Pairing Construction. .01 A Pairing is a pre-arranged combination of one or more Duty Periods that shall be identified by a number for bidding and scheduling purposes. .02 RAPs shall be constructed as Pairings which include start and release times, and shall be included in published Blocks. .03 Pairings shall be constructed by the Company, in consultation with the Association, from the known aircraft route tracks and shall reflect all known scheduled flights and confirmed charter flying. .04 All known Training Events shall be constructed as Pairings. .05 Open consecutive single Duty Period Training Events that involve the same training candidate shall normally be constructed as a multi-day Pairing regardless of the Pilot’s Base. These combined Duty Periods shall normally be assigned in its entirety. Assignment of reserve Pilots to these pairings shall be in accordance with Section 7-1.12 (General) and shall be subject to operations requirements. .06 Except for initial training, the number of consecutive Calendar Days in a Pairing shall not exceed four (4). The Association shall consider any request by the Company to exceed four (4) consecutive Calendar Days in a pairing. .07 The Pairing mix within all Positions for the Air Canada CPA, shall meet the following criteria: a) The total number of four (4) day Pairings shall not exceed the sum of one (1), two (2) and three (3) day Pairings. b) The total number of three (3) day Pairings shall not exceed the sum of one (1) and two (2) day Pairings. c) For the purposes of calculating a) and b) above, a continuous duty cycle shall be considered a one (1) day Pairing.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement