Trading an Assigned Pairing for a Different Pairing (Section 8.J.2.) 

A Reserve may trade an assigned pairing with another Flight Attendant for a different pairing under the following circumstances: 

➢ The pairing must be of the same number of days 

➢ The pairing must be departing on the same day 

➢ If the trade is between a Reserve and a Lineholder, the pairing Credit Time cannot differ by more than 2 hours. The Reserve who picks up additional time due to the trade will now be considered to have opted to over 105 hours for the remainder of that scheduled month. There is no such restriction for trip trades between two Reserves, and thus no impact on monthly maximum opting. 

Trading Trips Requiring a Special Qualification (Section 7.K-L.) 

➢ International Purser pairings may only be traded with other Flight Attendants who are currently active in the International Purser sub-base. 

➢ LQ pairings may only be traded with other Flight Attendants who are qualified in the designated language. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: TRADING PAIRINGS FOR DIFFERENT PAIRINGS HAS NO IMPACT ON THE RESERVE MINIMUM GUARANTEE. 

How to Create a Reserve Trip Advertisement 

Once assigned a pairing as a Reserve, you may advertise that pairing for either “Mutual Trade” or “Pick-Up” by going to “Create Advertisement” from the menu on the left-hand side of the eBB screen, as shown here. 

Select the Trip tab (1) and whether you are advertising for Pickup (2) or for Mutual Trade under “Advertisement Type” as shown below. (In this example, the trip is being advertised for Pickup.) Select the pairing you would like to advertise from the drop-down menu under “Select Pairing” (3). Enter any comments and/or contact information in the labeled box, then click “Continue” (4). 

How to Trade an Assigned Pairing for a Different Pairing 

After agreeing on a trip trade with another Flight Attendant, from the eBB screen click on “Direct Trade” (1) as shown in the next image. The “Direct Trade” screen will appear. Enter the employee number (2) of the Flight Attendant you are trading with. Click “Submit” (2). 

It will display the screen as shown below if the Flight Attendant you are trading with has requested that their schedule not be viewable by other Flight Attendants. In this scenario, you would select the pairing you would like to trade from the pairing drop-down menu (1). You would then have to manually enter the pairing details you would like to trade for (pairing number, date and position) (2).