Collective Bargaining Agreement Between Trans World Airlines, Inc. and Flight Attendants Represented by International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (August 1, 1999)
Summary
This agreement is between Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) and its flight attendants, who are represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. It sets out the terms and conditions of employment, including pay, work hours, benefits, seniority, leave policies, grievance procedures, and other workplace rules. The agreement aims to protect the rights of flight attendants and ensure fair treatment, while also outlining the responsibilities of both TWA and the union. It is effective as of August 1, 1999, and covers all flight attendants employed by TWA.
EX-10.1 2 0002.txt COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. AND FLIGHT ATTENDANTS IN THE SERVICE OF TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. AS REPRESENTED BY INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS AUGUST 1, 1999 TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE PAGE 1 (A) Recognition 1 (B) Scope 1 (C) Successorship and Parent Companies 2 (D) Labor Protective Provisions 3 (E) Bankruptcy 6 (F) Remedies 8 (G) Commuter Carriers, Code Sharing and Block Seating 9 (H) Definitions 12 2 DEFINITIONS (A) Cabin Attendant 1 (B) Service Manager 1 (C) Employee 2 (D) Block-to-Block 2 (E) Domicile 2 (F) Satellite 2 (G) Deadhead 2 (H) Month 2 (I) (1) Domestic Flight 2 (2) International Flight 2 (3) Tag Ends 3 (J) Operational Duty Hours 3 (K) Reserve 3 (L) Standby Duty 3 (1) Residence Standby 3 (2) Airport Standby 3 (M) Wide-body Aircraft 3 (N) Ferry Flight Assignment 3 (O) Average Line Value (ALV) 3 (P) Daily Credit Rate 4 (Q) Alternate Line 4 3 PAY (A) Hourly Rates Determined 1 (B) Operational Duty Pay 1 (C) Service Manager Override 1 (D) Reserves 1 (E) Night Pay 1 Page i (F) Language of Destination 1 (G) 24 in 7 2 (H) Service Manager Emergency Downgrade 2 (I) Random Drug/Alcohol Testing 2 (J) Standby Penalties 2 (K) Vacation Increment Pay 3 (L) Service Manager Temporary Upgrade 3 (M) Special Assignment 3 (N) Deadhead 3 (O) Domestic Excess on Duty 3 Schedule A 4 Domestic Cabin Attendant 4 International Cabin Attendant 4 Domestic Flight Service Manager 5 International Flight Service Manager 5 4 EXPENSES (A) Domestic Operations 1 (1) Expense Allowance 1 (2) Other Expenses 1 (3) Hotels 1 (4) Taxi Expense 1 (5) Domestic Ground Transportation 2 (B) International Operations 2 (1) Rest Facilities 3 (2) Room Selection 3 (3) Expense Allowance 3 (4) Other Expenses 3 (C) General 3 (1) Additional Expenses 3 (2) Lounges/Day Rooms 3 (3) Operational Meetings/Training/Physicals 3 (4) Crew Meals 4 (5) Drug Testing 5 (6) Payment by Employee for Training 5 (7) Parking 5 5 UNIFORMS (A) Standard Uniforms 1 (B) Purchase by Newhire Flight Attendants 1 (C) Basic Uniform Items 1 (D) Point Allowance System 1 Page ii (E) Payroll Deduction of Uniform Items 3 (F) Company Insignia 3 (G) Change in Uniforms 3 (H) Expense Cost in Change in Uniforms 3 (I) New Accessory Items 3 (J) Review of Uniform Attire by Company and Union 3 (K) Terminated and Voluntarily Resigned Flight Attendants 4 6 HOURS OF SERVICE (A)(1) Full Line Flying - Scheduling of Maximum Flight Credit 1 (A)(2) Alternate Line Flying - Scheduling of Maximum Flight Credit 1 (B) Flight Credit Hours 1 (C) Flight Pay Hours 1 (D) Determination of Flight Credit and Pay Hours 2 (E) Trip Hours 2 (1) & (2) Trip Hours (Trip Rig) 2 & 3 (3) Duty Hours (Duty Rig) - Domestic 3 (4) Duty Hours (Duty Rig) - International 3 (5) Exclusions 4 (6) No Additional Duty Hours Under Certain Circumstances 4 (7) Surface Transportation 4 (F) Vacation Credit and Pay 5 (G) Training/AER's Credit and Pay; Special Assignment 5 (H) Meetings or Courses 5 (I) Standby Duty 5 (J) Call-Out Pay 6 (K) Holding Pay 6 (L) Deadhead 6 (M) Supervisor Pay Assignments 7 (N) Flight Time Limitations; Charters 8 (O) Request for Relief from Duty 8 (P) Non-Pay Status 8 (Q) Jury Duty 8 (R) FAA Minimum Rest Regulations 9 (1) Domestic Operation 9 (2) International Operations 10 (S) 24 in 7 11 (T) Rest Seats/Facilities 11 (U) Guaranteed Days Off 11 (V) Reserve Flight Attendants 12 (W) Equipment Substitution 12 (X) Enhanced Trip Option; BLIM; Quarterly Limitations 13 (1) Enhanced Trip Option 13 Page iii (2) IP/BLIM 14 (3) Quarterly Minimums 16 (Y) Drug/Alcohol Testing 16 (Z) Guaranteed Trip Protection 16 7 PASSES (A) Passes 1 (B) Union Member System Board of Adjustment 1 (C) Reduced Rate Transportation on Union Business 1 (D) Jumpseat Authority 1 (E) Retired Employees 2 (F) Age 45 Retirement/Voluntary Termination 2 (G) Disability Retirement 2 (H) Employee Pass Privileges 2 (I) Improvements in Pass Policy 2 (J) Furloughed/Displaced Flight Attendant Passes 2 (K) Emergency Pass Privileges 3 (L) In-law Passes 3 8 SICK LEAVE (A) Sick Leave Accrual 1 (B) Proof of Illness; Written Statement 1 (C) Entitlement to Sick Leave Credit 1 (D) Three (3) Banks 1 (E) Bid Run Flight Attendant 1 Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank 1 Reserve Flight Attendant 3 (F) Exhaustion of Sick Leave 3 (G) Family Emergency 3 (H) Excess Flight Credit 4 (I) Industrial Illness/Injury 4 (J) Workers' Compensation Payments 6 (K) Obligation to Prevent Sick Leave Abuse 6 (L) Flight Attendant Requirement When Calling Off Duty 6 (M) Posting of Sick Leave Accruals 6 (N) Mid Pairing Illness/Injury 7 9 VACATIONS (A) Vacation Allowance 1 (B) Eligibility for Vacation 2 (C) Vacations Not Cumulative; Rescheduling of Vacations 3 Page iv (D) Terminating Employees 3 (E) Increment Pay 4 (F) Transfer to Overseas Domicile 4 (G) Flight Time 4 (H) Splitting of Vacation Periods 4 (I) Voluntary Vacation Sellback 4 (J) Personal Business Days 5 10 SENIORITY GENERAL (A) Seniority Accrual 1 (B) Furloughed Employees 1 (C) Retention of Seniority 1 (D) Transfers from In-Flight Services Department 1 (E) Transfers or Assignments to Other Duty 2 (F) Removal from Seniority List 2 (G) Probationary Flight Attendants 2 (H) Return to Active Duty 2 11 SENIORITY LISTS (A) Posting of Flight Attendant Seniority List 1 (B) Twice Yearly Postings 1 (C) Protest 1 (D) Successor Transaction; Merger 1 12 REDUCTION IN FORCE AND RECALL (A) Furlough Notice 1 (B) Offer of Leaves Prior to Furlough 1 (C) No Expense to Company 2 (D) Notification of Address Change 2 (E) Failure to Comply 2 (F) Seven Year Furlough Provision 3 (G) Displacement Passes 3 (H) Recall/bypass Letter of Agreement 3 (I) Furlough Pay 3 (J) Furlough Pay Exclusions 3 (K) Recall Followed by Subsequent Furlough 4 (L) Amount of Furlough Pay 5 (M) Union Notification 5 Page v 13 FILLING OF VACANCIES (A) Transfer Bids 1 (B) Special Bid Requests; Involuntary Assignments 1 (C) Displacement/Involuntary Assignment 1 (D) Permanent Bids 1 (E) Temporary Vacancies 2 (F) Passes 2 (G) Mutual Transfers 2 (H) Service Manager Vacancies 2 (I) Notification of Transfers 2 14 TRANSFER EXPENSES (A) Transfer Expenses 1 (B) Company-Requested Transfers 1 (C) Newly-Established or Re-Established Domiciles 2 15 LEAVES OF ABSENCE (A) Personal Leaves of Absence 1 (B) Medical Leaves of Absence 1 (C) Union Leaves of Absence 1 (D) Return to Duty Following Personal Leave, Maternity Leave or Adoption Leave 2 (E) Return to Duty Following Medical or Union Leave 2 (F) Military Leave 2 (G) Maternity Leave 2 (H) Adoption Leave of Absence 3 (I) Paternity Leave 3 (J) Hardship Leave 3 (K) Requirements Upon Return from Leaves of Absence 4 (L) Copies of PTO/Leave Awards to be Furnished to Union 4 (M) Submission of Bid Preferences 4 16 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE (A) Representation 1 (1) Union 1 (2) Company 2 (3) Policy 2 (B) Full-Time Representatives 3 (C) Discipline and Discharge 4 (1) Investigation 4 Page vi (2) Request for Step I Hearing 4 (3) Failure to Request Step I Hearing 5 (4) Step I Hearing 5 (5) Step I Decision 5 (6) Company Time Limitations 6 (7) No Pay Loss Prior to Written Step I Decision 6 (8) General 6 (D) Other Grievances 7 (1) Pre-Grievance 7 (2) Step I 7 (E) Appeals 8 (1) Step II 8 (2) System Board of Adjustment 8 (F) System/General Grievance 9 (G) General Procedures 9 (1) Time Limits for Grievance Filing 9 (2) Group/"et al" Grievances 9 (3) Probationary Employees 10 (4) Untimely Grievance Appeals 10 (5) Ground Transportation 10 (6) Stenographic Report 10 (7) Work Day 10 (8) Participation 11 (9) Grievance Settlement 11 (10) Grievance Withdrawal 11 (11) Streamlining Grievance/Arbitration Procedures 11 (12) Non-Disciplinary Discussions 12 17 SYSTEM BOARDS OF ADJUSTMENT (A) Establishment of System Board of Adjustment 1 (B) Members 1 (C) Board Jurisdiction 2 (D) Board to Consider Dispute 2 (E) Neutral Referee to Serve as Chairman 2 (F) Location 2 (G) Notice of Dispute 3 (H) Selection of Referee 3 (I) Selection of Hearing Date 3 (J) Waiver of Hearing 3 (K) Decision 3 (L) Extension of Time Limits 4 (M) Representation; Witnesses 4 (N) Back-Pay Calculation 4 Page vii (O) Stenographic Report 5 (P) Filing of Transcripts/Records 5 (Q) Expenses of Board Members 5 (R) Witness Expenses 5 (S) Additional Expenses; Board Member Travel 5 (T) Non-Reprisal 5 (U) Non-Abridgement of Railway Labor Act 5 18 SCHEDULING OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS (A) General 1 (B) System Scheduling 1 (1) Scheduling Committee 1 (2) Away From Domicile Policy 1 (3) Change in Schedules/Availability of Information 2 (4) Scheduling Committee Reimbursement 2 (5) Required Category Bids 2 (6) Additional Category Bids 2 (C) Domicile Scheduling 3 (1) General 3 (D) Domicile Scheduling Policy 4 (1) Purpose 4 (2) General 4 (3) Preparation of Bid Runs 5 (4) Flight Attendant Assignment and Bidding 6 (5) Awarding of Run Selections 12 (6) Open Time Information 14 (7) Utilization 14 (a) Maximum Utilization 14 (b) Initial Projection 14 (c) Initial Balancing 15 (d) Company Balance Limitation 16 (e) Reserve 16 (f) Balancing and Limitations 16 1) Company Same Day Calendar Balance 17 2) Balance Avoidance 21 3) Automatic Trip Drop 22 4) Trip Drop During Month 23 5) No Automatic Trip Drop During Month 23 (g) Bow-wave Option 24 (h) Excess Credit Hours 24 (i) Excess Pay Hours 25 (j) Requests for Open Time 25 (k) Unprotected Flights 25 Page viii (l) Insufficient Reserves 26 (8) Reserve 26 (a) Vacation 26 (b) Reserve Complement 26 (c) Set-up Period/Call-in Period 26 (d) Reserve Assignments 27 (e) Residence/Airport Standby 27 (f) Release from Call-in Period/Emergency Exception 29 (g) Call-In Requirements 29 (h) Unavailable During Call-In Period 29 (i) Open Time Move-up 29 (j) Reserve Recording 29 (k) Reserve List 30 (l) Spread Days 30 (9) Availability for Flight 32 (a) At Domicile and Satellite 32 1) Sequence Notification/Balancing 32 2) Return to Duty Deadline/"Soft Time" Openings 32 3) Rights to Trip 33 (b) Unprotected Flight/Domicile Layover Station 33 (c) Notification of Schedule Changes 33 (10) Trading of Flights 34 (11) Legal Rest at Layover Station After One-Way Trip 36 (12) Opposite End of Trip 36 (13) Scheduled Times Posted/Published 36 (14) Ferry Flights 36 (DD) Alternate Line Flying Scheduling 36 (E) Charters 38 (F) Satellites 40 (G) Back-To-Back Flying 41 Chart: Examples of Back-to-Back Flying 45 (H) Trip Hours Formula Pro-ration Charts 49 19 PERSONNEL FILE (A) Maintenance 1 (B) Passenger Complaint Letters 1 (C) Disciplinary Documents 2 (D) Non-Disciplinary Documents 2 (E) Inflight Observation Reports 2 (F) "IER" File/Report 2 (G) Active Service 2 Page ix 20 GENERAL (A) Copies of Agreement 1 (B) Orders in Writing 1 (C) Flight Attendant Responsibility 1 (D) Other Benefits 1 (E) Other Employment with the Company 3 (F) Customer Service Panel 3 (G) Information to be provided by the Company to IAM 3 (H) Railway Labor Act 4 (I) Miscellaneous 5 (1) Bulletin Boards 5 (2) Addresses of Employees 5 (3) Payroll Deduction for Union Dues 5 (4) Union Materials in flight Attendant Mailboxes 5 (5) Overpayments 5 (6) Drug Testing Notification 5 (7) No Unlawful Discrimination 5 (8) Direct Deposit 6 21 RETIREMENT (A) Retirement Plan Amendments 1 (1) Early Retirement 1 (2) Lump Sum Distribution 1 (3) Lump Sum Notice 2 (4) Freeze of Benefit Accruals 2 (5) Defined Benefit Plan 2 (6) Retirement Savings Plan [401(k)] 3 (B) Summary of Retirement Plan 3 (1) Type of Plan 3 (2) Participants 3 (3) Participant Eligibility 3 (4) Normal Retirement Age 3 (5) Normal Benefit Formula 4 (6) Lump Sum Distribution 5 (7) Disability Retirement 5 (8) Normal Form of Benefit 5 (9) Contingent Annuitant Option 5 (10) Optional Forms of Benefits 5 (11) Vesting in Pension Accrued to Date 5 (12) Employee Contributions 6 (13) Unisex Option Factors 6 (C) Retirement Savings Plan for Flight Attendants 6 Page x (1) Plan Restatement/401(k) and FSM Contribution 6 (2) Lump Sum 7 (3) Delivery of Contributions 7 (4) Allocation of Employer Contribution 7 (5) Cooperation and Study 8 (6) Effect of Triggering Event on 401(k) Plan 8 (7) Expense Reimbursement 8 Appendix 9 Factors 9 22 INSURANCE BENEFITS (A) Group Insurance 1 (1) Group Medical Benefit Plan 1 (B) Prescription Drug Program 5 (1) Mail Order Drug Plan 5 (2) Acute Care Drug Plan 6 (C) Dental Plan Benefits 6 (D) Life Insurance 8 (E) Group Coverage General 9 (F) Outline of Plans 9 (1) Medical Plan 9 (2) Short Term Disability 15 (3) Long Term Disability 16 (4) Accidental Death and Dismemberment 16 (5) Life Insurance 17 (6) Continuation of Insurance 18 (7) Work Stoppage 18 (8) Flight Attendant Waiver of Medical Coverage 18 (9) New Hire Coverage 19 (10) Retiree Medical Coverage 19 (11) Bomb Insurance 20 (12) Aviation Insurance 20 23 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION (A) Requirements 1 (B) Neutral Medical Examiner 1 (1) Medically Unfit for Duty 1 (2) Neutral Medical Examination 1 (C) Procedural Letter of Understanding 2 (D) Employee/Company Rights 3 Page xi 24 UNION SECURITY (A) Union Dues Check-off 1 (B) Union Security 1 (C) Returning to Position 2 (D) Loss of Membership in Good Standing 2 (E) System Board Protest 3 (F) Execution of Time Limits 4 (G) Discharge 4 (H) Notice 5 (I) Return to Employment Following Discharge or Resignation 5 (J) Notification to Employee 5 (K) Company to Furnish Names 5 (L) Dues and Initiation Fee Check-Off 5 (M) Dues Check-Off Form to be Furnished to Company 6 (N) Remittance of Union Dues 7 (O) Automatic Revocation of Union Dues Assignment 7 (P) Collection of Back Dues 7 (Q) Deduction of Membership Dues From Paycheck 7 (R) Recognition of Union Representation 8 (S) Indemnification of Company 8 (T) Definition of Time Limits 8 25 SAFETY COMMITTEE (A) Establishment of Safety Committee 1 (B) Notification of Accident or Incident 1 (C) Travel to Investigation Site 1 (D) OSHA 2000 Logs 2 (E) Acquisition of New Aircraft or Reconfiguration of Existing Aircraft 2 (F) Advisory Capacity; Non-Liability of Union 2 26 AIRCRAFT CREW COMPLEMENT (A) Basic Crew Complement 1 (B) FAA Minimum Staffing Requirement 1 (C) Additional Cabin Staffing 2 (D) Demand Staffing - Variable Staffing (VSU) 2 27 REOPENERS (A) Foreign Bases 1 (B) Merger, Purchase, Acquisition, Absorption 1 (C) Deregulation 1 Page xii (D) Wage Controls, Deferrals, Cut-Backs 1 28 DURATION OF AGREEMENT 29 LETTERS AND AGREEMENTS INDEX Page xiii AGREEMENT BETWEEN TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS IN THE SERVICE OF TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. AS REPRESENTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS ARTICLE I (A) RECOGNITION In accordance with the certification R6482 made by the National Mediation Board on March 6, 1997, the Company hereby recognizes the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, hereinafter identified as the "IAM," as the duly designated and authorized representative of the Flight Attendants in the employ of the Company for the purposes of the Railway Labor Act, as amended. Absent agreements by the IAM, the Company agrees that it shall not extend recognition to any other labor organization or other entity as collective bargaining representative of TWA's Flight Attendants unless required by the NMB after exhaustion of NMB procedures. (B) SCOPE (1) Except as provided in Article 1 (G) below, all present and future in-flight cabin service and safety duties of any form performed by or for the Company or any Affiliate shall be provided and performed by Flight Attendants on the TWA Flight Attendant System Seniority List in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Such in-flight cabin service and safety duties shall include without limiting the generality of the foregoing all revenue and non-revenue flights, whether scheduled or unscheduled, (1) on the Company's or an Affiliate's aircraft, or (2) under the Company's or an Affiliate's operational control, or (3) over the Company's or an Affiliate's present and future routes, route authorities, and/or extensions thereof, or (4) subcontracted either to or for any other carrier or entity, or (5) conducted by any other carrier under the TWA name, logo or marks. (2) Except as provided in Article 1 (G) below, (a) all individuals who undergo Flight Attendant training to perform the Company's or an Affiliate's in-flight cabin service and safety duties and (b) all individuals who train Flight Attendants to perform the Company's or an Affiliate's aircraft cabin service and safety duties, except as to (a) such safety duties included within Annual Emergency Reviews which may be performed by Flight Operations personnel and/or Flight Attendants and (b) initial factory-conducted training in newly ARTICLE 1 / Page 1 purchased aircraft and aircraft equipment, shall be Flight Attendants on the TWA Flight Attendant System Seniority List subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement. (3) Absent written agreement by the IAM to the contrary, all present or future in-flight cabin service and safety duties of any form performed for any other carrier by Flight Attendants on the TWA Flight Attendant System Seniority List shall be performed under terms and conditions that are no less favorable than the comparable terms and conditions contained in the Agreement. (4) Neither the Company nor any Affiliate shall, without the IAM's prior written consent, enter into any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of the Company's or an Affiliate's aircraft, international routes or international route authority to any person(s) or entity (the "Buyer") where the Buyer or any air carrier that Controls or is under the Control of the Buyer uses such aircraft or international routes to provide or receive passenger feed to or from the Company pursuant to an agreement or an arrangement with the Company or an Affiliate other than an industry standard interline agreement or its substantial equivalent. (5) Neither the Company nor any Affiliate shall establish any Flight Attendant domicile outside the United States or its territories without the IAM's prior written consent. (C) SUCCESSORSHIP AND PARENT COMPANIES (1) The Company and its Affiliates shall require any successor, assignee, transferee, administrator, executor and/or trustee of the Company or of a Parent (a "Successor") resulting from the transfer (in a single transaction or in multi-step transactions) to the Successor of the majority beneficial ownership and/or Control of all or substantially all of the equity securities and/or assets of the Company (a "Successorship Transaction") to employ the Flight Attendants on the TWA Flight Attendant System Seniority List in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement and to assume and be bound by the Agreement. (2) The Company and its Affiliates shall not conclude any agreement for a Successorship Transaction unless the Successor agrees in writing, as an irrevocable condition of the Successorship Transaction, to assume and be bound by the Agreement, to recognize IAM as the representative of the Successor's Flight Attendants, and to guarantee that the Flight Attendants on the TWA Flight Attendant System Seniority List will be employed by the Successor in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement. ARTICLE 1 / Page 2 (3) The Company shall not conclude, facilitate or permit any agreement or arrangement that establishes any Parent that is, Controls or is under the Control of an air carrier unless the Parent agrees in writing to be bound by this Article 1 of the Agreement in the same manner as the Company. (D) LABOR PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS (1) Successorship and Merger In the event of a Successorship Transaction in which the Successor is an air carrier or any person or entity that Controls or is under the Control of an air carrier (the "Merger Partner"), the Company shall, as a condition of the transaction, require the Merger Partner to agree, and the Merger Partner shall agree, to employ the Company's Flight Attendants and to integrate, on the basis of on-line seniority, the pre-merger Flight Attendant seniority lists of the Company and the Merger Partner in a fair and equitable manner pursuant to Sections 3 and 13 of the Allegheny-Mohawk Labor Protective Provisions ("LPPs"). (2) Flight Attendant Transfer Rights in Substantial Asset Sales. If the Company or any Affiliate, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions: (i) sells, transfers or disposes of assets which have produced more than twenty (20%) percent of the gross operating revenue of the Company over the twelve (12) months preceding the closing of the asset sale, transfer or disposition; or (ii) sells, transfers, or disposes of assets or operations which reduce(s) or reasonably can be expected to lead to a reduction in the level of available seat miles ("ASMs") operated by the Company at the closing of the asset sale, transfer or disposition by fifteen (15%) percent or more. (iii) sells, transfers or disposes of any international route or route authority; or (iv) sells, transfers or disposes of ten (10%) or more of the Company's aircraft fleet as of the closing of the aircraft sale, transfer or disposition (except as part of a phased transport aircraft replacement program which is being diligently pursued in good faith by the Company, and pursuant to which the Company in fact replaces such aircraft within 180 days) to a person or entity or to a group of persons or entities acting in concert (the "Purchaser") that is, Controls ARTICLE 1 / Page 3 or is under the Control of an air carrier or that will operate as, Control or be under the Control of an air carrier following its acquisition of the Company assets (any such transaction or series of transactions that satisfies (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, a "Substantial Asset Sale"), then: (a) The IAM shall determine, in its sole discretion, whether or not Flight Attendants from the TWA Flight Attendant System Seniority List (the "Transferring Flight Attendants") shall transfer to the particular Purchaser(s) pursuant to the Substantial Asset Sale. The number of Transferring Flight Attendants shall be determined by calculating the average Flight Attendant staffing on a monthly basis over the prior twelve (12) months attributable to the international route or route authority, aircraft and/or other assets or operations transferred to the particular Purchaser in connection with the Substantial Asset Sale. In addition to the above requirements the Company shall use its reasonable good faith efforts to have the particular Purchaser offer employment to the largest practicable number of TWA Flight Attendants as Transferring Flight Attendants under the terms of this Article 1(D); and (b) The Transferring Flight Attendants shall be selected on the basis of TWA system seniority on the TWA Flight Attendant System Seniority List from those Flight Attendants who are qualified, or who with FAA required training can become qualified, to serve on the aircraft, route, or operation related to the Substantial Asset Sale. (c) The Company and its Affiliates shall require each particular Purchaser, and each particular Purchaser shall agree, (i) to employ the Transferring Flight Attendants; (ii) to pay the Transferring Flight Attendants at no less than the lesser of the rates of pay being paid by TWA or the particular Purchaser for the applicable seniority level at the time of the transfer; and (iii) to integrate the Transferring Flight Attendants into the Purchaser's Flight Attendant seniority list in a fair and equitable manner pursuant to Sections 3 and 13 of the Allegheny Mohawk LPPs. (3) Special Protections in a Carrier Fragmentation ARTICLE 1 / Page 4 (a) If the Company sells, transfers or disposes of assets within any twelve (12) month period which, net of asset purchases or acquisitions during the same twelve (12) month period, (i) produced fifteen (15%) percent or more of the ASMs operated by the Company over the prior twelve (12) months, or (ii) produced fifteen (15%) percent or more of the Company's Flight Attendant staffing positions over the prior twelve (12) months, or (iii) produced fifteen (15%) percent or more of the Company's annual block hours over the prior twelve (12) months (the closing of any such transaction(s) which alone or in the aggregate satisfy the aforesaid percentage being referred to as a "Triggering Event), then (1) no Flight Attendant on the Company's seniority list on the date of the Triggering Event shall be furloughed during the twelve (12) month period following the Triggering Event, or shall be furloughed in anticipation of any Triggering Event or for the purpose of depriving any Flight Attendant of protection under this paragraph; and (2) during the time period in which any of the restrictions described in this Article 1(D)(3) are in effect, the Company will be permitted, at its discretion, notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, to require a Flight Attendant who would have been furloughed but for the restrictions described in this Article 1(D)(3) to utilize his or her accrued unused vacation. (b) The special protections described in this Article 1(D)(3) are in addition to the Flight Attendant transfer and seniority integration rights established in Article 1(D)(2) above in connection with Substantial Asset Sales. However, the Substantial Asset Sales governed by Article 1(D)(2) above shall not be counted in determining whether the Company has reached a Triggering Event (and thereby triggered the special protections) under this Article 1(D)(3) in any twelve (12) month period. (c) In addition, the special provisions described in this Article 1(D)(3) shall not apply if the Company can demonstrate, by clear and convincing evidence, based on all the information available at the time of the Triggering Event, that the asset sales, transfers or dispositions that result in a Triggering Event will not result, directly or indirectly, in the furlough of Company Flight Attendants during the 12 month period ARTICLE 1 / Page 5 following a sale, transfer, or disposition. (4) General (a) The Company shall not conclude or enter into any agreement for any transaction or series of transactions that constitute a Substantial Asset Sale or a Merger unless the particular Purchaser or the Merger Partner, as applicable, agrees in writing to offer employment and integrate TWA Flight Attendants in accordance with the terms of this Article 1(D) or as otherwise agreed to by the IAM. The Company will not engage in a multiple party sale transaction or any other corporate transaction with the purpose or knowing effect of avoiding the applicability of this Article 1(D). (b) This Article 1(D) shall not apply to (i) any sale lease-back or any financing transaction in which the Company continues to use the financed assets in its operations or (ii) the sale of Trans World Express, Inc. ("TW Express, Inc.") or any or all of its assets. (c) The rights and protections provided the IAM and the TWA Flight Attendants under this Article 1(D) are in addition to any other rights and protections contained in any other agreement involving the IAM and the TWA Flight Attendants including other provisions of this Agreement. In the event of a conflict between Article 1 and any other provision of this Agreement, this Article 1 shall control. (5) Acquisition of Airline Assets In the event (i) the Company acquires international routes or 20 or more aircraft from another carrier (the "Seller") and (ii) the Company's acquisition of such routes or aircraft materially increases the Company's Flight Attendant staffing needs and (iii) the terms of the Company's purchase agreement with the Seller require the Company to employ certain of the Seller's Flight Attendants with lateral seniority or seniority integration rights, then a reasonable number of transferring Flight Attendants from the Seller shall be integrated into the TWA Flight Attendant System Seniority List in a fair and equitable manner pursuant to Sections 3 and 13 of the Allegheny-Mohawk Labor Protective Provisions ("LPPs"). (E) BANKRUPTCY (1) The Company and the IAM agree that the implementation of this Agreement constitute a complete restructuring of the parties' rights ARTICLE 1 / Page 6 and obligations under the IAM - TWA collective bargaining agreement and that such implementation has been negotiated in good faith as a part of an overall restructuring of the Company's rights and obligations with respect to its creditors, employees and other constituencies. In addition, the Company hereby represents and confirms that (a) The IAM has made significant and quantifiable concessions in this Agreement which have substantially benefited all other creditor groups and have allowed the Company to avoid liquidation; and (b) the Agreement has been negotiated in good faith by both parties on the basis of the Company's explicit representation that it will not seek, require or support any modification, alteration, revision or refection of any provision of this Agreement without the IAM's written consent, even if the Company is required to undergo additional reorganization or restructuring under the United States Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; and (c) any request by the Company to modify, alter, revise or reject any provisions of the Agreement without the IAM's written consent would therefore be made in bad faith. (2) As a result of the negotiations, agreements and representations described in the preceding Article 1(E)(1), in the event a petition under Chapters 7 or 11 of the Bankruptcy Code concerning the Company is filed, then: (a) Neither the Company nor any Affiliate shall file any application seeking rejection or modification of any agreement between the Company and the IAM pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Section 1113 or any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code, including a request to implement interim changes in the Agreement pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Section 1113(e). (b) The Company and its Affiliates stipulate and agree that this Agreement permits the reorganization of the Company and assures that all creditors. The debtor and all affected parties are treated fairly and equitably in any reorganization within the meaning of 11 U.S.C. Section 11 13. The Company and its Affiliates shall actively oppose a rejection or modification of the Agreement or implementation of interim changes to the Agreement if proposed or supported by any other party. ARTICLE 1 / Page 7 (3) In the event the Agreement is rejected or modified pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Section 1113 notwithstanding any provision herein, then the difference between the rates of pay, rules and working conditions established in this Agreement and the post-rejection rates of pay, rules and working conditions for the Company's Flight Attendants shall accrue and be treated as an expense of administration pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Sections 503(B)(1)(A) and 507 and shall be paid as an administrative priority pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Sections 503(b)(1)(A) and 507(a)(1). (F) REMEDIES (1) The Company agrees, and shall require the particular Purchaser (or Successor or Merger Partner if applicable) to agree, to resolve all disputes concerning the interpretation or application of this Article 1 through final and binding arbitration on an expedited basis directly before the IAM - TWA System Board of Adjustment sitting with a neutral arbitrator. The dispute shall be filed with the Company within ten (10) days of the interpretation or application of Article 1 and shall be heard no later than fifteen (15) days following the submission to the System Board and decided no later than thirty (30) days after submission (the provisions of Articles 16 and 17 herein notwithstanding), unless the parties agree otherwise in writing; but in no event shall such arbitration delay the closing of the sale of the transferred assets. The IAM shall cooperate with the Company and the Purchaser in order that any dispute which is not decided at the time of closing will be arbitrated post- closing, with any determination to be binding on the Purchaser unless the Company and the Purchaser agree, with the consent of the IAM (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed by the IAM), that such determination shall be and remain the sole obligation of the Company; provided that the Purchaser shall have the right to become a party to and to participate in any such arbitration which could become binding upon such Purchaser. (2) The Company and the IAM agree that the rights and obligations contained in Article 1 of this Agreement are equitable in nature, that there are no adequate remedies at law for the enforcement of such rights and obligations, and that the IAM and the Company's Flight Attendants will be irreparably injured by any violation of this Article 1. The parties therefore agree that, in addition to any other rights and remedies available under law or the Agreement, this Article 1 shall be enforced by equitable remedies, including injunctions and specific performance, against the Company, its Affiliates and others in privity with the Company. (3) In addition, the parties agree that the equitable rights and obligations established in this Article 1 shall remain enforceable, through equitable relief and otherwise, until the Agreement is amended pursuant to Section 6 of the Railway Labor Act notwithstanding (a) ARTICLE 1 / Page 8 any filing concerning the Company under any chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code, (b) any attempted alteration, modification or rejection of the Agreement pursuant to any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, (c) any attempted sale of the property of the Company pursuant to any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, or (d) any imposition of an automatic stay with respect to the Company's property. (G) COMMUTER CARRIERS, CODE SHARING AND BLOCK SEATING (1) The Company, its subsidiaries and its corporate affiliates may acquire an ownership interest in commuter carriers and may operate such commuter carriers under the terms of separate collective bargaining agreements with the IAM provided any such commuter carriers comply with the restrictions contained in Sections 1(G)(2) through 1(G)(5) below. (2) Except as agreed in the September 5, 1995 Letter of Agreement between TWA and ALPA pertaining to the use of ATR aircraft by Trans States, Inc., the Company, and its Affiliates will not operate, maintain any ownership interest in, or enter into any code sharing arrangement with, any United States air carrier as defined in 49 U.S.C. 40102(a)(2) that operates any aircraft under the Company's designator code, name, logo or marks with: (a) a maximum seating capacity in excess of sixty (60) seats; (b) a maximum certified gross takeoff weight in excess of 60,000 pounds; (c) a maximum certified cruising speed in excess of 400 miles per hour; or (d) any jet aircraft as defined herein. Any carrier that satisfies all of the restrictions contained in this Section 1 (G)(2) and that utilizes the Company's or an Affiliate's designator code is hereinafter referred to as a "TWA Commuter Carrier." For purposes of this subsection (G), "Jet Aircraft" is defined as any aircraft that uses a turbine-driven engine without an external propeller. (3) Notwithstanding the limitations in Section 1(G)(2) above, TWA Commuter Carriers may operate up to an aggregate of fifteen (15) Jet Aircraft with a maximum seating capacity of fifty (50) seats. (4) In addition to the fifteen (15) Jet Aircraft referred in Section 1(G)(3) above, TWA Commuter Carriers may operate: (i) one additional Jet Aircraft for each additional three aircraft operated by TWA above its current fleet size of 184 aircraft until the TWA fleet size reaches 200 aircraft; and (ii) one additional Jet Aircraft for each two aircraft operated by TWA exceeding 200 fleet aircraft. The maximum seating capacity of the Jet Aircraft operated by TWA Commuter Carriers shall be: fifty (50) seats while the Company's fleet size is less than 190; fifty-four (54) seats while the Company's fleet size is between 191 and 195; fifty-six (56) seats while the Company's fleet size is between 196 and 200; and sixty (60) seats while the Company's fleet size ARTICLE 1 / Page 9 exceeds 200. The relationship of the Company's fleet size to the number of Jet Aircraft that may be operated by TWA Commuter Carriers and the average seating capacity of the Jet Aircraft that may be operated by TWA Commuter Carriers is shown in Section 1(G)(9) below. (5) (a) In no event will TWA Commuter Carriers operate more than a maximum aggregate of thirty (30) Jet Aircraft, and in no event will the certificated seating capacity of any Jet Aircraft operated by any TWA