ryane946

What the heck is an STV?
I always hear the FedEx guys talk about STV's, but I don't know what it means.
Thank you.

A300jetflyer

D. Special Temporary Vacancies for CDG and HKG
In lieu of Section 24.B.2., the following rules shall apply to Special Temporary
Vacancies (STVs) at CDG or HKG. STVs shall only be available for the first two
years after each FDA opens. Thereafter, if the Company advises ALPA in writing
of its intent to close CDG or HKG, the STV rules contained in this paragraph shall
once again become available in the FDA that is closing, when the Company is
regularly operating fewer than 50% of the aircraft which it regularly operated in
that base at the time of the notification of its intent to close. The use of STVs in
conjunction with a base closure is limited to 540 days from the Company’s first
use of the STV application rule in that context.
1. STV awards shall have a duration between one and three bid periods.
2. STV awards shall begin and end concurrent with a bid period.
3. A STV posting shall specify the crew position(s) from which bids will be
accepted and, if applicable, the number of bids which will be awarded at each
domicile from which bids are accepted.
4. A pilot shall be entitled to one business class ticket positioning him to the
STV location at the beginning of his assignment and back to his permanent
base at the conclusion of his assignment. The Company shall also provide a
pilot’s dependents with one round-trip coach class ticket from the pilot’s
permanent residence to the FDA location during the assignment.
5. The pilot shall be entitled to per diem for the duration of his STV assignment,
when the pilot is not otherwise being paid per diem (e.g., on a trip). This shall
be accomplished by the submission of a pay log unless pay automation
eliminates the necessity for a pay log.
6. The pilot shall be entitled to Company paid lodging in accommodations of
quality similar to that of the local contract hotels.
7. Notwithstanding Section 24.C.5., if a STV position(s) remains unfilled
following the STV award process, the Company may inversely assign the
most junior qualified pilot(s) holding the applicable crew position to the
remaining STV positions. If a pilot is inversely assigned, the following shall
apply:
a. A pilot shall not be inversely assigned to a temporary vacancy at CDG or
HKG more than once in any period of six times the duration of the STV.
b. The pilot may not be inversely assigned for more than one bid period at a
time.
c. The pilot shall be positioned and de-positioned to the temporary vacancy
using business class accommodations. If the pilot so elects, his
dependents may join him using round-trip coach class tickets provided by
the Company.
d. The pilot shall be entitled to per diem for the duration of his STV
assignment, when the pilot is not otherwise being paid per diem (e.g., on
a trip). This shall be accomplished by the submission of a pay log unless
pay automation eliminates the necessity for a pay log.