Earlier this month we reported on Requalification Training
Requirements following Voluntary Furlough and Other Extended Absences based on
information we were provided by the company.
Subsequent to release of this information, we learned the company made
some modifications to how the regulation on when training will be required will
be applied post SOC. Previous requirements at the United subsidiary to attend initial training following an absence greater than 60 months have been eliminated.
The company will determine what requalification training
requirements will be necessary based on the last calendar day of the Flight
Attendant’s ‘must go’ or ‘base month.’
Normally, our training cycle is an annual cycle of twelve
months. The regulations provide an
additional month or “grace month” in which we can maintain these annual
emergency qualifications. On the first
day of the calendar month after our grace month, if we haven’t
attended annual emergency training or CQ (formerly known as RET), Flight
Attendants are no longer qualified to fly.
In order to become qualified to fly again, attendance at some form of
requalification training is necessary to ensure qualification currency and
proficiency. As an example, if a Flight
Attendant’s “must go” or base month is October, she/he remains qualified until
the following October (12 months). The “grace month” is November. If the Flight Attendant does not attend
training within the month of November, on December 1st, the Flight
Attendant is not qualified to fly.
Depending on the period of time that elapses between this date and the
date on which the Flight Attendant attends training will determine what “form”
of requalification training is necessary.
Please refer to the following chart for further clarification.
Annual 12 Month Period
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13 Months
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14 – 24 Months
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25 – 36 Months
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37 Months or more
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10/2008
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10/2009
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11/2009
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12/09 – 10/31/11
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11/1/11-10/31/12
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11/1/12 & later
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ANNUAL RET (CQ)
PROCESS
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RQ1
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RQ2
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RQ3
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“Must Go” or “Base Month”
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“Must Go” or “Base
Month”
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“Grace Month”
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1 DAY
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3 DAYS
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11 DAYS
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