assignment Ladder and the provisions cited therein, the cited provision prevails.

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20-I-6-b Visiting and Add-On Reserve Assignments. After complying with Section 20-I-6-a, it shall be assigned in the following order:

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20-I-6-b-(1) To a Reserve whose Trip ends with a deadhead (Visiting Reserve), by replacing the deadhead with Open Flying, including deadheading to cover Open Flying, provided that no local Reserve is available under Ladder 1 or 2 without incurring a delay for the Flight and that the reassignment complies with Section 20-L, as measured off his previously assigned Trip.

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20-I-6-b-(2) To a Reserve whose Trip ends with a deadhead (Visiting Reserve), by replacing the deadhead with Open Flying, including deadheading to cover Open Flying, provided that no local Reserve is available under Ladder 1 or 2 without incurring a delay for the Flight and that the reassignment complies with Section 20-L, as measured off the end of his last reserve day.

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20-I-6-b-(3) To a Reserve who can receive the assignment or reassignment using the provisions of Section 20-I-6-h but without disrupting days off.

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20-I-6-b-(4) To a Reserve who can receive the assignment using the provisions of Section 20-I-6-h but requires an FDO or RDO to be disrupted, as allowed by Section 5-E-6 and 20-

I-6-a-(2). The Reserve shall receive five hours and fifteen minutes (5:15) of Add Pay for each day off that was disrupted as of the time of assignment. A Reserve may request to be removed from the Trip the first time it passes through their Base on the FDO and shall be removed if there is an unassigned Reserve from the same Base available to complete the flying; if the Reserve is removed from the flying the Reserve will not be eligible for day off restoration in accordance with Section 5-F-5-b. However, the Company shall not be required to replace the Reserve if assigning the flying to another Reserve would cause Open Flying to be cancelled, covered under Steps Four or Five of Section 20-I, or covered under Sections 20-H-5 or 20-H-6.

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20-I-6-b-(5) The Reserve shall receive five hours and fifteen minutes (5:15) of Add Pay for each day off that was disrupted at the time of assignment.

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20-I-6-b-(6) Within Section 20-I-6-h, a reserve under Section 20-I-6-h-3 will be used before a Reserve under Sections 20-I-6-h-(1) or 20-I-6-h-(2).

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20-I-6-b-(7) A Reserve who is reassigned under Section 20-I-6-b is entitled to Section 20- L-5 Overtime Add Pay. If technology prevents the use of the Reduced Off-Duty Time provisions in Sections 20-I-6-h-(1) and 20-I-6-h-(2) being reflected as two separate Trips, then Overtime Add Pay will be calculated using the original release time of the Trip prior to the application of the Reduced Time Off.

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20-I-6-c Assignment of Short Call Periods

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20-I-6-c-(1) Among Reserves in the same silo and Long Call or Short Call status, the following priority shall be used when making an assignment of a Short Call period: a VEC, VSC or Compressed Reserve and then a Traditional Reserve.

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20-I-6-c-(1)-(a) When making a Short Call assignment the Company will bypass one Traditional Reserve if another Traditional Reserve in the same silo has a greater SC Headroom Ratio, which is the ratio of remaining SC headroom (under the cap) to reserve days remaining in the Bid Period. For example, the Company will bypass a Traditional Reserve with two (2) remaining SCs available with eight (8) days of reserve remaining for a same silo Traditional Reserve with one (1) SC available and two (2) days of reserve remaining, since one-half (1/2) is greater than two-eights (2/8). The SC Headroom Ratio must be visible to all Pilots in accordance with this Section 20-I-6-c- (1)-(a).

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20-I-6-c-(2) Assignment Ladder 3: Assignment of Short-Call Periods For the purposes of determining assignments for Short Call periods (where no disruption of days-off is allowed at time of assignment (except using VDO)), the following Ladder shall be used:

Table in 20.I.6.c.2
RungDescriptionCitation
1.LC in silo; Priority 1) VEC/VSC/Compressed line, 2) Traditional Reserve20-I-6-a
20-I-6-c-(1)
2.SC in silo; Priority 1) VEC/VSC/Compressed line, 2) Traditional Reserve20-I-6-a
20-I-6-c-(1)
3.FSB, in silo20-I-6-a
5.SC in silo+1; Priority 1) VEC/VSC/Compressed line, 2) Traditional Reserve20-K-6-c
20-I-6-c-(1)
6.FSB, silo+120-K-6-c
7.LC with one VDO moved, company option; Priority 1) VEC/VSC/Compressed line, 2) Traditional Reserve20-K-3-c-(5)
20-I-6-c-(1)
8.SC with one VDO moved, company option; Priority 1) VEC/VSC/Compressed line, 2) Traditional Reserve20-K-3-c-(5)
20-I-6-c-(1)
9.FSB with one VDO moved, company option; Priority 1) VEC/VSC/Compressed line, 2) Traditional Reserve20-K-3-c-(5)
20-I-6-c-(1)
10.Beyond silo+1 requires rebuilding the SC for different silo (Goes back to Step 1)20-K-6-c
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20-I-6-c-(3) Assignment Ladder 4: Assigning a Carry-Out Trip. For the purposes of determining assignments for assigning a Carry-Out Trip the following priority shall also be used:

Table in 20.I.6.c.3
RungDescriptionCitation
1.Reserve into Reserve days, no disruption; Priorities same in Ladder 1Ladder 1
2.Reserve into LH workdays only (not LH days off); Priorities same in Ladder 120-K-3-c-(4)
20-K-3-d-(1)
3.Offered to LHs at 50% PPU20-I-6-a-(2)-(b)
4.Reserve into RDOs with 1-day disruption; Priorities same in Ladder 220-K-3-d-(2)
5.Reserve into one LH day off; Priorities same in Ladder 220-K-3-d-(3)
6.Reserve into RDOs with 2-day disruption; Priorities same in Ladder 2See Ladder 1
7.Reserve into two LH days off; Priorities same in Ladder 2See Ladder 2
8.Reserve into RDOs with 3-day disruption; Priorities same in Ladder 2See Ladder 2
9.Reserve into three LH days off; Priorities same in Ladder 2See Ladder 2
10.Reserve into RDOs with 4+ day disruption; Priorities same in Ladder 2See Ladder 2
11.Reserve into 4+ LH days off ; Priorities same in Ladder 2See Ladder 2
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20-I-6-d An assignment that is open by 1000 on the day prior to the assignment’s report or start time shall be provisionally assigned from 1200 (1015 for LCLs) to 1359 on the day prior; the Company may modify such provisional assignments during this time. At 1400 all such assignments shall become firm. If an insufficient number of Reserves are available to cover all such assignments, a Reserve who could be assigned an Open Trip shall not be given a Short- Call or voluntary Field Standby assignment. If any Trips shall remain uncovered, the Company shall determine which Trips shall remain uncovered.

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20-I-6-d-(1) From 1200 to 1359, the Company may make a firm assignment, provided it notifies the Reserve and releases the Reserve to the Trip at that time.

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20-I-6-e An assignment that becomes open after 1000 on the day prior to the assignment’s report or start time shall become assignable two (2) hours after it becomes open or twenty (20) hours prior to the report time for the Trip or Short-Call start time, whichever is earlier, but never earlier than 1200. Once assignable, the assignment must be made within two (2) hours (or within four (4) hours if the Company is experiencing irregular operations at a Base, as indicated by the Company). If the Company consistently misses the two (2) or four (4) hour deadline, the SSC may require the Company to conduct a process review. If an insufficient number of Reserves are available to cover all such assignments, a Reserve who could be assigned an Open Trip shall not be given a Short-Call or voluntary Field Standby assignment. If any Trips shall remain uncovered, the Company shall determine which Trips shall remain uncovered.

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20-I-6-e-(1) If an Open Trip is scheduled to depart or a Short-Call assignment is scheduled to start prior to 1000 and the first opportunity for assignment would otherwise occur at or after 1600, the assignment can be made prior to 1600 in order to allow the assignment to be made to a VEC reserve on his last day off; and, if an Open Trip is scheduled to report or a Short-Call window is scheduled to start prior to 0600 and the first opportunity for assignment would otherwise occur after 1400, the assignment can be made prior to 1400 in order to allow the assignment to be made to a VEC reserve on his last day off. If practicable, assignments shall not be immediately made to allow for possible pickup or trade.

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20-I-6-e-(2) When a federal regulation (including FRMS) requires a Pilot assigned to an open Trip to have a pre-Trip rest period, and if the application of Sections 20-I-2 and/or 20-I-6-d either precludes the pre-Trip rest period from being fulfilled or results in an assignment window of less than two (2) hours, then that open Trip shall become available for assignment two (2) hours before the required pre-Trip rest period. In all other respects, Sections 20-I-2 and 20-I-6-d remain applicable.

Example: If an FRMS open Trip requires “one physiological night’s rest, as defined by part 117” and if the conditions of this provision are met, then that open Trip shall become available for assignment two (2) hours before the latest time at which a Pilot can receive the assignment and also obtain “one physiological night’s rest, as defined by part 117.”

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20-I-6-e-(3) All Short Call assignments are not assignable until one (1) hour after the assignment becomes open (that is, available for Reserve pick-up). However, the Short Call may be given to a Reserve currently on a Short Call before it becomes assignable under this provision, in order to satisfy the notification requirements of the assignment; when this exception is utilized, the Reserve shall receive one (1) hour of Add Pay.

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20-I-6-f If the only Reserve who can cover a Trip assignment is currently on Short Call, the Company shall cancel the Short Call and assign the Open Trip during the assignment window. Further, the Company cannot violate an assignment window deadline to wait for a Reserve to complete a Trip.

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20-I-6-g If no Reserves are available for an assignment in the assignment window, the Company may wait to make the assignment to a Reserve who subsequently becomes available for the assignment.

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20-I-6-h Reserve Additional Flying Provisions

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20-I-6-h-(1) Reduced Off-Duty Time. Notwithstanding Section 20-K-5-a, a Reserve’s minimum Off-Duty Period at their Base may be reduced to ten hours and forty-five minutes (10:45) following a Basic Trip or Field Standby; the Reserve may waive this off- duty requirement. Notwithstanding Section 20-K-3-c-(8), such an assignment must be made by the time the Reserve has blocked in on the last leg of their current assignment or has been released from Field Standby, as appropriate. This paragraph may not be applied to an Off-Duty Period occurring prior to a Field Standby, as appropriate, and the Company will book a field hotel for such Pilot when making the assignment.

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20-I-6-h-(2) A Reserve’s minimum Off-Duty Period at his Base may be reduced to eighteen (18) hours following a Global Trip. If such Reserve’s Off-Duty Period is reduced to less than twenty-two (22) hours, his next Off-Duty Period must be scheduled for at least twenty- four (24) hours. A Reserve away from his Base for sixty-five (65) hours or more immediately prior to an Off-Duty Period is not eligible to have that Off-Duty Period reduced under this provision.

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20-I-6-h-(3) A Reserve may be given an add-on reassignment that begins after the completion of his current Trip. Such reassignment must comply with Section 20-L and must begin before the Reserve’s next Off-Duty Period (that is, the reassignment must begin in his current Duty Period). A Reserve who is given such a reassignment shall not be given a subsequent assignment or reassignment under the provisions of Section 20-I-6-h without his concurrence. Additionally, such a reassignment must be made by the time the Reserve has blocked in on the last leg of his current Duty Period.

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20-I-6-h-(3)-(a) If so requested, the Company shall replace a Reserve who has been reassigned under Section 20-I-6-h-(3) when he subsequently passes through his Base if there is an unassigned Reserve from the same Base available to complete the reassigned flying. However, the Company shall not be required to replace the Reserve if assigning the flying to another Reserve would cause Open Flying to be cancelled, covered under Steps Four or Five of Section 20-I, or covered under Sections 20-H-5 or 20-H-6.

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20-I-6-h-(3)-(b) If more than one (1) Reserve is available to receive an reassignment under Section 20-I-6-h-(3), the Reserve whose Arrival time is closest to the Departure time of the Open Flying, but not less than thirty (30) minutes before the Departure time, shall receive the reassignment.

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20-I-7 Step Four (SRM). The Open Trip or flying shall be assigned to a Lineholder, including Lineholders who require positioning by the Company, under Section 20-H-5 regardless of the acceptability of the schedule repair, if applicable. The Company may consider a Lineholder unavailable for such an assignment if his schedule repair would open a Trip whose Departure time

is within ten (10) hours of the Open Trip’s Departure time or would open a Trip containing an airport landing that requires a supervised entry.

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20-I-8 Prior to moving on to Step Five in this Section 20-I, the following must all be satisfied:

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20-I-8-a The Company shall not cover a Trip using Step Five (Untriggered Reassignments) until 1500 or later on the day prior to the Trip’s report time. However, if the Trip’s report time is from 0000 to 0400, it may be covered using Step Five at 1300 or later on the day prior to the Trip’s report time.

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20-I-8-b The Company must have executed the following:

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20-I-8-b-(1) If the Trip opened at or before 1100 on the day prior to the Trip’s report time, then the Company must have satisfied Section 20-H-5-b no later than 1500 on the day prior to the Trip’s report time and the notification of all Lineholders who have requested notification of 100% Add Pay Trips must have been in effect at least two (2) hours earlier; or

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20-I-8-b-(2) If the Trip opened after 1100 on the day prior to the Trip’s report time, then the Company must have satisfied Section 20-H-5-b and the notification of all Lineholders who have requested notification of 100% Add Pay Trips must have been in effect at least two (2) hours earlier. However, if the Trip opened within eighteen (18) hours of its report time, this two (2) hour requirement shall not apply.

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20-I-8-b-(3) For purposes of Section 20-I-8-b, a Trip shall be defined by its flight segments and not a trip number or other characteristic. For example, changing an Open Trip’s number does not change the time at which the Trip opened.

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20-I-9 Step Five (Untriggered Reassignments). In any order:

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20-I-9-a The Company shall reassign a Pilot such that the reassignment does not change the originating leg of his current Trip. Additionally, if the final leg of his current Trip is not changed by the reassignment, then the reassigned flying must occur before such final leg. Such Pilot shall receive Add Pay equal to 125% of all scheduled Flight Time and Deadhead Time until the Trip ends, including subsequent reassignments. If the Pilot is returned to his original Trip, the Add Pay shall cease to accrue. Provided there is an actual Departure of any Flight Segment the Pilot is reassigned into, including subsequent reassignments and those made under Section 20-F-2, the minimum Add Pay he shall receive is 125% of the scheduled Flight Time and Deadhead Time in the reassignment made under Section 20-I-9-a. A reassignment under this provision must comply with Section 20-L. Sections 20-I-5-a-(4) and 20-L-5 shall not apply to this reassignment or to subsequent reassignments on this Trip.

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20-I-9-b The Company shall reassign a Pilot such that the reassignment changes the originating leg of his current Trip. Such Pilot shall receive Add Pay equal to 125% of all scheduled Flight Time and Deadhead Time until the Trip ends, including subsequent reassignments. If the Pilot is returned to his original Trip, the Add Pay shall cease to accrue. Provided there is an actual Departure of any Flight Segment the Pilot is reassigned into, including subsequent reassignments and those made under Section 20-F-1, the minimum Add Pay he shall receive is 125% of the scheduled Flight Time and Deadhead Time in the

reassignment made under this Section 20-I-9-b. Without his concurrence, a reassignment under this provision cannot be scheduled to interfere with the Pilot’s next scheduled day off. If such concurrence is given, Section 20-N shall apply to the reassignment. Sections 20-I-5-a- (4) and 20-L-5 shall not apply to this reassignment or to subsequent reassignments on this Trip.

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20-I-10 An assignment or reassignment made under the provisions of Step Five shall be further subject to the following restrictions:

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20-I-10-a The assignment or reassignment cannot be scheduled into a Pilot’s vacation day or a Golden Day Off.

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20-I-10-b If the assignment or reassignment is scheduled into a Holiday that the Pilot had off before the assignment or reassignment, the Pilot shall receive, at the time of assignment or reassignment, an additional five (5) hours of Add Pay.

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20-I-10-c A Pilot receiving such assignment or reassignment may require the Company to continue making the Trip available to volunteers. If a volunteer comes forth, the Company is required to make the assignment or reassignment to the volunteer if he can effectuate the same Departure time. The assignment or reassignment and associated pay given to the original Pilot shall be reversed.

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20-I-11 For every thirty (30) Duty Periods in a Category that are covered using the provisions of Step Five, in a rolling two (2) Bid Period time frame, the SSC may require the Company to exercise one of the following options, the choice of which shall be at the Company’s discretion.

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20-I-11-a Post one (1) vacancy bid to that Category, or

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20-I-11-b Offer one (1) month of voluntary TDY to that Category, or

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20-I-11-c Increase reserve staffing for one (1) month in that Category by one (1) full-month equivalent.

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20-I-11-d If the SSC requires the Company to exercise one (1) of the options, the latest thirty (30) Duty Periods in the rolling two (2) Bid Period time frame shall be removed from future calculations.

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20-I-11-e When a Severe Weather Action Plan (“SWAP”) (or its equivalent) is active at a Base and when, as part of the SWAP, the Company has publicly announced the waiver of passenger change fees, any Duty Periods that would otherwise count toward this calculation in Section 20-I-11 shall not count. In the event the Company eliminates passenger change fees, the parties shall meet and agree on a new triggering condition.

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20-I-12 With his concurrence a Pilot who is, or can be, in position to accomplish the desired operation in a timely manner may be assigned or reassigned the Open Trip or flying.

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20-I-13 The Open Trip or flying may be assigned to a Reserve in the same Category who has previously been assigned, if the planned Departure time of the Open Flying being covered is earlier than the planned Departure time of the originally assigned Trip.

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20-I-14 VDO Assignments

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20-I-14-a The Company shall decide if a VDO assignment will be made (1) among Reserves for which the VDO assignment starts on a day designated as VDO or (2) among Reserves for which the VDO assignment does not start on a day designated as VDO.

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20-I-14-b After the decision in Section 20-I-14-a above is made, a VDO assignment shall be made to a Reserve who requires the fewest number of disrupted VDO days, excluding any Reserves with a Trip, Short Call or Field Standby assignment that conflicts with the VDO assignment. (Nothing herein shall prohibit the Company from removing a conflicting assignment, in order to make a Reserve eligible for the VDO assignment.)

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20-I-14-c When deciding among the Reserves who have the same “fewest number of disrupted VDO days” (if more than one (1)), the following shall apply:

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20-I-14-c-(1) For any Reserves for which the VDO assignment does not start on a day designated as VDO, the Reserve will be assigned in FIFO order, as described in Section 20- K-2-a.

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20-I-14-c-(2) For any Reserves for which the VDO assignment starts on a day designated as VDO, the Company may make the VDO assignment to a Reserve having a Schedule Repair that the Company finds acceptable. If more than one Reserve has a similarly-acceptable Schedule Repair, the VDO assignment shall be made in seniority order.

20-J Open Flying Coverage At Non-Equipment-Bases

All Open Flying at non-Equipment-Bases may be covered at any time and shall be covered in the following order:

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20-J-1 Open Flying shall be reassigned to a Pilot who has lost flying, provided such reassignment does not require a schedule repair and shall return him to his Base within the limitations of Section 20-L.

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20-J-2 Open Flying shall be reassigned to a Pilot at that location or at some other location whose only remaining duty in his Trip is deadheading, provided the reassignment is scheduled to return the Pilot to his Base within the limitations of Section 20-L.

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20-J-3 If Open Flying is created because an inbound Pilot cannot operate his next flight due to delays, schedule repair or cancellation or is created by the application of this Section 20-J-3 (that is, cascading of Section 20-J-3 reassignments is permitted), the Open Flying shall be covered by reassigning it to another Pilot. Any reassignment under this provision must not interfere with the Pilot’s next scheduled Trip and must comply with Section 20-L, unless the Pilot otherwise concurs.

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20-J-4 If time permits deadheading On-Line, the Open Flying shall be covered by creating an Open Trip. The Company may, but is not required to, utilize off-line deadheading when creating such a Trip.

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20-J-5 The Open Flying shall be reassigned to a Pilot who can accomplish the operation without any disruption of his assigned flying other than deadheading or Off-Duty Periods.

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20-J-6 The Open Flying shall be assigned or reassigned to a Pilot who is the only Pilot qualified and in position, or who can be positioned by the Company, to accomplish the desired operation.

Without Pilot concurrence, assignment or reassignment under this Section 20-J-6 must comply with the limitations found in Section 20-L.

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20-J-7 Notwithstanding this Section 20-J and the order delineated herein, at any time the Open Flying may be reassigned to a Lineholder using the provisions of Section 20-I-5-b.

20-K Scheduling of Reserve Crews

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20-K-1 General

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20-K-1-a A Reserve begins each period of reserve days as a Long Call reserve unless they are assigned to Short Call Reserve, or pick up a Short Call or Field Standby assignment. If a Pilot transitioning from Lineholder to Reserve has a trip that carries into his Reserve Bid Period, he shall be placed on Long Call Reserve immediately after his Trip release (the release rules of Section 20-K-5-c shall apply), unless he is subject to post-Trip rest required by FAR 117.25 or FRMS.

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20-K-1-b The Company may release, or schedule to release, a Reserve into an Off-Duty Period of predetermined length.

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20-K-1-c Silos

Reserves shall be grouped in silos according to their remaining number of days available for reserve assignment before their next scheduled unavailable days. Reserves with six (6) or more such days of availability shall be grouped in the same silo.

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20-K-1-d After blocking in at the termination of a Trip, a Reserve must check to see if he has been given an assignment or reassignment in accordance with Section 20-I-6-h (Reserve Additional Flying Provisions).

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20-K-1-e A Reserve who is on his last day of sick leave and who has reserve availability on the next day shall be scheduled like a Reserve on his last day off.

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20-K-1-f Specialized Reserve Lines

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20-K-1-f-(1) Long-Call Lines (LCL)

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20-K-1-f-(1)-(a) LCL are strictly voluntary. No Reserve shall be involuntarily assigned to an LCL.

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20-K-1-f-(1)-(b) A Reserve awarded an LCL may not be assigned Short Call or Field Standby assignments unless the Pilot concurs otherwise.

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20-K-1-f-(1)-(c) The Company shall offer a minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of LCL for a baseline of 20% of Reserve staffing, as measured in the same manner as Section 5-E- 7-h-(1)-(a) and rounded to the nearest whole line. When Reserve staffing is below that baseline, the percentage of LCL decreases by a 1:1 ratio. When Reserve staffing is above the baseline, the percentage of LCL increases by a 2:1 ratio, though may not exceed twenty-five percent (25%).

Table in 20.K.1.f.1.c
Reserve % of the CategoryMinimum % of Reserve LCL offeredReserve % of the CategoryMinimum % of Reserve LCL offered
> 25%25%15%10%
25%25%14%9%
24%23%13%8%
23%21%12%7%
22%19%11%6%
21%17%10%5%
20%15%9%4%
19%14%8%3%
18%13%7%2%
17%12%6%1%
16%11%5%0%
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20-K-1-f-(1)-(d) A Reserve awarded an LCL may aggressively pick up Short Call or Voluntary Field Standby assignments and be eligible for applicable Add Pay in accordance with Section 20-K-10.

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20-K-1-f-(2) Voluntary Early Check (VEC) Lines

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20-K-1-f-(2)-(a) VEC Lines are strictly voluntary. No Reserve shall be involuntarily assigned to a VEC Line.

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20-K-1-f-(2)-(b) Notwithstanding Section 20-I-6-c, a Reserve awarded a VEC Line (a “VEC Reserve”) must check their schedule and/or messages sometime from 1600 to 1759 on their last day off prior to a block of reserve days. A Pilot may waive the restrictions in this Section 20-K-1-f-(2)-(b).

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20-K-1-f-(2)-(b)-(i) No assignments can require a report or Short Call start before 0400.

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20-K-1-f-(2)-(b)-(ii) All assignments that require a report or Short Call start before 0600 must be made before 1400.

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20-K-1-f-(2)-(b)-(iii) All assignments that require a report or Short Call start before 1000 must be made before 1600

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20-K-1-f-(2)-(b)-(iv) All assignments made at or after 1600 cannot require a report or Short Call start before 1000

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20-K-1-f-(2)-(c) If the majority of Departures in a A320 or B737 Category are Basic Flights the Company shall offer a minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of the reserve lines as VEC Lines, measured in the same manner as Section 5-E-7-h-(1)-(a) and rounded to the nearest whole line. The Company may offer VEC Lines in any other Category.

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20-K-1-f-(2)-(d) A VEC Reserve may aggressively pick up Short Call or Voluntary Field Standby assignments and be eligible for applicable Add Pay in accordance with Section

20-K-10. For the first day of a block of reserve days, a VEC Reserve may not aggressively pick up any assignment starting or reporting after 1000 LBT.

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20-K-1-f-(2)-(e) A VEC Reserve may opt for an additional day off to be added to their schedule in PBS, with a reduction in their MPG of four hours seventeen minutes and thirty-nine seconds (4:17:39).

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20-K-1-f-(2)-(f) A VEC Reserve shall be paid two (2) hours of Add Pay for each awarded block of reserve days that starts in the Bid Period. If the Pilot takes an affirmative action to reduce the number of blocks of reserve days, the Add Pay will be reduced by the number of blocks the Pilot's action removed. A VEC Reserve shall receive an additional fifteen minutes (0:15) of Add Pay for each day of Reserve during the Bid Period. For example, a VEC Reserve Line containing seventeen (17) work days in four (4) blocks of Reserve days (all of which start in the Bid Period) shall receive twelve and one-quarter hours of Add Pay (12:15) [(17 times 0:15 hours) plus (4 times 2:00 hours)].

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20-K-1-f-(2)-(g) A VEC Reserve is not subject to the Short-Call assignment limits contained in Section 20-K-6-k.

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20-K-1-f-(2)-(h) A Pilot who is sick on a Reserve day shall not be required to check their schedule and/or messages on a day of sick leave. They are treated the same as non- VEC Reserves returning from sick leave.

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20-K-1-f-(3) Voluntary Short Call (VSC) Lines.

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20-K-1-f-(3)-(a) VSC Lines are strictly voluntary. No Reserve shall be involuntarily assigned to a VSC Line.

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20-K-1-f-(3)-(b) VSC Lines cannot be offered in a Category where VEC Lines are being offered in the same Bid Period.

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20-K-1-f-(3)-(c) A VSC Reserve may aggressively pick up Short Call or Voluntary Field Standby assignments and be eligible for applicable Add Pay in accordance with Section 20-K-10. A VSC Reserve cannot aggressively pickup a Trip without Company concurrence.

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20-K-1-f-(3)-(d) A VSC Reserve shall have their MPG increased by twenty minutes (0:20) for each day of Reserve in the Bid Period. A VSC Reserve who calls in sick shall not receive the additional twenty minutes (0:20) of MPG for that day.

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20-K-1-f-(3)-(e) A VSC Reserve may opt for an additional day off to be added to their schedule during Monthly Schedule Preferencing, with a reduction in their MPG of the sum of 20-K-1-f-(3)-(d) and 3-C-1-b-(1) equaling four hours thirty-seven minutes and thirty-nine seconds (4:37:39).

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20-K-1-f-(3)-(f) A VSC Reserve is not subject to the Short-Call assignment limits contained in Section 20-K-6-k.

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20-K-2 Assignment List

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20-K-2-a The assignment list for a given silo shall be sorted in first-in first-out (“FIFO”) order, based on the release time of the Reserve’s last assignment. If two or more Reserves have the

same such release time, those Reserves shall be sorted in FIFO order based on the release time of each Reserve’s second-to-last assignment. If an additional tie-breaker is needed, the junior-most Reserve shall appear first on the assignment list.

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20-K-2-b A Reserve beginning a period of reserve days shall take a position on their silo assignment list behind Reserves already on the list. If more than one Reserve is beginning a period of reserve days, their relative position on the assignment list shall be determined by their release time after their last assignment.

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20-K-2-c If unused, a Short Call Reserve enters the list in FIFO order based on the time his window ended (or the time of his early release, if applicable). If his Short Call window spans two (2) days and if he returns to the assignment list, he shall be behind Reserves who are starting their period of reserve days on that second (2nd) day.

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20-K-2-d When a Pilot transitions from Lineholder to Reserve, he shall, for the purpose of determining his position on the assignment list, be considered to have been released exactly at the beginning of the first day of the Bid Period. If more than one Pilot is making the same transition, their relative position on the assignment list shall be determined by their release time after their last assignment.

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20-K-2-e In the event a Reserve deadheads to his Base on a Trip being flown by another Reserve from the same Base who has the same number of days available, the deadheading Reserve shall be positioned on the assignment list ahead of the Reserve flying the Trip.

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20-K-2-f A Reserve whose Trip is picked up by a Lineholder or I/E enters the list in FIFO order based on the time the Trip is picked up. A Reserve whose Trip is FBO’d enters the list in FIFO order based on the time the Trip is FBO’d. A Reserve whose Trip is removed due to a scheduling error covered by Section 20-D-4 enters the list in FIFO order based on the time the Trip is removed. A Reserve who is returned to long-call status under the provisions of either Section 20-F-1-a-(7) or Section 20-F-1-b-(6) enters the list in FIFO order based on the time he was returned to long-call status.

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20-K-2-g A Reserve whose last activity was either a sick-leave absence or an assignment missed due to sick leave shall take a position on his silo’s assignment list under Section 20-K- 2-b. However, when determining the Reserve’s relative position on the assignment list under Section 20-K-2-b, neither a sick-leave absence nor an assignment missed due to sick leave shall be considered an assignment.

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20-K-2-h When a Reserve is either on a Short-Call assignment or has been released to a Short- Call assignment, for the purpose of determining his position on the assignment list any future assignment he has picked up under the provisions of Section 20-K-8 Aggressive Pick-Up shall be disregarded.

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20-K-3 Making Reserve Assignments

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20-K-3-a Type of Reserve Receiving the Assignment

Reserve assignments shall be made in accordance with Section 20-I-6-a.

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20-K-3-b Silo Selection

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20-K-3-b-(1) A Trip shall be assigned to a Reserve whose silo matches the length of the Trip.

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20-K-3-b-(2) If a Trip cannot be assigned to a Reserve whose silo matches the length of the Trip, it shall be assigned to a Reserve from the next highest silo that contains an available Reserve.

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20-K-3-b-(3) Rolled Reserve Days. If a Trip cannot be assigned without disruption of days off, it shall be assigned to a Reserve who requires the fewest number of disrupted days off. A Reserve may express a preference for not having particular days off disrupted. Such preference shall be honored in FIFO order among Reserve Pilots who can receive the assignment and would have the same number of days off disrupted.

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20-K-3-b-(4) Notwithstanding the above, when assigning a Trip to a Reserve on voluntary Field Standby, Sections 20-K-3-b-(1) and (2) shall not apply; instead, the Company shall decide which such Reserve will receive the assignment. If more than one such Reserve has the same schedule disruption, the Company shall decide which such Reserve will receive the assignment.

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20-K-3-c Assignment Rules

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20-K-3-c-(1) A reserve assignment shall not begin on a scheduled day off, unless the day off is a VDO.

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20-K-3-c-(2) If more than one (1) Short Call Reserve is in the same silo, a Trip that does not require schedule disruption shall be assigned to the Short Call Reserve with the earliest Short Call start time.

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20-K-3-c-(3) If more than one (1) Short Call Reserve has the same schedule disruption, a Trip that requires schedule disruption shall be assigned to the Short Call Reserve with the earliest Short Call start time.

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20-K-3-c-(4) For purposes of Sections 20-I and 20-K, a Reserve with a Short Call or voluntary Field Standby assignment shall be considered unassigned. If a Reserve is a Lineholder in the next Bid Period they may be assigned a Trip that operates into days off in the next Bid Period only if no other Reserve can be assigned the Trip without disrupting days off. Any time such a Reserve passes through their Base on the assigned Trip they shall be replaced if there is more than one (1) unassigned Reserve from the same Base available to complete the Trip, unless the Reserve requests to keep the Trip. Such Reserve shall receive five hours and fifteen minutes (5:15) of Add Pay for each day off that was disrupted as of the time of assignment or the Pilot can elect to have the days off in the Lineholder Bid Period restored in accordance with Section 20-N.

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20-K-3-c-(5) Days off shall not be disrupted to make a Short Call, unless the day off is a VDO.

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20-K-3-c-(6) Without his concurrence, a Reserve can start only one (1) Short Call or voluntary Field Standby assignment per day, except that a Short Call Reserve may be assigned to voluntary Field Standby that starts on the same day.

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20-K-3-c-(7) Notwithstanding Section 20-K-2, when the Company is making an out-of-silo assignment, if any Reserve in that silo has submitted an aggressive pick-up request in accordance with Section 20-K-8-c, the assignment shall be given to the Reserve whose request has the earliest submission time.

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20-K-3-c-(8) A Reserve shall not be given a new assignment before he blocks in from a Trip or is released from an assignment that is not a Trip.

