IMPORTANT NOTE: OPEN POSITIONS WITH CHECK-IN TIMES BETWEEN 0001 AND 0459, INCLUSIVE, WILL BE ASSIGNED TO READY RESERVES IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 8.K. OF THE AGREEMENT (SEE THE READY RESERVE SECTION). 

➢ Open International Purser positions will be filled based upon the preferences of the Reserves in the International Purser sub-base for that month. 

➢ Open Language Qualified (LQ) positions will be filled based upon the preferences of the Reserves in each language sub-base for that month. 

Round One (Section 8.D.6.a-b.) 

Reserves within each group of days of availability will be considered for open assignments matching the corresponding number of days of availability. A Reserve who has submitted a preference request(s) will be assigned in TMAC order to the first open assignment that matches one of their requests, if any. 

➢ If two (2) or more Reserves in the same day classification indicate the same preference, the assignment will be made to the Reserve with the least time accrued. 

➢ If they have the same TMAC, FIFO position will be considered. 

➢ If they have the same TMAC and the same FIFO position, the assignment will be made to the most senior Reserve with the preference. 

If there is not an available open trip that matches any of the preferences submitted by the Reserve, or if the Reserve has not submitted any preference requests, the Reserve will be initially bypassed, and may be assigned during the second round. 

Round Two (Section 8.D.6.c & e.) 

Once the system has made all of the assignments that could be matched to preferences in the first round, the system will then assign any remaining open positions to Reserves in the second round, in day-of-availability and TMAC order, to the first open assignments for which they are legal. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: ALL RESERVES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AN ASSIGNMENT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE A PREFERENCE ON FILE. THE RESERVE PREFERENCING SYSTEM WILL ASSIGN ALL OPEN POSITIONS THAT CAN POSSIBLY BE ASSIGNED TO RESERVES WHO ARE LEGAL AND AVAILABLE. THE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS TO ALWAYS ACCOMPLISH COVERAGE OF OPEN POSITIONS. 

More Open Assignments than Reserves Legal and Available (Sections 8.D.6.d., 8.D.8. and 8.I.1.h.2.) 

➢ When the number of open assignments is greater than the number of Reserves who are legal and available, the Company will designate those assignments that will be left uncovered. 

➢ If the number of open assignments of a given length expressed in number of days is greater than the number of Reserves available in the corresponding day classification group, remaining assignments will be covered by Reserves available for a greater number of days. 

• In this case, Reserve preferences will be considered for assignment to those whose lengths are outside of day classification. However, a preference may not be honored if there is a Reserve available whose number of days of availability more closely matches the assignment. 

➢ If there is a trip in open time and there are no Reserves who are legal and available in the originating sub-base of the pairing without assigning into day(s) off and who is able to report in accordance with the call-out procedures set forth in Section 8.K.2. (including any Ready or Standby Reserve), the Company may use a Reserve from another sub-base in that geographical location. Special qualification Reserves will still receive special qualification pay when assigned to pairings in this manner. 

• These assignments will not be included in the Reserve Preferencing run but may be made during the manual post-preferencing process prior to 1930 HDT or after 1930 HDT to Ready Reserves. 

End of Month Assignments 

When a Flight Attendant is transitioning from Reserve to Lineholder status in the new month, end-of-the-month preferences may be honored for assignments that carry into the Lineholder month. The system will only make a Flight Attendant illegal for their first trip in the new month if there are no other viable options. This will more likely occur at domicile locations with Reserve (A/B) Rotation.