Trading an Assigned Pairing for Days Off 

A Reserve may also trade an assigned pairing with another Flight Attendant for days off. In this case, the other Flight Attendant must be either a Lineholder (in-base or out-of-base) or an in-base Reserve on a day off. 

➢ A Reserve may only trade an entire pairing with another Flight Attendant for days off. Reserves may not trade or drop partial pairings to other Flight Attendants. 

➢ The Reserve guarantee will be reduced based on the number of Reserve days covered by the pairing traded away (not the value of the trip). In a 30-day month, the Reserve minimum will be reduced by 4:20 per Reserve day while in a 31-day month the reduction will be based on 4:07 per Reserve day. 

➢ If a multi-day trip is vacated by a Reserve, the Reserve may contact Crew Scheduling to restore Reserve days and guarantee for all days of the vacated trip, except the first day. 

➢ Reserves may not pick up trips on Reserve days vacated when trading an assigned pairing with another Flight Attendant for days off. 

How to Trade an Assigned Pairing for Days Off 

To trade an assigned pairing for days off, follow the same procedures described for submitting a direct trade for another pairing, except that once you have input the other Flight Attendant’s employee number, select “Drop” next to Transaction Type. 

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IMPORTANT NOTE: The language of Section 8.J.2. provides specifically for the ability of Reserves to trade assigned pairings. The Contract does not provide for the ability to trade assigned Standby positions. However, the Reserve Preferencing System does provide Reserves with the ability to Preference the co-terminal from which they would prefer the report location for any Standby period. 

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If All Else Fails… 

In the event you are unable to trade an assigned pairing for days off, we remind you there are other alternatives to provide you with that schedule flexibility. These include: 

➢ Personal Drop (PD) 

➢ PTO (which includes DATV) to the extent allocations remain the day prior and the operation allows the award of the remaining slot. 

In the event you are unable to trade away the entire pairing, Reserves may Personal Drop a turn at the end of a pairing or multiple duty periods at the end of a pairing that pass through the home base, as provided in Contract Section 7.M.2. 

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