SECTION 3
COMPENSATION
A. Base Pay
A Flight Attendant shall receive a base pay amount in accordance with his/her longevity at the following rates of pay:
|
7/31/06 |
1/1/07 |
1/1/08 |
1/1/09 |
1/1/10 |
1/1/11 |
1st Year |
$1,204.00 |
$1,222.20 |
$1,234.10 |
$1,246.70 |
$1,259.30 |
$1,284.50 |
2nd Year |
1,297.10 |
1,316.70 |
1,330.00 |
1,343.30 |
1,356.60 |
1,383.90 |
3rd Year |
1,388.10 |
1,409.10 |
1,423.10 |
1,437.10 |
1,451.80 |
1,480.50 |
4th Year |
1,477.70 |
1,500.10 |
1,514.80 |
1,530.20 |
1,545.60 |
1,576.40 |
5th Year |
1,597.40 |
1,621.20 |
1,637.30 |
1,653.40 |
1,670.20 |
1,703.80 |
6th Year |
1,845.90 |
1,873.90 |
1,892.80 |
1,911.70 |
1,930.60 |
1,969.10 |
7th Year |
2,023.00 |
2,053.10 |
2,073.40 |
2,094.40 |
2,115.40 |
2,157.40 |
8th Year |
2,243.50 |
2,277.10 |
2,300.20 |
2,323.30 |
2,346.40 |
2,393.30 |
9th Year |
2,266.60 |
2,300.90 |
2,324.00 |
2,347.10 |
2,370.90 |
2,418.50 |
10th Year |
2,408.70 |
2,445.10 |
2,469.60 |
2,494.10 |
2,519.30 |
2,569.70 |
11th Year |
2,461.90 |
2,499.00 |
2,524.20 |
2,549.40 |
2,574.60 |
2,626.40 |
12th Year |
2,524.20 |
2,562.00 |
2,587.90 |
2,613.80 |
2,639.70 |
2,692.20 |
13th Year |
2,600.50 |
2,639.70 |
2,666.30 |
2,692.90 |
2,719.50 |
2,774.10 |
14th Year |
2,675.40 |
2,715.30 |
2,742.60 |
2,769.90 |
2,797.90 |
2,853.90 |
15th Year |
2,715.30 |
2,755.90 |
2,783.20 |
2,811.20 |
2,839.20 |
2,895.90 |
NOTE: On July 31, 2006, the Company unilaterally implemented terms and conditions of employment, including base and incentive rates based on a seventy-five (75:00) hour monthly minimum. Those rates remained in place until January 1, 2007, when a 1.5% across the board rate increase was implemented. The rates now contained in these charts reflect a reduction in the monthly minimum hours in this tentative agreement from seventy-five (75:00) to seventy (70:00) hours, causing a corresponding reduction in the monthly base rates. The change in monthly hours does not represent any type of pay rate reduction; the incentive rates are unaffected.
