2. Reserve Ordering & Reserve Time
The Reserve Availability Screen
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The Reserve Availability list can be viewed in CCS. To access, click on the Reserve tab, then select “Reserve Availability” from the drop-down menu as shown below:
First ensure the desired domicile is selected from the blue drop-down menu, then enter the selected criteria for each drop-down and click “Search”, as shown in the next image:
The following Images provide examples of each drop-down menu and the possible selections:
Once you select the filter criteria and “Search”, the display will show you all Reserves on the availability list that meet the selected criteria as shown in the next image. It is best to only select a specific date, domicile, and position (sub-base) criteria. Narrowing your search too much may not provide the best representation of the Reserve coverage at the base location.
The list will sort the Reserves in the order they will be assigned based on the process that is valid at the time the information is accessed:
➢ When accessing the list of available Reserves for the following day, the data displayed prior to 1930 HDT will reflect the order used for Reserve Preferencing and the clean-up process:
Avail. Days>TMAC>FIFO>Seniority
➢ When accessing the list of available Reserves for the following day, the data displayed after 1930 HDT will reflect the order used for those assigned Ready Reserve:
Avail. Days>Ready Reserve Preference (RTF, RNP, RSB, RMF)>TMAC>FIFO>Seniority
➢ When accessing the list of available Reserves at any time for the current day, the data displayed will reflect the order used for those assigned Ready Reserve:
Avail. Days>Ready Reserve Preference (RTF, RNP, RSB, RMF)>TMAC>FIFO>Seniority
A description of each column heading is listed below.
*See the following for additional details on the information displayed in these columns.
This column represents the number of consecutive days left in the Reserve’s current block of days. At the end of the month, when going from a Reserve line to a Lineholder line, you may see an indicator that shows when your first trip in the new month begins, as shown below.
This column shows the number of days the Reserve is available before incurring a potential legality. If there are symbols showing next to the numbers in this column, they indicate the following:
Ready Reserves in bases having active co-terminals may request the co-terminal from which they prefer to have their pairings or standby assignments originate (see Ready Reserve section). The preferred co-terminal will be displayed in this column.
In addition to displaying the number of actual flight time hours that can be assigned to a Reserve before being projected into a 35-in-7 legality, the numbers displayed in this column will also show a “(D)” or “(I)” to indicate the type of flying flown in the previous seven days.
In the example below, the “Avail. Days” column shows that the Reserve has a block of six (6) Reserve days, but in the “Avail Days Potential Legality” column it shows 1- because the Flight Attendant is approaching 35 block hours in a 7-day period based on previous flying. The “(I)” appearing in the “Avail 35/7” column indicates the Reserve has only flown internationally in the 7-day period. Therefore, the Reserve may only be assigned to a domestic pairing having a block value of 8:47 or less before incurring a 35-in-7 legality. The Reserve may, however, be assigned to an international pairing having a block value of more than 8:47 because the 35-in-7 legality does not apply when there are only international pairings in the 7-day period. Please note, the values in the “Avail Days Potential Legality” and “Avail 35/7” columns will be highlighted in red:
NOTE: Due to system limitations, we have identified an issue with the Reserve Availability list affecting Reserves who become legal for assignment on the same day they have completed a pairing as a Lineholder, a Pre-board assignment (PB1) or who were placed on Show-No-Go status (SNG). These individuals do not appear on the Reserve Availability list on that same date following legal rest.
While these Reserves would be available for assignment, the system is currently unable to show the Reserve as having two different statuses for the same day on the Reserve Availability list.
As a result, Reserves coming from a Lineholder month with a carryover trip in the morning who would normally be available later that afternoon following a period of legal rest, are not showing on the Reserve Availability list, despite the fact they are Reserve available for the remainder of that Reserve day.
In a similar way, Reserves coming from a Training pairing, Show-No-Go status (SNG) or a Preboard assignment (PB1) also do not appear on the Reserve Availability list after a period of legal rest following those assignments.
Until the system is fixed, it is mutually understood these Reserves will not be subject to further assignment for the balance of that day. Once the system is fixed, these Reserves will appear as available on the Reserve Availability list and will then be subject to further Reserve assignment, as intended under the CBA.