Trip Trade/Give Away

Question 1

Two circumstances where a flight attendant can pick up/trade into a trip that is consecutive to one that they have on their board?

Answer 1

Prior to debriefing from their first pairing.

After debriefing from their first pairing.

Question 2

Trip trade/giveaway with other flight attendants begins at?

Answer 2

1200 central on the 19th the month prior.

Question 3

Trip trade/giveaway with other flight attendants ends?

Answer 3

2 hours prior to the earliest check-in.

Question 4

Flight attendants may trade with each other if there are less than 2 hours to check-in as long as?

Answer 4

Both flight attendants are already checked-in for their pairing, and their are no FAR legalities.

Question 5

Open time opens?

Answer 5

2200 (10:00pm) local on the 20th the month prior.

Question 6

Deadline to trade trips for a different day that check in at/prior to 0959 local.

Answer 6

2300 (11:00pm) local the day prior.

Question 7

Deadline to trade trips for a different day that check in at/after 1000 local.

Answer 7

0300 local the day prior.

Question 8

Deadline to trade trip from same day (must be equal # of days)

Answer 8

3 hours prior to check in.

Question 9

Flight attendants may trade with open time for a lesser number of days.

Answer 9

Provided the total pay is within 6.5 TFP.

Question 10

Picking Up Trips

Answer 10

• They have until two hours prior to the check in of the trip to pick it up out of open time.
• If there is a trip in open time with less than two hours to check in, a flight attendant can call scheduling and request it and we must give it to them.
• Flight attendants can pick up two trips in one day, provided they have two hours block to block, and it’s within a 14 hour duty day (calculated check to debrief)

Question 11

Trading Trips

Answer 11

• Same day trades with open time may also occur (only comparable trips), but the deadline for this to happen is three (3) hours prior to the check in of the trip they are trying to drop into open time.
• Flight attendants may also trade with each other up until two (2) hours prior to the earliest check.
• Once both flight attendants are checked in, they may trade their trips with each other, provided they are FAR legal.

Question 12

Max pairings is calculated as?

Answer 12

• One (1) pairing for every 200 flight attendants in that base.
• Max pairings can be located on the crew planning page.
• when assigning reserves, starting at 1900 local the day prior, you will never assign below max pairings and swalife
• Reserves can only self-assign when it is above max pairings.
• flight attendants can only trade to drop their trip into open time and pick up on a different day, if the day they’re dropping a trip in, is below max pairings.
• Never assign below max pairings, unless otherwise advised by management.

Question 13

Monthly Release Time (MRT)

Answer 13

Flight attendants can take a month off. This is a pull without pay. Awarded in seniority order and handled by planning.

Question 14

Advance Notice DRT ( AN-DRT)

Answer 14

Awarded 7 and/ or 2 days in advance. Awarded in seniority order, but reserves are compensated 3 TFP per reserve day and Lineholders are unpaid.

Question 15

Daily Release Time (DRT)

Answer 15

Flight attendants can bid DRT per assignment and it is pulled without pay. Awarded in seniority order.

Question 16

Secondary Daily Release Time (SDRT)

Answer 16

First come first serve. Pulled without pay. Comes after DRT is awarded.

Can only offer what was offered in regular DRT.

Question 17

Flight attendants must bid by?

Answer 17

1700 (5:00pm) central the day prior.

Question 18

Line holders will never be paid for DRT

Answer 18

TRUE

Question 19

DRT has to be awarded by?

Answer 19

1800 (6:00pm) central the day prior

Question 20

Double covered

Answer 20

Happens when multiple flight attendants are assigned to one position. This happens because an error occurred somewhere.

When you come across a double covered pairing, you will need to research which of the flight attendants acquired the pairing first.

First Flight Attendant Options:

. Keep the original trip
. Fly a comparable trip from open time ( day for day)
. No fly, no pay.

If the first flight attendant chooses the keep the original trip, the second flight attendant has the options to:

. Fly a comparable trip from open time (day for day)
. No fly, no pay.

