So, I have some information to you all that is very beneficial and I will try to make this as simple as possible.
1.) Open time is assigned to RSVs 48 hrs prior to the day of flying by Crew Line Adjustments.
2.) Crew Tracking is responsible for any uncovered flying for day of and next day @ noon local base time.
3.) RR is considered an assignment-you are receiving credit for flight time as well as per diem (which is taxable since you're still in domicile). 4.) RSV shifts are primarily in place for rest periods and is NOT considered a footprint. Only a line holding FA has a footprint. Crew Line Adjustments try very hard to keep you within your awarded shifts-projected credit hours AND days of availability need to be taken into consideration when crewing trips (per the contract page 36 section C.b).
5.) Projected Credit Hours-any time you will be paid for in that bid period starting from day one to the end of the month (ie: if you have vacation or recurrent ground school in that month, you are receiving flt credit and therefore, your projected credit hours are higher than other RSV FAs).
6.) Credit hours determines who sits RR-the SOC Director determines the quantity of RR per base at the beginning of each bid period. This is subject to change based on operational needs especially when weather is involved. Another example; PHX has 3 RSV shifts as well as 3 types of aircraft-the SOC Director determines that they will need 2 FULL crews for both R and R1 shifts and 1 FULL crew for R2 shift. So, they will need approximately 5-6 RR for R and R1 and 3-4 for R2. For the other domiciles with one type of aircraft, the RR quantity could be less but could be more taking weather into consideration and the holidays also play a factor for all bases.
7.) The difference between available RSV and Net RSV-the amount that starts on that given day-Net is what is left over AFTER open duty periods are covered.
8.) The buffer is set based on operational performance taking into consideration any call outs, OJI's, vacation, GSX, medicals, etc.
9.) Requests are processed in the order it was received by Crew Line Adjustments. If a trip you are requesting has been requested by another FA BEFORE yours and that FA has been approved, the system recognizes that pairing automatically and will therefore DENY ANY future requests for that particular pairing and this in turn would appear requests are being processed out of order. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING TO BE EXPLAINED NEXT!
10.) For a RSV on "regular"-you are not going to see a daily value because there is no value for home RSV (it is considered duty time). You are guaranteed your 70.25 for the bid even though there isn't a credit value for that day as long as you are AVAILABLE for that entire bid period. For example; if you have not flown at all the entire month, you will just see on your pay stub 42 REG and 70.42 in GComp on your 2nd check for the month-you will not see any RSV at all because it will all be in GComp. Now, if you call in SICK, NSW, UOR, etc., 3.35 credit hours WILL reduce your guarantee and you will see this on your pay stub.
I highly recommend to READ and CARRY your contract with you at ALL TIMES!
If you have ANY questions, contact a local rep-Crew Line Adjustments also encourages FAs to call them with any questions-they want to help you as well as we do!
I apologize for the length of this email but find it necessary to educate our FAs. As always, FLY SAFE!
Thank you, Laurie Calvagno MEC RSV Chair 480.239.9821 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
