Reserve Christmas Wish List (RCWL) is a special Reserve assignment procedure that is provided for in Section 8.H.8.c. of the Contract. At Christmas, for the three (3) days preceding and two (2) days following the holiday, Reserve Flight Attendants may preference up to four (4) layover stations where they wish to be on and around the holiday.
To accommodate these preferences during the RCWL period, Crew Scheduling will begin each day’s Reserve assignment process using a modified procedure that places the Flight Attendant’s layover request as the main consideration. If legal and available, requests will be awarded in Inflight seniority order. Once all possible “wishes” have been granted, any remaining open positions will be assigned following the regular daily process of running the Reserve Preferencing System, followed by the manual clean-up process in day-of-availability and Time Accrued (TMAC) order, as described in Section 8.C. of the JCBA.
Flight Attendants may begin entering their Christmas layover “wishes” now. The Reserve Christmas Wish List portal may be accessed in one of three ways:
- Via www.unitedafa.org/wishlist
- Via CCS under the Reserve tab
- Via the Quick Links section of the Inflight Services homepage on Flying Together
*Due to a technical issue in the transmission of New Hire Flight Attendant data from United to AFA, there will be a corresponding delay in the ability of class 2531-2537 to create an account and access the portal for entering your layover "wish" requests. We anticipate the data transfer for all classes will be complete by next week.
Please see our RCWL information resource and FAQs for additional details.