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20-K-3-c-(9) Following jury duty, ALPA business, Company business, or military leave, assignments shall not be made and entered in the Pilot's schedule earlier than 0000, unless the Pilot concurs otherwise. This Section 20-K-3-c-(9) shall also apply to a Reserve who was a Lineholder in the previous Bid Period and who had a Trip that ended (scheduled or actual) on the last day of the previous Bid Period, and to a Reserve who has an IOE Trip that ended (scheduled or actual) before a reserve day. A Reserve who was a Lineholder in the previous Bid Period and who had a day off on the last day of the previous Bid Period shall fall under Section 20-K-7.

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20-K-3-c-(10) A Reserve returning on a Trip whose last segment is scheduled to arrive at his Base from 0045 to 0600 shall not be assigned to another Trip whose last segment is scheduled to arrive at this Base from 0045 to 0600 the following calendar day, without his concurrence.

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20-K-3-c-(11) A Reserve who requires consolidation or is within thirty (30) days of loss of currency or a probationary Pilot who has not operated two (2) Flights from a control seat during a Bid Period may be assigned a Trip that is available for assignment out of assignment order.

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20-K-3-c-(12) A Reserve who requires consolidation or is within thirty (30) days of loss of currency, or a probationary Pilot who has not operated two (2) Flights from a control seat during a Bid Period may be assigned a Trip that has been FBO’d at any time during the assignment window; with his concurrence, the Reserve may be assigned the Trip at any time, provided only one (1) Trip at a time is assigned prior to the assignment window and they are released to that Trip at time of assignment.

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20-K-3-c-(13) A Global Reserve who requires consolidation may be assigned a Trip that has been set aside under Section 20-G-6 at any time during the assignment window; with his concurrence, the Global Reserve may be assigned the Trip at any time, provided only one (1) Trip at a time is assigned prior to the assignment window and they are released to that Trip at time of assignment.

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20-K-3-c-(14) Without his concurrence, a Reserve on the A380, B777, B787, A330 or A350 fleet who has one (1) day available for reserve assignment will not be assigned to Short Call. For purposes of this paragraph, “days available for reserve assignment” shall include RDOs and FDOs.

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20-K-3-c-(15) Without his concurrence, a Reserve who has one (1) day available for reserve assignment will not be assigned a Short Call that begins at or after 1400. For purposes of this paragraph, “days available for reserve assignment” shall include RDOs and FDOs.

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20-K-3-c-(16) An Open Trip set aside for assignment using Section 20-G-5, or a Trip that has been FBO’d, may be assigned to a Reserve for training or line check at any time, and, notwithstanding Section 20-K-4-a, the Reserve is not released to the Trip until the earliest of: (1) the Pilot has only days off prior to the Trip; (2) it is ten (10) hours prior to the Trip’s report time; or (3) the Company has notified the Pilot that they are released to the Trip.

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20-K-3-d Reserve Bypass

When making an assignment from a silo’s assignment list, the following Reserves shall be bypassed. However, if the assignment remains uncovered after bypass it may be assigned to such Reserves; if so, it shall be covered in the following order:

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20-K-3-d-(1) Reserves who are Lineholders in the subsequent Bid Period, when making an assignment that extends into that subsequent Bid Period and that does not result in a disruption of any days off in that subsequent Bid Period. That is, the carry-out assignment only results in dropping workday(s) in that Bid Period.

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20-K-3-d-(1)-(a) Prior to moving to 20-K-3-d-(2), the Trip must be offered to Lineholders at 50% PPU pursuant to Section 20-I-6-a-(2)-(b).

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20-K-3-d-(2) Reserves who are Reserves in the subsequent Bid Period, when making an assignment that shall result in disrupting days off in that subsequent Bid Period (subject to minimum disruption provisions). If the Reserve is given the assignment, he shall receive five hours and fifteen minutes (5:15) of Add Pay for each day off that was disrupted in the subsequent Bid Period that the assignment touches, as of the time of assignment. However, if the assignment is made under Section 20-I-14 (VDO Assignments), then no Add Pay shall be received.

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20-K-3-d-(3) Reserves who are Lineholders in the subsequent Bid Period, when making an assignment that extends into that subsequent Bid Period and results in a disruption of day(s) off in that subsequent Bid Period (subject to minimum disruption provisions). If the Reserve is given the assignment, they shall receive five and one-quarter (5:15) hours of Add Pay for each day off that is disrupted in the subsequent Bid Period that the assignment touches, as of the time of assignment.

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20-K-3-d-(4) Intentionally Left Blank

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20-K-3-d-(5) Reserves who have less than four (4) days available for reserve assignment, when making a Short Call assignment to a Global Reserve on the A380, B777, B787, A330 or A350 fleet. For purposes of this paragraph, “days available for reserve assignment” shall include RDOs and FDOs.

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20-K-3-d-(6) Example 1: An open Global Trip departing on the last day of Bid Period A carries four (4) days into Bid Period B. The following priority would apply when assigning the Trip to a legal reserve:

Example 1
AB
Assignment List5 Day Trip
Reserve 1RSVRSVRSVRSVRSV
Reserve 2RSVLineholder TripLineholder TripLineholder TripLineholder Trip
Trip must be offered at 50% Lineholder PPU
Reserve 3RSVRSVRSVRSVRDO
Reserve 4RSVLineholder TripLineholder TripLineholder TripDAY OFF
Reserve 5RSVRSVRSVRDORDO
Reserve 6RSVDAY OFFLineholder TripLineholder TripDAY OFF
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20-K-3-d-(7)

Example 2
AB
Assignment List5 Day Trip
Reserve 1RSVRSVRSVRSVRSV
Reserve 2RSVLineholder TripLineholder TripLineholder TripLineholder Trip
Trip must be offered at 50% Lineholder PPU
Reserve 3RSVLineholder TripLineholder TripLineholder TripDAY OFF
Reserve 4RSVDAY OFFLineholder TripLineholder TripDAY OFF

Note: No FDO disruption is possible, since this is a 5-day trip.

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20-K-3-d-(8) Reserves who have not waived the limits in Section 5-B-2-c-(3) and whose sum of Flying Hours and Nonflying Hours, as described in Section 5-B-2-c, exceeds eighty-five (85) hours, when making a Short Call assignment.

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20-K-4 After a Reserve Assignment is Made

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20-K-4-a When a Reserve acknowledges a Trip assignment he shall be released to the Trip and may not be given any additional duty or Short Call prior to the start of that Trip, unless he waives this provision.

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20-K-4-b A Reserve who has been released to an assignment shall not be required to answer his phone. Additionally, during a Reserve’s FAR rest period prior to the assignment to which he has been released, the Company shall not call him unless no other Reserve is available for the assignment being covered. A Reserve shall not be required to accept any assignment offered during his FAR rest period.

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20-K-4-c A Trip on a Reserve’s schedule is available for Lineholder pickup unless the Reserve has designated the Trip as unavailable for Lineholder pick-up.

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20-K-4-c-(1) The Reserve may make the designation at any time prior to twenty (20) hours before the report time of the Trip. Once made, the designation cannot be reversed.

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20-K-4-c-(2) If the Reserve was assigned the Trip for currency, consolidation, training, checking, or similar reason, the Company may designate the Trip as unavailable for Lineholder pick-up.

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20-K-4-c-(3) An in-Base Lineholder may pick up an available Trip at any time prior to twenty (20) hours before the report time of the Trip. An out-of-Base Lineholder or an I/E may pick up an available Trip after 1300 on the day prior to the Trip’s report time and prior to twenty (20) hours before the report time of the Trip.

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20-K-4-c-(4) A Reserve choosing not to designate their Trip as unavailable for Lineholder pick up is also volunteering to check their schedule twenty (20) hours before the report time of the Trip to determine whether the Trip has been picked up by a Lineholder.

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20-K-4-c-(5) A Reserve whose Trip is picked up by a Lineholder shall return to Long Call status twenty (20) hours prior to the report time of the Trip that was taken.

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20-K-4-c-(6) For a Trip assigned to a VEC Reserve, the times above shall be reduced from twenty (20) hours to fourteen (14) hours.

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20-K-4-d A Reserve who has been assigned a Trip may be removed at any time prior to three (3) hours before the scheduled Departure of the Trip for the assignment of a Pilot under the provisions of Section 20-F-1.

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20-K-4-e With his concurrence, a Reserve may be removed from a Trip.

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20-K-4-f Reserves shall be allowed to trade Trip-for-Trip with another Reserve with company concurrence. Reserves shall be allowed to trade day-for-day (contingent upon meeting traditional trading parameters e.g., no single Reserve Day in between blocks of days off) with another Reserve when automation allows for the trade of reserve days without scheduler intervention.

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20-K-5 Long Call Reserve

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20-K-5-a For a Trip assignment, a Long Call Reserve must be assigned the Trip with a minimum of eighteen (18) hours notice prior to report time or a minimum of sixteen (16) hours notice prior to the start of a Short Call period.

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20-K-5-a-(1) Notwithstanding the above, when an assignment is made in the window between 1200 and 1359 window (as prescribed in Section 20-I-6-c) the notice period shall be fourteen (14) hours to scheduled report for a Trip or start of a Short Call period.

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20-K-5-a-(2) A VEC Reserve may be given an assignment while on Long Call Reserve with twelve (12) hours notice prior to the scheduled report time for a Trip or the start of a Short Call period, except that if the assignment is made on the VEC Reserve’s last day off the minimum notice required is fourteen (14) hours.

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20-K-5-a-(3) A Pilot may waive these provisions.

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20-K-5-b A Long Call Reserve must be phone available twenty-four (24) hours a day on his Reserve days until given an assignment.

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20-K-5-c A Long Call Reserve is released at 0600 (1200 for a VEC Reserve on Long Call) on their last day of reserve, except that they are released at 1400 on their last day of reserve if the next day contains flying or training, provided no assignment has been made by those times.

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20-K-6 Short Call Reserve

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20-K-6-a A Short Call assignment is a single period of availability that may not exceed fourteen (14) hours.

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20-K-6-b The Company shall determine the start time for all Short Call assignments.

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20-K-6-c Short Call assignments shall be built for a designated silo. If the assignment cannot be made in the designated silo, the Company may move up to the next silo.

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20-K-6-e When a Reserve is assigned to or aggressively picks up a Short Call, he is released until beginning the Short Call assignment, except that a Reserve who aggressively picked up the Short Call while currently on an assignment shall be released when his current assignment is completed. The Company may attempt to contact the Pilot in order to assign him a Trip, including one (1) attempt during an FAR rest period, but the Pilot is not required to answer and may refuse the Trip until his Short Call assignment begins. If the Trip is assigned, the Pilot's FAR rest period may be reset.

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20-K-6-f A Short Call Reserve who is given an assignment that requires an intervening FAR rest period due to contractual Duty Period limits does not require the minimum notification requirements of a Long Call Reserve or a contractual Off-Duty Period, but the rest period must be no less than twelve (12) hours.

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20-K-6-f-(1) Example: A Short Call Reserve whose assignment begins at 0700 and ends at 2100 may be released from the assignment at 2000 and given an assignment that begins at 0800 the next day.

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20-K-6-f-(2) Example: A Short Call Reserve whose assignment begins at 0300 and ends at 1700 may be released from the assignment at 1300 and given a flying assignment that reports at 0100.

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20-K-6-f-(3) Example: A Short Call Reserve whose assignment begins at 0600 and ends at 2000 may be released from the assignment at 0700 and given a flying assignment that reports at 1900.

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20-K-6-g If unused, a Short Call Reserve reverts back to Long Call. Without Pilot concurrence, the Company may not revert a Short Call Reserve back to Long Call by cancelling a Short Call assignment prior to its planned end time.

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20-K-6-h A Short Call Reserve shall be released at 1400 on their last day of reserve, unless by that time they have either received an assignment or been notified to complete their Short Call. This Section 20-K-6-h shall not apply to a Reserve who aggressively picks up a short call assignment that begins at 1400 or later on their last day of reserve. If a Reserve is assigned a short call assignment that begins at 1400 or later on their last day of reserve, they must be explicitly notified at time of assignment that they will be completing their short call; if they

are not so notified, they are not required to sit the short call assignment, and the assignment is considered to be ‘unused’.

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20-K-6-i On a scheduled basis (i.e., Section 5-E), the total number of hours a Pilot may spend in a combined reserve availability period/flight duty period that ends with a deadhead Flight Segment shall be one (1) hour more than the FAR limit (as modified by FRMS) that would apply if the deadhead Flight Segment was an operating Flight Segment. On an actual basis (i.e., Section 5-F), the total number of hours shall be one (1) hour more than the scheduled limit. This Section 20-K-6-i shall apply to any Pilot who is subject to such FAR limits; e.g., a Lineholder on telephone standby or a Pilot who is notified of a delayed report time with less than ten (10) hours notice. This Section 20-K-6-i is not applicable after the actual Departure time of the last flight in the duty period. A Pilot may waive this Section 20-K-6-i.

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20-K-6-j A limitation on an FRMS flight assignment (e.g., “an assignment to the FRMS Flight must be made within the first four (4) hours of the RAP”) shall not preclude a Short Call Reserve from being assigned a non-FRMS Flight assignment under the terms of the UPA.

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20-K-6-k A Reserve cannot be assigned more Short Calls in a Bid Period than provided in the table below:

Table in 20.K.6.k
Available DaysShort Call Cap
27 - 316
20 - 265
13 - 194
8 - 123
3 - 72
1 - 21

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20-K-6-k-(1) The Company may offer an additional two (2) hours of Add Pay for a Reserve to accept or aggressively pickup a Short Call period and such voluntary assignment shall not count towards the Short Call cap. The Add Pay will be added either through tagging the Short Call period prior to aggressive pickup or adding the Add Pay to the Pilot’s schedule at the time of assignment.

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20-K-6-k-(2) If the Company demonstrates to the SSC that it is unable to assign required Short Call periods in accordance with the published Short Call matrix for three (3) consecutive Bid Periods due to the limitations contained in this Section 20-K-6-k, the Company may opt to reduce the number of awarded LCL in that Category for the following three (3) Bid Periods. Prior to reducing the number of LCL offered the Company must offer no fewer than fifteen percent (15%) of Reserve lines as VEC or VSC Lines in the affected Category and in no case can the Company award fewer LCLs than VEC/VSC Lines awarded in the Category in a Bid Period.

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20-K-6-k-(3) The Short Call cap shall not apply to VEC/VSC Reserves, Premium Short Call Reserve Trips, or Reserves on Compressed Lines, including Compressed Lines built in accordance with LOA 12-01.

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20-K-6-l The Company and SSC shall jointly develop a Short Call matrix displaying the standard Short-Call build parameters for each Category. The Short Call matrix shall be published each Bid Period to all Pilots. Factors to be considered in developing the Short Call matrix shall include, but are not limited to, accounting for changes in the distribution of flying between Categories, planned staffing levels in the Category, and account for a reasonable level of Abnormal Operations during the Bid Period. The Short Call matrix shall be reviewed on a Bid Period basis based on accrued data and changes in staffing forecasts. Actual building of Short Calls in excess of the Short Call matrix shall be reviewed with the SSC.

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20-K-7 Last Day Off Prior to Reserve Days

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20-K-7-a On the day following his day(s) off, a Reserve shall not be required to report for an assignment or begin a Short Call prior to 1000. A Pilot may waive the restrictions in this Section 20-K-7-a.

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20-K-7-b Contact Requirements and Assignment Limitations

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20-K-7-b-(1) Assignments made from 1200 to 1359 on the last day off prior to reserve days shall be placed in the Pilot's schedule. The Company is not required to notify the Pilot.

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20-K-7-b-(2) Assignments made after 1400 on the last day off prior to reserve days shall be placed in the Pilot’s schedule and the Company shall notify the Pilot by phone.

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20-K-7-b-(3) A Pilot may waive these provisions.

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20-K-7-c Notwithstanding Section 20-K-5-a, all Reserves other than those Pilots on VEC or VSC Reserve shall require 18 hours notice (or 16 hours to the start of a Short Call period) on the last day off prior to Reserve. For example, at 1700 on their last day off a Reserve (not a VEC or VSC) can be assigned a Trip reporting no earlier than 1100 because that is an 18-hour call out and provides FAR rest beginning at 0000 on the first day of Reserve.

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20-K-7-d For the purposes of this Section 20-K-7, a "day off" is any day other than a day "worked" (i.e., a "day worked" includes: flight duty, reserve, reserve assignment, training duty, special assignment, other flight duties for which compensation is paid). Additionally, for the purposes of this Section 20-K-7, the following is not considered a “day off”: a day of jury duty, ALPA business, Company business, or military leave; a Paid Move Travel Day (Section 10-E); a transfer day (Section 10-G); and a day a Pilot is on an Emergency Drop (Section 20-Q-14). In accordance with Section 20-K-1-e, a Reserve who is on his last day of sick leave and who has reserve availability on the next day shall be scheduled like a Reserve on his last day off.

