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In accordance with Section 23, paragraph P.6.b. of the
Agreement; following is the procedure to be followed when a Flight Attendant
declares herself fatigued while on duty.
The Flight Attendant will notify In-flight Scheduling via
telephone of her inability to continue on duty as soon as possible. As part of
that notification, the Flight Attendant must state her intent to declare herself
fatigued. In accordance with the agreement, she will be removed from duty.
Once In-flight Scheduling has removed the Flight Attendant
from all remaining duty for the affected day, the following actions will be
taken:
a)
If at an outstation, In-flight Scheduling will attempt to deadhead the FA
back to her base. If that is not practical, In-flight Scheduling will make
arrangements for the Flight Attendant to begin rest at the outstation and
arrange a hotel and transportation to the local crew hotel. The Flight
Attendant will then be returned to base after crew rest in accordance with the
Agreement.
b)
The FE code will be placed on the Flight Attendant’s line and a
crewmember Status form will be completed by the scheduler that takes the fatigue
call and forwarded to her Coach.
c)
The Flight Attendant will not be credited or paid for the portion of her
trip she does not operate as a result of fatigue.
d)
If the Flight Attendant’s fatigue call results in the loss of a day off
to return her back to her base, premium pay will not apply.
The Coach has the responsibility to review each of the
fatigue calls to understand the circumstances surrounding each call. The Coach
reviewing the call will examine:
a)
The context of the Flight Attendant’s duty and flight hours flown,
b)
The length of the duty day,
c)
How many flight hours the Flight Attendant has completed n the duty
period, and
d)
How many duty and flight hours the Flight Attendant has completed in the
last seven days.
In many cases a Flight Attendant may have had an extended
duty day or additional block hours because of weather of mechanical reasons.
There could also be mitigating circumstances such as a disruption of a Flight
Attendant’s sleep due to excessive hotel noise or a sick baby at home.
Circumstances such as these will be taken into consideration in the Coach’s
review of the circumstances surrounding the fatigue call.
If a determination is made that there are no mitigating
circumstances leading to the fatigue call, further follow-up with the Flight
Attendant will occur. The Coach may either speak to the Flight Attendant in
person, on the phone or request a written report from the FA regarding this
incident.
If it appears that the Flight Attendant has simply failed
to report for duty adequately rested, disciplinary action may result. The Coach
will request a meeting with the Flight Attendant and a union representative.
Please take the time to thoroughly review this
information. Should you have any questions or concerns please contact a member
of the In-flight Management team or one of us. |
