Knowledge Articles Archive - STAGING - TWU Local 556

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Article 10 (2)

Deadheading - 5/15/25

Overlap - 9/5/25

Article 11 (1)

Relative Daily Value (RDV) - 5/16/25

Article 14 (1)

Vacation - 5/16/25

Article 21 (1)

Minimum Pay Rules -or- Ratios in Guarantee (RIG) - 5/16/25

Article 29 (1)

Vacancy - 5/16/25

Article 32 (3)

Attendance Policy - 12/18/25

Calling/Reporting in Sick - 9/5/25

Record Improvement - 6/25/25

Article 8 (2)

Crew Rest - 6/25/25

Duty Day - 9/5/25

Basics (9)

Basics of FMLA - 1/24/26

Bidding - 2/3/26

Class 1.17 - 5/13/25

Floating Vacation - 5/13/25

Minimum Crew - 5/13/25

PIN (Submitting & Using) - 12/10/25

Reporting - 5/13/25

The Fatigue Policy - 5/13/25

Vacation Bidding - 5/13/25

Contract 101 (3)

Commuter Policy - 9/5/25

Junior Available (JA) - 9/5/25

Unscheduled RON & Stranded - 10/9/25

Contract 201 (3)

Minimum Pay Rules - 8/6/25

Scheduling/Bidding DRT/SDRT - 4/21/25

Vacation - 7/6/25

Contract 2024 (4)

16 - Month Roll Off Sunset - 9/5/25

Cabin Tidying Settlement Agreement - 9/5/25

Reading OUR Step Chart - 7/7/25

Shifted Reserve System - 9/5/25

FAQs (16)

Automated Reserve Release - 10/6/25

Dropping 4-Day Blocks - 12/17/25

End of Month Liability - 9/5/25

Holiday Season Reminders - 9/5/25

Irregular Operations (IROPS) - 9/5/25

Junior Available (JA) - 8/21/25

New Domicile (AUS) - 12/17/25

Probationary Reserve - 9/5/25

Ratio in Guarantee (RIG) - 9/5/25

Reading Your Payroll Report - 9/5/25

Reporting in Sick - 12/18/25

Reschedules - 10/9/25

Shifted Reserve System - 9/5/25

Time Away Program (TAP) JAN/FEB 2026 - 11/20/25

Time Away Program (TAP) SEP 2025 - 9/5/25

Vacation (201) - 7/7/25

Fast Fact Friday (66)

401(k) Contributions - 9/25/25

4th Quarter Record Improvement - 9/25/25

4th Quarter Record Improvement Bonus - 8/22/25

Advanced Notice DRT (AN-DRT) - 2/5/26

Aircraft Downgrades - 8/22/25

Automated Lineholder Waiving of Deadheads (CWA/CrewView) - 8/28/25

Basics of Reporting - 5/12/25

Checking Bags and OJI - 12/18/25

Commuter Policy - Lineholder - 4/14/25

Commuter Policy - Reserve - 9/5/25

Commuter Policy Protections During IROPs - 4/20/25

Contact During Crew Rest - 4/11/25

Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) - 4/20/25

Day Rooms - 10/6/25

Deadheading - 4/11/25

December Record Improvement Bonus - 12/4/25

December Sick Bank Accrual Bonus - 8/22/25

DRT & SDRT - 7/7/25

Duty RIGs - 10/30/25

Electronic Might Be Late (MBL) - 9/8/25

Extended Ground Time Pay (ExGTP) - 8/28/25

Fatigue Policy - 8/22/25

Flight Attendant Drug & Alcohol Program (FADAP) - 4/20/25

Flight Status Notifications - 8/28/25

Gate-Checked Bags - 9/5/25

Gripe -vs- Grievance - 4/20/25

Holiday Pay - 7/7/25

Holiday Season Reminders (2025) - 11/20/25

Involuntary Displacement - 4/14/25

JA -vs- Reschedule - 10/30/25

Jetway Trades - 12/17/25

Job Sharing - 8/28/25

Last Day Late Premium (LDLP) - 9/5/25

Max Doctor's Note - 12/11/25

Meal & Rest Breaks - 11/13/25

Medical Leave of Absence - 12/18/25

Member Resources - 12/18/25

Might Be Late (MBL) and Bonus MBL - 4/11/25

Minimum Crew Requirements - 6/25/25

Monitoring Your Attendance Points - 8/22/25

New Domicile (AUS) - 1/5/26

Open Time Reminders - 8/22/25

Open Time Trading - 4/11/25

Order of Assignment & RDV - 9/5/25

Overfly - 11/13/25

Recurrent Training (RT) - 1/5/26

Red Eye Flying - 9/5/25

Reserve - Liable for Contact Reminders - 8/22/25

Self-Assign -vs- Self-Acknowledge - 4/20/25

Senior ("A") Pay - 9/5/25

Shifted Reserve Bidding - 8/22/25

Shifted Reserve Overview - 9/5/25

Shifted Reserve System - Week One Review - 4/20/25

Shifted Reserve TT/GA - 4/11/25

Sick Bank Accrual - 11/4/25

Stacking Pairings - 9/15/25

Summer Lovin' - 7/7/25

Time Away Program (TAP) - 9/5/25

Trip RIGs - 10/30/25

TWU International Convention - 9/5/25

Unscheduled RON/Stranded - 4/14/25

Using Your PIN - Upcoming Black Out Dates - 9/5/25

Vacation Bidding - 9/5/25

Vacation Bidding 2026 - Round One Reminders - 9/5/25

Vacation Bidding Reminders - 9/5/25

Vacation Trading - 9/5/25

State Leave Resource (6)

State Protected Hours - AZ - 12/31/25

State Protected Hours - CA - 1/23/26

State Protected Hours - CO - 1/23/26

State Protected Hours - GA - 1/2/26

State Protected Hours - IL - 1/23/26

State Protected Hours - MD - 12/31/25

Union 101 (3)

Membership Meetings - 12/10/25

TWU Local 556 Committees - 9/5/25

Union Structure - 9/5/25