These options must be presented to the flight attendants by 1800 central the day prior to the check in of the trip.

Flight attendants can protest bid at 1900 central.

Question 21

Charters

Answer 21

A charter is a flight that is not part of our regular schedule.

We operate different types of chapters: Military, Honor Flights, NCCA, etc. ( they will not always be sea cities.)

Cheater legs pay at double time.

It will have a CT leg code to reflect the charter leg and FS (food service) when applicable.

They are bid on by electronic means and awarded in seniority order. All unbid charters fall into open time at 1901 central the day prior.

Scheduling may only assign charters to a reserve three (3) hours prior to check- in.

Reserves can’t bid a charter.

Question 22

Jetway Trades

Answer 22

Flight attendants can trade away their whole trip, or remaining portions of their trip, with a jetway trade.

When two flight attendants want to jetway trade, they must both contact scheduling.

Scheduling will check legalities before processing. Must have FAR legal rest and must also be with an FAT duty day.

Jetway trades will be a separate paring

We will only process if there is enough time to not cause a delay. For international flights, they need to be process 75 minutes prior to push.

Flight attendants have the ability to plan to do a jetway trade via CWA. It will put a JET non fly on their board. It does not hold duty and they still must call scheduling to process the trades.

Reserves can pick up, they have to be off out of open time.

Leg Code CT = charter leg

Question 23

Only people who are can bid free of duty.

Question 24

Can’t make any edits unless you call out sick.

Question 25

Reserve Jetway Trades

Answer 25

Reserves can jetway trade before or after their reserve block, provided they have FAR legal rest. Under certain conditions, a reserve can either pick up a jetway trade, or give away flying as a jetway trade. At the time of the call, scheduling must not have planned reroute for any of the crew members. A reserve can give away a jetway treads if: It is the last day of their reserve obligation. The reserve is not needed for an additional assignment. The flight attendant accepting the jetway trade is FAR legal. The flight attendant accepting the jetway trade is scheduled as a paid deadhead on the exact same flight number(s) A reserve can accept a jetway trade if: They are a scheduled deadhead on the exact same flight(s) they are accepting. Or prior to the start of their block as long as they remain FAR legal( 11hrs rest debrief to check) Or if they have been released from their reserve obligation. (JTW) non fly to ensure they are paid above their guarantee.

Question 26

Leg Code JT

Answer 26

Jetway Trade

Question 27

Non fly (JET)

Answer 27

Intention to do a jetway trade.

Question 28

If a flight attendant has completed their assignment and wants to pick up something the following day, how much rest is required and how is it calculated?

Answer 28

10 hours debrief to check.

Question 29

What time/date does trip trading between flight attendants begin?

Answer 29

1200 central on the 19th the month prior.

Question 30

Prior to checking in for their trips, what is the latest 2 flight attendants can trade trips with each other.

Answer 30

Two hours prior to the earliest check in.

Question 31

If both flight attendants have checked in for their trip and want to trade, who would they call and what needs to be verified?

Answer 31

Scheduling. FAR legalities.

Question 32

What is the deadline to pick up a trip out of open time using CWA

Answer 32

2 hours prior to check in of the trip.

Question 33

What three options does the flight attendant get when on a double covered pairing?

Answer 33

Keep the original trip. Fly a comparable trip from open time. No fly, no pay.

Question 34

JET non fly

Answer 34

Intention to do a jetway trade.

Question 35

JTW non fly

Answer 35

Ensure they are paid above their guarantee.

Question 36

CT leg code

Answer 36

Charter Leg

Question 37

FS leg code

Answer 37

Food Service

Question 38

What is the earliest scheduling can assign a charter trip to a reserve?

Answer 38

3 hours prior to check in.

Question 39

A flight attendant can take their rest down to 10 hours in between trips?

Answer 39

After debriefing from their first pairing.

Question 40

At 1400 central supervisors decide DRT for the next day.

Question 41

Flight attendants can protest bid at

Answer 41

1900 central