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20-K-8 Aggressive Pick-Up

A Reserve may pick-up an assignment on a first-come first-served basis pursuant to the following provisions:

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20-K-8-a An open assignment shall be available for pick-up starting at 1100 (and 1000 to 1044 for LCL) the day prior to the scheduled report time of the Trip, the scheduled report time of a Field Standby assignment or the scheduled start time of a Short Call assignment.

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20-K-8-b A Reserve may pick up an assignment that has the same number of days, or the same number minus one (1), as the number of reserve days they have before their next scheduled unavailable days, except that a Basic Reserve with six (6) reserve days before their next scheduled unavailable days may pick up an assignment that is four (4) days in length, if such assignment reports prior to 1000.

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20-K-8-b-(1) For purposes of Section 20-K-8-b, the current day is not counted as a reserve day, except before 1400 for a Reserve on Long Call.

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20-K-8-c A Reserve may submit an aggressive pick-up request for one or more assignments that he cannot otherwise pick up under Section 20-K-8-b. For Short Call or Field Standby assignments, the Company will accept criteria-based requests. The Company may enable an assignment to be aggressively picked up by Reserves from a particular silo. If it does so, the assignment shall be awarded to the Reserve in that silo with the earliest request submission time.

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20-K-8-d A Reserve who is not on Short Call may aggressively pick up an assignment while on an assignment. If he subsequently is projected to require a schedule repair, the Company may remove the assignment from his schedule, if doing so removes the need for the schedule repair.

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20-K-8-e A Short Call Reserve may aggressively pick up an assignment that reports or starts on the day following the day on which his current Short Call assignment begins, provided the report or start time of the assignment is at least ten (10) hours from the end of the Reserve’s current Short Call assignment. A Short Call Reserve may not aggressively pick up an assignment that reports or starts on the same day that his current Short Call assignment begins. The Company may, at its option, modify the end time of the Short Call assignment to allow an aggressive pickup that would otherwise not be allowed.

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20-K-8-f Notwithstanding Section 20-K-4-a, if a Short Call Reserve aggressively picks up an assignment for the following day, he must remain telephone available for the duration of the current Short Call assignment with the understanding that flying may be assigned that creates a situation where the aggressively picked up assignment is removed.

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20-K-9 Field Standby Assignments

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20-K-9-a When a Pilot is called to the airport on a standby basis without a specified Flight assignment, his Duty Period shall begin at the time he is scheduled to report or actually reports, whichever is later. If he is subsequently assigned a Trip, the Minimum Pay Value Provisions of Section 5-G shall begin at the start of such Duty Period.

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20-K-9-b Without his concurrence, a Pilot shall not be held on standby duty at the airport in excess of four (4) hours and any assigned Flight must be scheduled to depart no later than five (5) hours from the start of his Duty Period.

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20-K-9-c If a Pilot is released from standby duty without a flight assignment, or if he requires an intervening Off-Duty Period prior to a flight assignment, he shall be entitled to a minimum Off-Duty Period.

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20-K-9-d When a Lineholder concurs to a Field Standby assignment, the provisions of this Section 20-K-9 shall apply.

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20-K-10 Supplemental Reserve Add Pay

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20-K-10-a When a Reserve has an assignment that reports prior to 1000, for a Trip or voluntary Field Standby assignment, or begins earlier than 1000, for a Short Call assignment, and if that assignment is on the day following his day(s) off, he shall receive two (2) hours of Add Pay if the assignment is a Trip and one (1) hour of Add Pay if the assignment is a Short Call or voluntary Field Standby. The definition of “day(s) off” shall follow that given in Section 20-K-7-d. If a Reserve has two (2) or more assignments that report prior to 1000 on a day, this paragraph will apply to the first assignment. A Reserve who receives a VDO assignment that starts on a day designated as VDO is not eligible for this Add Pay.

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20-K-10-a-(1) Example: If a Reserve aggressively picks up a Trip that reports prior to 1000 on his first day back and if the Reserve is given a short call assignment that starts at the Trip’s report time due to the application of Section 20-F-1-a-(6), he shall receive two (2) hours of Add Pay for the Trip, but shall not receive any additional Add Pay under this provision for the Short Call assignment.

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20-K-10-a-(2) Example: If a Reserve is given a Short Call assignment that starts at 0200 on his first day back and if he is subsequently assigned a Trip that reports at 0700, he shall receive one (1) hour of Add Pay for the Short Call assignment, but shall not receive any additional Add Pay under this provision for the Trip assignment.

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20-K-10-b When voluntary Field Standby assignment is placed on a Reserve’s schedule they shall receive three (3) hours of Add Pay.

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20-K-10-c A Reserve shall receive one (1) hour of Add Pay for any Short Call assignment built after 1400 LBT the day prior to the scheduled start time of the Short Call assignment.

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20-K-11 Notification of Reserve Assignments

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20-K-11-a Unless specified elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall notify a Reserve at the time of assignment, except that a Reserve who receives an assignment under Section 20-I-6-c need not be notified.

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20-K-11-b If a Reserve prefers to not be contacted from 0100 to 0659 he may notify the Company of this preference. This notification must be made before the applicable Bid Period begins. Once selected, this option shall remain selected until changed by the Reserve. If this option is selected, the application of Section 20-K-11-a shall be modified as follows:

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20-K-11-b-(1) If the Company would otherwise contact the Reserve from 0100 to 0659 in order to make an assignment or reset the Reserve's FAR rest period, that telephone call shall be delayed to the maximum reasonable extent, without jeopardizing callout notification or the ability to give him the assignment or to reset his FAR rest period.

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20-K-11-b-(1)-(a) If the purpose of the call is to provide or reset the Reserve's FAR rest period, then the call shall be made eleven (11) to twelve (12) hours before report time or at 0700 (or as soon thereafter as feasible), whichever is earlier. Waiting until eleven (i) hours prior to report time is desirable, but the call may be made as early as twelve (ii) hours prior to report time, at Company discretion to accommodate workload issues.

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20-K-11-b-(1)-(b) If the purpose of the call is to assign a Trip to a Reserve on Short Call, and no rest reset is possible (because it is already within ten (10) hours of report time), then the call shall be delayed until necessary to provide the Reserve with enough time to comply with the call-out time specified in Section 20-A-4 or at 0700 (or as soon thereafter as feasible), whichever is earlier.

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20-K-12 Contingent Reserve Assignment

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20-K-12-a A Contingent Reserve assignment is one that requires a Reserve to report to the airport for a Trip where a specific Flight is projected to be open due to another Pilot being unable to operate that Flight. No more than one (1) Reserve can be assigned as a Contingent Reserve for the same Trip. At the time of the assignment, the Company will designate that the Trip assigned to the Reserve is a Contingent Reserve assignment and maintain a record of the reason for the Contingent Reserve assignment.

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20-K-12-b If the Reserve does not actually operate the Trip designated at the time of the Contingent Reserve assignment, the Reserve shall be subject to be reassigned in accordance with the timelines in Section 20-F-1.

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20-K-12-c A Reserve cannot be assigned to a Contingent Reserve assignment more than two (2) times in a Bid Period, unless the Reserve concurs to the assignment.

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20-K-12-d If the Reserve does not operate the designated Trip and is not assigned to other flying, the Reserve shall be returned to long call Reserve and provided Reserve Call Out Pay in accordance with Section 3-C-3-g.

20-L Overtime Add Pay and Reassignment Limitations

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20-L-1 For the purposes of this Section 20-L-1, a Pilot’s original release time is the release time of the Trip as it existed at the time the Trip was placed on his schedule. Subsequent modifications to a Trip do not change the original release time for that Pilot.

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20-L-2 Limitations When Reassigned From Basic Flying

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20-L-2-a When a Pilot’s original release time is:

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20-L-2-a-(1) From 0000 to 1200, the Pilot must be scheduled to be released from the reassigned Trip no later than 1200 the next day.

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20-L-2-a-(2) From 1201 to 2359, the Pilot must be scheduled to be released from the reassigned Trip no later than 2359 the next day.

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20-L-2-b If reassigned into a day off and the reassignment prevents a commuting Pilot from returning to his primary residence on that day off, the Pilot shall be provided a hotel room upon request.

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20-L-2-c A Reserve whose original assignment included flying on an FDO shall not be reassigned beyond that FDO, without his concurrence.

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20-L-3 Limitations When Reassigned From Global Flying

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20-L-3-a If reassigned to a Trip with no augmentation or a Trip whose maximum required augmentation level is single augmentation, the reassigned Trip must have a scheduled release time within forty-eight (48) hours of his original release time.

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20-L-3-b If reassigned to a Trip whose maximum required augmentation level is double augmentation, the reassigned Trip must have a scheduled release time within sixty (60) hours of his original release time.

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20-L-3-c In the event a Pilot is reassigned to arrive at his Base later than originally scheduled, upon his request the Company shall notify the Pilot's primary residence or contact number of the delay and expected Arrival time.

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20-L-4 A Pilot shall not be reassigned into a vacation day(s), a golden day off, or into day(s) protected in accordance with Section 20-D-5. However, a Pilot may be required to remain at a city to fly a delayed aircraft on such days, but only if no other solution exists to operate the Flight in a timely manner. A Pilot whose vacation days are disrupted shall have the lost vacation day(s) added to the end of the vacation period.

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20-L-4-a When the Company is unable to return the Pilot to their Base prior to the start of their vacation or day(s) protected by Section 20-D-5, the Company shall be responsible for reimbursing the Pilot for any expenses related to the delay (e.g., fees, cancelation penalties, etc.) incurred by the Pilot up to $1,500. The Pilot shall have sixty (60) days from the end of the vacation period to make a claim with the Company for the loss(es).

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20-L-4-b When the Company is unable to return the Pilot to their Base prior to the start of a golden day(s) off, the golden day(s) off shall be removed from the Pilot’s schedule and the Pilot shall be allowed to rebid them. If there are no more opportunities to bid the golden day(s) off during the current vacation year the golden days off may be carried into the following vacation year.

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20-L-4-c In the event vacation is disrupted in accordance with Section 20-L-4, above, the day that was previously a vacation day (prior to the disruption) will remain subject to the Section 20-L-4 prohibition on reassignments as if it were still a vacation day. In other words, the fact that the vacation was disrupted due to a delay does not then make the day eligible for reassignment.

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20-L-5 Overtime Add Pay

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20-L-5-a A Pilot shall receive Overtime Add Pay equal to one (1) hour for each three (3) hours actual elapsed time away from Base, prorated, starting from the point in time that is two (2) hours after their original release time.

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20-L-5-a-(1) The ratio given above shall increase to one (1) hour for each two (2) hours, for any actual elapsed time away from Base, prorated, that is beyond 2359 at the Pilot’s Base on the last scheduled work day of the Trip prior to a day off or last Reserve day prior to a day off.

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20-L-5-a-(2) Notwithstanding Section 20-L-5-a-(1), a Pilot assigned under Sections 20-I-6-h- (1) or 20-I-6-h-(2) (with the assignment reflected as a single Trip versus two separate Trips) will be eligible for Section 20-L-5-a pay until the conclusion of the Reduced Time Off period in Section 20-I-6-h-(1) or 20-I-6-h-(2) as applicable. Additionally, a Pilot subject to Section 5-F-3-m will be eligible for Section 20-L-5-a pay until the scheduled report time of the second original Trip. Section 20-L-5-a-(1) will apply to any portion of the layover that occurs on what was scheduled to be a day off prior to the application of Section 5-F-3-m.

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20-L-5-b Time away from Base already on a Pilot’s schedule, due to a subsequent Trip or training assignment, shall be removed from the Overtime Add Pay calculation.

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20-L-5-b-(1) Example: A Pilot is flying a Basic Trip, with an originally scheduled release time of 1300 on Saturday. The Pilot does not return from the Trip until 2300 on Sunday. As a result, a one-day Trip reporting at 0500 and releasing at 1900 on Sunday is dropped from their schedule. In calculating his Overtime Add Pay, the time away from base of 0500 to 1900 on Sunday is removed from the calculation. The Pilot shall be paid Overtime Add Pay on a 1:3 basis for the period from 1500 on Saturday through 0000 on Sunday, and on a 1:2 basis for the period from 0001 to 0500 on Sunday and continuing again from 1900 on Sunday through 2300 on Sunday.

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20-L-5-b-(2) Example: A Pilot is flying a double-augmented Global Trip, with an originally scheduled release time of 2200 on Sunday. However, due to a maintenance issue and the arrival of a significant storm at the outstation the Pilot is unable to return until 2000 the following Saturday. The Pilot also had a training event on his schedule, reporting at 0600 on Wednesday and releasing at 1200 on Thursday. The Pilot shall be paid Overtime Add Pay on a 1:2 basis starting at 0000 on Monday and ending at 0600 on Wednesday (the report time for the conflicting event), and resuming at previously scheduled release from the conflicting event at 1200 on Thursday and continuing until the Pilot actually returns from their Trip at 2000 on Saturday.

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20-L-5-b-(3) Example: A Pilot is flying a Basic Trip, with an originally scheduled release time of 1300 on Saturday. The Pilot does not return from the Trip until 2300 on Saturday. The Pilot also has a Trip on his schedule that reports at 0500 on Sunday and releases at 1400 on Tuesday. Utilizing Section 5-F-3-m, the Crew Desk combines the two Trips into a single Trip. The Pilot shall be paid Overtime Add Pay on a 1:3 basis for the period from 1500 on Saturday through 0000 on Sunday and on a 1:2 basis for 0001 through 0500 on Sunday. The Pilot is again eligible for additional Overtime Add Pay starting at 1600 on Tuesday.

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20-L-5-b-(4) Example 4: A Reserve has a 5 day block of reserve. The Pilot is assigned a 3-day Trip on day 1 of Reserve and is scheduled to return to their Base at 1500 LBT on day 3. The Reserve is reassigned under Section 20-I-5 to return to their Base at 1200 LBT on day 4. This Reserve is entitled to Section 20-L-5-a Overtime Add Pay for 19 hours at the 1:3 rig for a total Overtime Add Pay of 6:20.

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20-L-5-b-(5) Example 5: A Reserve has a 5 day block of reserve. The Pilot is assigned a 3-day Trip on day 1 of Reserve and is scheduled to return to their Base via deadhead at 1500 LBT on day 3. The Reserve is reassigned as a Visiting Reserve under Section 20-I-6-b-(1) to return

to their Base at 1200 LBT on day 4. This Reserve is entitled to Section 20-L-5-a Overtime Add Pay for 19 hours at the 1:3 rig for a total Overtime Add Pay of 6:20.

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20-L-5-b-(6) Example 6: A Reserve has a 5 day block of reserve. The Pilot is assigned a 3-day Trip on day 1 of Reserve and is scheduled to return to their Base via deadhead at 1500 LBT on day 3. The Reserve is reassigned as a Visiting Reserve under Section 20-I-6-b-(2) to return to their Base at 1200 LBT on day 6, disrupting their day off. This Reserve is entitled to Section 20-L-5 Overtime Add Pay for 55 hours at the 1:3 rig for a total of 18:20 hours (Section 20-L-5-a) and 12 hours at the 1:2 rig for 6 additional hours (Section 20-L-5-a-(1)), for a total Overtime Add Pay of 24:20.

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20-L-5-b-(7) Example 7: A Reserve has a 5 day block of reserve. The Pilot is assigned a 3-day Trip on day 1 of Reserve and is scheduled to return to their Base at 2000 LBT on day 3. Prior to departing on their last leg on day 3, the Reserve is assigned a Trip that departs the following day with reduced rest at their Base under Section 20-I-6-h-(1). This Trip reports at 0700 LBT on day 4. This Reserve is entitled to a hotel room and Section 20-L-5-a Overtime Add Pay for time elapsed time between when they return from their first Trip and when they report for the second Trip, or nine (9) hours at the 1:3 rig for a total Overtime Add Pay of 3:00.

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20-L-5-c When a Pilot loses a full Trip, the Pilot’s original release time is removed as well.

