Reserve Vacation and “Sacred Days” (12.C.4.) 

Days off preceding and following a scheduled vacation period as shown in a Flight Attendant’s schedule shall be considered as part of that vacation period, if desired, and are therefore “sacred.” For scheduling purposes, they will be treated in the following manner: 

➢ The company cannot assign or reassign a Flight Attendant to infringe on those days if there is an ability to return the Flight Attendant to base before the start of a sacred day. 

➢ For the purposes of Reserve Move-Up line construction, any days off preceding or following the vacation days that were in the original Reserve line are not considered sacred days. However, once the Reserve Move-up line is completed, any days off in the completed Reserve Move-up line preceding or following the vacation are then considered as sacred days. (See Reserve Move-Up section of this guide.) 

➢ The company cannot schedule a meeting on those days without the Flight Attendant’s consent. 

➢ The company cannot assign training on those days unless the Flight Attendant has specifically bid for the training. (As a reminder, Reserves are scheduled to attend training on days of availability.) 

➢ Flight Attendants may not be drafted on sacred days. 

➢ A Flight Attendant who picks up a trip on one of the days off immediately following a vacation period has signaled the end of their vacation. Any remaining days off are treated simply as regularly scheduled days off – not as additional vacation days. 

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