B. Incentive Pay
In addition to base pay a Flight Attendant shall receive incentive pay for each hour in excess of seventy credited hours (70:00) per month in accordance with his/her longevity as follows:
|
7/31/06 |
1/1/07 |
1/1/08 |
1/1/09 |
1/1/10 |
1/1/11 |
1st Year |
$17.20 |
$17.46 |
$17.63 |
$17.81 |
$17.99 |
$18.35 |
2nd Year |
18.53 |
18.81 |
19.00 |
19.19 |
19.38 |
19.77 |
3rd Year |
19.83 |
20.13 |
20.33 |
20.53 |
20.74 |
21.15 |
4th Year |
21.11 |
21.43 |
21.64 |
21.86 |
22.08 |
22.52 |
5th Year |
22.82 |
23.16 |
23.39 |
23.62 |
23.86 |
24.34 |
6th Year |
26.37 |
26.77 |
27.04 |
27.31 |
27.58 |
28.13 |
7th Year |
28.90 |
29.33 |
29.62 |
29.92 |
30.22 |
30.82 |
8th Year |
32.05 |
32.53 |
32.86 |
33.19 |
33.52 |
34.19 |
9th Year |
32.38 |
32.87 |
33.20 |
33.53 |
33.87 |
34.55 |
10th Year |
34.41 |
34.93 |
35.28 |
35.63 |
35.99 |
36.71 |
11th Year |
35.17 |
35.70 |
36.06 |
36.42 |
36.78 |
37.52 |
12th Year |
36.06 |
36.60 |
36.97 |
37.34 |
37.71 |
38.46 |
13th Year |
37.15 |
37.71 |
38.09 |
38.47 |
38.85 |
39.63 |
14th Year |
38.22 |
38.79 |
39.18 |
39.57 |
39.97 |
40.77 |
15th Year |
38.79 |
39.37 |
39.76 |
40.16 |
40.56 |
41.37 |
C. Adjustments To Pay
A Reserve Flight Attendant who has an unpaid leave(s) and/or who loses flight time because of his/her unavailability in a month, shall receive the greater of his/her prorated monthly guarantee or his/her total credited hours at his/her hourly incentive rate of pay.
D. Longevity For Pay
Longevity for pay purposes is to be computed on the actual length of service with the Company in any position covered by this Agreement and shall be effective on the first day of the month. When the longevity date, or that date adjusted because of being on nonpay status on account of furlough, suspension or leave of absence, falls between the first (1st) day and the sixteenth (16th) day of a month inclusive, his/her effective date for longevity pay increase shall be the first (1st) day of such month, but when the longevity date, as so adjusted, falls between the seventeenth (17th) day and the last day of the month inclusive, his/her effective date of longevity pay increases shall be the first (1st) day of the following month.
E. Reserve Guarantee
1. In addition to his/her base pay, a Reserve Flight Attendant who is on pay status for a full month shall receive as a minimum guarantee, compensation equal to ten hours (10:00) at his/her applicable incentive pay rate. Such reserve guarantee shall be equivalent to eighty hours (80:00).
2. When a Reserve Flight Attendant is not on pay status for a full month, his/her guarantee shall be reduced to the proportion that the number of days on pay status is to the number of days in the month, as described in paragraph 3., below.
3. A Reserve Flight Attendant's monthly guarantee of eighty hours (80:00) shall be reduced by the following:
a. Any flight time lost due to a leave or his/her unavailability, and/or
b. Four hours and fifteen minutes (4:15) per on duty reserve day not actually served.
4. A Reserve Flight Attendant shall be paid above his/her applicable guarantee for patterns awarded from the Open Flying List under the terms of Section 6.G.4.b. (Reserve Increase Adjustment).
5. A Reserve Flight Attendant who does not serve any on-duty reserve days in a month shall not receive any reserve guarantee for the month.