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20-L-6 Reassignment Protections

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20-L-6-a Reassigned Pilots will have the option to be removed from a reassignment when the reassignment returns to the Pilot’s base on or after the last day of the original Trip, provided the reassignment was made prior to 1400 LBT the day prior to the end of the Pilot’s original Trip. For example, a Pilot is given a reassignment on Day 2 of a four-day Trip and the reassigned flying operates through the Pilot’s Base twice on the fourth day of the Trip; if the Pilot requests they will be removed from the Trip the first time the Trip passes through their Base on the fourth day. For example, prior to 1400 LBT on the second day of a 3-day Trip, a Pilot is given a reassignment for the third day of the Trip that removes a turn that would have completed on the third day of the original Trip and adds a turn that requires an overnight layover into the fourth day; the Pilot has the option to be removed from that reassignment.

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20-L-6-b A Pilot whose reassignment is scheduled to or results in a return to their Base after the originally scheduled release time and with less than two (2) hours prior to the departure time of the last on-line flight to their home of record airport shall be provided on-line positive space travel to their home of record airport, including on the following day. Such request must be made at the time of reassignment and the Pilot may deviate from their home of record airport. If the Pilot is scheduled to arrive or actually arrives too late to utilize positive- space travel on the same day, the Pilot shall be provided a hotel, upon request.

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20-M Long Delays

If a flight Departure is delayed by twenty-two (22) hours or more at a location other than the Pilot’s Base, and if the delay is not a direct result of a delay on the originating flight segment of the Trip, then Lineholder lost days off shall be restored in accordance with Section 20-N; except that if the Pilot is also reassigned on the Trip, this Section 20-M shall not apply.

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20-M-1 This Section 20-M shall also apply to a Pilot who is assigned or reassigned to deadheading and whose subsequent actual deadhead departure time is delayed by twenty-two (22) hours or more from the original scheduled deadhead departure time, regardless of which flight the Pilot actually deadheads on.

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20-M-2 This Section 20-M shall also apply if a Flight that did not originate from a Pilot’s Base diverts and there is an off-duty period at the diversion station that is more than six (6) hours greater than the minimum required off-duty period per Section 5-F.

20-N Restoration of Lineholder Lost Day Off

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20-N-1 When a Lineholder is reassigned into a day or days off under the provisions of Sections 20- F-2, 20-I-5-a, 20-I-9 (Step Five), or 20-J and their schedule does not require a repair due to the Minimum Day Off provisions of Section 5, that day or days off shall be restored according to the provisions of this Section 20-N. If a Pilot is reassigned more than once, the applicability of this Section 20-N shall be determined after the last reassignment.

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20-N-1-a On the EMB, CRJ900, A220, B737, A320 and B756 fleets, all lost days off shall be subject to restoration.

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20-N-1-b On the A380, B777, B787, A330 and A350 fleets, any lost day or days off shall be subject to restoration with the first reassignment into days off. For subsequent reassignments in the same Bid Period, restoration does not apply until the Pilot is below the originally scheduled number of days off as a result of reassignment. In applying this provision, schedule modification(s) unrelated to the reassignment and restoration process do not change the effect of the restoration requirements.

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20-N-1-b-(1) Example: A Pilot is reassigned on the first Trip of the Bid Period into one (1) day off. To restore the day off, the Company drops a four-day Trip (which is subject to three (3) AV days of possible new flying). If the Pilot is unused on those three (3) AV days, the Pilot now has three (3) more days off than in their awarded schedule. If the Pilot is reassigned on a subsequent Trip to return to their Base two (2) days late, no additional restoration is required since after the reassignment the Pilot still had three (3) additional days off after fulfilling the AV obligation, which is greater than the days off included in the Pilot’s original schedule.

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20-N-1-b-(2) Example: The same Pilot in Example 1 is unused on those three (3) AV days, the Pilot now has three (3) more days off than in their awarded schedule. After being released from the AV obligation, the Pilot picks up a three-day PPU Trip on the unused AV days (or any other three (3) days of the Bid Period). If the Pilot is reassigned on a subsequent Trip to return to their Base two (2) days late, no additional restoration is required since after the reassignment the Pilot still had three (3) additional days off after fulfilling the AV obligation, which is greater than the days off included in the Pilot’s original schedule (even though the Pilot’s voluntary schedule modifications result in fewer days off than their original award).

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20-N-1-b-(3) Example: The same Pilot in Example 1 is used on those three (3) AV days. The Pilot later trades a four-day Trip for a two-day Trip. If the Pilot is reassigned on a subsequent Trip to return to their Base two (2) days late, two (2) days of restoration are required (even

though the Pilot’s voluntary schedule modifications already resulted in two (2) more days off than their original award).

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20-N-1-b-(4) Example: The same Pilot in Example 1 was assigned flying on all three (3) AV days. If the Pilot is reassigned on a subsequent Trip to return to their Base two (2) days late, two (2) days of restoration are required.

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20-N-2 At any time in the restoration process the Company may offer Add Pay in lieu of restoration. Such offered Add Pay shall be no greater than five and one-quarter (5:15) hours. In addition, the sum of the offered Add Pay and any Add Pay received under Section 20-I-5-a or 20- I-9 (Step Five) or the sum of the offered Add Pay and that portion of any Add Pay received under Section 20-L-5 for actual elapsed time away from Base on a day off (regardless of whether the day off is restored) must be at least five and one-quarter (5:15) hours.

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20-N-2-a For example, if a Pilot received three (3) hours of Add Pay under Section 20-L-5 for actual elapsed time away from Base on a day off, the Company may offer them from two (2) hours to five and one-quarter (5:15) hours of Add Pay in lieu of restoration.

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20-N-2-b For example, if a Pilot received six (6) hours of Add Pay under Section 20-I-9 (Step Five) the Company may offer them from zero (0) to five and one-quarter (5:15) hours of Add Pay in lieu of restoration.

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20-N-3 Lineholder Lost Day Off Restoration Process

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20-N-3-a Within twenty-four (24) hours of the completion of the reassignment that causes the need for restoration, the Lineholder shall provide two choices for day off restoration from among Trips already awarded in the current or next Bid Period, or he may elect to defer the restoration to the next Bid Period if Monthly Scheduling Preferencing for the next Bid Period is not complete or if the Pilot is a Reserve in the next Bid Period.

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20-N-3-b Restoration shall be deferred if there are no future Trips in the Lineholder’s schedule (or Reserve days in his schedule, if the Lineholder is now a Reserve), or if the Lineholder has elected to defer in accordance with Section 20-N-3-a. Additionally, the Company may defer restoration of the lost day off up to three (3) Bid Periods after the Bid Period in which the lost day off occurred. If the Company defers the day off restoration until the third Bid Period but the day off cannot be restored in the third Bid Period because the Pilot was not awarded any Trips or Reserve days in that Bid Period, the restoration shall occur in the next Bid Period in which the Pilot is awarded a Trip or Reserve days.

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20-N-3-b-(1) If the Pilot is a Lineholder in a Bid Period in which the day off could be restored, he must provide his restoration choices no later than the start of trip trading for that Bid Period.

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20-N-3-b-(2) If the Pilot is a Reserve in a Bid Period in which the day off shall be restored, his first reserve day or days shall be restored to a day or days off.

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20-N-3-c Restoration choices may come from the same Trip, but must be at the beginning or end of a Trip, cannot be on a Holiday, and if a reassignment requires more than one day off to be restored, those days off must be restored as a block.

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20-N-3-d If the Pilot does not provide restoration choices in the timeframes given above and the Company does not defer restoration, the Company shall restore a day of its choosing in the Bid Period or Bid Periods from which the Pilot could have provided choices or provide Add Pay in lieu of restoration in accordance with Section 20-N-2.

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20-N-3-e To complete the restoration process, the Pilot’s schedule shall be repaired, if needed, in accordance with Section 20-F.

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20-N-4 Notwithstanding Section 20-A-13, if a Pilot loses a day or days off in his Lineholder schedule as a result of a reassignment made to a Trip he was assigned while a Reserve, he shall be eligible to have those lost days restored in accordance with this Section 20-N. (Days off lost due to an assignment are not eligible for restoration unless the Pilot has elected to forego the 5:15 of Add Pay per disrupted day as set forth in Section 20-K-3-c.)

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20-N-5 With concurrence of both the Company and the Pilot, alternate restoration processes may be used.

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20-N-6 Deadheading added to a Pilot’s Trip and changes to deadhead Segments shall be eligible for day off restoration under this Section 20-N.

20-O Abnormal Operations

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20-O-1 The provisions of this Section 20-O Abnormal Operations shall become effective only when the following conditions are met:

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20-O-1-a a Severe Weather Action Plan (SWAP) (or its equivalent) is active at a Base; and

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20-O-1-b as part of the SWAP, the Company:

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20-O-1-b-(1) has publicly announced the waiver of passenger change fees; and

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20-O-1-b-(2) is actively positioning Pilots from their homes to the starting locations of their work assignments.

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20-O-1-c The provisions of this Section 20-O shall continue to apply while these conditions are met and, provided recovery operations are still proceeding, during the next day. In the event the Company eliminates passenger change fees, the parties shall meet and agree on a new triggering condition.

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20-O-2 Except for Section 20-O-7 below, this Section 20-O shall not apply to Pilots whose Categories include A380, B777, B787, A330 and A350 aircraft.

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20-O-3 A Pilot may be reassigned according to the provisions of Section 20-L, provided that

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20-O-3-a he has not departed on the final leg of the Trip, and

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20-O-3-b the reassignment does not modify the originating segment of the Trip, and

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20-O-3-c the Pilot receives the Add Pay specified in Section 20-I-5-a-(4).

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20-O-4 The assignment deadlines in Sections 20-I-6-c and 20-I-6-d shall not be applicable to Open Trips that include flights to or from a Base affected by the SWAP and that are scheduled to depart or arrive in a time period in which the provisions of Section 20-O are active.

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20-O-5 If a Pilot is subject to Section 20-F-1 and the lost flying was scheduled to depart in a time period in which the provisions of Section 20-O are active, the Company may utilize the telephone availability provisions of Section 20-F-1-a-(3) regardless of when the Pilot is advised of the loss of the flying.

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20-O-6 Notwithstanding Section 5-D and provided the originally scheduled deadhead and/or the deadhead deviation occur in the time period in which the provisions of Section 20-O are active, then

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20-O-6-a the Company may deny a deadhead deviation when the Pilot notifies the Company of his intent to deviate.

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20-O-6-b if a Reserve has notified the Company of his intent to deviate at the end of a Trip and if there is not an Off-Duty Period between the last flying flight segment of the Trip and the scheduled deadhead from which he is deviating, he may be required to remain on the originally scheduled deadhead, provided he is so notified by the Company by the block-in of the last flying flight segment.

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20-O-6-c if a Pilot has notified the Company of his intent to deviate at the end of a Trip and if there is an Off-Duty Period between the last flying flight segment of the Trip and the scheduled deadhead from which he is deviating, the Company may cancel the deviation and require him to remain on the original Trip, except that:

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20-O-6-c-(1) for a Lineholder, if the SWAP described in Section 20-O-1 is occurring at an airport that is neither his Base nor the location of the intervening Off-Duty Period, then Section 20-O-6-c shall not apply. Instead, when applying Section 5-D-5-b-(2), such Lineholder may be required to remain available for up to five (5) hours but no later than 1900 local time for reassignment.

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20-O-6-c-(2) Section 20-O-6-c shall not apply to a Lineholder whose last flying flight segment of the Trip is a Global Flight and whose intervening Off-Duty Period is located in the contiguous United States.

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20-O-7 With Company concurrence, Reserves staffed at a Base affected by the SWAP may:

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20-O-7-a utilize the provisions of Section 20-K-8 (Aggressive Pick-Up) for open assignments at other Bases, provided it is after 1300 (at the other Base) the day prior to the scheduled report time of the Trip, the scheduled report time of a Field Standby assignment or the scheduled start time of a Short Call assignment.

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20-O-7-b accept an open assignment at another Base that disrupts a VDO(s), provided there are no in-base Reserves who can receive the assignment by disrupting a VDO(s), regardless of the number of disrupted days that result from the in-base assignment.

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20-O-7-c Notwithstanding Section 20-O-2, this Section 20-O-7 shall apply to all Reserves.

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20-O-8 The Company shall electronically publish a message to all Pilots noting the start and end times and the affected Bases for which Section 20-O Abnormal Operations is in effect.

20-P Trip-Trading

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20-P-1 A Lineholder who requests a schedule modification via the automated trip-trading system shall be subject to the following restrictions:

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20-P-1-a Trading into or out of a training Trip (including an en route check) is only permitted with Company concurrence.

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20-P-1-b A Pilot who has less than 100 hours in the aircraft requires Company concurrence to trade into a Trip in which the other Pilot position is open.

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20-P-1-c Trading into a Field Standby assignment is only permitted with Company concurrence.

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20-P-1-d If a Lineholder is projected to become NQ, he is not permitted to modify the portion of his schedule that occurs after the projected NQ date without Company concurrence, except that he may attempt to drop Trips that occur after the projected NQ date.

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20-P-1-e A Lineholder under NQ or DNF (Do Not Fly) status is not permitted to modify his schedule.

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20-P-1-f Trading into a recurrent training fill-in assignment is only permitted with Company concurrence.

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20-P-1-g Commencing at 0001 Central Time on the calendar day that bidding for Monthly Schedule Preferencing closes, any schedule modification request that alters the last seven (7) days of the current Bid Period shall be delayed until the results of Monthly Schedule Preferencing for the next Bid Period are available to the trip-trading system.

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20-P-1-h If a Pilot would otherwise be able to pick up open flying in another Pilot’s Base, but there are no open Trips in the other Base available for the Pilot to pick up as an out-of-Base pickup (for reasons including FAR 117 legalities, contractual limitations, or qualification issues), the Pilot may pick up a Trip from a Pilot in another Base that the other Pilot has advertised for drop. For example, a EWR 737 CA may pick up a SFO 737 CA Trip advertised for drop after 1300 LBT on the day prior to the Trip’s report time and if there are no other SFO 737 CA Trips that the EWR 737 CA could pick up.

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20-P-1-i Pilots in the same Status and Equipment (e.g., 787 FO) in different Bases may trade Trip-for-Trip under the following conditions:

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20-P-1-i-(1) The trade can only be made after 1300 LBT on the day prior to the Trip’s report time for the earlier Trip.

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20-P-1-i-(2) The Pilot must be qualified to fly the Trip they are trading into.

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20-P-1-i-(3) Pilot-to-Pilot trading of FRMS Trips is prohibited when the conditions and limitations of the FRMS do not allow for the Trip to be picked up by an out-of-Base Pilot.

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20-P-1-i-(4) An individual Pilot may only complete one (1) such trade per Bid Period.

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20-P-2 Out-of-Base Lineholder and Instructor/Evaluator Eligibility

Trips become eligible for out-of-Base Lineholder pick up or trade, and for Instructor/Evaluator pick up, starting at 1300 on the day before the Trip reports, except as allowed in Section 20-H-5.

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20-P-3 Trip-trading shall adhere to the following processes:

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20-P-3-a Schedule modification requests shall be accepted shortly after the results of Monthly Schedule Preferencing are available to the trip-trading system.

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20-P-3-b If immediately prior to the first run of the trip-trading system the pay value of all Open Trips in a Category is less than one percent (1%) of the pay value of all Trips available for awarding in Monthly Schedule Preferencing for that Category, the Company shall allow enough Trip drops in that first run so that the pay value of those dropped Trips equal that difference (between one percent (1%) and the current Open Trips). The intent of this provision is to seed trip trading.

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20-P-3-c The trip-trade system shall process requests for the first time at 1500 on the twenty- first (21st) day of the calendar month preceding the Bid Period.

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20-P-3-d The trip-trade system shall process at least every four (4) hours except that the parties understand that some Categories may take longer than four hours to process.

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20-P-3-e From 10:00 to 10:44, then again starting at 11:00, all Trips that report on the next day shall become available for instantaneous trading. One run of automated instantaneous trip-trading must occur before a trip, including a lineholder premium pay Trip, is eligible for scheduler-assisted instantaneous trip-trading.

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20-P-3-f Starting at 1100, a Pilot may not, via automated trip-trading, cause a Trip that reports on the current or subsequent day to become unassigned. Automated instantaneous trip- trading is for pick-up only. Scheduler-assisted instantaneous trip-trading is not subject to these restrictions, but is subject to Company concurrence unless the trip-trade is pick-up only.

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20-P-3-g Except for scheduler-assisted instantaneous trip-trading, all trip-trade processing shall be done in seniority order. When out-of-Base Lineholders and/or I/Es are eligible, they shall be processed in seniority order after all in-Base Lineholders.

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20-P-4 At its sole discretion, the Company shall determine the specific staffing parameters and metrics that govern trip-trading. The Company agrees to share the general methodology and variables with the SSC, and shall allow the SSC to review specific staffing parameters and metrics at least monthly. The SSC shall be given the opportunity to consult with and make recommendations to the Company on trade criteria, system performance, system upgrades, and error resolution.

