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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 57 of 217 provide justification for the use of this time. This Section is not incl usive of any time provided for "house hunting". Section 5. Terminal/En Route Academy Graduates a. Upon graduation from initial training at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center terminal and en route employees shall be provided with the following options: 1. T he employees will be provided an airline ticket and given one day of travel before reporting to the facility to which assigned. This is the authorized method of travel for purposes of applying reimbursement under the FAATP; or 2. The employee may elect to t ravel via a privately owned vehicle (POV). The employee will be granted excused absence up to the number of days indicated in Appendix XX (Appendix Article 29 - 1 Academy Mileage Chart) , for travel to the facility to which he/she is assigned. Excused absence is not granted for regular days off (RDO's). b. Employees who elect an airline ticket will be paid for travel expenses in accordance with FAATP. c. Employees who elect to drive their POV must do a cost comparison between the cost of the authorized method of t ravel and the actual expenses incurred while traveling via POV, as outlined in the FAATP, and will be reimbursed for whichever is less. Lodging and per diem will not be paid for non travel days. d. Upon the request of the employee, the Agency will approve t he employee to swap his/her RDOs to maximize consecutive days of travel in a duty status. Not more than forty (40) hours of excused absence may be granted in a work week. e. Upon arrival at their destination, the employee must either report for duty the nex t scheduled duty day, or make arrangements for excused absence under Section 4 of this Article; and/or request leave under other provisions of this Agreement. f. The amount of excused absence granted in Appendix XX (Appendix Article 29 - 1 Academy Mileage Cha rt) may not be increased at the local facility. g. The granting of excused absence to enable an employee to travel to his/her new facility is in addition to excused absence that may be granted for pre and post moving arrangements as provided by Agency polic y and Section 4 of this Article. Section 6. The Agency shall provide employees with seven (7) days excused absence in a calendar year to serve as a bone marrow donor and thirty (30) days excused absence in a calendar year to serve as an organ donor. Sect ion 7. Annually, the Union sponsors a Communicating for Safety conference for the purpose of advancing aviation safety. The Parties agree that for the purpose of this annual conference the following procedures shall apply: a. Employees wishing to attend thi s conference on duty time must request release sufficiently in advance to allow the Agency reasonable time to determine whether or not

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