F. Purser Pay
1. In addition to base pay and incentive pay or reserve guarantee (if any), Pursers shall, subject to paragraph F.2., below, be paid at the rate of:
a. Five dollars ($5.00) per hour flown or credited when actually serving as the Purser on international flights on wide body aircraft as provided in Section 9.A. of this Agreement. Purser pay on such international flights on wide body aircraft shall increase as follows:
1/1/07 1/1/08 1/1/09 1/1/10 1/1/11
$5.08 $5.13 $5.18 $5.23 $5.33
b. Three dollars ($3.00) per hour flown or credited when actually serving as the Purser on international flights on narrow body aircraft as provided in Section 9.A. of this Agreement. Purser pay on such international flights on narrow body aircraft shall increase as follows:
1/1/07 1/1/08 1/1/09 1/1/10 1/1/11
$3.05 $3.08 $3.11 $3.14 $3.20
1. Credited hours for Purser pay purposes shall not include time credited under:
Section 3.I. Holiday Pay
Section 3.J. Standby Pay
Section 3.N. Pattern Guarantee
Section 3.P. International Ground Holding Pay
Section 5.A.9.a. Domestic Duty Period and Trip Hour Credit
Section 5.A.9.c. Domestic Deadhead Time
Section 5.A.9.d. Removal Credit
Section 5.B.10.a. International Duty Period and Trip Hour Credit
Section 5.B.10.c. International Deadhead Time
Section 5.H. Flight Hour Bank
Section 10.C. Rate of Pay During Vacation, except as provided in Section 9.G.2. of this Agreement
Section 11.A. Training Pay
Section 15.C. Rate of Pay During Sick Leave
Section 18.G. Jury Duty
Section 20.D. Special Assignment
Section 21.G. Witness Pay
G. Lead Flight Attendant Pay
1. In addition to base pay and incentive pay or reserve guarantee (if any), Flight Attendants shall, subject to paragraph G.2., below, be paid at the rate of:
a. One dollar sixty-five cents ($1.65) per hour flown or credited when actually serving as the Lead Flight Attendant or Relief Lead Flight Attendant on narrow body aircraft (e.g., DC9, A319, A320, B757). Narrow body Lead Flight Attendant and Relief Lead Flight Attendant pay shall increase as follows:
1/1/07 1/1/08 1/1/09 1/1/10 1/1/11
$1.67 $1.69 $1.71 $1.73 $1.76
b. Two dollars and fifteen cents ($2.15) per hour flown or credited when actually serving as the Lead Flight Attendant or Relief Lead Flight Attendant on wide body aircraft (e.g., A330, B787, B747). Wide body Lead Flight Attendant and Relief Lead Flight Attendant pay shall increase as follows:
1/1/07 1/1/08 1/1/09 1/1/10 1/1/11
$2.18 $2.20 $2.23 $2.25 $2.29
2. Credited hours for Lead Flight Attendant or Relief Lead Flight Attendant pay purposes shall not include time credited under:
Section 3.I. Holiday Pay
Section 3.J. Standby Pay
Section 3.N. Pattern Guarantee
Section 3.P. International Ground Holding Pay
Section 5.A.9.a. Domestic Duty Period and Trip Hour Credit
Section 5.A.9.c. Domestic Deadhead Time
Section 5.A.9.d. Removal Credit
Section 5.B.10.a. International Duty Period and Trip Hour Credit
Section 5.B10.c. International Deadhead Time
Section 5.H. Flight Hour Bank
Section 10.C. Rate of Pay During Vacation, except as provided in Section 9.G.2. of this Agreement
Section 11.A. Training Pay
Section 15.C. Rate of Pay During Sick Leave
Section 18.G. Jury Duty
Section 20.D. Special Assignment
Section 21.G. Witness Pay
H. International Flying Pay
In addition to the compensation set forth above, a Flight Attendant engaged in international flying as defined in Section 2.MM. of this Agreement shall receive pay at the rate of one dollar twenty-five cents ($1.25) per hour (prorated) for hours flown for such international flying. International flying pay shall be suspended in its entirety for the time period between the date of signing of this Agreement and December 30, 2008 inclusively.
Eligibility for international flying pay shall be determined by Section 2.MM.
I. Holiday Pay
In addition to all other compensation, a Flight Attendant shall be paid Holiday Pay in accordance with the following provisions:
1. Flight Attendants who maintain "perfect attendance" during the following periods shall be eligible to receive Holiday Pay for:
a. The period that includes the two (2) days before Thanksgiving Day, Thanksgiving Day and the two (2) days following Thanksgiving Day.
b. The period between December 23 and January 3, inclusive.
2. "Perfect Attendance" shall be as defined in the Company's December 2006/January 2007 Holiday Recognition Program. The definition may be modified by mutual agreement of the Company and the Union.
