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In this Issue:
Dear Members,
UNDERFLY CAN BE HELPFUL
by Carol Austin MEC
Scheduling Chair
Section 10 of the CBA states: Prior to the
construction of lines for a given month, the Director of
Crew Scheduling may establish the monthly maximum of
Company time at 85, 90 or 95 hours, for any domicile
with an average line construction target of 78, 83, and
88 hours. Such monthly maximum may be exceeded by
underfly or by pairings picked up from other flight
attendants via the ETB.
Everyone understands
flying over his/her MAX HRS by the value of ETB trips or
the "allowable non discipline three (3) hours". Not
everyone understands how to exceed the monthly maximum
when underfly is involved? This article will explain how
underfly can be applied.
By CBA the crew is paid scheduled flight time or better
on each leg. Additionally, any crew member may also use
the accumulated underfly amount to his/her advantage, if
desired. Underfly is the amount of time by which you
"beat schedule" during the month. Crewmembers are
allowed to exceed their monthly maximum when their
actual time worked is less than their scheduled time in
the bid month. This is a long standing practice which
started with the pilots.
Utilizing underfly is optional and at the flight
attendant's full discretion . The Company may NOT
request or force you to take a trip that is "scheduled"
to exceed you MAX HRS. However, the individual flight
attendant may elect to apply his/her underfly to exceed
his/her MAX HRS at any time within the bid month.
Generally speaking, at the end of the bid month is when
underfly is at its maximum .
Here is how underfly works. Whenever actual flight time
is less than scheduled block time, the difference is
referred to as less than schedule, beating schedule and
underfly. Underfly is separately tallied for each
individual flight attendant in two different places. It
can be found at the bottom of the Option 2 after the
last date in the bid month by the code UF or in Option 5
in an area to the left side margin called Total Under
Fly.
Here are two examples of underfly usage: In July, Bob
and Mary are blocked together and have flown the same
schedule. At the end of the bid month they decide to
acquire some additional time. Their schedule has them
off on July 25 through 27th .
Bob: He decides to fly an extra trip on
July 25th . He is currently at Pay Hours of 93+05 and
MAX HRS of 97+51. The difference is 4+46. However, he
has 3+27 of TOTAL OVER FLY for the month. To utilize the
UF of 3+27 he adds it to his MAX HRS of 97+51 and that
total is 101+18. He has Pay Hours of 93+05; therefore,
the difference is 8 +13 (101+18 minus 93+05) . Bob only
wants a day trip to Maximize for the Bid Month. In Open
time: No one day trips are available at his seniority
valued at more than 5+00 hours. So to obtain more than
5+00 he can "split a trip", if available, to get as
close to 8+13 as possible but not exceed it . This
splitting function is accomplished and monitored with
the Scheduler on the phone. Bob will not be flagged for
high hours.
Mary: She wants an extra two day trip
originating on July 25th to achieve the most amount of
time without be flagged for high hours. She is also at
Pay Hours of 93+05 and MAX HRS of 97+51. The difference
is 4+46. She also has 3+27 of TOTAL OVER FLY for the
month. To utilize the UF of 3+27 she adds it to her MAX
HRS of 97+51 and that total is 101+18. To the 101+18 she
adds the "allowable three (3) hours" for a total of
104+18. She has Pay Hours of 93+05; therefore, the
difference is 11 +13 ( 104+18 minus 93+05). If
available, Mary needs to obtain a two day trip that gets
as close to 11+13 as possible but does not exceed it so
she will not be flagged for high hours. In Open time: 2
day trips worth 10+00, 10+29, 11+00 and 12+30. Mary
takes the trip valued at 11+00 so she will not receive a
high block letter.
When flying MAX HRS take a print out of Option 2 and 5
at that time. Save them for future referencing, if
necessary. This document will be placed on WINGS and in
the Flight Attendant Scheduling Department Manual.
Cathy
Campbell, Council 89 President 704-808-9070
ccampbell@afausairways.org
Glenda Talley, Council 89 Vice President 336-462-1241
gtalley@afausairways.org
Beth Carpenter, Council 89 Secretary-Treasurer 704-968-4341
bcarpenter@afausairways.org
AFA-CWA AFL-CIO
704-527-0325 Office
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