Special Qualification Assignments
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If there is a pairing or Standby in open time and there are no Reserves who are legal and available in the originating sub-base of the assignment without assigning into the Reserve’s day(s) off and who is able to report in accordance with the call-out procedures described here (including any Standby Reserves), 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.
IMPORTANT NOTE: IF THERE ARE STANDBY RESERVES OF THE ORIGINATING SUB-BASE WHO ARE OR WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE CHECK-IN OF A PAIRING, THEY MUST BE ASSIGNED TO THE PAIRING BEFORE ASSIGNING TO A RESERVE OUTSIDE THE SUB-BASE. IN THIS CASE, ONCE THE LEGAL AND AVAILABLE STANDBY HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE PAIRING, IT MAY THEN BE NECESSARY TO ASSIGN A RESERVE FROM OUTSIDE THE SUB-BASE TO REPLACE THE VACATED STANDBY POSITION.
When it becomes necessary to cover an open Language Qualified (LQ) position with a Reserve, a Reserve assigned to the LQ sub-base of the specifically required language for the month shall cover the position whenever possible. If there is no LQ Reserve who is legal and available in the specifically required language sub-base, the pairing will be assigned outside of the sub-base. In this circumstance, the company has a certain level of latitude to decide which of the other sub-bases’ Reserves will cover the open position, whether it be the General Population (FA), one of the other LQ sub-bases (LS) or even the International Purser sub-base (FML).
1. Scheduling will look first to the group of Reserves who have been most under-utilized while also considering the possible need for any special qualification Reserves in subsequent days.
2. Once the sub-base to be assigned has been determined, the open pairing is to be converted to a pairing of that specific sub-base and will be assigned in accordance with Sections 8.D-G.
IMPORTANT NOTE: RESERVES WHO ARE LANGUAGE QUALIFIED, BUT WHO ARE NOT IN THE LQ SUB-BASE IN A GIVEN MONTH WILL NOT BE ASSIGNED OUT OF ORDER TO OPEN LQ POSITIONS.