3. Eligible Flight Attendants shall receive Holiday Pay for each "day worked" during the holiday periods noted in subparagraph I.1., above, as follows:
a. One hundred dollars ($100.00) for Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
b. Fifty dollars ($50.00) for all other days included in the holiday periods noted in subparagraph I.1., above.
4. "Day worked" shall be as defined in the Company's December 2006/January 2007 Holiday Recognition Program. The definition may be modified by mutual agreement of the Company and the Union.
J. Standby Pay
1. Standby Time (at the base station of the Flight Attendant involved) shall be credited (for pay purposes only) when the Flight Attendant, at Company request, reports to the airport for his/her assigned flight or to deadhead for flight assignment, and his/her pattern is delayed more than two hours (2:00) after quoted departure at the rate of one hour (1:00) credit for each six hour (6:00) period or portion thereof figured from quoted departure time to time of departure (or definite cancellation of the pattern relieving the Flight Attendant from standby). Such standby time shall be credited (for pay purposes only) to Flight Attendants who have been alerted for flight and who appear at the Inflight Services office for patterns which are canceled for any reason prior to time of two hours (2:00) after quoted departure. A Flight Attendant who at the Company request reports to the airport at his/her base station for his/her assigned flight or to deadhead for flight assignment and who is removed, for reasons other than cancellation, but is not assigned to fly another pattern shall receive one hour (1:00) credit for pay purposes only.
2. Standby Pay shall be offset by any Ground Holding Pay, as described in paragraphs 3.O. and 3.P., for which a Flight Attendant is also eligible during the same report period.
K. Drug/Alcohol Testing Pay
A Flight Attendant who has been selected and completes a random drug test and/or alcohol test shall receive ten dollars ($10.00) for pay purposes only for each occurrence.
L. Credited Hours For Pay Purposes
All flight times for pay purposes shall be determined by:
1. The actual elapsed time from block-to-block (stop-to-stop) or the scheduled time from block-to-block (stop-to-stop), whichever is greater, on all scheduled and extra section flights operated over route segments where an established schedule exists at the time a flight is made for the type of aircraft involved.
NOTE: On a pattern basis, the number of actual flight hours greater than scheduled flight hours for each on duty period (overfly hours) shall be offset by the number of actual flight hours less than scheduled flight hours for each duty period (underfly hours).
2. The actual time from block-to-block on charter trips, ferry trips, scenic flights or other flights where the Flight Attendant performs regular Flight Attendant, Purser or Lead Flight Attendant duties.
3. The actual time from block-to-block on scheduled and extra section flights which are operated over route segments where no published or operational schedule or Company aircraft movement itinerary (planned or scheduled departure and arrival times) is in existence for the type of aircraft involved at the time the flight is made shall be used in determining flight time for pay purposes. Such Credited Hours For Pay Purposes shall include time credited under the following provisions:
Section 3.J. Standby Pay
Section 3.M. Supervisory/Trainee Flying
Section 3.N. Pattern Guarantee
Section 3.P. International Ground Holding Pay
Section 5.A.9.a. Domestic Duty Period and Trip Hour Credit
Section 5.A.9.c. Domestic Deadhead Time
Section 5.B.10.a. International Duty Period and Trip Hour Credit
Section 5.B.10.c. International Deadhead Time
Section 10.C. Rate Of Pay During Vacation
Section 11.A. Training Pay
Section 15.C. Rate Of Pay During Sick Leave
Section 18.G. Jury Duty
Section 21.G. Witness Pay
M. Supervisory/Trainee Flying
1. Whenever a Flight Attendant is replaced by an Inflight Supervisor, or a trainee, or a Company selected employee on a scheduled or extra section flight at a point in time when such Flight Attendant is assigned, legal and available to fly such flight, he/she shall receive pay and flight time credit for the scheduled value of the pattern missed.
2. When open flying is flown by an Inflight Supervisor or a Company selected employee, the Flight Attendant who would have been eligible for such flying shall receive pay and flight time credit for the scheduled value of such flying.
