(CSM, CS, FA etc)
To all Crew
SUBJECT: 2008 ANNUAL LEAVE AND ROSTER REQUESTS
1. 2008 Annual Leave
The Planning Department will be issuing the Leave slots for all of 2008. The effective dates will include January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. This will be defined per category (CSM, CS, FA etc) on a per month basis.
We will be planning the leave breakdown as follows:
1 full 28 day leave slot from the 1st of the month to the 28th of the month or
4 x 7 day leave slots to be applied as per your requests. Starting on the 1st to 7th, 8th to the 14th , 15th to the 21st, or 22nd to the 28th of each month.
In addition 8 1 day LV days can be requested throughout the year to add to ROFF days.
2 alternate requests will be accepted for each available leave slot. Please use all the choices. This will help you and Planning when assigning LV.
Exception- Ramadan. A crew member may apply for only 14 days during this period.
Process:
Each Crew Member will be assigned Leave for 2008.
Each Crew Member must communicate their request through AIMS to verify authenticity. Please use your choices!
Each Crew Member will be allotted 30 days to construct their Leave requests.
The Planning Department will assign leave, as per the requests. Please note: There will be certain months that will be filled and no more leave will be given.
Please provide alternate choices.
Your personal Leave applications will be accepted from the 15th of August 2007. (Open)
The Leave application will be collected electronically (AIMS) by 15th of September 2007. (Close)
The Leave Award for 2008 will be distributed by November 01/2007.
No leave cancellations will be permitted once allocated. A crewmember may swap with another crew in the same category. Both crewmembers must have the Leave Balance in their bank to swap Leave slots.
Leave Allocation will be awarded by Seniority. Those who were not awarded Leave during Ramadan will be considered first for that time period if requested.
There will be additional Leave rostered in 2008 for those individuals who have backlog (previous years) Leave.
**If a crew member does not apply for Leave in 2008, Leave will be automatically assigned.**
2. Roster Requests
Types of Request:
Monthly:
Only one of the below mentioned requests are allowed on a monthly basis.
1- Days off: Crew may request consecutive days off, a maximum of 3 ROFF days. A request for any additional days beyond the 3 ROFF days will be a leave days (RLV) and will be deducted from the leave balance.
2- Destination: Crew can request a destination either on a specific date or a general request for that destination. Due to the limited number of desirable destinations, they will be allocated by seniority first, and frequency of the same request granted second. For Example if a crew member requests a maximum rest MNL, and the more senior crew had the same request approved the previous month, due to the limited number of such blocks, the block will be assigned to the junior crew in order to facilitate an equal and fair distribution of requested blocks.
3- Day Trips: Crew can request day trips for the duration of the month.
Alternate months:
Buddy Flying: Crew can request to fly together for a roster (50-75 % of the roster). No destinations can be specified when requesting to fly together. Both involved crew must make the request to fly together if the request is to be approved.
Crew may not request to fly the entire roster with Flight Deck (only single blocks). If your request to fly together is granted, in the coming month you may only request one of the above monthly requests (days off, destination, and day trips) for the next month.