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Reserve Co-Terminal Preference Test Expands to BUR

The Reserve co-terminal preference system test is expanding to another co-terminal in the month of October.  AFA and the company will continue to monitor the co-terminal test taking place in BWI, OAK and BUR as implementation moves forward at every co-terminal throughout the system. 

Under the parameters of the Flight Attendant Bidding System Letter of Agreement, this concept is now a Contractual part of the Reserve scheduling parameters.  However, the process by which this is accomplished must be developed and tested to determine the method that best provides opportunity for a Reserve to preference co-terminal flying.

Reserve co-terminal preference will soon be applied at Contractual co-terminals system-wide.  In addition to BWI, OAK and BUR, this includes active co-terminals DCA, and LGA along with MDW and SNA should the company later activate these co-terminals.  

Beginning October 1, Flight Attendants serving Reserve in DCA, SFO and LAX will have the opportunity to preference assignment of trips in BWI, OAK and BUR, respectively.

Setting Your Preference

The Unimatic screen, REQCOT, provides Flight Attendants the ability to add a co-terminal preference or delete a co-terminal preference at any time.  In the example below, Mary Mainliner is an LAX Reserve who prefers BUR flying.  She has registered her preference by indicating her domicile first – LAX – and her preferred co-terminal (STA) – BUR. 

If Mary wants to delete this preference at any time, she would visit the REQCOT screen again and simply type over the “LAX” and “BUR” with the space bar, and then hit “enter.”

Schedule Process for Test

Co-terminal preferencing changes the Reserve order of assignment to some degree.
CLLR Assignment Process (1900 Local Domicile Time)

1. BUR open assignments assigned to CLLR Reserves who have preferenced the BUR co-terminal.
2. All remaining IDs will be assigned in the Contractual CLLR assignment process. 

Ready RSV Assignment Process

1. Ready Reserves who have preferenced BUR may be assigned any remaining open BUR trips.

Co-Terminal Preference May Not Adversely Impact Overall Reserve Coverage

Overall Reserve coverage will be considered in the assignment process.  Co-terminal preference will be honored assuming it does not adversely impact overall reserve coverage. 

For Example:
There are 4 LAX CLLR Reserves available for assignment at 1900. 

Flight Attendants:

• Mary Mainliner, 3 days availability and BUR preference
• Sandra Day, 1 day availability and BUR preference
• Ricky Jones, 2 days availability and no preference
• Thomas Jefferson, 1 day availability and no preference

The open trip file contains:

• 2 day BUR, ID 1111
• 1 day BUR ID 2222
• 3 day LAX ID 3333
• 1 day LAX ID 4444

Assignments:
Mary Mainliner has preferenced BUR, but there is no one else available to cover the 3 day LAX trip, so she is assigned ID 3333.  Sandra Day is assigned her BUR preference, ID 2222.  Ricky Jones is assigned the 2 day BUR, ID 1111.  Thomas Jefferson is assigned the 1 day LAX, ID 4444.

Monitoring Co-terminal Reserve Preference

Unimatic has been programmed to read and display the co-terminal preference during the Reserve assignment process.  Use RSVSKD to access a list of Reserve availability.  In order to identify all Reserves with a BWI, OAK, or BUR preference, enter “BWI,” “OAK” or “BUR” under “STA.”

Feedback

Flight Attendant feedback is important throughout the development and testing process.  Please provide feedback on the BUR co-terminal preference to your Local AFA Council 12.