NOTE: M.1. and M.2., above, shall not be applicable where an assignment is the result of a charterer's request.
3. Inflight Supervisors are utilized on certain flights to provide expertise and assistance to Flight Attendants in the form of supervision, instruction and demonstration to achieve the goal of superior service to all passengers. Inflight Supervisors shall not be staffed as part of the regular crew complement (with the exception of Section 6.K.20. of this Agreement). Furthermore, with the exception of emergency situations, Inflight Supervisors shall not perform the duties of Flight Attendants.
4. The Purser, Lead Flight Attendant and other Flight Attendants shall continue to perform their duties as set forth in Section 2.HH., QQ., RR., SS. and MMM. of this Agreement. The Inflight Supervisor, as the managerial representative on board the aircraft, shall have the final responsibility in regard to cabin crew decisions involving Company policies and procedures.
N. Pattern Guarantee
A Flight Attendant shall be pay guaranteed on a pattern by pattern basis for all of the patterns on his/her line as provided in Sections 5.A.9.b. and 5.B.10.b. and Sections 6.G.5. and 6.H.6. of this Agreement.
O. Domestic Ground Holding Pay
When assigned to domestic flying, a Flight Attendant required to remain with passengers in excess of one hour (1:00) prior to flight departure or following flight arrival shall be paid fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour for all ground holding time in excess of one hour (1:00). Ground holding time with respect to the same flight at the same station in the same on-duty period shall be cumulative (regardless of delays or block outs or block ins involved) unless there is an intervening airborne liftoff of the aircraft.
P. International Ground Holding Pay
When assigned to international flying, a Flight Attendant required to remain with passengers in excess of one hour (1:00) prior to flight departure or following flight arrival shall receive fifty percent (50%) pay and fifty percent (50%) credit for flight time purposes for ground holding time in excess of one hour (1:00). Ground holding time with respect to the same flight, at the same station, in the same on-duty period shall be cumulative (regardless of the number of delays or block outs or block ins involved) unless there is an intervening airborne liftoff of the aircraft.
Q. Short Crew Compensation
On those flight(s) operated with less than the number of Flight Attendants required by the Company's Internal Cabin Crew Staffing Guidelines or contractual minimum staffing requirements, the working Flight Attendants shall receive short staffing compensation in the amount of three dollars ($3.00) per hour or fraction thereof for each such segment. The Company shall provide the Union with a copy of its Internal Cabin Crew Staffing Guidelines on a monthly basis and agrees to meet and confer with the Union prior to changing the staffing levels or establishing the levels for new aircraft types.
R. Language Qualification Tuition Reimbursement Program
In order to provide opportunities for Flight Attendants to learn and develop foreign language skills, the Company shall maintain a tuition reimbursement program for Flight Attendants who meet the following criteria. The criteria in subparagraph R.1., below, shall apply to all Flight Attendants.
1. The Flight Attendant must successfully complete a Company established and administered language qualification test in order to become "Language Qualified". Such test may be administered periodically, either individually or on a system wide basis, to ensure that the qualification has been maintained. For the purpose of this agreement, "Language Qualification" equates to a Company designated level of functional fluency. Participation in the Language Qualification Program is voluntary, and, as such, the language qualification test does not qualify for training pay. Service charge waived, space available passes to the Northwest station nearest the proficiency testing site shall be provided in the event that the testing is not offered at or near the Flight Attendant's base.
2. The Company shall provide language study tuition reimbursement as follows:
a. The Company shall determine which languages are eligible for tuition reimbursement.
b. The Company shall provide a list of acceptable accredited institutions from which tuition reimbursement shall be considered and authorized. Any other program or institution must be approved by the Company on an ad hoc basis in order to be eligible for reimbursement.
c. Foreign language tuition reimbursement is contingent on the successful completion of a Company established and administered language qualification test.
d. The maximum tuition reimbursement shall be two thousand dollars ($2,000).