Welcome Aboard!
You have successfully completed your hard work at training, learning
new skills, rules, and evacuation drills and commands. Now the fun
begins! However, your first step is to complete reserve status
which can be very frustrating at times. Presently, reserve status
is lasting longer than ever before.
Whenever you are called to report for
RRR, regardless of the hour of day, you should be prepared for a
14 hour (and possibly up to 16 hour) duty period. If you are
assigned a late reserve shift, it is imperative that you rest up
during the day. Scheduling may assign you a stand up or red-eye, and
you need to be prepared both physically and mentally for such an
assignment.
If you have
any questions regarding the contract, work rules, scheduling or
anything that you are not sure of, please don't hesitate to call on
your union! As always, we welcome your comments, questions, or concerns.
The provisions of the contract apply to ALL flight attendants,
regardless of their status as a reserve, line holder, probationary,
etc.
Reserves: If you have any
issues that you feel needs addressed, please fill out the
Documentation Form found to your left!
If you have been assigned to sit Ready
Reserve in BWI, not only must you remain contactable during the
entire duty period, but you must remain within the sterile area so
you can report to an aircraft if assigned without delay. If you have
to be re-screened by security this may cause delays and could lead
to disciplinary action.
After the Union pointed
out that it is a violation of the FARs to use the time a flight
attendant spends on home reserve to satisfy legal rest
requirements, the Company has agreed to alter their practice and now
follow the FARs. When assigned to any reserve period, a flight
attendant is not "free from all restraint by the certificate holder,
including freedom from present responsibility for work should the
occasion arise" and therefore, time spent assigned to reserve
periods cannot be used to satisfy legal rest
requirements. Specific violations of the FARs relating to this issue
have
been brought to the attention of the FAA.
The new crew lounge is
now open in BWI. The Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)
crew lounge is now accessible for crewmember use. The crew lounge is
available for Flight Attendant and Pilot use only. Crew Members can
access the internet via the outlets in the crew lounge.
NOTE: Access to the internet requires that Crew Members provide
their own Ethernet cables.
Around the corner from
the crew lounge is the Break Room, which has vending
machines, a television, a computer and a microwave. Please note that
there is no
authorized smoking area airside in the BWI airport.
Please access Must Read 266 for further details.
Frequently Asked Questions from Reserve
Flight Attendants
Click here
Helpful Hints for Flight Attendants
Click here
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Pierre Bullard
Chair
Email Pierre
Anthony Lawson
Donna Bonnani
Alex Hardeen
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Council 57
AirTran Airways
www.afaairtran.com
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