A. General
1. This Agreement
contemplates that Pilots devote their entire professional flying service to the
Company, except that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent a
Pilot from affiliating with the military service of the United States.
2. The Company may
assign or award on-duty time, flight time, or reserve time to a Pilot, and a
Pilot shall accept such assignments, provided that the assignments do not
violate the duty time, flight time and rest requirements, or the scheduling
provisions of this Agreement or the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR’s).
3. A Pilot shall not be scheduled to exceed five (5) landings, as
part of an operating crew, in any duty period.
4. A Pilot shall not be scheduled to be away from his base for more
than one hundred and sixty-eight (168) consecutive hours. However, after a
scheduled trip is awarded or assigned, a Pilot may voluntarily agree to extend
his time away from base.
5. The Company and the Pilot Scheduling Committee will meet
quarterly for the purpose of reviewing schedules for compliance with this
Agreement.
B. Domestic Provisions
1. Domestic
provisions apply to activities conducted entirely within the contiguous
forty-eight (48) states, Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean.
2. Domestic Block
Hour Limitations (Scheduled):
a. A Pilot shall
not be scheduled as a required Pilot in excess of eight (8) block hours during
a single duty period or during any consecutive twenty-four (24) hour period,
except as provided in Article 12. Paragraph B.2.b (below).
b. A Pilot may be
scheduled as a required Pilot to exceed eight (8) block hours during any
twenty-four (24) consecutive hours.
Prior to exceeding eight (8) ABH in that period; however, he shall have
received an intervening legal rest period.
3. Domestic Block
Hour Limitations (Operational)
a. A Pilot
originally scheduled to operate for eight (8) block hours, or less, since the
completion of his last legal rest period, but who, due to headwinds, ATC
delays, or other unavoidable circumstances (including an intermediate stop for
these reasons) is projected to exceed eight (8) ABH without an intervening
legal rest period, shall be permitted to continue to base or to his layover
station, whichever is scheduled to occur first, at which point he shall receive
a legal rest period. However, a Pilot
shall not block-out from a location after having exceeded eight (8) hours of
block time in a twenty-four (24) hour period without an intervening legal rest
period.
b. If a Pilot is originally scheduled to exceed eight (8) block
hours in twenty-four (24) consecutive hours, as provided in Paragraph B.2.b.
(above), but due to headwinds, ATC delays, Customer delays or Acts of God
(including any intermediate stops for these reasons), cannot receive the
minimum required legal rest period, the following shall apply:
i. He may be
rescheduled for a legal rest period; or
ii. His schedule may be revised to not exceed eight (8) block hours
in twenty-four (24) consecutive hours; or
iii. He may be
replaced.
c. If a Pilot departs
his base on a flight and makes an unscheduled return to that base without an
intervening stop, and he is then projected to exceed eight (8) block hours in
the same duty period, the Company may:
i. Reschedule the Pilot so as not to exceed eight (8) block hours;
or
ii. Schedule the Pilot for a legal rest period to ensure future
legality; or
iii. Remove the
Pilot, and he shall be eligible for a trip substitution; or
iv. Remove the Pilot and compensate him pursuant
to Article 3., Compensation.
4. On-Duty
Limitations – Domestic
a. A Pilot will not
be scheduled for an on-duty period, which exceeds thirteen and one half (13.5)
hours.
b. The
on-duty period in Paragraph 4.a. above may be extended to fourteen and one half
(14.5) hours when the extension is due to operational requirement(s) or fifteen
(15) hours when the extension is due to weather-caused delay to the extended
trip itself.
c. A Pilot may be assigned to additional duty time (which extends
beyond any duty period prescribed by paragraphs 4.a. and 4.b. above) for the
purpose of deadhead transportation so long as the total duty period, including
such additional duty time, does not exceed sixteen (16) hours and the
additional duty time contains no flight time.
d. If a trip transits a base within a single duty period, at least
one hour and thirty (1:30) minutes shall be scheduled between block in and
block out. This paragraph does not apply to a transit which does not involve a
change of aircraft.
e. For all duty
involving flying or deadheading:
i. The report time
shall be one (1) hour prior to scheduled departure time.
ii. The release
time shall be thirty (30) minutes after actual block-in.
iii. Commencement of
a duty period shall not be delayed if block-out is rescheduled after check-in
or report time, whichever is later.
iv. When the first
activity in a duty period is surface deadheading, that duty period shall begin
at the scheduled or rescheduled time of pickup.
v. When deadhead
precedes flight duty in the same duty period, the following shall apply:
(a) If the deadhead
is on a scheduled passenger air carrier at least one (1) hour and thirty (30)
minutes shall be scheduled between block-in and block-out.
