Trading Days Off with Other Reserves
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Mutual Trades are trades between Flight Attendants and involve trips or reserve days off.Â
By 17:00 HDT on the 18th, lines will be finalized in CCS. At this time mutual trading will begin for everyone with the exception of Jobshare (J/S) and Partnership (P/S) Flight Attendants (these lines are locked until the J/S or P/S splits are received by the Company and the process to split the lines is complete).Â
A Reserve may only trade a day off with another Reserve in their base, or, when applicable, their qualification sub-base (LQ or International Purser).Â
Once the new month’s schedule for a Reserve has been loaded in CCS, they will be able to create an advertisement for a Reserve day off trade. To create an advertisement, log in to CCS and under the Trading tab, select “Electronic Bulletin Board”, as shown in the next image.Â
1. Once in the Electronic Bulletin Board (eBB), click “Create Advertisement” as shown below.Â
2. From the “Create Advertisement” screen select the “Day Off” tab.Â
3. Under the “Day I want Off” and “Day(s) I Have Off” drop down menus, select the day you want off and the days you have off that you are willing to trade from the calendar. Multiple days can be selected at once under the “Day(s) I Have Off” field only. Days you have off currently will already be highlighted in blue.Â
Once you are done, click “Continue”, verify the information is correct and click “Submit” as shown below.Â
A confirmation screen will appear as shown below. From here you can:Â
1. View your advertisements by selecting “Go to My Ads”.Â
2. Create another advertisement by selecting “Create Ad”.Â
3. Print a copy of the confirmation for your records by selecting “Print Confirmation Details”.Â
You can also get to the “Create Advertisement” screen from your calendar. As seen in the image below. Click the day off you wish to trade from the calendar (1) and select “Advertise Day Off” (2).Â
Once the new month’s schedules have been loaded in CCS, you can search the Reserve day off advertisements for your Base location and complete desired trades from the Market in the eBB:Â
1. From the menu on the left-hand side of the eBB screen in CCS, select “Market”.Â
2. Select the “Day Off” tab at the top of the page.Â
3. Under “Day(s) I Want Off”, select the date(s) for which you would like to view advertisements. You can choose to enter the days you have off or leave that field blank.Â
4. Click “Search”.Â
A results screen will appear, as shown below. If a Flight Attendant has more than one day off to trade, a drop-down menu will appear.Â
Click on “Details” to view the details of an advertisement (1). If the days match what you are looking for and appear legal between both Flight Attendants, you can initiate the trade by clicking “Trade” (2).Â
Verify the trade is correct and click “Continue” as seen below.Â
A confirmation screen will appear if the trade is successful, as shown below.Â
If your trade fails, you will be given a reason code as shown below.Â
If you have already discussed or arranged a day off trade with another Reserve, you may complete the trade directly by inputting the other Flight Attendant’s employee ID number.Â
1. From the main menu options on the left-hand side of the eBB screen, click the “Direct Trade” button as shown below.Â
2. Ensure the “Day Off” tab is selected.Â
3. Click the “Employee” button and the trade with employee criteria will appear.Â
4. Under “Employee ID#”, enter the U number of the Flight Attendant with which you wish to trade days.Â
5. Click “Submit”.Â
Both Flight Attendants’ names and images will be displayed with drop-down menus, as shown below. Select the day(s) off you want to trade (1) then select the day(s) to be traded with the other Reserve (2). In each case, a calendar “picker” will appear to select the desired day(s). Once selected, click “Trade” (3).Â
Again, a confirmation screen will appear to show whether the trade was successful or failed. If your trade fails, you will be given a reason code.Â