Commuter Carrier exceed seventy (70) seats. (b) If TWA owns (or leases) and operates regional jets, TWA employees covered by IAM Agreements shall perform all covered work. If regional jets are operated by a wholly-owned subsidiary of TWA, TWA employees otherwise covered by IAM agreements shall perform all covered work, provided that the IAM and TWA enter into a new, separate agreement establishing fully competitive market rates and market working conditions for the performance of such work. All work on regional jets operated by a commuter carrier shall be performed by the employees of the commuter carrier or its service provider. (6) As a limited exception to the restrictions contained in Sections 1(G)(2), (3), (4), and (5) above, the Company may enter into or maintain code sharing agreements with (a) carriers other than United States air carriers (as defined in 49 U.S.C. 40102(a)(2)) so long as the Company can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence, that such code sharing arrangements: (i) do not result, directly or indirectly, in the furlough of any Company flight attendant or a reduction in pay status for any Company flight attendant (ii) do not directly or indirectly result in the involuntary furlough from his/her location of any active Mechanic & Related and Passenger Service Employees employed as of the signing and as listed on the Attached Exhibit A ("Active Employees"). (b) United States air carriers (as defined in 49 U.S.C. 40102(a)(2)) other than TWA Commuter Carriers that permit such carriers to apply the Company's designator code to their operations within the United States and its territories as long as (i) the number of quarterly block hours operated by such carriers utilizing the Company's designator code does not exceed four percent (4%) of the total number of block hours operated by the Company for the same quarter ARTICLE 1 / Page 10 within the United States and its territories and (ii) the Company can demonstrate, by clear and convincing evidence, that such code sharing arrangements do not result, directly or indirectly, in the involuntary furlough of any IAM-represented employee or a reduction in pay status for any IAM-represented employee; provided, however, the IAM may, in its sole discretion, increase the total number of block hours available for such operations to up to ten (10%) percent of the total number of block hours operated by the Company for the same quarter within the United States; and (c) The number of quarterly block hours specified in Section 1(G)(6)(b)(i) above, may be increased as follows: If the Company's fleet size increases to 193 aircraft, then the number shall be four and one-half (4.5%) percent; if the Company's fleet is at least 199 aircraft, then the number shall be five (5.0%) percent. The relationship between the Company's fleet size and the number of quarterly block hours that may be operated by such United States air carriers is shown in Section 1(G)(9) below. (7) The Company and its Affiliate may only enter into block seating arrangement (i.e., the advance purchase of reservation of blocks of seats on other carriers for resale by the Company) aboard any aircraft operated by any person or entity other than the Company if and to the extent that the Company can demonstrate, by clear and convincing evidence, that such block seating arrangements do not result, in the involuntary furlough of any IAM-represented employee or a reduction in pay status for any IAM- represented employee. (8) Mechanic & Related and Passenger Service Employees Listed on the Attached Exhibit "A" ("Active Employees") at a TWA location as of the date of signing shall not be involuntarily furloughed from that location as a direct result of a commuter carrier operating Regional Jets. The Company will not furlough any Flight Attendant on the TWA Flight Attendant System Seniority List as a result of the acquisition, expansion over TWA's domestic route system or operation of regional jets by any TWA Commuter Carrier. ARTICLE 1 / Page 11 (9) Summary Chart - Sections 1(G)(4), (5), and (6)
(10) In addition to and apart from the Jet Aircraft carrying only that TWA Commuter Carrier's and TWA's or Affiliate's designator code that TWA Commuter Carriers are otherwise authorized to operate by this Section 1(G), TWA Commuter Carriers may additionally operate a maximum of three (3) Jet Aircraft with a capacity of no more than seventy (70) seats for which that TWA Commuter Carrier has a code-sharing agreement involving both (a) TWA or an Affiliate and (b) a third-party code-sharing carrier ("Shared Code-Sharing Jet Aircraft"). These 3 Shared Code-Sharing Jet Aircraft are not subject to and will not count towards the maximum average seating limitations of Section 1(G)(4) and the 30 aircraft aggregate limitation of Section 1(G)(5). All other restrictions and limitations imposed by this Section 1(G) remain in effect for these Shared Code-Sharing Jet Aircraft. (11) Regional Jet Bids. TWA will make its best efforts to submit competitive bids for all work performed on regional jets operated by Commuter Carriers ("Regional Jet Bids"). The Company shall schedule 2 meetings each year with the IAM to discuss the results of the Regional Jet Bids it has submitted and review those situations where it chose not to submit such bids. (H) DEFINITIONS The following definitions shall apply to the capitalized terms in the Article 1 of the Agreement: (1) Agreement. The term "Agreement" means and includes this --------- collective bargaining agreement between IAM and the Company and any and all other agreements between IAM and the Company. ARTICLE 1 / Page 12 (2) Control. Person or entity A shall be deemed to "Control" ------- person or entity B if person or entity A, whether directly or indirectly, (a) owns securities that constitute, are exercisable for or are exchangeable into twenty (20%) percent or more of (I) entity B's outstanding common stock or (ii) securities entitled to vote on the election of directors of entity B, or otherwise owns twenty (20%) percent or more of entity B, or (b) maintains the power, right, or authority by contract or otherwise - to direct, manage or direct the management of a substantial portion of entity B's operations, or provides a substantial portion of the controlling management personnel of entity B; or (c) maintains the power, right or authority to appoint or prevent the appointment of a majority of entity B's Board of Directors or similar governing body; or (d) maintains the power, right or authority to appoint a minority of entity B's Board of Directors or similar governing body, if such minority maintains the power, right or authority to appoint or remove any of entity B's executive officers or any committee of entity B's Board of Directors or similar governing body, to approve a material part of entity B's business or operating plans, or debt or equity offerings. (3) Parent. As used in the Agreement, the term "Parent" refers ------ to any entity that Controls the Company, whether directly or indirectly through the Control of other Entities that Control the Company. (4) Affiliate. As used in the Agreement, the term "Affiliate" --------- refers to (i) any person or entity that Controls the Company whether directly or indirectly through the Control of other entities, or (ii) any person or entity that the Company Controls, whether directly or indirectly through the Control of other entities, or (iii) any other corporate subsidiary, parent or division of the Company, or any other Affiliate. ARTICLE 1 / Page 13 ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS As used in this Agreement, the term (A) "Cabin Attendant" means an employee whose work shall include performing and assisting in the performance of all enroute cabin services, assisting ground personnel in the boarding process of each flight departure, including but not limited to the lifting of flight coupons in the gate area, and ground service to delayed or canceled passengers in a resourceful and gracious manner, and the responsibility to apply these services for the welfare, comfort, enjoyment and safety of passengers. A Cabin Attendant may be required to attend operational meetings, refresher training course, equipment checkouts, ditching drills, and similar procedures related to flight duties. A Cabin Attendant may, from time to time, be requested to participate in publicity and promotional assignments. (B) "Service Manager" means an employee who exercises jurisdiction and direct control over all cabin attendants in matters concerning all phases of their duties and responsibilities as set forth by Company procedures. Vacancies in the Service Manager classification shall be opened for bid on a systemwide basis to Flight Attendants who have two (2) years or more line seniority and a minimum one (1) year pay seniority. The work of a Service Manager shall include, but not be limited to the assignment, direction and reassignment where necessary of the work of the cabin crew complement. During the pre-flight briefing, standard positions, assignments and recognition of work positions by seniority bid preference will prevail. However, when a passenger imbalance exists among the cabins or service requirements justify, the Service Manager shall request volunteers from the cabin where least needed. If no Flight Attendant(s) volunteer, the Service Manager has the authority to reassign the most junior Flight Attendant(s) to the cabin where needed. When two (2) or more Cabin Attendants are assigned to a wide-bodied aircraft, or to any other aircraft requiring a Flight Service Manager, at least one (1) of them shall be a Service Manager. The Company shall assign a Flight Service Manager on all narrow-body aircraft which operate on flights outside the contiguous 48 United States, Alaska and Puerto Rico. A Service Manager will be familiar with all cabin duties, be capable or performing all such duties at the direction of the Company or whenever the requirements of the service justify. A Service Manager is responsible for developing, maintaining and furthering a harmonious team spirit among the cabin attendants. A Service Manager may be designated to perform necessary duties in connection with a flight cargo operation and may be required to attend operational meetings, refresher training courses, equipment checkouts, ditching drill, and similar procedures related to flight duties. A Service Manager may, from time to time, be requested to participate in publicity and promotional assignments. ARTICLE 2 / Page 1 (C) "Employee" as used herein, means Cabin Attendant or Service Manager. Flight Attendant as used herein shall be synonymous with Employee. (D) "Block-to-block" time shall mean that period of time beginning when an aircraft first moves from the ramp blocks, for the purpose of flight, and ending when the aircraft comes to a stop at the ramp blocks at the next point of landing. (E) "Domicile" means a location where Flight Attendants are permanently based. (F) "Satellite" means a location attached to a domicile and from which a Flight Attendant may bid to fly. (G) "Deadhead" means, pursuant to Article 6(L) of this Agreement, the air travel on flight segment(s) on which a Flight Attendant is not scheduled to actively engage in Flight Attendant duties as a member of the working crew; or, surface travel time via ground transportation airport to airport while on Company duty other than travel between co-terminals. (H) "Month" or "calendar month" as used in this Agreement shall mean the following inclusive periods: January 30 days 1-30 January February 30 days January 31-March 1 (leap year 31 days) March 30 days 2-31 March April 30 days 1-30 April May 31 days 1-31 May June 30 days 1-30 June July 31 days 1-31 July August 31 days 1-31 August September 30 days 1-30 September October 30 days 1-30 October November 31 days October 31-November 30 December 31 days 1-31 December (I) (1) A "DOMESTIC FLIGHT" is any flight which operates within the North American continent and the Caribbean. For pay purposes only (including expenses), flights to and from Mexico and the Caribbean will be compensated at international rates of pay. (2) An "INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT" is any flight which either departs or arrives at a station outside the North American continent or the Caribbean. ARTICLE 2 / Page 2 (3) International crews may be assigned to fly Domestic segments of International flights provided that a) the Domestic portion is a "tag end" to the origination or completion of the paired International flight; b) the Domestic and International flight segments are flown within a single on- duty period; c) both the Domestic and International segments have identical flight numbers. (J) "Operational Duty Hours" start with the time an employee is required to report for active flight duty, or does report for such duty, whichever is later, and end one-quarter hour for Domestic and one-half hour for International after the conclusion of block time at a station where a cabin attendant is released, or if the flight does not depart, operational duty hours end when the employee is released from such flight. Block-to-block and deadhead time are not included in operational duty hours. If an employee is released from duty at an intermediate station, operational duty hours shall end at time of release and shall recommence when the employee reports, or is required to report, whichever is later, for continuation of flight duty. The Company may waive a Flight Attendant's report time at a layover station in a non-routine situation, to no less than fifteen (:15) minutes, in which case, operational duty hours shall not be less than the originally scheduled operational duty hours, it being understood that such payment will not affect a commencement of an on-duty period or trip hours as defined in 6(E)(1). (K) "Reserve" means an employee who does not hold a monthly sequenced line of time. (L) Standby Duty (1) A reserve Flight Attendant shall be considered to be on "residence standby" if she/he is informed that she/he must stand by the telephone in order to be available for immediate flight duty on other than her/his assigned flight. Those reserve Flight Attendants assigned to residence standby must be available to report for flight duty within two (2) hours via surface transportation of being assigned to a flight. (2) A reserve Flight Attendant shall be considered to be on "airport standby" if she/he is informed that she/he must stand by, in uniform, at the airport in order to be available for immediate flight duty on other than her/his assigned flight. (M) A "wide-bodied aircraft" is defined as an aircraft configuration with two or more aisles. (N) An employee who is assigned to a "ferry flight" shall be considered as deadheading. (O) "Average Line Value" (ALV) means the weighted average credit value of the bid lines as published in the bid packages. ARTICLE 2 / Page 3 (P) "Fixed Daily Credit" is the number of hours of pay and credit fixed at a value of two hours thirty (2:30) minutes. (Q) "Alternate Line" is defined as a bid line which contains all flying within the first fifteen (15) days or the last fifteen (15) days of the bid month. Alternate Lines shall be constructed between 32:30 and 45:00 credit hours. ARTICLE 2 / Page 4 ARTICLE 3 PAY (A) Except as otherwise provided herein, hourly rates of pay under the TWA-IAM Agreement shall remain, for the entire term of this Agreement as shown in Schedule "A" attached hereto. (B) Operational Duty Pay Each Flight Attendant shall be paid operational duty pay at the scheduled rate of $.48 per hour for each operational duty hour as defined in Article 2(J). (C) Service Manager Override Each Service Manager on wide-bodied aircraft shall receive the scheduled rate of $1.27 per hour for each hour of flight time, actual or scheduled, block-to-block time, whichever is greater, calculated on a leg-by-leg basis, in addition to any other compensation to which she/he is entitled pursuant to this Article. (D) Reserves (1) All Flight Attendants who are on reserve during any part of a month shall receive not less than seventy-five (75) pay hours, provided, however, that the minimum 75-hour guarantee shall not apply to Flight Attendants whose monthly guarantees have been reduced pursuant to the provisions of Article 6(X) [Enhanced Trip Option] and/or Article 18(D)(7)(f)(2)(c) [Balance Avoidance]. (2) Reserve Flight Attendants at domiciles which protect both International and Domestic flights shall be compensated at international rates of pay. (E) Night Pay A Flight Attendant shall receive the scheduled rate of $0.19 for each hour prorated to the nearest minute actually flown between the hours of 1800 and 0600 local time. The time of departure shall be the actual block out time of the flight. When changes in time zone occur in flight, the time zone at the station of last departure shall be used in computing the day and night flying for that leg of the flight. (F) Language of Destination A Flight Attendant who is eligible to receive pay pursuant to the Letters of Agreement No.s VII and VIII for Language of Destination shall receive the scheduled rate of $1.00 for each block hour flown during the month. A Flight Attendant who is eligible to receive pay pursuant to the Letter of Agreement ARTICLE 3 / Page 1 dated June 25, 1997 shall receive the scheduled rate of $2.50 for each block hour flown for any applicable segment. (G) 24 in 7 A Flight Attendant who is not granted 24 hours relief during the seven (7) calendar days as specified in Article 6(S) shall be compensated at two hours thirty minutes (2:30) at her/his hourly rate. (H) Service Manager Emergency Downgrade In an emergency when it is necessary to assign a Service Manager to a lower classification, she/he shall receive no less than his current rate of pay. In such situations, the bid Service Manager shall be in charge. (I) Random Drug/Alcohol Testing A Flight Attendant will be paid one hour (no credit) at her/his hourly rate for each occasion she/he is subject to Random Drug and/or Alcohol Testing. The provisions of this section are not applicable to events of "follow-up testing" as defined in Letter XXV, the Random Substance Testing Letter of Agreement, or drug/alcohol testing for cause. (J) Standby Penalties (1) Should a reserve Flight Attendant serve more than four (4) airport standby assignments, during any one bid month, she/he shall receive the scheduled rate of $19.73 for each additional airport standby assignment and such amount shall not be offset against base pay. (2) Should a reserve Flight Attendant serve more than a total of five (5) airport standby assignments and/or residence standby assignments during any one bid period, she/he shall receive the scheduled rate of $19.73 for each additional airport standby assignment or residence