Base Closure/Surplus Contractual Provisions
The following is simply a summary of Contractual Provisions. We encourage all affected Flight Attendants to fully familiarize yourself with this process to ensure your rights are met and your needs are addressed within these impossible circumstances.
SECTION 22 FILLING OF VACANCIES
Base Closure
| Section 22.D.1. | Requires that the Company give 90 days notification before opening or closing a domicile. |
| Section 22.D.2. | Each Flight Attendant affected by the base closure announcement shall be considered transferred at Company request and entitled to moving expenses outlined in Section 24. |
| Section 22.G. | Provides 500 lbs. of personal effects shipped through COMAT to the new domicile as space available on Company aircraft. |
| Section 22.H.1. | Provides 3 days of settling time to be taken within 12 months of the effective transfer. The Company may not delay the settling days by more than 7 days according to the needs of the service. |
| Section 22.H.2. | Provides that the affect Flight Attendant be eligible for her/his normal monthly guarantee during the transfer and settlement period. |
Actual Bidding Procedures and Timeline for PHL and LAS
Bids will be collected and handled as follows:
- The transfer vacancies will not be open for system bid.
- PHL and LAS Flight Attendants will be able to preference for all locations with Company identified vacancies.
- Flight Attendants unable to access Unimatic DIS*67960, will be provided with a Bid Fax sheet to FAX in their preferences.
- The most recent time/date stamp will be honored.
- No early or late bids will be accepted.
- Any insufficient bid or no bid will be assigned at the end of the award in SW seniority order.
June 9, 0800 Chicago Time Bid Opens / Vacancies Posted
June 24, 0800 Chicago Time Bid Closes
June 25, 1700 Chicago Time Bid Awards Posted
Surplus
| Section 22.J.1. | The Company must confer with MEC President at least 15 days prior to placing a notice of surplus. |
| Section 22.J.2. | If a surplus exists at a domicile, the company may move any Flight Attendant who desires to move and then surplus Flight Attendants out in inverse seniority order. |
| Section 22.J.3.a. | The Company must post their intent to surplus out of a domicile 45 days before the effective date Flight Attendants must report to his/her new domicile, and include a list of vacancies determined by the company across the system. The Company must provide a calendar for bidding of which the last date a bid may be received extends to a minimum of 15 days beyond the original date of the bulletin posting. |
| Section 22.J.3.b. | Flight Attendants who will be surplussed may place a bid on file for all domiciles on the system. |
| Section 22.J.3.c. | A system-wide transfer will be run in seniority order up to the posted surplus number. |
| Section 22.J.3.d. | After processing system-wide transfers the transfers, the Flight Attendants deemed to be surplussed will be awarded a transfer to a location posted in the surplus bulletin, or to vacancies that resulted from transfer activity. |
| Section 22.J.3.e. | A Flight Attendant shall be available to work not less than 15 days from the date notified of their new domicile location. |
| Section 22.J.3.f. | Based on means of travel and established in advance, a Flight Attendant shall be allowed reasonable travel time to the new domicile after completion of last ID in old domicile. |
| Section 22.J.4.a. | Any Flight Attendant that is surplussed to another domicile will have the preferential right to return to the prior domicile if a vacancy occurs within 540 days. The return will be based on seniority. For the first 180 days each affected Flight Attendant will be given unlimited NRSA passes (BP-7) and two (2) roundtrip NRPS passes (BP-3) per a month for travel to and from the old domicile. |
| Section 22.K.1. | In a surplus situation, Flight Attendants who accept a voluntary transfer will be considered transferred at Company request and the move to the new domicile will be paid according to provisions in Section 24. |
| Section 22.G. | Provides 500 lbs. of personal effects shipped through COMAT to the new domicile as space available on Company aircraft. |
| Section 22.H.1. | Provides 3 days of settling time to be taken within 12 months of the effective transfer. The Company may not delay the settling days by more than 7 days according to the needs of the service |
| Section 22.H.2. | Provides that the affected Flight Attendant be eligible for her/his normal monthly guarantee during the transfer and settlement period. |
Actual Bidding Procedures and Timeline for MIA Surplus
| Above the Line | Flight Attendants with a system classification seniority of February 9, 1992 and senior who have accepted a transfer in either the system transfer process, or in the surplus transfer process have volunteered to leave MIA and are considered surplussed. The transfer will not be rescinded. |
| Below the Line | Transfers for Flight Attendants below the line who accepted a transfer award in the system transfer process are considered final. They will be surplussed to their awarded domicile. Those Flight Attendants who did not bid in the system transfer process must bid in the surplus transfer using DIS*48804. Flight Attendants who did not accept a transfer in the system transfer process may select “Remain in MIA” and any or all domiciles contained on the DIS*48804 in numerical preference order. Based on the number of more senior Flight Attendants who volunteer for surplus, Flight Attendants below the line who have selected “Remain in MIA” as their first choice will be awarded this option in seniority order. Flight Attendants who do not bid or submit an insufficient number of bids will be awarded a posted domicile location based on the needs of the service. |
Bids will be collected and handled as follows:
- The surplus vacancies will first be open to system bid.
- MIA Flight Attendants will be able to preference for all locations with Company identified vacancies.
- Flight Attendants unable to access Unimatic DIS*48804, will be provided with a Bid Fax sheet to FAX in their preferences.
Now through June 17, 0800 Chicago Time System transfer request on file via TRNREQ
Surplus Vacancies:
• BOS 21
• DCA 97
• DEN 97
• ORD 73
• SEA 43
• SFO 69
| June 9, 0800 Chicago Time | MIASW Surplus Bid opens via DIS* 48804 |
| June 17, 0800 Chicago Time | System transfers awarded Report dates posted on the transfer award meter |
| June 23, 0800 Chicago Time | System transfers award responses due (accept or reject). *lack of response by any non-MIA based Flight Attendants within the period will be considered a refusal and will be governed by the three-month bid restriction outlined in Section 22.A.2 . |
| June 23, 0800 Chicago Time | Surplus Bid Closes |
| June 24, 1700 Chicago Time |
Surplus Award List posted in domiciles. |
* 2003 vacations for all transferring and surplus Flight Attendants will be retained. |
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SECTION 24 MOVING EXPENSES
| Section 24.A.1. | To qualify for a paid move, the Flight Attendant must be involuntarily transferred, transferred at Company request, or recalled from furlough. |
| Section 24.B.1-7. | Expenses paid for by the Company:
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| Section 24.C. | All expenses paid for by the Company must be claimed on the Company’s expense forms and supported by receipts according to company policy. These must be submitted within 30 days of expense or receipt of moving expense bill. |
| Section 24.D. | All Flight Attendants that are affected must be furnished with the Company’s ”Transfer and Moving Expenses Information” booklet. |
