SECTION 8  VACATIONS

A. Accrual

 1. A Flight Attendant shall accrue vacation in accordance with Company seniority.  Vacation shall be calculated as of December 31 of each year, for that year, and as of January, she shall be eligible to take the vacation earned during the previous year.

 2. As of January 1 of each year, a Flight Attendant shall be eligible for vacation each year as follows.  Such time will be budgeted on the basis of:

 First year of service 7 days vacation
 More than one year of service 14 days vacation
 Seventh year of service 21 days vacation
 Twelfth year of service 28 days vacation
 Twentieth year of service 30 days vacation

 3. New employees accrue vacation from date of hire except that those hired prior to the 15th of the month will accrue vacation from the first of the month, those hired after the 15th will begin accruing vacation from the first of the following month.

B. Vacation Pay

 A Flight Attendant will be credited for each day of vacation used at a rate of 3.0 hours per day.  There will be no credit given for time less than budgeted on a daily basis, nor charged against the employee in excess of that accrued.

C. Splitting of Vacations

 A Flight Attendant may split her vacation into the following periods:

 1.  7 days or fewer – one (1) bid period
 2.  8 to 13 days – two (2) bid periods with no period containing fewer than four days
 3. 14 days or more - three (3) bid periods with no period containing fewer than four days
 4.  21 days or more - four (4) bid periods with no period containing fewer than four days
 5.  28 days or more - five (5) bid periods with no period containing fewer than four days.
D. Vacation Periods

 The Company shall allocate sufficient vacation periods at each domicile to cover the amount of vacation to be bid at that location.  The Company shall reserve the right to specify vacation periods.

 E.   Vacation Bidding and Awarding

 Vacation shall be granted in order of seniority at each domicile in accordance with the following procedures:

 1. By November 1, of each year, the Company shall post the number of vacation days which each Flight Attendant has accrued at each domicile.

 2. At the same time, the Company will post all of the vacation periods available for bid during that year.

 3. A Flight Attendant will be entitled to bid for all vacation accrued during the previous year.  A Flight Attendant with less than one year seniority will bid for all time accrued from date of hire until year end.

 4. Bidding will be divided into three periods at each domicile, except as mutually agreed upon, with each period reflecting approximately one-third of the vacation time accrued at that domicile.

 5. Bids will be accepted up to the closing time for a Flight Attendant group.  Upon awarding of a group's bids, the results will be posted for not fewer than seven (7) days at the domicile.

 6. Not more than one (1) vacation period will be awarded to an individual within a month.

 7. All Flight Attendants who do not bid by designated deadline will be assigned after all other groups have been awarded, in inverse seniority order, to the first available vacant period as determined by the Company.

F. Changing of Vacation Period

 Subject to the approval of In Flight Customer Services, a Flight Attendant may change her vacation period(s) by:

 1. Trading vacation period(s) with another Flight Attendant who has vacation over the same period of days.

 2. Vacation adjustment requests must be submitted no later than the 1st of the month prior to month requested.

 3. Moves her vacation to any available bid period still open after the closing of the final vacation bid award.

  a. A Flight Attendant may move her vacation to any available bid award if the movement is "forward" in the year.  If she wants to move it back during the year, the supervisor must review it to make sure it doesn't create any greater liability to the Company.
G. Transfers

 A Flight Attendant who transfers to another domicile for any reason shall retain and transfer her original bid vacation periods.

H. Cancellation of Vacations

 1. In the event that it becomes necessary to cancel vacation, such cancellation will be accomplished in inverse seniority order for the period where the cancellation is necessary.  The Company will first ask for volunteers.

 2. If the Company cancels the vacation of a Flight Attendant who has made a deposit in reliance on her established vacation schedule with proof of receipts, the Company will reimburse the Flight Attendant for the deposit and the Company will be entitled to attempt recovery of the deposit or apply it to some other person or purpose.

I. Use of Vacation and Unused Vacation

 1. Vacations may not be cumulative and must be taken within the calendar year.  Flight attendants who have completed at least one (1) year of continuous service with the Company and who thereafter leave the employ of the Company shall be paid her accrued vacation allowance not taken or paid for, provided (1) that in case of resignation the Flight Attendant shall have given the Company written notice of resignation at least fourteen (14) days prior to leaving the service, (2) that in case of discharge for cause, the Flight Attendant shall not be entitled to a pro rata vacation allowance.

 2. In the case of resignation with fewer than fourteen (14) days written notice, the Flight Attendant will be paid for days earned in the previous calendar year, but will not be paid for any days accrued in the year of the resignation.

 3. If a Flight Attendant is unable to take vacation as a result of operational circumstances at the request of the Company, after October 31st, the vacation may be carried over to the following year, or paid out directly at the Flight Attendants option.

J. Vacation Schedule

 All trips which conflict with a Flight Attendant's vacation will be dropped from her final bid award.