20-Q Miscellaneous

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20-Q-1 A Pilot shall not be required to keep the Company advised of his whereabouts on his days off. While on layover at a foreign location, a Pilot shall advise the local United Station Operations of his whereabouts, if not residing at the scheduled hotel.

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20-Q-2 A planned fuel stop required for operational reasons on a Global Flight, even though pre- planned on a recurring basis, shall not be considered as a scheduled stop for any reason. Should such a fuel stop occur, a Pilot operating the flight shall receive one (1) hour of Add Pay, provided upon completion of fueling the crew continues flying toward their original destination. Fuel stops shall not be planned for less than forty (40) minutes block-to-block.

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20-Q-3 Should international scheduling problems occur, the parties shall meet to attempt to resolve the problems. Additionally, the following shall apply to Federal Aviation Regulations:

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20-Q-3-a Should the Federal Aviation Administration modify the current FAR, the parties shall meet for the purpose of determining what changes, if any, should be made to this Agreement to conform with the new regulations.

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20-Q-3-b The parties shall meet and agree upon reasonable solutions consistent with the spirit and intent of the 2012 Scheduling “Small Group” negotiations if subsequent applications of FAR 117 materially impact out-of-Base Lineholder pick-up, the ability for a Lineholder to take a Trip from a Reserve, or the Open Trip timeline.

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20-Q-3-c If FAR are modified so that a Long Call reserve may be assigned a Short Call window that is greater than fourteen (14) hours in duration, then Section 20-K-6-a shall be modified to permit a Short Call assignment whose duration is the greatest allowable by FAR but no more than fifteen (15) hours in duration.

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20-Q-3-d If government regulators interpret FAR 117 in a way that causes Pilots that deviate from their scheduled deadhead to lose flight Duty Period availability, the parties shall meet and resolve the issue so that no daily flight Duty Period availability is lost (or the loss is minimal) and the loss of cumulative flight Duty Period availability is consistent with a Pilot’s ability to decrease availability in trip-trading.

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20-Q-4 A Pilot may be required to perform an engine run or to reposition an aircraft; the actual duty limitations of Section 5-F-1 shall apply. Such Pilot shall receive Add Pay (at his blended rate) equal to the actual time required of him, but no less than thirty (30) minutes of Add Pay (at his blended rate). Without his concurrence, a Pilot shall not be required to perform these duties before the scheduled start of a Duty Period, at the end of a Trip, or for more than one (1) hour after blocking in at the end of a Duty Period that does not end the Trip. Without his concurrence, he shall not be required to perform a procedure not covered in Flight Manual Normal, Non- Normal or Supplemental procedures.

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20-Q-4-a In addition to engine runs and repositioning of aircraft, the following activities shall accrue Add Pay under this provision:

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20-Q-4-a-(1) Non-routine manipulation of an aircraft control or system (e.g. cycling the flaps, etc.) as requested by TOMC or maintenance.

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20-Q-4-a-(2) Any other actions required in conjunction with the engine run or non-routine procedure.

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20-Q-4-b The following activities shall not accrue Add Pay under this provision:

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20-Q-4-b-(1) Actions that occur when a Pilot is accruing “actual pay hours”, as defined in Section 3-C-3-b.

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20-Q-4-b-(2) Routine administrative tasks associated with deferring a maintenance item which is not covered in Section 20-Q-4-a above, (e.g. placing an “INOPERATIVE” sticker by the switch or gauge associated with the deferred item).

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20-Q-4-b-(3) Complying with an OPS PLACARD as set forth in the MEL.

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20-Q-5 When a Trip terminates at an airport other than the scheduled airport, and the two airports are in the list of airport pairs in Section 5-E-1-h, the following shall apply:

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20-Q-5-a If movement of the aircraft to the scheduled airport is expected within three (3) hours of Arrival at the alternate airport, or positioning of the aircraft at the alternate airport is desired after unloading, the crew may be required to accomplish such movement or positioning. The Duty Period limitations in Section 5-F-1 shall not be exceeded.

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20-Q-5-b If movement of the aircraft to the scheduled airport is expected beyond three (3) hours of Arrival at the alternate airport, without their concurrence the crew shall be released as soon as possible after any necessary aircraft positioning at the alternate airport.

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20-Q-6 Natural Disaster Absence Policy

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20-Q-6-a In the event a Pilot is unable to report to work due to a natural disaster (as determined by the Chief Pilot or his designated representative), his Trip(s) or reserve day(s) shall be dropped without pay; for Reserves, a Chief Pilot or Flight Manager may, with Pilot concurrence, instead move his remaining days off to cover the absence.

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20-Q-6-b If there is insufficient time remaining in the Bid Period to make up the lost pay, or for other reasons specific to the individual Pilot, the Pilot may request that his Chief Pilot or his designated representative restore pay up to the original value of the Pilot’s Line Pay Value using any unassigned future or current vacation due to the Pilot.

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20-Q-6-c Notwithstanding Section 20-Q-6-a, if the natural disaster prevents a significant number of Company employees from reporting to work and the Company determines that the time missed shall be treated as paid time off, all affected Pilots shall have their Line Pay Value restored to its original value.

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20-Q-7 Notwithstanding Section 5-I-1, the Company may assign or reassign open First Officer flying that is scheduled with an unaugmented crew to a Captain provided the following conditions are met:

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20-Q-7-a Both Captains agree to the assignment or reassignment and each Captain is paid his appropriate Captain pay rate.

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20-Q-7-b If the open First Officer flying occurs at an Equipment-Base, the Company has attempted to assign or reassign the flying to a First Officer using the Steps found in Section 20-I and has offered the flying to First Officers under Sections 20-H-5-c-(2)-(a) and 20-H-5-c- (2)-(b), including to First Officers who require positioning by the Company.

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20-Q-7-c If the open First Officer flying occurs at a non-Equipment-Base, there are no First Officers who could cover such flying without a schedule repair.

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20-Q-7-d The Company may not cover the Open Flying with a Captain using Step Five of Section 20-I unless it has first attempted to cover the Open Flying with a First Officer using Step Five of Section 20-I.

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20-Q-8 Surplus Reduction Lines at Lesser Guarantee

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20-Q-8-a The Company reserves the right to determine the number of Surplus Reduction Lines, if any, within any Category. The Company shall post available Surplus Reduction Lines,

and Pilots shall then bid on these assignments. Any Surplus Reduction Lines that go unfilled shall be cancelled.

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20-Q-8-b All Pilots in a Category where Surplus Reduction Lines are offered are eligible to preference such lines, except those with scheduled vacation, transition training, required training consolidation (transitional, initial or extended monitoring), other leaves of absence, or any sick leave included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing. A Pilot in their base or grace month who is awarded a Surplus Reduction Line and who was awarded recurrent training in the recurrent training bidding process shall be obligated to take his recurrent training and shall be credited with five (5) hours of pay per day for the event in addition to the fifty (50) hours described in Section 20-Q-8-c.

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20-Q-8-c A Pilot shall receive pay at his applicable hourly rate in effect on the date that he receives a Surplus Reduction Line. Such Pilot shall receive fifty (50) hours of pay for each Bid Period he participates in the program, and shall receive all accruals and benefits for each such Bid Period. Such Pilot shall have no flying or availability obligations in any Bid Period in which he participates in the program, except a Pilot who is on reserve the first day of the following Bid Period is still obligated to acknowledge an assignment as required in Section 20-K-7-d.

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20-Q-8-d A Pilot awarded a Surplus Reduction Line shall not be eligible to use sick leave during that Bid Period.

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20-Q-8-e A Pilot with a Trip that carries inbound time into the surplus reduction Bid Period shall fly the Trip that contains the inbound flight(s) and he shall be paid for the inbound portion of the Trip in addition to the fifty (50) hours of pay described in Section 20-Q-8-c. A Pilot on reserve shall be unavailable for any inbound Trip into any Bid Period in which he participates in this program, unless he is receiving the assignment using the provisions of Section 20-I-6-b- (5), in which case he may be given an assignment that operates into the first four (4) days of the Surplus Reduction Line Bid Period for a Global Trip, and one (1) day of the Surplus Reduction Line Bid Period for a Basic Trip.

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20-Q-8-f During any Bid Period in which Surplus Reduction Lines are offered in a particular Category, no more than fifteen percent (15%) of the Lineholders in that Category can have their awards during Monthly Schedule Preferencing “forced.” A Lineholder’s award is considered “forced” if:

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20-Q-8-f-(1) The award is built to minimum days off, or is built within thirty (30) minutes of the upper end of the line construction range that is in use for that Category and Bid Period, and;

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20-Q-8-f-(2) Removing any single Trip would improve the score of his Monthly Schedule Preferencing award.

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20-Q-9 Life Event

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20-Q-9-a When he cannot secure relief using other provisions of the Agreement or company policy, a Pilot may have an infrequent need to be relieved from flight duty in order to attend a "life event" (that is, a significant personal obligation such as a Pilot's own wedding, the wedding of his child, religious rite of passage of his child, his child's graduation or other

qualitatively similar events; but not his child's ball game, little league pictures, driving his child to camp and other qualitatively similar events).

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20-Q-9-b A Pilot who (-1-) gives the Company notice of a life event prior to Monthly Schedule Preferencing, (-2-) tries to bid Golden Days for it, (-3-) tries to bid around it, but is unsuccessful and (-4-) tries to trade around it but is unsuccessful shall be relieved of no more than one (1) Trip, without pay, that conflicts with such life event, barring the most extraordinary circumstances.

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20-Q-9-c A Pilot whose request is honored shall make-up the Trip during the current Bid Period. If the Pilot can demonstrate that making up the Trip is not possible, he may use his unassigned current vacation or his next year's vacation to provide pay for the absence.

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20-Q-9-d A Pilot whose request is denied due to extraordinary circumstances shall be entitled to reconsideration of his request by his Chief Pilot within forty-eight (48) hours of its denial. If the application of this Section 20-Q-9 should result in any unforeseen situations which could produce a potential disruption in service, the parties agree to immediately seek to reach a mutual resolution of the problem prior to the Company taking any unilateral action.

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20-Q-10 Reserve Availability during Post-Trip Rest Required by FAR 117.25 or FRMS

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20-Q-10-a In no case shall a Pilot be able to pick-up or be assigned a Trip that reports during post-Trip rest required by FAR 117.25 or FRMS.

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20-Q-10-b If a Reserve is in such post-Trip rest during the Sections 20-I-6-c and 20-I-6-d assignment windows, the Company may attempt a courtesy call to the Reserve during the assignment window to inform him that he shall be given an assignment. The Reserve is under no obligation to be phone available, return calls from the Company, or to accept an assignment that is offered during such post-Trip rest.

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20-Q-10-c Whether or not the Company attempts a courtesy call as considered in Section 20- Q-10-b, the assignment may be entered into the Reserve's calendar during such post-Trip rest.

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20-Q-10-d If the Reserve has not acknowledged or accepted the assignment by the end of such post-Trip rest, the Company shall again attempt to contact him. The Reserve is obligated to be phone available and to return calls from the Company upon the conclusion of such post- Trip rest, provided he is on Long Call Reserve at the time.

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20-Q-10-e Assignment notification requirements shall be calculated from the end of such post-Trip rest. However, if personal contact with the Reserve is made during such post-Trip rest, he may elect to accept an assignment that reports at any time after the end of such post- Trip rest provided the minimum assignment notification requirements are met. If he elects to accept an assignment during such post-Trip rest, minimum assignment notification shall be measured from the time the Pilot accepts the assignment. Unless concurrence is received, a Reserve shall not be considered "notified" under the provisions of Sections 20-K-5-a and 20- K-6-d until the conclusion of such post-Trip rest.

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20-Q-10-f The Reserve's responsibility to check his schedule on his last day off pursuant to Section 20-K-7-d shall not apply during such post-Trip rest. For example, if such post-Trip rest ends at 2030 on a Reserve's last day off, Section 20-K-7-d shall apply beginning at 2031.

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20-Q-11 Recurrent Training Fill-in Assignments

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20-Q-11-a A recurrent training fill-in assignment shall be covered in the same manner as an Open Trip, except that a Reserve’s day(s) off shall not be involuntarily disrupted. The report time for a DEN-based Pilot shall be the report time of the fill-in assignment. The report time for all other Pilots shall be the report time of the flight on which he is scheduled to deadhead to the training center.

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20-Q-11-b Notwithstanding Sections 5-E-1 and 5-F-1, a Pilot shall not be scheduled to exceed thirteen and one-half (13.5) hours on duty in a combination of training and deadheading to or from the training location and, without his concurrence, shall not be required to exceed fourteen and one-half (14.5) hours; except that in the case of a delay in training, he may be required to exceed fourteen and one-half (14.5) hours to deadhead from training in order to avoid a schedule repair. This paragraph shall not apply if the Pilot deviates from the Company- designated deadhead.

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20-Q-11-c A Pilot assigned to a flight simulator period as a fill-in crew member shall not be required to participate in the oral portion of any examination. If his performance requires additional training, such training shall be provided to a satisfactory level of proficiency and no checking events shall be scheduled.

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20-Q-11-d The Company may elect to make the fill-in assignment available to Lineholders. If so, the following shall be the preference order:

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20-Q-11-d-(1) Lineholders based at DEN for fill-in assignments at the Denver Training Center.

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20-Q-11-d-(2) Lineholders from the same Base as the other Pilot assigned to the recurrent training.

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20-Q-11-d-(3) Lineholders from other Bases, at the Company's option.

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20-Q-11-e If a recurrent training fill-in shall be assigned to a Reserve, the following shall apply:

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20-Q-11-e-(1) The assignment shall be made to a Reserve from the same Base as the Pilot receiving recurrent training, if available, without jeopardizing other coverage or the training event. Otherwise, a Reserve shall be assigned from any other Base where adequate coverage is available, giving consideration to maintaining an equitable distribution of such recurrent training fill-in assignments among Bases.

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20-Q-11-e-(2) No Reserve shall be assigned to more than one (1) fill-in during any Bid Period, unless all other available Reserves at that Base have already received one or more such assignments.

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20-Q-11-e-(3) No Reserve shall be given more than three (3) fill-in assignments during any six (6) consecutive Bid Periods, if the Reserve advises the Company of this fact at the time of assignment, unless no other Reserve with fewer assignments is available in the system.

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20-Q-11-f If a recurrent training fill-in assignment is canceled, the Pilot shall be assigned or reassigned under Section 20-F-1.

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20-Q-12 A Pilot assigned to a landings class shall be provided On-Line positive space transportation, and the travel day(s) (if any) shall be considered part of the landings class assignment. The Pilot shall be booked in Economy Class (unless Company business travel policy provides for a greater class of service) and, if available at time of booking, shall be assigned a seat in Economy Plus with a priority order of aisle, window, middle seat. The Pilot may use the positive space transportation to travel to and from their primary residence and the location of the landings class or may deviate from the designated transportation in accordance with Section 5-D; for duty, off-duty and other scheduling and pay requirements, such Pilot shall be treated as if the travel is to or from their Base, on a Company-designated flight. Landings classes may not be included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing. In addition:

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20-Q-12-a Lineholder Provisions

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20-Q-12-a-(1) A Lineholder shall retain his underlying schedule after his landing currency lapses for the purpose of determining days of work and days off.

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20-Q-12-a-(2) A Lineholder whose landing currency has lapsed may be given a landings class assignment on previously scheduled days off (all or in part) only if he is notified no less than forty-eight (48) hours (ninety-six (96) hours for GUM-based Pilots) in advance of the required travel departure time or in advance of the landings class report time if no travel is required. The Lineholder may waive the notification requirement.

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20-Q-12-a-(3) If a Lineholder is given a landings class assignment that results in a Trip or Trips being dropped, the following shall apply to each Trip being dropped:

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20-Q-12-a-(3)-(a) If at least one (1) day on which a dropped Trip operates overlaps a day included in the landings class assignment, the Pilot shall have no obligation to the Company on Trip days that do not overlap the landings class assignment. The Trip will be dropped, LPV will be reduced and PTC will remain unchanged. If the Lineholder calls in sick for the landings class assignment, he will receive the pay of the dropped trip or trips towards LPV and will have his sick leave debited an equal amount.

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20-Q-12-a-(3)-(b) If no days on which a dropped Trip operates overlap the days included in the landings class assignment but the Trip is dropped as part of a schedule repair, the repair shall be made and the Company may require the Pilot to be available on those days, in accordance with Section 20-F-1. The Trip will be dropped, LPV will be reduced and PTC will remain unchanged. If the Lineholder calls in sick for the landings class assignment, he will receive no pay towards LPV and will not have his sick leave debited; he will remain on 20-F-1 availability days.