standby assignment and such amount shall not be offset against base pay. (3) For purposes of the two paragraphs immediately preceding, a single assignment of airport standby shall consist of any amount of time between one minute and eight (8) hours, not to exceed eight (8) consecutive hours. A single assignment of residence standby shall consist of any amount of time between one minute and 24 consecutive hours, not to exceed twenty-four (24) consecutive hours. For the purpose of Paragraphs 1) ARTICLE 3 / Page 2 and 2) above, a Flight Attendant shall not receive more than one (1) payment as scheduled above for each additional assignment so mentioned. (K) Vacation Increment Pay In addition to vacation pay and credit provided under Article 6(F), an employee shall receive increment pay based upon the number of credited vacation pay hours times the following applicable rate: Domestic Service Managers and Cabin Attendants: $.24 International Cabin Attendants: $.17 International Service Managers: $.77 (L) Service Manager Temporary Upgrade The Company will pay a Flight Attendant the applicable Flight Service Manager rate of pay commensurate with her/his seniority for each flight assignment in which she/he is upgraded to the Flight Service Manager classification. (M) Special Assignment Flight Attendants on Special Assignment (SPA) shall be credited with two hours and fifty (2:50) minutes for each day of the special assignment or trips missed credit, whichever is greater, to a maximum of eighty-five (85:00) hours per month for their respective classifications. (N) Deadhead If an employee deadheads under Company orders on any and all flights to or from protecting a flight he/she shall receive one hundred percent (100%) pay/credit of such deadhead flight time for each hour or fraction thereof prorated at the applicable hourly rate. (O) Domestic Excess On-Duty A Domestic Flight Attendant exceeding fifteen (15) consecutive hours on duty shall be compensated at his/her hourly rate for all such hours in excess of fourteen (14) hours. Such compensation shall not be offset against base pay and shall be in addition to that computed under Article 6(D). ARTICLE 3 / Page 3 (SCHEDULE "A") -------------- DOMESTIC CABIN ATTENDANT ------------------------ HOURLY RATES ------------ Year 8/1/99 8/1/00 1 17.54 17.72 2 19.09 19.28 3 20.62 20.82 4 22.17 22.39 5 23.60 23.83 6 25.04 25.29 7 26.48 26.75 8 28.74 29.03 9 29.43 29.72 10 30.00 30.30 11 30.56 30.87 12 32.22 33.35 13 33.66 34.84 INTERNATIONAL CABIN ATTENDANT ----------------------------- HOURLY RATES ------------ Year 8/1/99 8/1/2000 1 17.54 17.72 2 19.09 19.28 3 20.62 20.82 4 22.17 22.39 5 23.60 23.83 6 25.04 25.29 7 26.48 26.75 8 30.86 31.17 9 31.63 31.94 10 32.24 32.56 11 32.85 33.18 12 34.70 35.91 13 36.25 37.52 ARTICLE 3 / Page 4 DOMESTIC FLIGHT SERVICE MANAGER ------------------------------- HOURLY RATES ------------ Year 8/1/99 8/1/2000 3 22.04 22.26 4 23.48 23.71 5 24.91 25.16 6 26.37 26.63 7 27.80 28.08 8 32.47 32.80 9 33.17 33.50 10 33.92 34.26 11 34.62 34.97 12 36.51 37.79 13 38.14 39.48 INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SERVICE MANAGER ------------------------------------ HOURLY RATES ------------ Years 8/1/99 8/1/2000 3 22.04 22.26 4 23.48 23.71 5 24.92 25.17 6 26.37 26.63 7 27.80 28.08 8 36.54 36.91 9 36.75 37.12 10 37.90 38.28 11 38.59 38.98 12 40.64 42.07 13 42.46 43.95 ARTICLE 3 / Page 5 ARTICLE 4 EXPENSES (A) DOMESTIC OPERATIONS When a Flight Attendant in Domestic Operations is on a trip away from his or her domicile or satellite on Company business, the following shall apply: (1) Expense Allowance. A Flight Attendant's expense allowance ----------------- while engaged in operations away from his/her domicile and/or satellite shall be one dollar and eighty cents ($1.80) per hour for each hour or fraction thereof while away from domicile and/or satellite. Expenses shall be paid commencing at report and ending at release. (2) Other Expenses. When Flight Attendants are on duty at -------------- locations other than their regular domiciles, regular satellites or regular layover stations, or on special assignment for the Company, and transportation, laundry, cleaning, meals, lodging and tips are not provided by the Company, actual reasonable expenses will be allowed. (3) Hotels ------ (a) Room Assignments. In addition to the allowance ---------------- provided in Paragraph (A)(1) of this Article, and except as provided in Letter XXXIV (Voluntary Release of Layover Hotel Rooms), the Company shall provide at regular layover stations, comfortable and adequate lodging so that each Flight Attendant will be assigned to a single room. Recommendations of the Union, as furnished by the President, District Lodge 142 or his designee, after he or she has had opportunity to consult with the Council involved, shall be considered before making any change in lodgings. The quality of hotel rooms will not diminish when single rooms become effective for domestic Flight Attendants. (b) In the event that regularly assigned lodging at layover stations is in use, the Company will provide other suitable lodging or the Flight Attendant will be allowed the reasonable actual expenses for other necessary lodging. (c) Flight Attendants will check in and out of hotels in the normal manner and will pay any incidental expenses incurred by them such as telephone calls, room service, etc. (4) Taxi Expense. A Flight Attendant who does not receive two ------------ (2) hours notice of flight departure when on reserve or on non-routine flights, will be allowed actual reasonable taxi expenses. Failure to give the ARTICLE 4 / Page 1 notice provided above must be verified by the Company representative notifying the Flight Attendant to report for flight duty. Such payment will be based on the actual charges with the establishment of no maximum, except as limited by the reasonableness of the expenditure. (5) Domestic Ground Transportation (a) At other than his/her domicile or satellite, when courtesy car service is not provided by the layover hotel, Flight Attendants will be provided with ground transportation. The Company will arrange and pay for such transportation between the airport and the layover hotel and return, between airport and airport when on layover, or transiting and not on layover. (b) If ground transportation as outlined in (a) above is not provided by the Company within forty-five (45) minutes after block-in or scheduled block-in (whichever is later) at the airport of arrival, Flight Attendants will be issued a taxi voucher for transportation to the layover hotel. When more than one Flight Attendant is so affected, Flight Attendants shall be required to share taxis up to the maximum allowable passenger capacity of the taxis. (c) If ground transportation as outlined in (a) above is not provided by the Company within fifteen (15) minutes of scheduled pick-up time at the hotel, Flight Attendants may take a taxi to the airport and will be reimbursed for the actual/reasonable cost of such taxi within three (3) working days after submission of a proper receipt and Company expense report. When more than one Flight Attendant is so affected, Flight Attendants shall be required to share taxis up to the maximum allowable passenger capacity of the taxis. (d) Layovers of twenty (20) hours or more will continue to be scheduled at downtown hotels in those cities where downtown layovers are currently utilized, unless the Company and the Union mutually agree otherwise. Notwithstanding the above, Satellite pairings originating from Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego shall not require a downtown hotel for layovers in excess of twenty (20) hours. (B) INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS When a Flight Attendant in International Operations is on a trip away from his or her domicile or satellite on Company business, the following shall apply: ARTICLE 4 / Page 2 (1) The Company will provide adequate rest facilities for employees and will provide facilities comparable to those used by other crew members. (2) In selecting rooms at specific overseas hotels the following shall apply: On all aircraft involving Service Managers and Cabin Attendants, the Service Manager shall sign the hotel sheet first and then all other Cabin Attendants in order of their relative seniority. (3) The Company will furnish suitable and adequate lodging and transportation at all stations where International crews lay over. Flight Attendants will be paid at the rate of Two Dollars ($2.00) per hour for each hour or fraction thereof while away from domicile or satellite. Expenses shall be paid commencing at report and ending at release at domicile or satellite. At any station where International crews are laying over and the employee is required to remain at the airport for four (4) hours or more, the Company will provide suitable meals. Where the employee is released from duty so that he or she may leave the airport, a minimum of six (6) hours at the applicable hourly rate shall be paid. (4) When the Company does not provide such facilities as outlined above, reasonable actual expenses will be allowed therefor. (C) GENERAL (1) In addition to the expenses allowed under paragraphs (A) and (B) above, the Company will allow additional expenses covering extraordinary conditions, including, but not limited to, transportation for attendance at meetings during nighttime hours. Such payment will be based on the actual charges with the establishment of no maximum, except as limited by the reasonableness of the expenditure. (2) The Company will furnish suitable lounges with reclining chairs and/or liedown facilities to be used exclusively by Flight Attendants at layover stations, and at all locations where Flight Attendants are based, unless conditions at a particular layover or domicile prevent it. When lounges are not provided as outlined above and the turn time is scheduled for four (4) hours or more (block-to-block), upon request a day room will be provided at a ratio of one (1) room for every three (3) Flight Attendants. (3) (a) A Flight Attendant required to attend operational meetings, training or refresher courses, for which credit is given under ARTICLE 4 / Page 3 Article 6(A), including probationary meetings, at his/her domicile or satellite, shall receive hourly expenses as provided in Article 4(A)(1) and Article 4(B)(3) for each hour or fraction thereof, report to release. At meetings where a suitable meal is provided by a Corporate Officer who is conducting the meeting, the expense allowance provided for herein shall not be applicable. (b) When a Flight Attendant is required to attend operational meetings, training or refresher courses, for which credit is given under Article 6, including the probationary meetings, away from domicile, he/she shall receive expenses as provided in Article 4(A)(1) and Article 4(B)(3) for each hour or fraction thereof block out to block in at his/her domicile or satellite. At meetings where a suitable meal is provided by a Corporate Officer who is conducting the meeting or training where room and board is provided, the expense allowance provided for herein shall not be applicable. (c) Flight Attendants shall receive 2:30 pay and credit and expenses in accordance with Article 4(A)(1) for the one-day Annual Emergency Review (AER) and all other training. In the event a Flight Attendant fails the one-day AER training, he/she will not be paid for the first retest following the first failure. A Flight Attendant shall receive 2:30 pay and credit and expenses for each day he/she is assigned to retraining subsequent to the second AER failure. (d) In addition, when a Flight Attendant is required to take a physical in accordance with Article 23 at a location other than where his/her domicile or satellite is located, he/she will be entitled to receive the expense allowance set forth in paragraph 4(A)(1) or 4(B)(3), as appropriate. Expenses in cases where the services of a Neutral Medical Examiner (N.M.E.) are required shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of Article 23. (e) Flight Attendants will be provided single rooms during training away from domicile, except as provided in Letter XXXIV (Voluntary Release of Layover Hotel Rooms), and except where training is held at a "Breech type" facility. (4) Crew Meals ---------- The Company will insure that crew meals are available for Flight Attendants on those flight segments over four (4) hours where crew meals are provided for other crew members. Such crew meals shall be consumed only after the normal order of service has been complete ARTICLE 4 / Page 4 and only in those areas outlined in the Company's Flight Service Manual. Crew meals will not be provided for flight segments scheduled for four (4) hours or less block-to-block except that the Company may, at its sole discretion, provide meals on an exception basis on such flights. (5) Drug/Alcohol Testing -------------------- The Company will reimburse the reasonable, actual transportation costs to and from the drug/alcohol testing facility, provided proper receipts and Company expense report are promptly submitted. The provisions of this section are not applicable to events of "follow-up testing" as defined in Letter of Agreement XXV, the Random Substance Testing Letter of Agreement, or drug/alcohol testing for cause. (6) Payment by Employee for Training -------------------------------- No Flight Attendant in the regular scheduled service of the Company shall, after employment, be required to pay for any training required or conducted by the Company. During other than assigned training periods, the Company may make reference materials available to Flight Attendants, but such Flight Attendants will not be required to complete such materials or to take a test during their own time. In order to assist Flight Attendants in learning a foreign language, the Company will provide training facilities which will include record/tapes, equipment for sound reproduction, texts, and instructors for reasonable consultation and instruction during the learning process, which shall take place on the Flight Attendant's own time. Seniority and a demonstration of interest shall be considered in scheduling students for the program. (7) Parking ------- At the request of the Union, the Company will confer with and consider the recommendations of authorized Union representatives as to the adequacy of the parking areas and the quality of security measures at Company lots in which employees park their automobiles at domiciles. The Company shall furnish, at no cost to the Flight Attendant, sufficient parking spaces to accommodate all Flight Attendants assigned to a domicile or satellite. The Company shall provide active Flight Attendants monthly parking for one vehicle at a TWA domicile or reimburse the Flight Attendant for parking of one (1) vehicle at any station (receipts required), not to exceed the amount paid for one (1) vehicle at the STL domicile. ARTICLE 4 / Page 5 ARTICLE 5 UNIFORMS (A) Standard Uniforms. Standard uniforms as prescribed in Company ----------------- regulations shall be worn by employees at all times while on duty and at such other times as may be prescribed. (B) Purchase by Newhire Flight Attendants. Employees, with less than ------------------------------------- one (1) full year of service as a flight attendant, shall be required to purchase two (2) uniforms comprised of the basic items as described in Paragraph (C) below. The employee shall pay the actual cost of the basic uniform items as provided by the Vendor. (C) Basic Uniform. The uniforms referred to in Paragraph (B) above ------------- will consist of the following items: CABIN ATTENDANTS/ SERVICE MANAGERS BASIC UNIFORM FEMALE: ------ Dress or Blazer (2) Skirt or Pants (2) All-Weather Coat 4 Uniform Shirts MALE: ---- Blazer (2) Pants (2) All-Weather Coat 4 Uniform Shirts UNISEX: ------ Scarf/Tie Tie Bar Pocket Square Belt Wings Serving Garment (Vest/Smock) Sweater or Sweater Vest Epaulettes (D) Point Allowance System ---------------------- Flight Attendants will be provided a monthly allowance based on active service, for the replacement of uniform items due to normal wear and for the acquisition of uniform pieces and accessory items. A maximum of fifty (50%) percent of a ARTICLE 5 / Page 1 Flight Attendant's annual allowance granted in an odd year may be carried over for use in the following year. All points shall be determined on a calendar year basis, to be determined January 1 of each year and awarded no later than February 1 of each year. The points shall be awarded on a look-back basis. For new employees with less than one (1) full year of service, as Flight Attendant, points shall be pro-rated. All points must be used at the end of each even-numbered year, as points will not be carried forward into any odd year. In addition, Flight Attendants shall receive 8.5 points per month for each month of active service for a Uniform Allowance Program. For purposes of this paragraph, active service is defined as any month in which a F/A completes the month with no less than 32:30. Upon ratification of this agreement, all F/As with greater than one year on-line seniority, will receive a full year's complement of 102 points, pro-rated from the month of ratification of the agreement. The points awarded will be on an individual look-back basis in accordance with monthly active service for the previous calendar year. Upon verification, uniform items that are torn or ripped during normal wear shall be replaced at no cost to the Flight Attendant. Cabin attendants initially transferring to the FSM category shall receive required FSM accessories at no cost to the employee. Female Items Male Items ------------ ---------- Description Points Description Points ----------- ------ ----------- ------ All-Weather-Coat 45 All-Weather-Coat 45 Single-Breasted Jacket 39 Single-Breasted Jacket 50 Double-Breasted Jacket 41 Double-Breasted Jacket 51 Blouse (SS) 7 Shirt (SS) 7 Blouse (LS) 8 Shirt (LS) 8 Tie 3 Tie 5 Pants 21 Pants 21 Skirt 19 Scarf 6 Maternity Jumper/Blazer 29 Handbag 12 Sweater 8 Sweater 8 Sweater Vest 6 Sweater Vest 6 Belt 3 Belt 3 Serving Garment 5 Serving Garment 5 Pocket Square (Unisex) 1 Epaulettes (Unisex) 1 Tiebar (Unisex) 1 FSM Tie 3 FSM Tie 3 Rollerboard (Unisex) 34 Dress 38 Flight Attendants will not be required to pay any shipping costs incurred for the shipping of uniform items. ARTICLE 5 / Page 2 (E) Payroll Deduction of Uniform Items. In addition to the point ---------------------------------- system, purchases of uniform items may also be made by payroll deduction with a maximum biweekly deduction of no more than $25. (F) Company Insignia and Uniform items Provided by the Company. All ---------------------------------------------------------- Company insignia and uniform