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Reserve Co-Terminal Preference Test Expands to LGA

The Reserve co-terminal preference system test is expanding to another co-terminal in the month of November. AFA has been working with the company to implement co-terminal preferencing throughout the system as soon as possible.  Although this announcement for implementation provides little notice prior to the November schedule month, we believe it is more beneficial for Flight Attendants to have the option in November rather than waiting another month for implementation.  Reserves in JFK will have the ability to preference the LGA co-terminal on the first day of the November schedule month, October 31, 2007.

Under the parameters of the Flight Attendant Bidding System Letter of Agreement, the co-terminal preference concept is 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, BUR and LGA this includes the active co-terminal in DCA along with MDW and SNA should the company later activate these co-terminals.  

Beginning October 31, Flight Attendants serving Reserve in JFK, DCA SFO and LAX will have the opportunity to preference assignment of trips in LGA, 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 JFK Reserve who prefers BUR flying.  She has registered her preference by indicating her domicile first – JFK – and her preferred co-terminal (STA) – LGA. 

If Mary wants to delete this preference at any time, she would visit the REQCOT screen again and simply type over the “JFK” and “LGA” 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. LGA open assignments assigned to CLLR Reserves who have preferenced the LGA 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 LGA may be assigned any remaining open LGA 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 JFK CLLR Reserves available for assignment at 1900. 

Flight Attendants:

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

The open trip file contains:

• 2 day LGA, ID 1111
• 1 day LGA ID 2222
• 3 day JFK ID 3333
• 1 day JFK ID 4444

Assignments:
Mary Mainliner has preferenced LGA, but there is no one else available to cover the 3 day JFK trip, so she is assigned ID 3333.  Sandra Day is assigned her LGA preference, ID 2222.  Ricky Jones is assigned the 2 day LGA, ID 1111.  Thomas Jefferson is assigned the 1 day JFK, 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 an LGA, BWI, OAK, or BUR preference, enter "JFK," “BWI,” “OAK” or “BUR” under “STA.”

Feedback

Flight Attendant feedback is important throughout the development and testing process.  Please provide feedback on the LGA co-terminal preference to your Local AFA Council 5.