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ASB — Airport Standby. Article 4 defines it as a Duty Assignment at an IFC's Base or Co-Base to support immediate operational needs. Article 12 sets the rules, including no more than two ASB periods in a row and no more than six in a Bid Period unless you waive those limits.
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Commonly misunderstood
This one is often misread. The Agreement is specific about when duty begins on Airport Standby.
The contract says
i If assigned to a Pairing while on Airport Standby, the Duty time starts at original Airport Standby Report time.
ii An Airport Standby added at the end of a Pairing will not be scheduled to exceed more than twelve (12) hours of Duty, unless assigned another Pairing not scheduled to exceed fourteen (14) total hours.
iii A home Reserve may only be converted to ASB within the first seven (7) hours of the beginning of her/his RAP. i At the end of an Airport Standby Assignment where no Pairing is assigned, the ASB will be released for contractual Rest.
Article 12 — Reserve · page 66 Airport Standby a Lineholders shall not be assigned/reassigned Airport Standby without IFC concurrence. Airport Standby is a specified Reserve Duty Period at the IFC’s assigned Base or Co-Base airport.
While on Airport Standby, an IFC may be assigned a Pairing or to assist in the boarding/deplaning process.
Crew Services shall not schedule more than two (2) ASB periods in a row and shall not schedule more than six (6) ASB periods in a Bid Period. The IFC has the option to waive these limitations.
e Airport Standby will be assigned to IFCs with three (3) or more days available and will be assigned to the IFC with the lowest to highest total accrued Reserve credit hours (excluding RSA).
f While on Airport Standby, IFCs must be immediately contactable at her/his primary phone number.
If the IFC does not answer the initial contact attempt, she/he will have fifteen (15) minutes to return the call from Crew Services or self-notify via JETCRW or CrewTrac Web of her/his Assignment.
A Duty Period for Airport Standby will begin at the designated Report time and will not be originally scheduled to exceed six (6) hours.
Reserves assigned to ASB will not be assigned a Pairing which departs more than one (1) hour beyond the end of the six (6) hour Airport Standby limit without her/his concurrence.
Article 12 — Reserve · page 66 o A Reserve who is called out from home Reserve for an Assignment and the Assignment is subsequently called off at or after Report time, the IFC shall be compensated according to Article 23, Paragraph BB.
An IFC with greater than six (6) consecutive days of Reserve shall be considered a four (4) or more day Reserve.
A Reserve who has reported for a Pairing at the scheduled Report time will be pay protected according to Article 23 Paragraph CC and may be assigned ASB at the originally scheduled Report time.
Article 12 — Reserve · page 65 What this means
Article 12 provides that if an IFC is assigned to a Pairing while on Airport Standby, the Duty time starts at the original Airport Standby Report time. A Duty Period for Airport Standby begins at the designated Report time and will not be originally scheduled to exceed six (6) hours, and Reserves assigned to ASB will not be assigned a Pairing which departs more than one (1) hour beyond the end of the six (6) hour Airport Standby limit without her/his concurrence. A Reserve who has reported for a Pairing at the scheduled Report time will be pay protected according to Article 23 Paragraph CC and may be assigned ASB at the originally scheduled Report time. The same paragraph provides that an Airport Standby added at the end of a Pairing will not be scheduled to exceed more than twelve (12) hours of Duty, unless assigned another Pairing not scheduled to exceed fourteen (14) total hours, that a home Reserve may only be converted to ASB within the first seven (7) hours of the beginning of her/his RAP, and that at the end of an Airport Standby Assignment where no Pairing is assigned, the ASB will be released for contractual Rest.
This one trips people up
Because Duty time runs from the original Airport Standby Report time, a delay to the assigned Pairing pushes your projected Release further past your mark than the Pairing's own times suggest.
What to do
- 1Note your original Airport Standby Report time, the time the Pairing was assigned, and the projected Release. Measure your 14, 16 or 18 hour mark from the original Airport Standby Report time, not from the Pairing's Report time.
Terms in this answer
This is a suggestion based on the contract language above. It is not legal advice and does not replace your Union representative. Where this and the Agreement disagree, the Agreement governs.
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