C9 Desk Handout

DATE: June 8, 2019 (from unitedafa.org)

Deadhead Rescheduled to Working Status

Flight Attendants continue to report confusion regarding the parameters that must be met in order for the company to reschedule a deadheading Flight Attendant from deadhead to working status on the same f light. As a further complication, information contained in the Established Staffing Guidelines (ESG) document on Flying Together improperly refers to Enhanced Staffing procedures. This document is in the process of being corrected. 

Clarification

United and AFA agreed to clarify the JCBA terms regarding the rescheduling of deadheading Flight Attendants to working status on the flight they were scheduled to deadhead as follows: 

1. United may reschedule deadheading Flight Attendants to work the flight in order to: 

a. Maintain Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) required number of Inflight Crew, including any required augmentation, and 

b. Reschedule Flight Attendants up to United’s Established Staffing Guidelines (“ESG”) to prevent understaffing. 

2.    Nothing in this settlement limits United’s right to supplement additional staffing above the ESG through the creation of additional open positions.

Examples:  

Paragraph 1.a (Domestic). – North American flight CUN to EWR – a 777Q requires eight (8) Flight Attendants. For some reason a Flight Attendant who was scheduled to work the flight becomes unavailable leaving the scheduled number of crew at seven (7).  In this circumstance, the company may reschedule a deadheading Flight Attendant, if available, in inverse order of seniority, to cover the open position and to return the staffing to the FAA requirement of eight (8).

Paragraph 1.a (International). – International Flight from SFO to SYD on 777Q requires eight (8) Flight Attendants plus augmented staffing of two for the duty period of 15:45. The ESG requires 11 Flight Attendants for a full flight. The company may reschedule deadheading Flight Attendants to the ESG of 11 Flight Attendants to meet the FAA staffing or the ESG. (It is understood that no flight may depart with less than the number of Flight Attendants required by the FAA for the aircraft type and/or duty period.)

Paragraph 2– Supplemental staffing. In a situation where the company were to determine that additional staffing above the ESG is warranted for any flight, the company may not reschedule a Flight Attendant from deadhead to working status. They may, however, create additional pairings that are to be placed in open time and made available for trade or pick up. In the event those positions are not filled by trades or pick up, the company may not reassign a Flight Attendant from deadhead to working status to fill the position that is above the ESG.

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