On December 22, 2022, the Company issued an updated Onboard Crew Breaks/Rest ePub PDF.  The PDF contains a long-range flying chart outlining the rest periods for B14, LOU18, LOU22 A/B. The Component Crew Rest Committee recommends that members reference Union bulletins and communiqués such as the long-range flying chart (CLICK HERE) or the November Crew Rest Committee Bulletin (CLICK HERE).  We have aligned them here for clarity and convenience.

When determining your onboard rest period, only the rest period(s) that have been negotiated for the article/LOU that has been assigned/designated to your flight, should be referenced.  For greater clarity, if your pairing has been assigned/designated as LOU 22B, your onboard rest will either be 5.0hrs or 5.5hrs (the negotiated rest periods for LOU 22B).

Please continue to reach out, and if you have crew rest issues, please reach out to your Local to have the issues addressed in a timely manner.

In Solidarity,

Component Crew Rest Committee

(This applies to Air Canada Mainline only)

On October 21st, our Component Officers issued a bulletin pertaining to the new service changes, reporting for duty, pre-flight and boarding safety checks and duties.  If you missed that bulletin, please click HERE.  The Component Crew Rest Committee would like to compliment the recent Component Officer’s bulletin by reminding the membership of your contractual onboard crew break and rest times.

LOU28

**Flights scheduled or re-forecasted on day of departure of 7:01hrs-8:00hrs gate to gate flying time
– Cabin Crew are permitted to take a break for up to one (1) hour

Flights scheduled or re-forecasted on day of departure of 8:01hrs-11:29hrs gate to gate flying time
– Cabin Crew are permitted to take a break for one (1) hour

B14, LOU18, LOU22A, LOU22B

Rest periods have been negotiated for long range flying and are as follows:
– B14 two (2) hours of rest

– LOU18 a minimum of two and a half (2.5) hours of rest for a duty day up to 14:59hrs
LOU18 four (4) hours of rest for a duty day 15:00hrs or greater

– LOU22A four (4) hours of rest for a duty day up to 17:10hrs
LOU22A four and a half (4.5) hours for a duty day 17:11hrs or greater

– LOU22B five (5) hours of rest for a duty day up to 18:45hrs
– LOU22B five and a half (5.5) hours of rest for a duty day 18:46hrs or greater

With the exception of (**) LOU28 flights of 7:01hrs-8:00hrs, the service specifications may need to be modified for crew to obtain their full contractual break/rest times.  In such cases, the SD should submit an eOBR simply stating that the service sequence was modified so that the crew can obtain their contractual break/rest times.

In Solidarity,

Component Crew Rest Committee

(This applies to Air Canada Mainline only)

The Component Crew Rest Committee would like to inform the membership of the following changes to bunk kit provisioning for LOU28 flights:

YYC
● As of October 31st, bunk kits will be provisioned (outbound only) in YYC for flights to LHR
● As of November 1st, bunk kits will be provisioned in LHR for flights to YYC

YVR
● As of October 31st, bunk kits will be provisioned (outbound only) in YVR for flights to LHR
● As of November 1st, bunk kits will be provisioned in LHR for flights to YVR

YYZ
● Bunk kits will be provisioned in LHR for the LHR-BOM flights
● Bunk kits will be provisioned in BOM for the BOM-LHR flights

Please click HERE for the recent bulletin regarding the procedure for reporting missing/incomplete bunk kits.

In Solidarity,

Component Crew Rest Committee

(This applies to AC Mainline only)

In our December 2020 bulletin, we informed the membership of any augmented LOU flying for the month and the designated Article/LOU for long range pairings.  This bulletin will clarify a few rules applicable to B14, LOU18, LOU22A/B pairings, and will provide the membership with an updated long range flying chart.

• Once bidding is closed, the Company cannot for any reason change the designated Article/LOU
• All the conditions (such as onboard rest, duty day limitations, crew complement, layover rest period etc.) of the designated Article/LOU apply to the entire pairing**
• There are two possible onboard rest periods for LOU18 and LOU22A/B flights.  The duty day for each flight will determine the onboard rest period

** For greater clarity regarding onboard rest: if a pairing has been designated as LOU22B (for example YVR- DEL-YVR) the negotiated onboard rest periods for LOU22B shall apply to both the outbound and the return flights.

In 2018 the Component Crew Rest Committee issued a long range flying chart.  An updated chart (inclusive of the additional 30 minutes as per Article L60.04.06) is available to the membership.   Please click HERE for a PDF version of the chart.

In Solidarity,

Component Crew Rest Committee