items which are provided by the Company at its expense shall be issued on a loan basis, and upon termination for any reason, the employee may be required to return such uniform items and insignia to the Company. The Company retains the right to collect any and all uniform items and accessories in the possession of a Flight Attendant. In such case the Flight Attendant will receive full reimbursement for any items collected which the Flight Attendant has purchased. (G) Change in Uniforms. When the Company contemplates making changes ------------------ in style, color or material of the uniform, it will first consult with the IAM District Lodge 142 to solicit the Union's recommendations. Prior to selection of the uniform the District Lodge representatives will be given an opportunity to submit their recommendations which will be considered provided such recommendations are made within thirty (30) days after being solicited by the Company. (H) Expense Cost in Change in Uniforms. During the term of this ---------------------------------- Agreement, the Company may elect to change the basic uniform items as described in Paragraph (C) above. In the event of a changeover which includes a new item and excludes the wearing of a present uniform item, such new item shall be initially issued at the Company's expense to all Flight Attendants who are on the line on the effective date of such uniform change. The Company may also elect to change a basic uniform item which does not exclude the wearing of the present uniform item. In that event, the employee may elect to acquire the new uniform either through the point system or by purchase. The Company may also elect to provide this additional item to the employees at the Company's expense. The Company and the Union shall meet to agree upon the point(s) allotted to any new uniform item. (I) New Accessory Items. During the term of this Agreement, the ------------------- Company may elect to offer new accessory items, including choices to basic items. In that event, the Company and the Union shall meet to agree upon the point(s) allotted to these items. (J) Review of Uniform Attire by Company and Union. The Union --------------------------------------------- Professional Standards Committee and the Union Safety Committee, together with representatives designated by the Company, shall review all items of uniform attire, including shoes, and shall develop standards and guidelines for such attire ARTICLE 5 / Page 3 so as to assure maximum employee safety and professional appearance. Female Flight Attendants may, but are not required to, wear high-heeled shoes. (K) Terminated and Voluntarily Resigned Flight Attendants. Flight ----------------------------------------------------- Attendants who are terminated by the Company shall be required to return all uniform items to the Company and shall not be required to pay any outstanding balances due in connection with the purchase of the uniform item(s). Flight Attendants who voluntarily leave the employment of the Company shall continue to be responsible for any outstanding balances due in connection with purchase of any uniform item(s). ARTICLE 5 / Page 4 ARTICLE 6 HOURS OF SERVICE (A)(1) Full Line Flying - Scheduling of Maximum Flight Credit. Flight ---------------- Attendants shall be scheduled for flight duty so as not to exceed the monthly maximum flight credit. Sixty-five (65) flight pay hours shall constitute the minimum pay guarantee and Eighty-five (85) flight credit hours shall constitute the maximum calendar monthly flight time except as otherwise provided in Articles 6(Y), 6(Z), 8(F) and 18(D)(7). (A)(2) Alternate Line Flying - Scheduling of Maximum Flight Credit. ----------------------------------------------------------- Flight Attendants shall be scheduled for flight duty so as not to exceed the fifteen (15) day maximum flight credit. Thirty- two hours thirty minutes (32:30) flight pay hours shall constitute the minimum pay guarantee and Forty-five (45) flight pay hours shall constitute the maximum calendar half-monthly flight time except as otherwise provided in Articles 6(Y), 6(Z), 8(F), and 18(D)(7). (B) Flight Credit Hours. For the purpose of (A) above, flight ------------------- credit hours shall include the following: (1) Actual or Scheduled block-to-block time, whichever is greater, calculated on a stop-by-stop basis. (2) Trip hours as specified in (E)(2) below but as further qualified in (D) below. (3) Duty hours as specified in (E)(3) and (E)(4) below but as further qualified in (D) below. (4) Flight credit hours accrued under paragraph (E)(5)(b) below. (5) Vacation time as specified in (F) below. (6) Training time as specified in (G) below (7) Special assignment as specified in (G) below. (8) Operational meetings as specified in (H) below. (9) Standby as specified in (I) below. (10) Call-out time as specified in (J) below. (11) Holding time as specified in (K) below. (12) Pay assignment as specified in (M) below. (13) Jury duty as specified in (Q) below. (14) Sick Leave time as specified in Article 8. (15) Personal Business day(s) as specified in (F) below. (16) Deadhead Time. (17) Guaranteed Trip Protection. (C) Flight Pay Hours. For the purpose of (A) above, flight pay ---------------- hours shall include the following only: (1) Flight pay hours as computed in accordance with (D) below. (2) Trip hours as specified in (E)(2) below but as further qualified in (D) below. (3) Duty hours as specified in (E)(3) and (E)(4) below but as further qualified in (D) below. (4) Flight pay hours accrued under paragraph (E)(5)(b) below. ARTICLE 6 / Page 1 (5) Vacation time as specified in (F) below. (6) Training time as specified in (G) below. (7) Special assignment as specified in (G) blow. (8) Operational meetings as specified in (H) above. (9) Standby time as specified in (I) below. (10) Call-out time as specified in (J) below. (11) Holding time as specified in (K) below. (12) Pay assignment as specified in (M) below. (13) Jury duty as specified in (Q) below. (14) Sick leave as specified under Article 8. (15) Deadhead time as specified in (L) below; ferry as specified in (L) below. (16) Surface transportation as specified in (L) below [excluding co-terminals in 6(E)(7)]. (17) Excess compensation accrued under paragraphs (R) and (D)(4) below. (18) Personal Business day(s) as specified in (F) below. (19) Guaranteed Trip Protection. (D) Determination of Flight Credit and Pay Hours. When an employee -------------------------------------------- returns to his or her domicile from a trip, he or she will be credited with flight credit and pay hours as determined in the following manner: (1) His or her credit and pay for each leg of his or her trip will be the greater of actual block-to-block or scheduled block-to-block time on each leg. (2) Additional credit and pay resulting from the application of paragraph (E)(3) and (4) below will be added to the greater of actual block-to block or scheduled block-to-block time on each leg. (3) Deadhead time as set forth in (L) below, excess on-duty time as specified in (R) and (D)(4) below and any other flight pay hours accrued under this Article shall be added to the pay hours under (1) above. (4) The flight credit and pay hours computed in (D)(1), (2), and (3) above for each trip shall be totaled and the result compared with the credit and pay earned under (E)(2) below, when applicable, and the employee shall be credited with the greater. (E) Trip Hours. ---------- (1) "Trip Hours" means all the time which passes from the time a Flight Attendant is required to report, or actually reports, whichever is later, at the airport of his or her domicile prior to proposed flight departure, until fifteen (:15) minutes after block-in time on the Domestic operation and until thirty (:30) minutes after block-in time on the International operation after arrival at his or her domicile for a legal rest, free from all duty with the Company. For purposes of this ARTICLE 6 / Page 2 paragraph and for purposes of Article 2(J), report times at domiciles for active Flight Attendants shall not be less than one (1) hour. In the case of reserves called out on an immediate basis, the time of actual report shall commence the trip hours and operational duty pay. If a Flight Attendant departs his or her domicile as a deadheading crew member for the purpose of protecting a flight, his or her Trip Hours shall commence at the block-out time of the flight except that where surface transportation is used for travel from the domicile for the purposes of working a trip, Trip Hours shall commence at the departure time of the surface transportation; if a Flight Attendant arrives at his or her domicile as a deadheading crew member, his or her Trip Hours shall be considered to end at the block-in time of the flight, except that where surface transportation is used for travel to the domicile from protecting a flight, Trip Hours shall be considered to end at the arrival time of the surface transportation. When a Flight Attendant is requested to deadhead at Company request, the Flight Attendant shall not be required to report for such deadhead flight earlier than thirty (:30) minutes on the Domestic operation and one (1) hour on the International operation. (2) One (1) for Four (4) Trip Hours. For each trip a Flight ------------------------------- Attendant shall receive on a prorated basis, one (1) hour flight credit and pay for each four (4) hours of trip hours as defined in (E)(1) above. (3) Domestic Operation - One (1) for Two (2) Duty Hours; Duty --------------------------------------------------------- Averaging. A Flight Attendant on the Domestic operation who --------- flies a flight or flights during an on-duty period as defined below, shall receive a minimum of one (1) hour of flight credit and pay for each two (2) hours of such on-duty time prorated, with a minimum of four (4) hours for a single on-duty period flight assignment or an average of four (4) hours per duty period for flights containing more than one duty period. The total duty credit for the entire pairing shall be compared to the total services performed and the Flight Attendant shall receive the greater. For purposes of this paragraph, an on-duty period means all time which passes from the time a Flight Attendant is required to report or actually reports, whichever is later, for his/her flight assignment and shall continue until fifteen minutes (:15) after block-in time. If a Flight Attendant commences or completes an on-duty period by deadheading, his/her on- duty period shall begin at the block-out or end at the block-in time of the flight. A Flight Attendant's on-duty period shall run continuously until broken by a scheduled or actual layover of not less than that required by paragraph (R) of this Article. (4) International Operation - One (1) for Two (2) Duty Hours; --------------------------------------------------------- Duty Averaging; Excess on Duty. A Flight Attendant on the ------------------------------ International operation who flies a flight or flights during an on-duty period as defined below, shall receive a minimum of one (1) hour of flight credit and pay for each two (2) hours of such on-duty time prorated. ARTICLE 6 / Page 3 This shall apply only to the first fourteen (14) hours of such duty period with a minimum of four (4) hours for a single on-duty period flight assignment or an average of four (4) hours per duty period for flights containing more than one duty period. The total duty credit for the entire pairing shall be compared to the total services performed and the Flight Attendant shall receive the greater. For purposes of this paragraph, an on-duty period means all time which passes from the time a Flight Attendant is required to report or actually reports, whichever is later, for his/her flight assignment and shall continue until thirty minutes (:30) after block-in time. If a Flight Attendant commences or completes an on-duty period by deadheading, his/her on- duty period shall begin at the block-out or end at the block-in time of the flight. In a duty period which contains a working segment the on-duty hours shall include debriefing time. A Flight Attendant's on-duty period shall run continuously until broken by a scheduled or actual layover of not less than that required by paragraph (R) of this Article. (5) Exclusions. The provisions of (E)(2), (3) and (4) above ---------- shall not apply: (a) To flights in which a landing has not been made at an airport other than the airport of takeoff; and (b) To flights local in nature, except that Flight Attendants assigned to such flights shall receive not less than two (2) hours credit and pay for such flights. (c) While assigned to residence standby [airport standby will be governed by the provisions of Article 6(I) and 18(D)(8)]. (d) Excess trip hours or on-duty hours resulting from a Flight Attendant's request to deadhead on flights other than those offered by the Company. (6) No Additional Duty Hours Under Certain Circumstances. If a ---------------------------------------------------- strike, work-stoppage, picketing by other employee groups, personal reasons, or deadheading to or from domicile at his or her own request, except when the request is a result of a choice offered to him or her as a result of being an extra or excess crew member, results in additional Duty Hours or Trip Hours for a Flight Attendant, such additional Duty Hours or Trip Hours shall not be included in the computation outlined in (E)(2), (3) and (4) above. (7) Surface Transportation. Movement between the following ---------------------- airports by surface transportation for purpose of taking out a flight or returning a flight, will not be considered as deadhead time. Each Flight Attendant shall be compensated for such movement, at the Flight Attendant's domicile only, at the operational duty rates specified in Article 3(C). ARTICLE 6 / Page 4 Between Normal Travel Time Newark-LaGuardia 1:15 Newark-Kennedy 1:30 Kennedy-Islip 1:00 LaGuardia-Kennedy :45 Los Angeles-Burbank 1:15 Los Angeles-Long Beach :40 Los Angeles-Ontario 2:15 Midway-O'Hare 1:30 San Francisco-Oakland 1:00 San Francisco-San Joe 1:00 The travel time provided in this paragraph shall be considered as an extension of the trip hours defined in (E)(1) and duty hours defined in (E)(3) and (4) above, and of the on-duty provisions of paragraphs (R) and (D) of this Article. (F) Vacation Credit and Pay. When a Flight Attendant is on vacation ----------------------- he/she shall be credited and paid the fixed daily credit of 2:30 for each day of vacation. (G) Training/AER's Credit and Pay; Special Assignment. A Flight ------------------------------------------------- Attendant shall be credited and paid the fixed daily credit of 2:30, or receive credit on a trips missed basis, whichever is greater, for each day he/she is in training or refresher courses. A Flight Attendant shall be credited and paid the fixed daily credit of 2:30 and expenses for Annual Emergency Review (AER). There shall be no credit and pay and expenses for the first retest. In the event it is necessary to schedule an AER which conflicts with a trip, the Flight Attendant will be removed from the trip and will be subject to balance. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, pay credit and expenses will accrue if a Flight Attendant, subsequent to the second AER failure, is assigned to retraining. When a Flight Attendant is removed from flight for special assignment to non-flying duty, such Flight Attendant shall be paid and credited with 2:50 for each day of special assignment to a maximum of 85:00 hours per bid month for his/her respective classification, or receive credit for trips missed on a scheduled basis. In the application of this paragraph, the Flight Attendant will receive the greater of 2:50 credit and pay hours per day or the scheduled credit and pay generated by the flight from which removed, whichever is greater, to a maximum of 85:00 hours. (H) Meetings or Courses. No credit and pay will be given under (G) ------------------- above for operational meetings or for training or refresher courses which are held in lieu of or in connection with operational meetings unless attendance at such meetings is required and such meetings exceed two meetings during the probationary period. (I) Standby Duty. An employee who is assigned to standby duty, as ------------ standby duty is defined in Article 2 hereof, shall receive flight credit and pay prorated on the ARTICLE 6 / Page 5 basis of one (1) hour credited for each eight (8) hours of assignment to standby duty, with a minimum of one (1) hour. In the event that the actual flight time flown or commenced during such eight (8) hour period an employee is required to standby exceeds the time credited hereunder, this provision shall not apply. An employee who is assigned to airport standby duty as airport standby duty is defined in Article 2 hereof, shall receive a minimum of one (1) hour of flight credit for each two (2) hours of such airport standby time prorated. For any on-duty period involving assignment to airport standby, an employee shall receive no less than three (3) hours of credit for such on-duty period. (J) Call-Out Pay. An employee who reports for flight duty and is ------------ not used will be granted two (2) hours of flight credit and pay unless such employee is not used due to his or her incapacity for flight duty. (K) Holding Pay. Each time an employee is required by the Company ----------- to accompany passengers to the scheduled destination when a flight terminates at another station, and each time an employee is required to remain with passengers prior to flight or following flight arrival at any station, he/she will receive flight pay and credit if the delay is one hour or more, subject to the following: (1) Such pay and credit shall be granted for each hour or fraction thereof so spent and when such duty time is required by the Company. (2) Scheduled ground time at an on-line station, thirty minutes ground time at a domestic off-line station and forty-five minutes ground time at an international off-line station shall not be counted and no credit and pay shall be given therefor. (3) Credit and pay will be given for all time spent with passengers when required by the Company to remain with them or with the aircraft while other crew members and the passengers are served a meal in ground restaurant facilities during a scheduled stop at an on-line station. Flight Attendants will not be required to serve meals or beverages to passengers other than on board the aircraft. (4) When holding time occurs at the conclusion of flight duty it shall be considered an extension of the trip hours as defined in paragraph (E)(1) and of the on-duty hours as defined in paragraphs (E)(3), (E)(4), (R) and (D) of this Article 6. (L) Deadhead. If an employee deadheads under Company orders on any -------- and all flight(s) to or from protecting a flight, he/she shall be credited with one hundred (100%) of such deadhead flight time for pay and credit purposes. If an employee deadheads on surface transportation to or from protecting a flight, he/she will be paid fifty percent (50%) flight time but no credit for the scheduled air time between the points traveled, provided that this provision shall not apply to surface transportation between co-terminals. Time spent in ARTICLE 6 / Page 6 deadhead transportation to and from duty assignment shall not be considered part of any rest period to which an employee is entitled under this Agreement. All time spent deadheading will be included in a Flight Attendant's on-duty period. A Flight Attendant whose on-duty period consists solely of deadhead shall not be entitled to the minimum trip credit provided in paragraphs (E)(3) and (4) above. Flight Attendant scheduled to complete his/her flight assignment by a deadhead return to his/her domicile or satellite shall be permitted (upon notification to station Operations personnel) to proceed directly to a location other than his/her domicile or satellite provided that he/she does not depart prior to the scheduled departure time of his/her scheduled deadhead flight. When utilizing the provisions of this paragraph, a Flight Attendant shall be deemed to have actually performed the deadhead assignment as scheduled. The only exception shall be that his/her trip expenses shall terminate at the scheduled departure time of the scheduled deadhead flight. The Flight Attendant must submit an exception paycard upon return to his/her domicile or satellite. A Reserve Flight Attendant who utilizes the provisions of this paragraph shall telephone his/her crew schedule office and determine his/her status. Flight Attendants who are scheduled to deadhead may be assigned to work the flight. In such case the Flight Attendant's duty time shall commence at the normal report time for a working Flight Attendant or at the time the Flight Attendant is assigned to work, as determined by the Company, whichever is later, and be paid applicable flight pay and credit. Assignments to work instead of deadhead will be made only by Crew Schedule or Operational Planning. Assignments to work instead of deadhead will be in inverse seniority order from among those Flight Attendants who by working will not become illegal for a subsequent flight in the same trip or for a subsequent trip. (M) Supervisor Pay Assignment. When an employee is removed from his ------------------------- or her regularly scheduled, promotional, or charter flight, for training purposes, due to the assignment of a supervisor, or due to the special requirements of the particular flight, the Flight Attendant so removed shall: (1) Be assigned the flight credit and pay hours she or he would have normally accrued had she or he taken the flight as scheduled; and (2) When the removal is at the employee's domicile or satellite, be placed on the schedule for her or his next flight in the same position had she or he taken the flight as scheduled. An employee will not be credited for flight credit hours or receive pay for any period in which she or he is accruing actual flight time. ARTICLE 6 / Page 7 (3) For purposes of training or refresher when a specific position on board the aircraft is required the assignor will displace the most senior cabin attendant scheduled for the flight and will assume the assignee's seniority. (4) The Company reserves the right to displace any cabin attendant on any regularly scheduled, charter or promotional flight regardless of seniority. In such event, the assignor will assume the assignee's seniority. (5) It is further understood that the procedures outlined herein are not to be considered optional on the part of either assignor or assignee. (6) Except in emergency situations, supervisory personnel will not cover open flights without first assigning a reserve. (N) Flight Time Limitations; Charters. The flight time limitations --------------------------------- provided in paragraph (A) of this Article shall include all flight time during which an employee is assigned on regularly scheduled, publicity, extra-section, charters, [except those charters operated under the provisions of Article 18(E)(2) and (3)], ferry, scenic and other flights on which he or she performs regular flight duties. (O) Request for Relief From Duty. An employee assigned to a flight ---------------------------- which has been delayed at his or her domicile or satellite may request relief four (4) hours after reporting for duty in connection with such flight. Relief will be supplied if a relief employee is available. The employee requesting such relief will remain on duty and depart with a flight unless a relief arrives prior to the flight's departure. An employee relieved pursuant to this section will be granted a minimum of ten (10) hours of rest immediately following his/her release. At the end of such rest period, he/she may be balanced in accordance with Article 18. (P) Non-Pay Status. During any calendar month when an employee is -------------- in a non-pay status, such Flight Attendant will be credited with the applicable daily rate for flight time limitation purposes only. (Q) Jury Duty. When a Flight Attendant is called to jury duty, the --------- Flight Attendant shall immediately notify the Company and the Company shall release the Flight Attendant from flight duty for the duration of such jury duty. For each day a Flight Attendant is required to be available for jury duty, the Flight Attendant shall be paid the daily credit rate, less any jury duty pay received. A Flight Attendant receiving pay and credit pursuant to this provision shall expeditiously report to his/her manager the amount of Government remuneration received. A Flight Attendant who suffers a loss of credit due to period(s) of jury duty shall not be subject to balance. ARTICLE 6 / Page 8 (R) FAA Minimum Rest Regulations. ---------------------------- FAA minimum rest regulations are as follows:
*Duty periods longer than 18 hours may be assigned only for operations to or from outside the 48 contiguous states. (1) Domestic Operation. A Flight Attendant on the Domestic ------------------ operation will not be scheduled out of his/her domicile, satellite or layover station to be on duty for more than thirteen (13) consecutive hours. Such Flight Attendant shall not be required to remain on duty for more than fifteen (15) consecutive hours. A Flight Attendant who exceeds fifteen (15) hours on duty will be compensated at the appropriate hourly rate for all hours in excess of fourteen (14) hours. Such compensation will be in addition to that computed under Paragraph (D) of this Article. Notwithstanding the above, an employee who is scheduled to complete a flight assignment by deadhead return to domicile or satellite may be scheduled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours on duty, provided that the working portions of such on-duty period do not exceed the normal on-duty limitations. For purposes of this section, an employee's on-duty period cannot be broken by an off-duty period of: (a) Less than sixteen (16) hours at domicile after a Domestic flight prior to taking an International flight, except as provided under Article 18(G) [Back- to-Back Flying]; or (b) Less than ten (10) hours, at domicile or, in the case of relief from duty at a point where adequate sleeping accommodations are not provided in the immediate vicinity of the airport; or (c) Of less than eight (8) hours in the case of relief from duty at any airport where suitable and adequate sleeping accommodations are provided and available in the immediate vicinity of the airport. In accordance with FAA minimum rest regulations, no less than nine (9) hours may be scheduled but in actual operation, such rest may be waived to eight (8) hours, in which event the Flight ARTICLE 6 / Page 9 Attendant must receive no less than ten (10) hours in his/her next rest period. (d) For purposes of this paragraph, immediately vicinity of the airport shall be defined as not more than fifteen (:15) minutes normal driving time. An employee will not be assigned to any duty with the Company during any rest period specified in this section. For purposes of this section, the on-duty period shall include the report time and debriefing time as applicable. (2) International Operation. Flight Attendants shall receive ----------------------- minimum rest periods at their domicile or satellite of no less than twenty-four (24) hours from release to report following any International flight, except as provided under Article 18(G) (Back-to-Back Flying). (a) Rest periods shall commence upon the completion of the thirty minute (:30) de-briefing time or upon release from duty at domiciles and satellites. (b) At International layover stations the Company shall provide a minimum rest period of at least twelve (12) hours scheduled from release to report and a minimum rest of ten (10) hours actual from release to report; provided, however, that rest following duty periods in excess of fourteen (14) hours shall be provided in accordance with (R) above. (c) During the rest periods provided in this paragraph the employee shall be free from all duty with the Company. (d) An employee on the International operation will not be scheduled out of his/her domicile, satellite or layover station to be on duty in excess of fourteen (14) consecutive hours, except to the extent necessitated by a nonstop flight or to meet the requirements of a military charter flight or to those charter flights operated under the provisions of Article 18(E)(2) and (3) [Charters]. Actual hours on duty in excess of fourteen (14) will be compensated at the appropriate hourly rate. Such compensation will be in addition to that computed under paragraph (D) of this Article. (e) For purposes of this section, the on-duty period shall include the report time referred to in paragraph (E)(1) above and the thirty minute (:30) debriefing time. NOTE: An on-duty period consisting solely of deadheading shall not include debriefing time. ARTICLE 6 / Page 10 (S) Contractual relief from all duty for not less than twenty-four (24) consecutive hours must be granted any bid line Flight Attendant at his/her domicile or satellite at least once during any seven (7) consecutive calendar days. Contractual relief from all duty for not less than twenty-four (24) consecutive hours must be granted any reserve Flight Attendant at his/her domicile at least once during any seven (7) consecutive calendar days. FAR relief from all duty for not less than twenty-four (24) consecutive hours must be granted any reserve Flight Attendant at his/her domicile or layover station at least once during any seven (7) consecutive calendar days. (T) Rest Seats/Facilities. --------------------- (1) The Company shall provide adequate rest facilities for Flight Attendants on all flights and will provide facilities equal to those used by other crew members. On flight(s) scheduled for less than ten (10) hours flight time in a single on-duty period and so long as a First Class seat is blocked out for the cockpit crew on such flights, the Company will block one (1) First Class seat in the First Class cabin for use exclusively for Flight Attendants. On international flight(s) scheduled for eight (8) or more hours flight time in a single on-duty period, and a seat is available after take-off, such seat on that flight may be used as a rest seat. Flight Attendants will be accorded the same prerogatives as may be extended to pilots under similar circumstances, including eating and sleeping. The provisions of this paragraph concerning rest facilities in the polar operation are satisfied on the basis that the Company will block and enclose two (2) First Class type seats in the First Class cabin for use exclusively by Flight Attendants. In addition, on international flight(s) scheduled for ten (10) or more hours flight time in a single on-duty period, the Company will block and curtain two (2) First Class seats in the First Class cabin for use exclusively by Flight Attendants. (2) In the event the Company operates aircraft larger than the B767 in its international operations and the block time in a single on duty period is ten (10) hours or more, the rest facilities provided exclusively for Flight Attendant use will be increased at a ratio of one (1) additional rest seat for each three (3) working Cabin Attendants above the B767 bid staffing of seven (7) Cabin Attendants. (For example, in the event the Company operates a 747 aircraft with thirteen (13) or more working Cabin Attendants [Flight Service Manager and 12 Flight Attendants or more], TWA will provide two (2) additional crew rest seats). (U) Guaranteed Days Off. A Flight Attendant not on reserve shall ------------------- receive a minimum of four (4) pre-scheduled two-day periods plus one (1) one-day period not pre-scheduled per month, at domicile, free from all duty with the Company. The two (2) day periods shall be indicated as such on the sequence bid sheets and shall be distributed throughout the month; however, one (1) two-day period will be subject to rescheduling as a result of initial balancing, but such period ARTICLE 6 / Page 11 must be rescheduled prior to the beginning of the bid month. Two (2) day periods for relief run holders will be established after the initial balancing. For purposes of this paragraph, the time for the commencement of days off shall be 0200 for each domicile and this time will not thereafter be changed unless mutually agreed to between the System Scheduling Committee and Vice President - In-Flight Services, at the Monthly Scheduling Meeting. After initial balancing has been accomplished, in the event that a Flight Attendant flies into a scheduled duty free period, such period shall commence at the designated time on the following day. If the entire duty free period is impinged upon, such period shall be rescheduled later in the bid month. Such duty free period shall not commence until the Flight Attendant has been released at domicile. If such rescheduling requires the removal of the Flight Attendant from a scheduled activity, the Company shall not be required to reschedule the two-day period unless the Flight Attendant calls Crew Schedule and requests the same. This specific request must be made to Crew Schedule no later than six (6) hours after the completion of the non-routine pairing that impinged on the guaranteed day off. Trades or request balance flights which result in interference with duty free periods shall not require the Company to reschedule the duty free period. (V) Reserve Flight Attendants. Flight Attendants on reserve shall ------------------------- be granted a reserve spread of twelve (12) days. All reserve spreads shall be considered immovable with the exception of one (1) spread, identified on the monthly bid sheet, which shall not be moved more than forty-eight (48) hours except by mutual agreement or when necessary to accomplish training for the Flight Attendant. Assignment of reserve spreads shall be made in accordance with preference bid in seniority order. A minimum of twenty percent (20%) of Cabin Attendant reserve spreads initially awarded shall consist of twelve (12) consecutive days. The remaining eighty percent (80%) of such Cabin Attendant reserve spreads shall be awarded as three, four, or six (6) day spreads, which in combination with the twelve day spread, may not exceed four (4) separate spreads. Such Cabin Attendant Reserve spreads or combinations thereof may be discontinued by mutual consent of the parties with notification to the Director of Crew Schedule no later than the first of the month preceding the affected month. (W) Equipment Substitution. Subject to the provisions of Paragraph ---------------------- 6(Z), (1) In the event that a different type of equipment should be substituted on any scheduled flight or flight segment of a Flight Attendant holding a bid run and such Flight Attendant is qualified on the substituted equipment he/she will fly such substituted equipment. (2) Should an equipment substitution as above occur at the Flight Attendant's domicile and the Flight Attendant is not qualified to fly the substituted equipment, the Company may require such Flight Attendant to protect any segment of such flight assignment. A Flight Attendant may be required to deadhead into position to protect any segment of the Flight Attendant's flight assignment. ARTICLE 6 / Page 12 (3) Should an equipment substitution as above occur at other than the Flight Attendant's domicile, the Flight Attendant shall be scheduled as an extra crew member in accordance with the Away From Domicile Scheduling Policy. (4) At Domicile (a) Those bid Cabin Attendants who were originally scheduled on the flight and are qualified to fly the substituted equipment will be assigned to such flight in seniority choice order. In the event no Cabin Attendant accepts the offer to work, the junior Cabin Attendant(s) may be assigned to work. (b) In the event the substituted equipment does not utilize a Service Manager, the Service Manager will not be allowed to exercise his/her Flight Attendant seniority on the substituted equipment. (5) Away From Domicile (a) Those bid Cabin Attendants who were originally scheduled on the flight and are qualified to fly the substituted equipment will be assigned to such flight in seniority choice order. In the event no Cabin Attendant accepts the offer to work, the junior Cabin Attendant(s) may be assigned to work. (b) In the event the substituted equipment does not utilize a Service Manager, the Service Manager will not be allowed to exercise his/her Flight Attendant seniority on the substituted equipment. The Service Manager may either be assigned to an open flight requiring a Service Manager or deadheaded to domicile. (X) Enhanced Trip Option; BLIM; Quarterly Limitations ------------------------------------------------- (1) Enhanced Trip Option. -------------------- (a) Full-line Flight Attendants. Full-line Flight --------------------------- Attendants may offer into open time trips ("ETO OFFER") which they would like to drop from their lines subject to Paragraph (3) below. If another Flight Attendant selects the offered trip from open time ("ETO TAKE"), the trip will be dropped from the offering Flight Attendant's line and placed in the receiving Flight Attendant's line. Until the offered trip is selected by another Flight Attendant, the offering Flight Attendant will remain responsible for the trip. A selected trip must not conflict with any existing assignments and all contractual legalities must be observed. ARTICLE 6 / Page 13 (b) Alternate Line