For those of you who are curious about the 4 day/ 5 to maximum extent possible, it applies to the original lines built by the company and union. It has nothing to do with training or with transition. Section 25 subsection B(Monthly Bid Package Preperation) g(Regular lines that shall contain).5) "To the maximum extent possible, blocks of five consecutive days off in domicile. In lieu of the above, to the maximum extent possible, no less than four consecutive days off in domicile, except regular lines may contain blocks of less than four consecutive days off in domicile on the first three and last three days of the month. Exceptions to multiple day-off blocks may occur with prior consultation of the Scheduling Committee chairman."
This only applies to building lines, not training or transition. A perfect example is a few months ago I had a 4 day where 3 of the days were carry in, the next month I had a 4 day that started on the 6th, thus 2 days off between sequences. They had to drop the 4 day due to a 29/7 issue, however much it sucked they then put me back on RF days for the entire 4 days dropped. No 4 days off between sequences. Furthermore because NLV= OLV-TD+CI+TA I got hosed even further. The three days at the beginning and end of the month aka transition where the 4 day off rule does not apply has to do with having 1,2,or 3 days off built at the end of every month, otherwise if the language was not there every month would have to begin and end with 4 days off or a trip.