(b) If the deadhead
is on Company aircraft, chartered aircraft, or surface deadhead, at least one
(1) hour shall be scheduled between block-in and block-out.
vi. When deadhead follows flight duty in the same duty period, the
following shall apply:
(a) If the deadhead
is on a scheduled passenger air carrier at least one (1) hour and thirty (30)
minutes shall be scheduled between block-in and block-out
(b) If the deadhead
is on Company aircraft, chartered aircraft, or surface deadhead, at least one
(1) hour shall be scheduled between block-in and block-out.
vii. When the last
activity of a duty period is surface deadhead, that duty period shall terminate
at the actual arrival time of the surface deadhead.
viii. If a Pilot
cannot be scheduled for a return deadhead within four (4) hours after scheduled
block in of his last revenue flight, he shall be given a legal rest period
prior to his return deadhead. At the Pilot’s option he may waive this
requirement.
f. Report
time and release time for duty other than flying or deadhead shall be the
scheduled time for the commencement of the duty and the actual time the duty
ends, respectively.
g. Standby
i. Airport Standby
(a) An airport
standby duty period commences at report time for the standby.
(b) An airport
standby duty period in which the Pilot is not assigned a trip shall not exceed
eight (8) hours at the Dayton Hub and six (6) hours at all other airports. For
airports other than Dayton, suitable standby facilities (e.g. nearby hotel
room, FBO, or EWW facility) will be provided. Standby facilities are not
required for standby at the aircraft of three (3) hours or less.
(c) An airport
standby Pilot may only be assigned a trip with a report time during the eight
(8) and six (6) hour standby period in Paragraph 4.g.i.(b) (above). If a Pilot blocks out on that trip, his duty
period shall be subject to limits as specified in Paragraph B.4.a - c. and
shall include time on airport standby prior to report time.
(d) If an airport
standby Pilot operates a flight sequence and returns to that airport within the
same six (6) or eight (8) hour airport standby periods listed in Paragraph 4.g.i.(b)
(above), he shall contact CRS within thirty (30) minutes following block-in. He may be held in airport standby status for
the remainder of his original standby period, provided that the Pilot could
perform another assignment in compliance with the FAR’s and the terms of this
Agreement.
ii. Hotel Standby
(a) A hotel standby
period shall not exceed twelve (12) hours. A Pilot may only be assigned duty
commencing during the twelve (12) hour standby period.
(b) If assigned a
trip, a hotel standby Pilot’s duty period shall begin at the report time for
that trip.
(c) If assigned to
airport standby duty, the Pilot’s duty period shall begin at report time of the
airport standby. If a Pilot is not assigned a trip, his airport standby shall
terminate six (6) or eight (8) hours (as provided in Paragraph 4.g.i.(b) above)
after beginning duty for that standby or at the end of the twelve (12) hour
hotel standby period, whichever occurs first.
(d) Upon completion
of a trip, a hotel standby Pilot shall contact CRS within thirty (30) minutes
following block-in.
5. Minimum Rest
Periods between Duty Periods
A domestic rest period shall be scheduled for and a Pilot
will receive not less than nine (9) hours from release from duty until the
beginning time of the next duty.
C. International Provisions
1. International
provisions apply to flight activities of Pilots that originate from, have a
destination of, or make an intermediate stop at a location outside the
contiguous forty-eight (48) states, Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean. International provisions will be maintained
for technical stops at locations within the contiguous forty-eight (48) states.
2. International
block hour limitations:
a. Not more than
twelve (12) SBH in any twenty-four (24) consecutive hours on a non-stop flight.
b. Not more than
eleven (11) SBH in any twenty-four (24) consecutive hours on a flight having
one (1) intermediate landing.
c. Not more than
ten (10) SBH in any twenty-four (24) consecutive hours on a flight having two
(2) or more intermediate landings.
