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COUNCIL 42 OCTOBER 2020 LINES OF FLYING SUMMARY
October is a 30-day month beginning on Wednesday, September 30th and ending on Thursday, October 29th.
The majority of crew complements are in the low to mid 70-hour line average. ALL lines for October with the exception of 4 lines in the POR crew complement are built to the minimum 71:00 hours or above. These ranged from a 71:46-hour average in the International 03FA crew complement to a 81:08-hour average in the International GER crew complement. The low line averages and distribution of flying created challenges during the build. This required mixing of destinations in International flying (05FA, 03FA, 01FA and SPN) in order to meet targets and 71:00 minimum line value.
International flying: GRU daily. LIM--4 and 5-day trips MO/TH/SA’s. AMS--4 and 5-day trips MO/TH/SA’s. FRA—4 and 5-day trips WE/FR/SU’s. BOG and UIO all-night/red eye turns, MO/WE/FR/SU’s. No NLD lines in October. Return of flying to EZE on MO/WE/FR's beginning Monday the 12th.
Domestic flying: Approximately 20% of FA positions are one-day trip lines, 13% 2-day trips, 60% multi-day and 7% all-night/ red-eye flying. More than 50% reduction percentage wise in one day trip flying. A noticeable decrease of daily or close to daily turn pairings. Substantial reduction in high-time 2 leg turn flying. Large percentage increase of multi-day flying.
******IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING CHANGES TO BIDDING MATRICES AND PAIRING NUMBERS ******
Beginning with the July schedules there have been changes to the bidding matrices and pairing position numbers due to the company’s recently modified staffing guidelines. Both Domestic and International are affected.
For Domestic, there will no longer be 06 FA position base pairings. Wide-body and narrow-body flight segments will be blended into 03 FA base pairings. Base crew FA position 02 will now work GF on all aircraft (exception 737-700 and Airbus which are staffed with only 3 FAs). Domestic 3000 range pairings which were GF will now work economy position. Any aircraft staffed with more than 4 FA positions will be covered by 4000 range pairings. For International, as a result of recently announced staffing modifications, pairing numbers and bidding positions have also changed. Refer to the August bidding matrices in the cover letters for specific work positions. Always refer to the current month bid packet matrices before bidding, if bidding for specific positions.
IAH Line Holder numbers for October 2020
Change from September
Total INTL Positions 171 + 20
Total Domestic Positions 723 + 187
Total Positions 894 + 207
IAH International Positions Breakdown
Change from September
International Purser 24 + 01
Line Holders 112 + 21
GER Language 07 + 01
NLD Language 00 - 06
POR Language 15 - 02
SPN Language 13 + 05
Total INTL positions 171 + 20
IAH Domestic Positions Breakdown
Change from September
Line Holders 685 + 197
SPN Domestic 38 - 10
Total Positions 723 + 187
AUS OCTOBER LINES OF FLYING SUMMARY
A total of 9 lines for 27 line-holders in the 03 FA crew complement with an average of 89:47 hours. A total of 4 lines in the 01 FA crew complement with an average of approximately 72:00 hours. Approximately 39% turns/one-day trips and 61% 2-day trips.
AUS Line Holder numbers for October 2020
Change from September
AUS 03 FA positions 27 + 09
AUS 01 FA positions 4 + 04
Total FA positions 31 + 13
Your AFA local schedule committee appreciates feedback and is happy to answer any questions you may have
regarding line construction. Feedback/inquiries can be sent to cwise@unitedafa.org. A complete system-wide
scheduling report is available from the Central Schedule Committee (CSC) on the unitedafa.org website. Below are
your AFA Council 42 schedule committee members.
Cory Wise (chairperson) Kim Hudak
Dawn Moragne Maria Mustafa
Nathan Mills
RESERVE summary for IAH and AUS
IAH
October is a 30-day month. The value of each reserve day will be 4:20. There are 4 full weekends in October. All lines were built with 16 days off with 4 restorable days. Days that can be restored are indicated with a "+". Due to the reduction of personal in IAH, we will now have 30 reserve lines, a reduction of 10 lines per month. We used patterns for October to allow for working the same days each week, as well as patterns to maximize the number of days off in a row. It is always our goal to provide as many lines with weekends off as possible. There are 4 lines with every weekend off. One line with 3 weekends off, 9 lines with 2 weekends off, and 12 lines with 1 weekend off. There are at least 3 lines with every Friday off, at least 4 lines with every Saturday off, and at least 4 lines with every Sunday off.
For FSL, GER, and NLD, there is only one reserve line for each base.
For POR, there are 2 reserve lines, one line with weekends off.
For SPN, there are 5 reserve lines, one line with weekends off.
AUS
Austin has 4 reserve lines. All lines were built with 12 days off. There is 1 line with weekends off.
We value your feedback and wish to build lines that not only meet company targets but provide reserves with the best possible patterns to meet your bidding needs. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions,
please email: DBannister@UnitedAFA.org.
In Solidarity,
David Bannister
Council 42 Council Rep
Local Schedule Reserve Line Build
Brandi Neal
Local Schedule Reserve Line Build