8.13.16 – (LAA) – Critical Manning Shortages System Wide

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Saturday, August 13, 2016

Critical Manning Shortages System Wide – LAA

The company has notified APFA that they have invoked article 9.L of the contract in response to critical manning shortages system wide due, in part, to weather affecting several bases.

Article 9.L refers to the Order of Open Time Coverage and it allows Crew Schedule to assign trips to Flight Attendants on Duty Free Period’s (DFP’s) once certain steps are reached.

Step 6: Allows the company to assign regularly scheduled Flight Attendants at the base in reverse order of seniority provided there is no conflict with his/her scheduled duty-free period.

Step 7: Allows the company to assign Reserve Flight Attendants on a scheduled duty-free period.

Step 8: Allows the company to assign regularly scheduled Flight Attendants on a duty-free period, in reverse order of seniority.

The company is required to notify APFA when steps six (6), seven (7), and/or eight (8) have been reached.

All LAA bases system wide are currently at Step 7

As a reminder, in order to assign Flight Attendants on their DFP’s, first party contact has to be made. If you are contacted by Crew Schedule and you answer your phone on a DFP and identify yourself, that is considered first party contact.

Also, if contacted on a DFP always be aware that per FAA regulations, no person may act or attempt to act as a crewmember of a civil aircraft within eight (8) hours after the consumption of any alcoholic beverage.