Common use of ELIGIBILITY TO BID Clause in Contracts

ELIGIBILITY TO BID. 28 a. A line may be bid by a pilot who is currently qualified for the position to which 29 he is assigned on the date the bids are due and who is anticipated to be 30 available to fly at least fifty percent (50%) of the month. A pilot who has 31 vacation for more than fifty percent (50%) of a month will not be disqualified 32 from bidding a line solely because he has vacation. 33 b. A pilot who is not eligible to bid a line pursuant to paragraph D.1.a., above, 34 will, as soon as possible after becoming available, coordinate his return to 35 duty with Crew Scheduling by jointly constructing with Crew Scheduling a 36 regular line from open time with prorated days off in accordance with the chart 37 in Section 12. If there are insufficient trips in open time, a pilot will be 1 assigned a reserve line with prorated days off. Such pilot’s preference for days 2 off will be taken into consideration in making such an assignment. A pilot who 3 fails to coordinate his return to duty with Crew Scheduling in accordance with this 4 paragraph within twenty-four (24) hours after becoming available may be 5 assigned a regular or reserve line with prorated days off. A pilot completing 6 initial, transition, upgrade, differences, or requalification training will be “available” 7 for the purposes of this paragraph when he is released by the Training 8 Department, and he will receive a copy of the written verification of his release.

ELIGIBILITY TO BID. 28 29 a. A line may be bid by a pilot who is currently qualified for the position to 30 which 29 he is assigned on the date the bids are due and who is anticipated to 31 be 30 available to fly at least fifty percent (50%) of the month. A pilot who has 31 32 vacation for more than fifty percent (50%) of a month will not be disqualified 32 33 from bidding a line solely because he has vacation. 33 34 b. A pilot who is not eligible to bid a line pursuant to paragraph D.1.a., above, 34 35 will, as soon as possible after becoming available, coordinate his return to 35 36 duty with Crew Scheduling by jointly constructing with Crew Scheduling a 36 37 regular line from open time with prorated days off in accordance with the 38 chart 37 in Section 12. If there are insufficient trips in open time, a pilot will be 1 assigned a reserve line with prorated days off. Such pilot’s preference for 2 days 2 off will be taken into consideration in making such an assignment. A 3 pilot who 3 fails to coordinate his return to duty with Crew Scheduling in 4 accordance with this 4 paragraph within twenty-four (24) hours after becoming 5 available may be 5 assigned a regular or reserve line with prorated days off. 6 A pilot completing 6 initial, transition, upgrade, differences, or requalification 7 training will be “available” 7 for the purposes of this paragraph when he is 8 released by the Training 8 Department, and he will receive a copy of the 9 written verification of his release.