3. On-duty Limitations
– International:
a. A Pilot will not
be scheduled for an on-duty period which exceeds fifteen (15) hours.
b. The on-duty
period in Paragraph 3.a. (above) may be extended to sixteen (16) hours, or
seventeen (17) hours for charter flights, when the extension is due to
operational requirement(s).
c. A Pilot may be
assigned to additional duty time, which extends beyond any duty period
prescribed by Paragraphs 3.a. and 3.b. (above), for the purpose of deadhead
transportation so long as the total duty period, including such additional duty
time, does not exceed sixteen (16) hours and the additional duty time contains
no flight time. For deadheading to or from Pacific Rim destinations the
deadhead will not exceed eighteen (18) hours of duty.
d. For all duty
involving flying or deadheading:
i. The report time
shall be one (1) hour and thirty (30) minutes prior to scheduled departure
time.
ii. The release
time shall be thirty (30) minutes after actual block-in.
iii. Commencement of
a duty period shall not be delayed if block-out is rescheduled after check-in
or report time, whichever is later.
iv. When the first
activity in a duty period is surface deadhead, that duty period shall begin at
the scheduled or rescheduled time of pickup.
v. When deadhead
precedes flight duty in the same duty period, the following shall apply:
(a) If the deadhead
is on a scheduled passenger air carrier, at least one (1) hour and thirty (30)
minutes shall be scheduled between block-in and block-out.
(b) If the deadhead
is on Company aircraft, chartered aircraft or surface deadhead at least one (1)
hour shall be scheduled between block-in and block-out.
vi. When deadhead follows
flight duty in the same duty period, the following shall apply:
(a) If the deadhead
is on a scheduled passenger air carrier, at least one (1) hour and thirty (30)
minutes shall be scheduled between block-in and block-out.
(b) If the deadhead
is on Company aircraft, chartered aircraft or surface deadhead, at least one
(1) hour shall be scheduled between block-in and block-out.
vii. When the last
activity of a duty period is surface deadhead, that duty period shall terminate
at the actual arrival time of the surface deadhead.
viii. If a Pilot
cannot be scheduled for a return deadhead within four (4) hours after scheduled
block-in of his last revenue flight, he shall be given a legal rest period
prior to his return deadhead. A Pilot may waive this requirement.
e. Minimum Rest
Periods between Duty Periods.
An international rest period shall be scheduled for and a Pilot will receive
not less than twelve (12) hours from release from duty until the beginning time
of the next duty, with the exception of Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean which
shall be operated under the domestic provisions of this Agreement.
f. International
Duty Free Buffer
i. A Pilot shall
be relieved of all duty for at least twenty-four (24) consecutive hours prior
to the start of an international trip sequence scheduled to exceed one hundred
and twenty (120) hours TAFB. This buffer shall not apply to Reserve or Standby
Pilots.
ii. A Pilot shall
be relieved of all duty for at least twenty-four (24) consecutive hours at the
conclusion of an international trip with an actual time away from base in
excess of one hundred and twenty (120) hours TAFB.
iii. A Pilot may
waive the international buffer in f.i and f.ii, (above).
g. If a Pilot is
delayed in the completion of his assigned duties beyond the scheduled or
rescheduled termination time of his duty period as a result of customs
clearance, that duty period shall end at the completion of those duties,
provided he notifies CRS of his actual termination time prior to entering legal
rest.
D. Scheduled Days Off
1. A Pilot will be
scheduled for at least twelve (12) calendar days off at base each bid period,
except for Bid Period Thirteen (BP13). Once bids are awarded, a Pilot may
voluntarily agree to work during scheduled days off.
2. A Pilot
will be scheduled for at least one (1) calendar day off in any seven (7)
consecutive calendar days.
E. Maximum Scheduled Block Hours Per Bid
Period.
Eighty
(80) Block hours shall constitute the maximum a Pilot may be scheduled to fly
in a bid period.
F. Notification and Contact
1. Each
Pilot is responsible for knowing his schedule as originally bid. The Company
will notify each Pilot of any modifications to his schedule.
2. Prior to
contacting a Pilot who is off duty, the Company will consider such factors as
time of day, nature of schedule modifications, and flying availability status
of the Pilot.
3. The Company will
make an effort to contact a Pilot within one (1) hour prior to report time to
inform him of delays.
4. If departures
are rescheduled, such information will be communicated to the Pilot as soon as
practicable without interrupting minimum rest requirements.
5. A Pilot shall
notify Crew Scheduling if the Pilot will not be available at the crew hotel for
contact and provide an alternate number.