Flight Attendants. Alternate Line -------------------------------- Flight Attendants may not utilize ETO OFFER. Alternate Line Flight Attendants may utilize ETO TAKE up to the maximum credit limit of fifty-five (55:00) hours per month. (c) The provisions of TWA/IFFA Arbitration Case No. 81-0057 "Claimed Reserve Guarantee" shall not apply to Flight Attendants whose monthly guarantees have been reduced pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 6(X). (d) The terms "initial line projection", "credit limit", "85:00 credit hours" and "guarantee" as used in Article 6 and Article 18, are applicable to a Flight Attendant who has exercised the Enhanced Trip Option. As described herein, those terms shall be construed to mean the increased or decreased values, as may be applicable, resulting from the application of the provisions of this Paragraph 6(X). (e) LOD/ETO. An ETO trip that has language of destination (LOD) assigned to the sequence shall have the LOD requirement considered prior to the processing of the ETO trip. The LOD Flight Attendant who selects such a trip must be same language qualified as the LOD Flight Attendant offering the trip. (f) ETO FOR RESERVES. A reserve flight Attendant may add trips by utilizing the provision of the Enhanced Trip Option (ETO) in accordance with Art. 18(D)(8)(l)(3). Pay for such additional ETO trip(s) shall be paid over and above the Reserve Guarantee. (g) SICK LEAVE ALLOWANCE/ETO UNDER 32:30. Sick leave accrual shall not apply to a Flight Attendant who, through the use of the Enhanced Trip Option (ETO), reduces his/her time and as a result completes a month with less than 32:30 pay hours. (h) VACATION ALLOWANCE UNDER 32:30. Vacation accrual shall not apply to a Flight Attendant who, through the use of the Enhanced Trip Option (ETO), reduces his/her time and as a result completes a month with less than 32:30 pay hours. (2) IP/BLIM. ------- (a) IP/BLIM Decrease. When the trip is dropped, the initial ---------------- line projection ("IP") and Block Limitation "(BLIM") [established pursuant to the provisions of Article ARTICLE 6 / Page 14 18(D)(7)(c], the credit limit [initially 85:00 hours pursuant to the provisions of Article 6(A)], and the minimum guarantee [initially 65:00 pursuant to the provisions of Article 3] of the offering Flight Attendant will each be reduced by the amount of the credit of the dropped trip. (b) IP/BLIM Increase. The initial line projection and the ---------------- credit limit of the Flight Attendant adding a trip through ETO will be increased by the number of credit hours of the trip received. If the current Block Projection is less than the current Block Limitation (95:00 hours) and there is an ETO added trip, the current Block Limitation should be increased by the scheduled block value of the added ETO trip. If the current Block Projection is equal to or greater than the current Block Limitation, a new Block Limitation will be established. The scheduled value of each additional ETO trip will be added to the current Block Projection, and the value of such Block Projection becomes the new Block Limitation (BLIM). If a Flight Attendant adds a trip, by using ETO, and that trip extends over the end of a bid period and that Flight Attendant is then awarded reserve in the new month, the normal 85:00 hour reserve BLIM will remain in the new month. If that Flight Attendant is later moved up to an open time line, the added ETO block time will be added to the normal 95:00 BLIM. Notwithstanding the above, and purposes of this paragraph only, a flight Attendant who picks up the additional block time through actual operation, anytime during the month, shall not be subject to trip removal for exceeding the adjusted block cap limitation unless such projected monthly block time, including the additional block time, exceeds the adjusted block cap limit by more than one (1) hour. (c) Exceeding BLIM. A Flight Attendant may add a trip or -------------- trips through open-time trading or self-balancing that exceeds the normal 95:00 Block Limitation or the adjusted Block Limitation established through ETO activity. BLIM shall not be raised as a result of open-time trading or self-balancing pursuant to the terms of this Paragraph. EXCEPTION: To recover loss of time pursuant to Article 6(Z) and Article 18(D)(7), the Company may balance a Flight Attendant up to the newly-established scheduled block hours. (For example: A Flight Attendant trades into a 2-day 10:00 hour trip that increases scheduled block hours from 90:00 hours to 100:00 hours. BLIM will remain at 95:00 hours. In the event a Flight Attendant suffers a loss of time which would allow the Company to balance the Flight Attendant [whether through Article 6(Z) or Article 18(D)(F)], the Company may not balance the Flight Attendant to exceed the newly-established ARTICLE 6 / Page 15 scheduled block hours of 100:00 hours. At the Flight Attendant's sole option, he or she may elect to exceed the maximum block hours). (3) Quarterly Minimums. ------------------ (a) Full-line Flight Attendants shall be required to accrue flight credit hours as defined in Article 6(B) of not less than 150:00 flight credit hours during each quarter. (b) A quarter shall be defined as January, February, and March (1st Quarter), April, May, and June (2nd Quarter), July, August, and September (3rd Quarter), and October, November, and December (4th Quarter). (c) Full-line Flight Attendants may offer trips into ETO which they would like to drop from their lines. In no event may a Flight Attendant offer a trip into ETO which would require the offering Flight Attendant to be scheduled in excess of sixty-five (65:00) credit hours in Month 3 of the Quarter in order to satisfy the 150:00 hours quarterly minimum limitation. (d) Excess credit carried forward as "bowwave" shall not be credited towards the quarterly minimum. Bowwave used to drop trips shall be credited towards the quarterly minimum. In connection with Article 18(D)(7)(f)(4)(g)(2), a full- line Flight Attendant shall be entitled to drop trip(s) up to a maximum of twenty-five (25) flight credit hours per month. (Y) Drug/Alcohol Testing. Drug/alcohol testing will not be -------------------- considered an extension of an on-duty period. Nonetheless, if a Flight Attendant will not receive minimum rest between release from the drug/alcohol test and report for his/her next assignment, he/she shall be released from the next assignment provided a request is made to Crew Schedule as soon as practicable after the Flight Attendant becomes aware that he/she will not receive minimum rest, but in no case later than departure from the drug testing facility. Flight Attendants removed from assignment in accordance with this paragraph shall be treated as having suffered a loss of flight time credit due to illegality and shall be subject to balance in accordance with the provisions of Article 18. A Flight Attendant who does not advise Crew Schedule before leaving the drug testing facility that a drug test has resulted in less than minimum rest may not thereafter be removed from his/her next assignment due to an untimely claim of having received less than minimum rest. (Z) Guaranteed Trip Protection. -------------------------- (1) Subject to Paragraph 3(a) and 3(b) below, Credit and Pay Protection will be provided for a bid Flight Attendant who suffers a loss of credit and pay on any trip of the month, including VFL trip(s), and a Reserve ARTICLE 6 / Page 16 Flight Attendant who trades into a trip on his/her scheduled days off as a result of all: (a) Cancellations. (b) Non-routine operations resulting in a loss of flight credit and pay including, but not limited to cancellation of flight segments and/or illegality of Flight Attendant(s) in connection with any trip. (c) Equipment substitution. (d) Inversals. (e) Company-created errors. (f) Move-ups. (g) Transitions. (h) Schedule changes. (2) The Flight Attendant shall be protected for the original trip and shall receive flight credit and pay for the protected trip or the trip actually worked, whichever is greater. For transitions, the Flight Attendant shall be protected for the original trip or the transition trip, whichever is greater. (3) This Article provides for complete credit and pay protection under specific circumstances on a trip-by-trip basis. As such, the loss of credit and balancing provisions shall be handled in accordance with Article 6(Z)(5). Should the Flight Attendant go non-routine and become illegal for his or her next flight activity, the Flight Attendant shall be protected for the affected trip provided that the "buffer" provisions contained herein have been satisfied. (In the event the Company sequences a trip, initially balances a Flight Attendant, or progressively balances a Flight Attendant under Article 18(D)(7) with less than the 12-hour buffer, the Flight Attendant shall be entitled to Trip Protection). Buffers. Flight assignments that are the result of ------- Flight Attendant trades (including MTD, OTD, SBL, and ETO) shall be protected subject to the following: (a) 12-Hour Buffer. A Flight Attendant must schedule himself or herself so that there is a minimum 12 hour duty-free period between the scheduled release time and scheduled report time of any 2 flight assignments. Failure to provide the minimum 12 hour duty-free period between the 2 flight assignments eliminates trip protection for the 2nd flight assignment. (b) 16-Hour Buffer. When a Flight Attendant is on a flight assignment (subsequent to block out of the first flight segment) and adds a flight assignment that is the next flight assignment, the Flight Attendant must provide a minimum ARTICLE 6 / Page 17 16 hour duty-free period from the scheduled release of the first flight assignment until scheduled report time of the next flight assignment. Failure to provide the minimum 16 hour duty-free period eliminates trip protection for the added flight assignment. (4) Credit and Pay Protection shall be provided for the entire value of the protected trip whether the trip operated totally within the current bid month or partially within the current bid month and partially within the following month. (5) In exchange for such protection, the Company shall retain the right to recover lost flight credit on the same calendar days as the protected trip in accordance with the following procedures: (a) When a loss of credit and pay as defined in paragraph 6(Z)(1)(a)-(h) above occurs, the Company may balance the Flight Attendant on a recovery trip(s) at the domicile provided that such trip(s) is scheduled to return to the Flight Attendant's domicile and release the Flight Attendant on the same calendar day as the trip for which protected. Such recovery trip(s) shall be scheduled to return the Flight Attendant to domicile in order to be legal for his/her next trip. The Company may balance the Flight Attendant on a recovery trip that is contained in hard time, soft time, or offered in ETO by another Flight Attendant. The Company may also balance the Flight Attendant on a recovery trip that has been previously assigned and/or partially flown by a Reserve Flight Attendant, except in cases where the Reserve Flight Attendant is flying on his or her days off. In the event the Reserve Flight Attendant has reported for the previously assigned flight and/or has flown a portion of the trip, he or she shall be entitled to call-out pay or credit for the portion of the trip actually flown, whichever is greater, as provided in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. (b) If, in actual operation, the recovery trip(s) causes the Flight Attendant to be illegal for his or her next scheduled trip, the Flight Attendant will be protected subject to Paragraph (3) above. (c) If the Flight Attendant is subject to balance in accordance with the above provisions and immediately assignment cannot be made, he/she shall only be required to contact Crew Schedule during the next call-in for which he/she is legal, if applicable. The Company shall not balance the Flight Attendant on any flight which departs prior to the scheduled check-in of the original flight without the prior consent of the Flight Attendant. However, the Flight ARTICLE 6 / Page 18 Attendant may initiate contact at any time when a trip becomes available. (d) In the case of multiple balance trips, the Flight Attendant must be notified of all balance trips simultaneously. (e) "Trip Protection" Balance Trips. ------------------------------- (1) If the Flight Attendant self-balances on the same calendar day(s) as the protected trip (increases flight time), Guaranteed Trip Protection shall still apply and the Flight Attendant shall receive credit and pay for the protected trip or the trip actually worked, whichever is greater. For trips that operate on different day(s) or if the trip trade causes a decrease in time, the Flight Attendant shall lose the Guaranteed Trip Protection and shall receive the total credit and pay of the trip(s) actually flown. (2) If the Flight Attendant places the "Trip Protection" balance trip into ETO, it shall be subject to the provisions of Article 6(X). In the event another Flight Attendant selects the offered trip from ETO or the offered trip is used by Crew Schedule for any reason, the offering Flight Attendant shall be entitled to the credit for the difference between the Guaranteed Trip Protection and the balance trip that is dropped from his or her line. (3) Prior to a "Trip Protection" balance trip being placed in the Flight Attendant's line, he or she may request Balance Avoidance in accordance with Article 18(D)(7)(f)2. (f) A Flight Attendant who has a pairing offered in ETO and that pairing cancels while in the ETO offer position, shall not be provided trip protection. The Company will reduce the applicable credit and pay projection. (g) The provisions of this Article 6(Z) shall not apply to trips that are affected by any TWA IAM-represented employees' unlawful work stoppage or unlawful job action, including that of TWA Flight Attendants. The determination that there was an unlawful job action or work stoppage may only be determined by a Court of law or arbitration decision. In the event there is a determination that there was an unlawful job action or work stoppage by IAM-represented employees, ARTICLE 6 / Page 19 the Company shall be entitled to recoup all overpayments relating to Trip Protection payments (i.e. the difference between the credit and pay of the protected trip(s) and the credit and pay of the trip(s) actually worked). At the Company's option, the recoupment may be in one (1) lump sum. The Company shall provide documentation relating to the recoupment of any overpayment. ARTICLE 6 / Page 20 ARTICLE 7 PASSES (A) Passes. Employees shall be entitled to personal transportation ------- passes as issued in accordance with Company regulations. A Class 3, positive term pass, or its equivalent, shall be granted to the Local Lodge 1997 President, Local Lodge 1997 Vice President, Local Lodge 1997 Secretary/Treasurer, Local Lodge 1997 Executive Board Members, Negotiating Committee, Grievance Representatives, and Full-time Representatives, for use on union business, subject to applicable Federal regulations. (B) Union Member System Board of Adjustment Passes. Union members ----------------------------------------------- of the System Board(s) of Adjustment who are required to travel on the Company's system in connection with official Union business shall be issued positive space passes, subject to applicable Federal regulations. (C) Reduced Rate Transportation on Union Business. Reduced rate ---------------------------------------------- transportation shall be available for employees on Union business to the same degree as for personal business in accordance with Company regulations. This in no way shall be construed as affecting the present policy regarding passes for Union business. Witnesses and representatives who are employees of the Company shall receive positive free transportation over the lines of the Company from the point of duty to the point of hearing and return. (D) Jumpseat Authority. The exclusive use of cabin jumpseat ------------------- authority for personal business shall be granted to active Flight Attendants, on a first come, first served basis, in accordance with Company policy and procedures. On flights on which Additional Crew Members (ACM) and cabin jumpseat authority have been authorized, when a Flight Attendant is utilizing an XCAP for personal business, cabin passenger seat assignments shall be made among XCAPs and ACMs, regardless of rank, using Company seniority. The priorities of cabin attendant jumpseat authority shall be: XCAP 1 Essential Flight Attendant personnel proceeding to or from a flight assignment when no passenger seat is available. XCAP 2 Urgent Flight Attendant familiarization or Management personnel traveling to, from or on Company business. XCAP 3 Flight Attendant on family or personal emergency XCAP 4 Flight Attendant on Union business XCAP 5 Flight Attendant personal business--First come/First Served NOTE - The above is applicable to those Flight Attendants who are in an active status ARTICLE 7 / Page 1 (E) Retired Employees. Employees who at the time of retirement are ------------------ covered by this Agreement shall receive pass privileges in accordance with the policy and regulations specified in the Company Management Policy and Procedure Manual (provided federal law permits). In addition to the above, employees who have fifteen (15) or more years of service with the Company and who retire under the Flight Attendant Retirement Plan at age fifty (50) shall be entitled to retiree term pass and reduced rate transportation privileges for self, spouse and eligible dependents. (F) Age 45 Retirement/Voluntary Termination. Employees who ---------------------------------------- voluntarily terminate or retire at age forty-five (45) with a minimum of fifteen (15) years of service will be provided with a calendar year complement of six (6) Class 9 adult trip passes and three (3) Class 9 children trip passes. Employees who retire will also be entitled to receive unlimited reduced rates. However, employees who voluntarily terminate will be entitled to unlimited reduced rates on TWA and will receive reduced rates on other airlines only to the extent such is authorized by appropriate interline agreement between the Company and other airlines. (G) Disability Retirement. Employees who disability retire with ---------------------- fifteen (15) years of service will be entitled to receive a retirement term pass and reduced rate transportation privileges. (H) Employee Pass Privileges. Employees will be afforded free and ------------------------- reduced rate transportation as established by Company policy on the date of signing of this Agreement