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20-Q-12-a-(4) If a Lineholder is given a landings class assignment that results in no Trip or Trips being dropped and he calls in sick for the landings class assignment, his sick leave will not be debited.

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20-Q-12-a-(5) Except for Pilots specifically outlined in Section 20-R, a Lineholder Trip that is dropped due to lapsed landing currency shall be pay-protected in the Lineholder’s PTC.

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20-Q-12-a-(6) Except for Pilots specifically outlined in Section 20-R, Lineholders will not receive Add Pay for a landings class assignment.

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20-Q-12-b Reserve Provisions

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20-Q-12-b-(1) A Reserve shall retain his underlying schedule after his landing currency lapses for the purpose of determining days of work and days off. However, with mutual concurrence the Reserve’s underlying schedule may be modified, in accordance with Section 5-E-8-c.

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20-Q-12-b-(2) A Reserve whose landing currency has lapsed shall be given a landings class assignment on scheduled days of work. If he calls in sick, he shall be paid and charged for the missed reserve days.

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20-Q-12-b-(3) Except for Pilots specifically outlined in Section 20-R, a Reserve work day that is dropped due to lapsed landing currency shall be included in the Reserve’s MPG.

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20-Q-12-c Notwithstanding Sections 5-E-1 and 5-F-1, a Pilot shall not be scheduled to exceed thirteen and one-half (13.5) hours on duty in a combination of landings class and any required travel and, without his concurrence, shall not be required to exceed fourteen and one-half (14.5) hours; except that in the case of a delay, he may be required to exceed fourteen and one-half (14.5) hours to travel from the landings class location in order to avoid a schedule repair. This paragraph shall not apply if the Pilot deviates from Company-designated travel. The minimum off-duty time following a landings class assignment will be governed by Sections 5-E-3-e and 5-F-3-f.

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20-Q-12-d Without his concurrence, a Pilot shall not be assigned to a landings class in the days off before and after vacation days included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing. Vacation days moved in accordance with Section 11-F-3-a are no longer protected by this provision.

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20-Q-12-d-(1) If a Pilot refuses a landings class in the days off before and after vacation days included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing and the Pilot has been unavailable to fly for thirty (30) days or more immediately before such vacation days, the Company may elect to drop his first scheduled Trip after such vacation days without pay. If the Company makes that election, the days off after that dropped Trip shall not be included in the days off protected by this Section 20-Q-12-d.

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20-Q-13 Operating Experience (OE) and En Route Checks

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20-Q-13-a OE for Captains and First Officers may be conducted by designated LCP functioning on their Trips.

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20-Q-13-b The eighteen (18) hour minimum off-duty requirement of Section 9-F-10 shall not apply between a Pilot’s training assignment and an OE Trip. Additionally, notwithstanding Section 5-E-12-a, an OE Trip may be scheduled for more than four (4) Duty Periods.

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20-Q-13-c If an OE Trip begins with a Basic Flight that is scheduled to depart before 0900 and the newly-trained Pilot and the LCP agree to do the OE briefing the evening prior, hotel rooms shall be provided.

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20-Q-13-d When an initial Captain is reporting for his first OE Trip and when the first flight in the Trip is a Basic Flight, the report time shall be two (2) hours.

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20-Q-13-e LCPs may perform en route checks. The following shall apply to the Pilot being checked:

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20-Q-13-e-(1) He shall be checked on his own Trip unless with his concurrence other arrangements are made.

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20-Q-13-e-(2) In no event shall he be scheduled for more Duty Periods than were in his original schedule, without his concurrence.

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20-Q-13-e-(3) His monthly pay shall not be affected by any changes made to accommodate an en route check.

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20-Q-13-f All Trips and Reserve days through the last day of the Pilot’s OE shall be removed from the Pilot’s schedule. Additionally, any other assignments for which the completion of OE is a prerequisite will be removed.

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20-Q-13-g A Pilot shall be reasonably available for an OE assignment, regardless of his underlying awarded schedule. Notwithstanding Section 20-C-3-c-(4), if a Lineholder has a Trip removed from his schedule in accordance with Section 20-Q-13-f, he shall not have any availability obligation for the portion of the removed Trip (if any) that occurs after he completes OE.

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20-Q-13-h Positive Space Travel and Hotels

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20-Q-13-h-(1) When a Pilot has a training assignment that does not involve a change of Base, they will be provided positive-space travel to and from all OE Trips between the Pilot’s primary residence and their Base.

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20-Q-13-h-(2) When a Pilot has a training assignment involving a change of Base, all OE Trips shall be scheduled out of their new Base. The Pilot shall be provided positive-space travel for all OE Trips, between the Pilot’s primary residence or old Base, as requested by the Pilot, and their new Base. Upon request, a Pilot will be given a hotel room at their new Base on the night before their first OE Trip.

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20-Q-13-i With mutual agreement a Pilot’s OE Trips may be scheduled out of a Base different from the Base associated with his training assignment. Such Pilot shall waive any entitlement to positive-space travel, positioning deadheads, or hotel rooms, unless any such entitlements are part of the mutual agreement between the Pilot and the Company.

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20-Q-13-j When a Pilot’s OE is not completed within seven (7) days of the end of the Pilot’s OEB days, the Pilot may designate up to four (4) consecutive existing days off as inviolate for assignment to OE (one (1) period per Bid Period). Such designation shall be removed if the Pilot completes OE prior to the start of the period of inviolate days off. For example, a Pilot’s last scheduled OEB day is the seventh day of the Bid Period. Starting on the following day, the Pilot may designate up to four (4) consecutive existing days off that start no earlier than the fifteenth day of the Bid Period as inviolate. In addition, if the Pilot is awarded a full schedule for the following Bid Period but is not projected to complete OE before the start of the Bid Period, the Pilot may designate up to four (4) consecutive existing days off in that Bid Period as inviolate.

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20-Q-13-k Upon completion of OE, a Pilot will keep their remaining schedule (except as adjusted to comply with Section 9-F-12, if necessary). However, if their remaining schedule does not contain the minimum prorated number of days off required by Section 5-E-4 or 5-E- 5, as applicable, and if the Pilot notifies the Company of such within twenty-four (24) hours of completing OE (or prior to 1300 on the day before the report time of a Trip or other duty already on his schedule, if earlier), their schedule will be (1) repaired in accordance with Section 20-F so that it complies with Section 5-E-4, if the Pilot is a Lineholder, or (2) repaired to comply with Section 5-E-5, if the Pilot is a Reserve. A Pilot’s PTC and MPG, as applicable, will not change as a result of this Section 20-Q-13-k (except as changed when complying with Section 9-F-12, if necessary). A Pilot who has previously elected to take their Section 9-F-12 days off following OE can choose to waive those days off.

Example 1: Assume that a Reserve’s OE Blocker Days ended on April 15, that he completes OE on April 25, and that his April reserve line contained reserve days on April 26 – 30. If he notifies the Company by 1300 on April 25, his schedule will be repaired to contain three reserve days and two days off over April 26 – 30 and his MPG will not change. If the Pilot has selected 9-F-12 days off to occur after OE, he will have days off on April 26 – 28 and reserve days on April 29 and 30, regardless of whether he notifies the Company under this provision. His MPG will be reduced by the value of one reserve day.

Example 2: Assume that a Reserve’s OE Blocker Days ended on April 15, that he completes OE on April 25, and that his April reserve line contained reserve days on April 26 – 28 and days off on April 29 and 30. Since his remaining schedule contains the minimum prorated number of days off, no schedule repair is required. If the Pilot has selected 9-F-12 days off to occur after OE, he will have days off on April 26 – 28 and reserve days on April 29 and

30. His MPG will be reduced by the value of one reserve day.

Example 3: Assume that a Lineholder’s OE Blocker Days ended on March 31, that he completes OE on April 15, and that the balance of his April schedule contains a two-day trip starting on April 17, a three-day trip starting on April 20, and a four-day trip starting on April 26. Since his remaining schedule contains the minimum prorated number of days off, no schedule repair is required. If the Pilot has selected 9-F-12 days off to occur after OE, he may either have the trip starting on April 17 dropped without pay or waive those days off and keep his schedule.

Example 4: Assume that a Lineholder’s OE Blocker Days ended on March 31, that he completes OE on April 15, and that the balance of his April schedule contains a two-day trip starting on April 17, a four-day trip starting on April 20, and a four-day trip starting on April 26. If he notifies the Company within twenty-four (24) hours of completing OE (or prior to 1300 on April 16, if earlier), the Company will repair his schedule under Section 20-F to comply with Section 5-E-4. If the Pilot has selected 9-F-12 days off to occur after OE, he may either have the trip starting on April 17 dropped without pay or waive those days off, in which case his schedule will be repaired under Section 20-F to comply with Section 5-E-4, provided he has notified the Company under this provision.

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20-Q-13-l When the Pilot who is receiving OE on a Trip is reassigned, Sections 20-M and 20-N shall not apply.

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20-Q-14 Emergency Drop

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20-Q-14-a If a Pilot’s immediate family member (as defined in Section 20-Q-14-c) dies or suffers a life-threatening illness or injury, the Pilot shall be released with an Emergency Drop for up to four (4) consecutive work days with pay for any one instance. Such a block of consecutive work days may be interrupted by scheduled day(s) off (see examples below).

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20-Q-14-a-(1) Pilot “A” is a Lineholder, with a two (2) day Trip, followed by days off and a three (3) day Trip. He shall be released with pay for the two (2) day Trip and the first two (2) days of the three (3) day Trip. The Lineholder has an obligation under Section 20-F-1 on the third day.

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20-Q-14-a-(2) Pilot “B” is a Reserve, with two (2) reserve days, followed by days off, and three (3) reserve days. He shall be released with pay for a total of four (4) reserve days; the first two (2) reserve days and the first two (2) reserve days of the second block of three (3) reserve days.

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20-Q-14-b A Pilot shall be entitled to no more than two (2) paid instances of Emergency Drop for each member of the Pilot’s immediate family during his employment with the Company.

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20-Q-14-c Immediate family members for purposes of Emergency Drops include: spouse, child, mother, father, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchildren, parent-in-law, Domestic Partner and wholly dependent relatives residing in the employee’s home (including stepchildren and stepparents).

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20-Q-15 Flown by Operations (FBO)

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20-Q-15-a A Pilot removed from a Trip or portion thereof for FBO shall:

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20-Q-15-a-(1) be paid as if he operated the Flight or Flights from which he was removed (on a scheduled basis).

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20-Q-15-a-(2) not lose any Add Pay that he received prior to the time of being FBO’d.

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20-Q-15-a-(2)-(a) For example, if a Pilot is FBO’d from a trip he received under Section 20-H-5, he is still owed all SRM Add Pay.

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20-Q-15-a-(2)-(b) For example, if a Pilot is FBO’d from a trip in which he was projected to receive Section 5-F-1-h Add Pay, he is not still owed Section 5-F-1-h Add Pay.

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20-Q-15-a-(3) have the scheduled time of the Flight or Flights from which he was removed count as Nonflying Hours for purposes of Sections 5-B-2-b-(2) and 5-B-2-c-(2).

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20-Q-15-b Without his concurrence, the Company may use a portion of a Pilot’s Trip only if he is given twenty-four (24) hours’ notice (as measured from the scheduled departure time of the first Flight used for FBO).

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20-Q-15-c Exchanging roles on an augmented flight does not constitute FBO.

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20-Q-15-d A Pilot FBO’d from a portion of a Trip may be positioned to fly the balance of his Trip, and such deadhead may occur during the time period covered by FBO. A Pilot FBO’d from the first leg of his Trip may be deadheaded on that first leg in order to fly the balance of his Trip. All such positioning deadheading (including deadheading on the first leg) is included in the pay protection and Nonflying hours of the Trip, as described in Section 20-Q-15-a above; specifically, the Pilot is not paid for the deadheading separately from the pay protection of the Trip.

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20-Q-15-e If the Pilot is a Lineholder and is removed from an entire Trip, the time period covered by FBO will be converted to days off. If the Pilot is a Lineholder and is removed from a portion of a Trip, the following shall apply:

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20-Q-15-e-(1) If the removed flying occurs at the start of the Trip, his report time shall be adjusted to account for the removed flying (and any deadhead flights).

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20-Q-15-e-(2) If the removed flying occurs at the end of the Trip, his release time shall be adjusted to account for the removed flying (and any deadhead flights).

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20-Q-15-e-(3) Any days that do not contain duty shall be converted to days off.

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20-Q-15-f If the Pilot is a Reserve and is removed from an entire Trip, he returns to his underlying reserve schedule. If the Pilot is a Reserve and is removed from a portion of a Trip, the following shall apply:

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20-Q-15-f-(1) If the removed flying occurs at the start of the Trip, the Reserve is released until the report time of the rebuilt Trip.

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20-Q-15-f-(2) If the removed flying occurs at the end of the Trip, the Reserve returns to his underlying reserve schedule when released from the rebuilt Trip.

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20-Q-16 If a Pilot refuses an aircraft and the Flight is operated by another Pilot, the refusing Pilot is not subject to reassignment under 20-F, but can be deadheaded to catch up to his flying. However, the refusing Pilot cannot be required to deadhead on the aircraft that he refused. In addition, without Company concurrence the refusing Pilot is not permitted to deadhead deviate, jumpseat, or pass travel on the refused aircraft (unless the aircraft has been rerouted to a Flight on which the reason for the refusal is no longer pertinent).

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20-Q-17 Reserve Retirement Trip

Provided the Company maintains a policy that allows recognition of retirement flights, then:

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20-Q-17-a A Pilot who is a Reserve in his retirement Bid Period may, notwithstanding Section 20-K-8, aggressively pick up a Trip from Open Flying at any time after the first run of the trip- trading system has been completed for the Bid Period in which the Pilot retires. The Trip chosen must be within the last remaining reserve days of availability (reserve block) before the Pilot’s retirement date.

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20-Q-17-b A Pilot whose retirement date is within the first ten (10) days of his retirement Bid Period, and who is a Reserve in the Bid Period immediately preceding his retirement Bid Period may, notwithstanding Section 20-K-8, aggressively pick up a Trip from Open Flying at any time after the first run of the trip-trading system has been completed for the Bid Period

immediately preceding his retirement Bid Period. The Trip chosen must be within the last remaining reserve days of availability (reserve block) of the Bid Period immediately preceding his retirement Bid Period.

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20-Q-18 Consolidation Lines

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20-Q-18-a The Company may offer Lineholders the opportunity to donate lines that will be used as Consolidation Lines. Such offer may be made by Category for each new hire Pilot or first time Captain in the Category who was awarded a Reserve line but has not yet completed consolidation. Donation of lines for use as Consolidation Lines shall be awarded by seniority to Lineholders whose awarded lines satisfy suitability criteria. Examples of awarded lines that are not considered suitable may include line awards that contain IRO Trips, deadheads on Global Flights, Trips that include operation into restricted airports, total block time of less than sixty-seven hours (67:00) (including carry-out), or if the Lineholder has not yet completed consolidation themselves.

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20-Q-18-b If the Company accepts a Pilot’s donation of their line for use as a Consolidation Line, the donating Pilot shall build their own Reserve schedule in accordance with Section 20- F-6. The Pilot may elect “traditional” Reserve, an LCL, or, if offered in the Pilot’s Category, a VEC Line, VSC Line, or Compressed Line.

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20-Q-18-c A Pilot who donates their line for use as a Consolidation Line will be paid the PTC of their awarded line. In addition, the Pilot will be paid 150% of the value of any Trips flown on Reserve as Add Pay. For example, a Pilot donates their awarded line with a PTC of eighty hours (80:00) and flies fifty hours (50:00) of credit as a Reserve. The Pilot will be paid 155:00 for the month, adding the PTC of eighty hours (80:00) and Add Pay of seventy-five hours (75:00). The Pilot will be paid for any unused short call assignments as provided in Section 3- C-1-b-(1)-(a) as Add Pay.

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20-Q-18-d A Pilot who donates their line for use as a Consolidation Line shall not be subject to an unpaid drop for loss of currency under Section 20-R-6 for sixty (60) days following the last day of the last Trip on their original awarded line.

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20-Q-18-e The Company will assign Consolidation Lines based on time remaining to consolidate and days of availability in the consolidation window.

20-R Maintenance of First Officer Landing Currency

Section 20-R applies to First Officers in a Category that has augmented Global Flying in Monthly Schedule Preferencing.

