4. No Flight Attendant will be denied the ability to check-in to a hotel, or to board or exit a hotel shuttle, because
s/he chooses not to contact Crew Scheduling at that time.
R. NOTIFICATION OF DELAY OR CANCELLATION
1. When a scheduled departure is appreciably delayed, or the flight is cancelled, the Company will make every
effort to notify the Flight Attendant(s).
2. If the Company becomes aware that a flight following a RON is being delayed, the Company will advise the
Flight Attendant(s) before they depart the arrival airport or within two hours (2:00) after block-in by leaving
a message containing information about the delay at the crewmembers’ hotel rooms. If the Company has
knowledge within these timelines and fails to notify the Flight Attendant, s/he will be paid as provided for in
8.K. [Reduced RON Rest], above.
S. NATURAL DISASTERS, ACTS OF WAR, RIOTS, TERRORISM, ETC.
1. In the face of natural disasters, acts of war, riots, terrorism, etc., the primary focus of the Association and the
Company will be the safety of the crew when scheduling or reassigning Flight Attendants to fly into or out of
areas affected by imminent or present natural disasters, acts of war, riots, terrorism, et cetera.
2. When a natural disaster, acts of war, riots, terrorism, etc., is imminent or present, and a need for rescheduling
or reassigning crews becomes apparent, the Manager of Crew Scheduling or her/his designee will contact the
MEC President or her/his designee. Contact with the AFA appointed representative will be maintained until
such time as all crewmembers have been returned to domicile and normal operations have resumed.
3. If the flight deck crewmembers are offered release from flying into or out of a city, or laying over in a city
affected by such natural disasters, act of war, riots, terrorism, etc., the Flight Attendant crewmembers will be
released as well. Every effort will be made to keep Flight Attendant crews together when reassigning them to
be removed from a city affected by imminent or present natural disasters, acts of war, riots, terrorism, et
cetera.
4. It may be necessary to exceed duty limitations in accordance with S.5., below, in order to remove Flight
Attendants from danger, in order to bring customers out of a city impacted by natural disaster, acts of war,
riots, terrorism, etc., or to resume normal operations to a city impacted by such events.
5. On a case-by-case basis, with the mutual agreement of the parties, the scheduling limitation of ten hours and
thirty minutes (10:30) of duty outlined in 8.E. [Duty Period], above, may be exceeded to remove crews from
or to avoid danger and/or to facilitate bringing customers out of a disaster area, or to resume normal
operations to an affected city impacted by such events. The compensatory rest outlined in 8.H. [Compensatory
(Double-Out) Rest], above, and any other applicable Sections will apply, and will be provided upon the Flight
Attendant’s first return to domicile. Additionally, the two times (2.0x) (three times (3.0x) as applicable) rate
of pay will apply to any TFP flown in a duty period scheduled to exceed or that actually exceeds ten hours
and thirty minutes (10:30) of duty due to irregular operations directly resulting from 8.S..
a. Crews that exceed such duty limitations to perform such work will be deadheaded one way (in either
direction) in passenger seats.
b. An uncovered sequence constructed under 8.S. (“8.S. sequence”) will be built with appropriate
compensatory “double-out” rest added to the end of the sequence that cannot be reduced. However,
such rest and the pay provisions of H.2. [Compensatory (Double-Out) Rest], above, may be waived by
the Flight Attendant in order to pick up or trade into another sequence.
c. An uncovered “8.S. sequence” will first be offered to a Flight Attendant who has flights cancelled from
her/his line of time as a result of an 8.S. event and is eligible for an alternate assignment under the
provisions of Section 10.S. [Pre-Cancellations], if applicable. The Flight Attendant may accept the “8.S.
sequence” or may decline with pay protection for the original sequence at straight time. If the Flight
Attendant accepts and works the “8.S. sequence”, any conflicting scheduling obligations will be resolved
in accordance with 8.H. [Compensatory (Double-Out) Rest].
d. An “8.S. sequence” may be placed into OT for pick-up and trading. The associated compensatory “double-
out” rest cannot be reduced as a result of trading. However, such rest and the pay provisions of Section
H.2. [Compensatory (Double-Out Rest], above, may be waived by the Flight Attendant in order to pick
up or trade into another sequence. Until automated, the Flight Attendant must contact Crew Scheduling
to complete a pick-up, drop, trade or give-away of an “8.S. sequence”