7.05.18 – August 2018 Allocations Call

Click on Voluntary Leave information. Ballot closes July 7 at 1200 CT.

August is the first month of the ROTA/ROTD JCBA language implementation. Flight Attendants will bid reserve selections from the DFW bidsheet. Awarded reserve selections will be loaded into crew portal and Flight Attendants can designate golden/flex days starting on 20 July at 1800 DFW CT. Golden day/flex day designation period ends 27 July at 1200 DFW CT.

If you are on the reserve back up list, it is recommended to add reserve selections to your bid ballot.

Bidding vacation relief/Open replacement remains unpredictable. Filler trips may be added to vacation relief up to 85 hours. Remarks will be considered but may not be honored. A mix of International and Domestic trips may be necessary. Remarks are read in highest to lowest priority. Allocations advised that August may have more vacation relief breakage than July. Allocations awarded seven open replacement lines in July.

No vacancy transfers were awarded. Mutual transfers will be captured on 05/JUL for an effective date of August 8, 2018. Information regarding transfers can be found on the Flight Service website under Crew Resources/Crew Planning.

Target line average for DFW is 81.1 hours. System line average is 81.0

Allocations Call

New JCBA language will be implemented in August. Contract language may affect sequences and bid lines.

• IPD Flight Attendants will report 1 hour and 15 minutes prior to departure.
• NIPD/Domestic DHD Flight Attendants will now be expected to report 1 hour before departure.  IPD DHD will be 1 hour and 15 minutes, same as working crew.
• Release time (debrief) will now be based on your last leg. If you are flying a NIPD/IPD sequence and your last leg is a domestic flight, your debrief/release will be 15 minutes instead of 30 minutes.
• Flight Attendants on a IPD duty period shall be provided no less than 14 hours rest. To ensure the integrity of the operation, allocations is now building IPD layover rest at 17+ hours. This change has affected our LIM sequence. LIM is now going to be a 40 hour layover.
• Bid lines will be built  with 11 calendar days off.  Flight Attendants can waive this provision in PBS, TTS, and ETB.
• Mid-Range International  duty period language is implemented.

For more information regarding these changes, please consult the header sections of the August bidsheet as well as the current JCBA hotlines at APFA.org. All tablets will have a copy of JCBA contract as well as other valuable resources. Tap on document library/APFA Contract and Guides.

We will see a major schedule change on 21 August. Many flights cease to operate at the end of summer. (Summer seasonal flying) Bid lines may be top heavy and mixing of trip sequences may increase to get to the target line average.