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20-R-1 Each Pilot shall receive electronic notification at least thirty (30) days prior to his projected landing currency lapse date. A Lineholder must request a landings class assignment on days off prior to his landing currency lapsing. When all or part of a landings class assignment is placed on days off, those days shall continue to be considered as days off.

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20-R-2 With his concurrence, a Lineholder whose landing currency is projected to lapse within the next thirty (30) days may be removed from a Trip and assigned other flying to maintain his currency. If the replacement flying is of a lesser value, he shall receive the pay value of the original Trip.

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20-R-3 A Lineholder who does not have a Trip or Trips dropped in accordance with Section 20-Q- 12-a-(3) shall receive five (5) hours of Add Pay for each day of the landings class assignment (after accounting for operational changes to the assignment) that occurs prior to their landing currency lapsing, provided such landings class is necessary to maintain landing currency.

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20-R-4 A Lineholder who does not have a Trip or Trips dropped in accordance with Section 20-Q- 12-a-(3) shall receive five (5) hours of Add Pay for each day of the landings class assignment (after accounting for operational changes to the assignment) that occurs on or after their landing currency lapsing, provided they satisfy the following conditions:

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20-R-4-a He requested to be scheduled for a landings class on days off via email to the Landings Desk at least twenty-one (21) days prior to his projected lapse date but no more than thirty (30) days prior to his projected lapse date. However, if accomplishing a landing prior to that projected lapse date creates a new projected lapse date that is within twenty-one (21) days of the first lapse date, this notice is deemed to have been met for the second projected lapse date as well, and so on; and

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20-R-4-b He did not decline more than one (1) landings class assignment prior to his landing currency lapsing; and

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20-R-4-c He did not fail to attend a scheduled landings class (note: a Pilot who calls sick for a scheduled landings class has failed to attend it); and

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20-R-4-d No portion of the landings class assignment is on a previously-scheduled day of work.

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20-R-5 A Pilot may request Flight Office assistance to facilitate landing currency.

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20-R-6 Failure to Maintain Landing Currency

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20-R-6-a A Lineholder whose landing currency lapses and who has been a Lineholder in both of the two (2) Bid Periods preceding the Bid Period in which his currency lapses shall have his next scheduled Trip dropped without pay (no pay status) if:

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20-R-6-a-(1) He declines more than one (1) landings class date prior to his landing currency lapsing; or

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20-R-6-a-(2) He does not attend the scheduled landings class.

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20-R-6-a-(2)-(a) A Lineholder who does not attend the scheduled landings class due to sick leave may choose to be compensated, in accordance with Section 13-A-3-a-(3), for the Trip dropped without pay, provided he contacts the Company no later than forty- eight (48) hours after the scheduled release time of that Trip. However, if the Lineholder declined more than one (1) landings class date prior to his landing currency lapsing, then he is not eligible for this provision.

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20-R-6-a-(2)-(b) If a Lineholder does not attend the scheduled landings class due to sick leave and thus has his next scheduled Trip dropped without pay, then whether he utilizes Section 20-R-6-a-(2)-(a) or not, any additional Trip drops incurred while waiting for a new landings class shall be dropped with pay as long as the Pilot complies with this Section 20-R, is no longer sick, and causes no further delay.

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20-R-6-b A Reserve who misses a landings class and whose landing currency subsequently lapses shall be placed on no-pay status for his next scheduled reserve day. However, he shall not be placed on no-pay status if he missed the landings class due to being sick, an approved leave of absence or by an action of the Company.

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20-R-6-c A Pilot shall not be placed on no-pay status if his landing currency lapses as the result of:

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20-R-6-c-(1) an approved leave of absence;

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20-R-6-c-(2) being awarded a surplus reduction line for the Bid Period in which his landing currency lapses;

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20-R-6-c-(3) being sick for the Trip immediately preceding the date his landing currency lapses and for part or all of the Trip preceding that Trip; or

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20-R-6-c-(4) being FBO'd from the Trip immediately preceding the date on which his landing currency is projected to lapse; or

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20-R-6-d If after his landing currency lapses the Pilot is able to regain his qualification prior to his next scheduled Trip and he is available to work the Trip under the terms of the Agreement (e.g., duty limits, off-duty requirements), the Pilot shall not be placed on no-pay status.

20-S Line Check Pilot (LCP) Qualifications and Scheduling

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20-S-1 To be eligible to be a LCP, Pilots must have the following qualifications:

Table in 20.S.1
Company PIC Hours in Type
Total PIC Hours (121/135 or Military Equivalent)No Prior Company LCP ExperienceWith Prior Company LCP Experience
1000-2999500300
3000-4999400200
5000300200
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20-S-2 Any exceptions to the LCP qualification requirements listed above must be agreed to by the Company and the Association.

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20-S-3 If a Trip flown by a LCP contains fewer Duty Periods than a Trip that is required to be dropped to perform LCP duties, there is no obligation for the Lineholder LCP to make up the lost Duty Periods. A Reserve LCP shall return to his underlying reserve schedule. If a Reserve LCP is used on those underlying reserve days, the LPV earned will be in addition to the LPV protected by Section 3-K-1.

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20-S-4 Time spent conducting evaluations performed from a flight deck jumpseat shall not be included when determining the Bid Period limitations found in Section 5-B-2, but such duty will be considered a day of work when calculating minimum days off.

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20-S-5 An LCP may perform LCP duties on any day of availability during the schedule Bid Period subject to minimum day off, duty, and free from duty requirements in Section 5 of the Agreement. He shall not exceed the number of originally scheduled Duty Periods without his concurrence.

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20-S-6 Limitations on Locking Trips Awarded to LCPs

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20-S-6-a Subject to a fair and equitable distribution of LCP opportunities among LCPs in a fleet, each LCP may have up to sixty (60%) percent of their awarded flying work days immediately locked (i.e., locked to prevent the LCP from dropping or trading the Trip) in their schedule at the time PBS awards are made. Such Trips shall be withheld from being awarded to First Officers in the LCP’s Category in accordance with and subject to the limitations of Section 20- C-2-a. The application of this Section 20-S-6-a shall be limited to complete Trips and the Company will designate which Trips are locked in accordance with this provision.

For example, an LCP is awarded a schedule within fifteen (15) days of flying duty, composed of three (3) four-day Trips and a single three-day Trip. Sixty precent (60%) of the awarded fifteen (15) work days is nine (9) work days. Subject to the limitation that only full Trips can be locked, the Company could lock no more than two (2) of the four-day Trips or a four-day Trip and a three-day Trip, but could not lock a portion of a Trip to satisfy the ninth (9th) work day. The Company may also elect to lock fewer than two (2) Trips or no Trips at all.

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20-S-6-a-(1) An LCP may concur to allow more than sixty percent (60%) of their awarded flying work days to be locked at the time PBS awards are made and shall be paid one (1) additional hour of Add Pay for each day locked in excess of sixty percent (60%).

For example, the same LCP concurs to allow the Company to lock more than sixty precent (60%) of the awarded flying work days in their PBS award. The Company elects to lock all three (3) four-day Trips, for a total of twelve (12) days. The LCP shall receive three (3) hours of Add Pay (twelve days minus the 60% limit of nine days).

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20-S-6-b From the awarded Trips that are not locked following the process outlined in Section 20-S-6-a, an LCP may designate one (1) specific Trip per Bid Period on which no LCP duties shall be assigned.

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20-S-6-c Unless the LCP concurs otherwise, a Trip that is not locked and that the LCP has not designated as free from LCP duties may not be locked by the Company more than seven (7) days prior to report.

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20-S-6-d The Company may not lock a Trip on an LCP’s schedule that overlaps a Holiday, as defined in Section 2-GG, unless the LCP concurs to have the Trip locked. This limitation does not apply to the Company’s discretion to withhold Trips awarded to LCPs from First Officer bidding in accordance with Section 20-C-2-a.

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20-S-6-e With concurrence of the LCP and Company, a Trip that has been locked may be unlocked and the LCP override attached to the Trip in accordance with Section 3-K-3-a shall be removed when the Trip is unlocked.

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20-S-6-f Disagreements between Training Scheduling and LCPs on the selection of unlocked Trips from an LCP’s line on which LCP work may be performed will be resolved by the Line Training Manager.

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20-S-7 An additional relief Pilot shall be provided on Flights in a Duty Period that normally requires single augmentation, due to either UPA or FAR, when IOE is conducted on such flights. However, this Section 20-S-7 is not applicable if the Pilot receiving IOE can occupy a control seat when the LCP (or other instructor) takes in-flight rest. This Section 20-S-7 is not waivable.

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20-S-8 Cabin Seat

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20-S-8-a When an LCP conducts a line check from the flight deck jumpseat on augmented flights, a cabin seat will be provided as follows:

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20-S-8-a-(1) On a three-class aircraft, the LCP shall be booked in Business Class. If Business Class is not available at the time of booking, the booking shall be in First Class. If First Class is not available at the time of booking, the booking shall be in Economy Plus (or Premium Economy, at Company discretion) with a priority order of aisle, then window, then middle seat.

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20-S-8-a-(2) On a two-class aircraft, the LCP shall be booked in First Class. If First Class is not available at the time of booking, the booking shall be in Economy Plus (or Premium Economy, at Company discretion) with a priority order of aisle, then window, then middle seat.

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20-S-8-b When an LCP conducts a line check from the flight deck jumpseat on unaugmented flights scheduled in excess of six (6) hours, or five (5) hours in the case of ANF, a cabin seat shall be provided as follows:

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20-S-8-b-(1) On a three-class aircraft, the LCP shall be booked in Business Class. If Business Class is not available at the time of booking, or the aircraft is a two-class aircraft, the booking shall be in Economy Plus (or Premium Economy, at Company discretion) with a priority order of aisle, then window, then middle seat.

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20-S-8-c When an LCP conducts a line check from the flight deck jumpseat on all other flights, there is no requirement to provide a cabin seat.

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20-S-9 With the LCP’s concurrence, an LCP who holds a higher paying bid may be retained by the Company in his current Equipment and Status for up to 180 days after his pay is triggered in the new assignment in accordance with Section 8 of the Agreement.

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20-S-10 When conducting LCP duties, positive space travel shall be provided to the Pilot in accordance with Company business travel policy to and from his primary residence and the Trip. Upon request, he shall also be entitled to Company provided lodging before and after the Trip using procedures outlined in the Company travel policy.

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20-S-11 When an Evaluator is performing LCP duties, all provisions of Section 20 apply, and they shall be paid the override in Section 3-K-3 in addition to any other compensation.

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20-S-11-a For the Bid Periods in which the Job Share Evaluator is functioning in his line assignment, he may volunteer to perform LCP duties if he so desires. There is no implied obligation.

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20-S-12 When an LCP is conducting his duties from the flight deck jumpseat, he shall be entitled to crew meal and lodging provisions as if he were an operating flight crew member.

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20-S-13 Required Standards Meetings shall be scheduled and paid as a Company Business event, and pre-loaded into PBS to the greatest extent possible. The minimum Off-Duty Period requirements of Section 9-F-10 do not apply to Standards Meetings.

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20-S-14 Voluntary Full Time (VFT) Month. If the Company offers and the LCP accepts, an LCP may elect to be removed from Monthly Schedule Preferencing for a Bid Period and, in lieu thereof, be awarded a VFT Month schedule in accordance with the following:

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20-S-14-a No LCP may be involuntarily assigned to a VFT Month. The Company shall publish a minimum number and required qualifications for VFT Months being offered in each fleet for the Bid Period (if any). VFT Months shall be awarded in seniority order among qualified volunteers in the fleet. No individual LCP can be awarded a VFT Month more than two (2) Bid Periods in a row, unless an insufficient number of qualified LCPs in the same fleet bid a VFT Month for that month.

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20-S-14-b The LCP shall submit a preference for thirteen (13) days off in a Bid Period, the individual days of which, subject to a minimum of thirteen (13) days off, shall be awarded at the Company’s discretion, except that an LCP awarded a VFT Month may designate a block of up to six (6) days off that shall be awarded.

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20-S-14-c Scheduling in a VFT Month. An LCP on a VFT Month shall be available to perform LCP work, as needed, on the awarded work days in the Bid Period, subject to all other duty and rest requirements contained in this Agreement.

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20-S-14-c-(1) An LCP on a VFT Month may only be assigned to perform LCP duties from the jumpseat or assigned to Trips that either were FBO’d from another Pilot or that have been open for at least six (6) hours, or after 1200 on the day the Trip becomes open, whichever is later.

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20-S-14-c-(2) Once assigned, the LCP cannot trade or drop a Trip without concurrence of the Company.

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20-S-14-c-(3) If an LCP is not assigned to LCP duties by 1500 the day prior to the first day of a block of awarded work days, the days in the work block shall become days off and the LCP shall have no obligation to the Company on those days. Assignments made during the work block shall be subject to the same rules for assignment and release as AV days described in Section 20-F-1-a-(1).

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20-S-14-c-(4) An LCP on a VFT Month is not on “Reserve” for non-LCP assignments and cannot be assigned involuntarily to FTC “project work.”

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20-S-14-c-(5) Aside from days off created in accordance with Section 20-S-14-c-(3), an LCP on a VFT Month shall only be allowed to pick up additional flying on scheduled day(s) off (1) when TIA flying (as defined in Section 23-K-6) would be available to I/Es performing work

at the FTC, with Company concurrence; or (2) if SRM with conflict is being awarded in accordance with Section 20-H-5-c-(2)-(c) in that Category, without Company concurrence.

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20-S-14-c-(5)-(a) Example: An LCP on a VFT Month is awarded thirteen (13) days off. The Company does not assign the LCP work on a four-day work block, and so the LCP is released to days off from that four-day block. The LCP may pick up flying during the four-day work block without restriction.

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20-S-14-c-(5)-(b) Example: If the same LCP wanted to pick up a five-day Trip starting on Day 3 of the work block (including three awarded days off), the limitations of Section 20-S-14-c-(5) apply.

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20-S-14-c-(5)-(c) Example: If the same LCP picked up a two-day Trip starting on Day 3 of the four-day work block, no limitations apply.

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20-S-14-d Compensation in a VFT Month. An LCP awarded a VFT Month shall be paid ninety (90) hours for the Bid Period, with the LCP’s hourly rate set as the greater of (1) the hourly rate set forth in Section 23-L-1-a (including the override in 23-L-2, pro-rated over 90 hours), or (2) the hourly (blended) rate applicable to the aircraft they are qualified in and evaluate on, plus the hourly LCP override.

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20-S-14-d-(1) An LCP on a VFT Month will accrue LPV and PTC for the Bid Period on a Trip- by-Trip basis. If an LCP’s LPV or PTC exceeds ninety (90) hours in an VFT Month, the LCP shall be paid the greater of LPV or PTC.

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20-S-14-d-(2) Compensation for any Trip(s) picked up on days off in accordance with Section 20-S-14-c-(5) will be paid above and beyond any other compensation due for the Bid Period.

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20-S-15 Subject to all other limitations contained within this Section 20-S, a Pilot’s request to be paired with a specific LCP shall be granted to the extent practical.

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20-S-16 An LCP may request relief from performing LCP duties for a period of time. Such request shall be made to Training Scheduling. If the request is denied, the LCP may refer the issue to the MEC Vice Chair for resolution with the Vice President of Flight Operations

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20-S-17 When conducting LCP duties on a Trip, if an LCP agrees to conduct LCP duties on additional or different Flight Segment(s) this shall not be considered a Reassignment for the purpose of Sections 20-L, 20-M, and 20-N, provided the additional Flight Segment(s) were made available via FBO. Notwithstanding the above, the LCP shall be eligible for Overtime Add Pay in accordance with Section 20-L-5 based on the scheduled release time of the Trip after modification for the additional or different Flight Segment(s).

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20-S-17-a Example 1: A LCP is scheduled for a 4-day Trip ending at 1800 on April 5. Training Scheduling asks the LCP to exchange the 4-day Trip for a 2-day Trip that ends at 1500 on April

6. In the actual operation, the 2-day Trip ends at 2000 on April 6 in which case the LCP is due one (1) hour of OT pay.

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20-S-17-b Example 2: A LCP is scheduled for a 4-day Trip ending at 1800 on April 5. Training scheduling asks the LCP to fly an additional turn at the end of the Trip in order to complete the Pilot’s OE. The additional turn is scheduled to return at 2200 on April 5. Provided that the

turn was FBO’d to open the seat for the LCP, this is not considered a Reassignment and the LCP is not eligible for Reassignment Add Pay or Overtime Add Pay because of the addition of the turn. However, if the turn operates with a delay and actually returns after 2200 the LCP will be entitled to Overtime Add Pay based on the 2200 scheduled arrival of the added turn.