Common use of Open Flying Clause in Contracts

Open Flying. (a) A Flight Attendant may drop, trade or pick-up from Company open time such that the monthly credit level is not less than seventy-five (75) credits or up to a maximum of one hundred and twenty (120) credits; (b) Drops are not intended to be used to obtain time off for calendar events that are common to all Flight Attendants without Crew Scheduling approval. Dates common to all Flight Attendants shall include statutory holidays and the associated weekend (e.g. statutory holiday is on Monday or Friday), the last ten (10) days of December, Mother’s/Father’s Day, Valentine’s Day and Halloween; (c) Drops must be submitted via Company Trip Trade system for processing no later than seventy-two (72) hours prior to the effective date of the drop. Drops are guaranteed as long as they are not requested on the day(s) referenced above; (i) Any drop requested within seventy-two (72) hours of the departure time, Crew Scheduling will have the discretion to action the drop; (ii) The preference deadline to submit the request to pick up or swap from Open time will be 1500 hours (local time) day prior. The award time will be by 1700 hours (local time) the day prior. (d) Pairings that touch the last day of the month will be restricted from being dropped until the final schedule for the following month has been published. (i) Open flying that remains after the schedule build has been completed, will be available for Flight Attendants to bid on in accordance with Article 5.28.07; (ii) Flying will be awarded in seniority to Flight Attendants who have submitted a bid each day by 1500 (not ‘day of’); (iii) Flight Attendants are able to place a bid for ‘Open’ flying that takes place at any time during the month and it will be awarded, in seniority, daily. Example: A pairing is showing as available on the 10th of the month in the open time pool, a Flight Attendant can submit their bid for this flying as soon as it appears in the open time pool up until 1500 the day prior to when the flying is scheduled to operate. If this flying were available in the open pool on the 3rd of the month, it would be awarded, in seniority order, to any Flight Attendant bidding on it that day in conjunction with the parameters above.