which will not be changed or discontinued during the term of this Agreement without first giving the Union thirty (30) days notice of the reason therefor and affording the Union an opportunity to confer with the Company. (I) Improvements in Pass Policy. Any improvements in the pass ---------------------------- policy which the Company extends to employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement will likewise be extended to Flight Attendants. (J) Furloughed/Displaced Flight Attendant Passes. Flight --------------------------------------------- Attendants who are furloughed or displaced to another geographic location and remain active are entitled to unlimited Class 8 displacement passes, service charge exempt, for a period not to exceed twelve (12) months. Such service charge exempt Class 8 passes shall be issued through the local pass office and shall be used between the on-line station nearest the Flight Attendant's residence and the new domicile and shall be limited to travel in connection with work assignments. ARTICLE 7 / Page 2 (K) Emergency Pass Privileges. When a member of an employee's -------------------------- immediate family dies or suffers serious illness, such employee will be granted emergency pass privileges in accordance with the Company's Management Policy and Procedure Manual. The priority of any pass granted pursuant to this section shall not be less than the priority of such pass as provided in the Company's Management Policy and Procedure Manual on the effective date of this Agreement. Immediate family as used in this paragraph shall mean spouse, children, father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, sister, brother, stepbrother, stepsister, grandparents, and legal guardian. (L) In-law Passes. Effective January 1, 2000, a Flight -------------- Attendant's father-in-law and mother-in-law shall be afforded access to purchase up to eight (8) I.D. 90 tickets in a year for travel on TWA provided that such Flight Attendant's pass allotment benefit includes eligible dependent children. ARTICLE 7 / Page 3 ARTICLE 8 SICK LEAVE (A) Sick Leave Accrual. Sick leave allowance will accrue at the ------------------ rate of 5.0 hours for each month of continuous service, to a maximum of seven hundred fifty (750) hours. A Flight Attendant on leave of absence or furlough status shall retain but not accrue sick leave credit. Except as provided in Article 6(X) (Sick Leave Allowance/ETO), continuous service shall be considered as fifteen (15) days of service in a contractual month and less than fifteen (15) days shall not be considered. (B) Proof of Illness; Written Statement. The Company may require ----------------------------------- proof of illness or physical disability by doctor's certificate for illnesses of ten (10) or more days or where there has been an abuse of sick leave. For illnesses of less than ten (10) days, the Company may require a written statement as to the nature of the extended illness. (C) Entitlement to Sick Leave Credit. A bid Flight Attendant will -------------------------------- be entitled to sick leave on the first day the Flight Attendant is unable to report for scheduled flight duty. A reserve Flight Attendant will be entitled to sick leave on each day that the Flight Attendant is unavailable to be scheduled for reserve duty. (D) Three (3) Banks. There shall be three types of banks: (1) --------------- Industrial Injury Bank (consisting of 120 days or 288:00 hours @ 2:24 per day), (2) Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank; and (3) Master Personal Illness Bank. (E) Bid Run Flight Attendant. A Flight Attendant who holds a bid ------------------------ run and misses a trip or trips as a result of personal illness shall be paid as follows: (1) Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank. ---------------------------------- (a) Flight Attendant with Sixty (60:00) Flight Credit ------------------------------------------------- Hours in the Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank. At ----------------------------------------------- the beginning of each calendar year, a maximum of sixty (60:00) credit hours shall be deducted from the Flight Attendant's Master Personal Illness Bank and placed in the Flight Attendant's Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank to the extent that such Flight Attendant has accrued sick leave credit. The Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank shall be used for payment of trips missed up to sixty (60) flight credit hours. A bid Flight Attendant, with a Sixty (60:00) Credit Hours in his or her Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank, shall receive credit for the value of trip(s) missed up to sixty (60) flight credit hours per calendar year. During any given month, a Flight Attendant who has sufficient flight credit hours in his or her Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank to cover a specific trip, shall be paid on the basis of the then scheduled flight pay for the trip missed. If the flight credit hours in the Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank are not sufficient to cover a specific ARTICLE 8 / Page 1 trip, he or she will receive the daily credit rate of four (4:00) hours to be deducted from the Master Illness Personal Illness Bank for the scheduled flight duty. Any leftover credit hours in the Trips Missed Personal Illness bank will remain. Upon exhaustion of the Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank [below four (4:00) hours], the Flight Attendant will receive the daily credit rate of four (4:00) flight credit hours to be deducted from the Master Personal Illness Bank for the scheduled flight duty. Under this Paragraph, a Flight Attendant's monthly flight credit may exceed 72:00 flight credit hours. (b) Flight Attendant with Less than Sixty (60:00) Flight ---------------------------------------------------- Credit Hours in the Trips Missed Personal Illness ------------------------------------------------- Bank. At the beginning of each calendar year, a ---- Flight Attendant who has less than sixty (60:00) flight credit hours in his or her Master Personal Illness Bank shall have that lesser amount placed in the Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank. The Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank shall be used for payment of trips missed up to the amount of credit hours in the Flight Attendant's Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank. A bid Flight Attendant shall receive credit for the value of trip(s) missed up to the amount of flight credit hours contained in his or her Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank. During any given month, a Flight Attendant who has sufficient flight credit hours in his or her Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank to cover a specific trip, shall receive credit for the value of the trip missed and be paid on the basis of the then scheduled flight pay for the trip missed. If the flight credit hours in the Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank are not sufficient to cover a specific trip, he or she will receive the daily credit rate of four (4:00) flight credit hours to be deducted from the Master Personal Illness Bank for the scheduled flight duty. Any leftover credit hours in the Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank will remain. Upon exhaustion of the Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank [below four (4:00) hours], the Flight Attendant will receive the daily credit rate of four (4:00) hours to be deducted from his or her Master Personal Illness Bank for the scheduled flight duty. Under this Paragraph, a Flight Attendant's monthly flight credit may exceed 72:00 flight credit hours. (2) If, upon return to active status, the Flight Attendant's monthly flight credit is below 65:00 (if a Full Line Flight Attendant) or 32:30 (if an Alternate Line Flight Attendant), he or she shall be subject to balance pursuant to Article 18(D)(7)(g). ARTICLE 8 / Page 2 (3) Reserve Flight Attendant. A reserve Flight Attendant ------------------------ shall receive 4:00 flight credit hours for each day he or she is unavailable to be scheduled for reserve duty, which shall be deducted from the Master Personal Illness Bank. (4) A Flight Attendant who is unavailable for scheduled flight duty or reserve duty for an entire bid month and who has exhausted his or her Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank shall receive a maximum of 72:00 flight credit hours which shall be deducted from his or her Master Personal Illness Bank. (5) At the end of each calendar year, any unused Trips Missed Personal Illness hours shall be transferred to the Master Personal Illness Bank. (6) A Flight Attendant who is unavailable for assignments other than flight duty, due to illness, will receive the daily credit rate of two hours and thirty (2:30) minutes for each day of assignment. Such daily credit rate shall be deducted from the Master Personal Illness Bank. (F) Exhaustion of Sick Leave. At such time as a Flight Attendant's ------------------------ sick leave accrual is less than the daily credit rate of four (4:00) hours, the Flight Attendant's base pay shall be reduced by 1/14 of the bi-weekly pay for each day of continued illness. The Flight Attendant will receive the daily credit rate of four (4:00) hours for each day of scheduled duty when absent for flight time limitation purposes. (G) Family Emergency. ----------------- (1) When a member of a Flight Attendant's immediate family dies or suffers serious illness, the Flight Attendant shall, upon request, be placed on Family Emergency. A Reserve Flight Attendant shall be paid four (4:00) flight credit hours for each day of unavailability for scheduled reserve duty, provided he or she has accrued sick leave. A bid Flight Attendant shall be paid at the rate of four (4:00) flight credit hours for each day he or she is unavailable for scheduled flight duty, provided he or she has accrued sick leave. The Flight Attendant's Master Personal Illness Bank shall be charged accordingly to the extent that such Flight Attendant has accrued sick leave credit. (2) One occurrence of Family Emergency shall be defined as scheduled flight duty if a bid Flight Attendant or scheduled availability for reserve duty if a Reserve Flight Attendant within a seven (7) calendar day period. A Flight Attendant shall be entitled to two (2) occurrences per calendar year. Upon request by the Flight Attendant, the two (2) occurrences may be used consecutively for a total of fourteen (14) consecutive calendar days. If a bid Flight Attendant has scheduled flight duty or if a Reserve Flight Attendant is scheduled to ARTICLE 8 / Page 3 be available for reserve duty and he or she has exhausted Family Emergency days, those additional days used for Family Emergency will be categorized as without pay, and pay guarantee, will, therefore, be reduced accordingly. In the event a Flight Attendant's monthly pay guarantee falls below 65:00 hours (if a full-line Flight Attendant) or below 32:30 (if an alternate-line Flight Attendant), he or she may apply for Balance Avoidance in connection with Article 18(D)(7)(f). Upon return to duty, a Flight Attendant shall not be subject to balance provided his or her monthly pay guarantee remains above 65:00 hours (if a full-line Flight Attendant or above 32:30 (if an alternate-line Flight Attendant). (3) Immediate family as used in this Paragraph (G) shall mean spouse, children, mother, father, stepfather, stepmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, sister, brother, stepbrother, stepsister, grandparents, grandchildren, and legal guardian. (4) In conjunction with such time off duty, an employee will be granted emergency pass privileges in accordance with the Company's Management Policy and Procedure Manual. The priority of any pass granted pursuant to this section (G) shall not be less than the priority of such pass as provided in the Company's Management Policy and Procedure Manual on the effective date of this Agreement. For purposes of this Paragraph, the Company shall not be required to expand the Management Policy and Procedure Manual to provide pass privileges to include emergency travel for a grandchild. (H) Excess Flight Credit. During any month that a Flight Attendant -------------------- has used sick leave credit (whether for family emergency or personal illness), any flight credit in excess of 85:00 hours shall be paid off and will not be carried forward. (I) Industrial Illness/Injury. During an employee's absence due to ------------------------- occupational illness or injury compensable under the applicable Workers' Compensation Law, he or she shall receive from the Company the following benefits: (1) The bid Flight Attendant shall be paid on the basis of the then scheduled flight pay for the first trip missed and the Flight Attendant's Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank shall be charged accordingly, to the extent such Flight Attendant has accrued sick leave credit as provided in Paragraph (E). If such Bank has insufficient time to cover the entire trip missed, the Master Personal Illness Bank shall be charged at the daily credit rate of four (4:00) hours for each day of such scheduled duty. A reserve Flight Attendant shall be paid and credited the daily credit rate of four (4:00) hours for each day he or she is unavailable to be scheduled for reserve duty, up to a maximum of five (5) days, and the Flight Attendant's Master Personal Illness Bank shall be charged accordingly, to the extent such Flight Attendant has accrued sick leave credit. ARTICLE 8 / Page 4 (2) Commencing with the second trip missed (or no later than the sixth day for a reserve) and for a total period of one hundred twenty (120) consecutive calendar days, a Flight Attendant shall be paid and credited the daily credit rate of 2:24 hours offset by no more than the Workers' Compensation payments for which the flight attendant is eligible. Such credit (2:24 hr. [1 day]) shall be deducted from the Flight Attendant's Industrial Injury Bank for each day of such off-duty status. (3) For the first month that a Flight Attendant is absent due to occupational illness or injury, his or her flight credit shall be: (a) A bid Flight Attendant shall receive (i) the value of the first trip missed providing he or she has sufficient hours in the Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank and thereafter the daily credit rate of 2:24 hours shall apply to each calendar day that the Flight Attendant is absent due to industrial illness or injury or (ii) four (4:00) hours for each day of scheduled flight duty of the first scheduled trip if the Flight Attendant does not have sufficient hours in his or her Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank and thereafter the daily credit rate of 2:24 hours shall apply for each calendar day that the Flight Attendant is absent due to industrial illness or injury. Under this paragraph, a Flight Attendant's monthly flight credit may exceed seventy-two (72:00) flight credit hours. (b) A reserve Flight Attendant shall receive four (4:00) hours for each day he or she is unavailable for reserve duty, up to a maximum of five (5) calendar days and thereafter the daily credit rate of 2:24 hours shall apply for each calendar day that the Flight Attendant is absent due to industrial illness or injury. (4) For all following months thereafter, a Flight Attendant shall receive daily credit of 2:24 hours for each calendar day absent up to a maximum of seventy-two (72:00) flight credit hours per month. (5) Upon completion of the one hundred twenty (120) consecutive calendar days as referred to in (2) above, the Flight Attendant will advise the Company in writing that he/she elects to either receive Workers' Compensation or use their Master Personal Illness Bank: (a) The bid Flight Attendant may use his or her Master Personal Illness Bank on the basis of the then- scheduled flight pay of the trip(s) missed during such subsequent period. The scheduled flight credit of the trip(s) missed shall first be deducted from the Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank and thereafter, the flight credit shall be deducted from the Master Personal Illness Bank up to seventy-two (72:00) flight ARTICLE 8 / Page 5 credit hours per month and offset by no more than Workers' Compensation payments for which the employee is eligible. The Flight Attendant shall be required to mock bid under this provision. (b) A Flight Attendant without credit in his or her Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank or a reserve Flight Attendant shall have such credit deducted from the Master Personal Illness Bank up to seventy-two (72:00) flight credit hours per month offset by no more than Worker's Compensation payments, providing such Flight Attendant has accrued sick leave credit. (6) When a Flight Attendant is off duty due to an industrial injury and is receiving pay from the Company under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), above, such Flight Attendant shall continue to accrue vacation and sick leave. These benefits shall be in lieu of any other payment provided for in this article for all absences due to the same illness or injury, and no deduction shall be made from her/his sick leave account for the payment provided by (2) above; however, payments made under (2), (3), and (4) above will be offset by Worker's Compensation payments for which the employee is eligible. A Flight Attendant absent from work under this provision shall continue to accrue seniority, including seniority for vacation, sick leave, and pay purposes during such absence subject to Article 15(B) of this Agreement. (J) Workers' Compensation Payments. Workers' Compensation payments ------------------------------ due a Flight Attendant under paragraph (I) above will be mailed directly to the affected employee. (K) Obligation to Prevent Sick Leave Abuse. The Flight Attendants -------------------------------------- and the IAM recognize their obligations to prevent abuse for reasons other than illness or other abuses of such sick leave privileges, and pledge their wholehearted cooperation to the Company to prevent abuse. (L) Flight Attendant Requirement When Calling Off Duty. A Flight -------------------------------------------------- Attendant will only be required to make one (1) call to Crew Schedule when such Flight Attendant is to be off duty due to personal illness, family illness or industrial injury as well as the expected duration of his/her absence. The Flight Attendant shall also provide a contact number which may be used by the Company for administrative purposes or to request a doctor's certificate. A Flight Attendant will not be required to obtain permission to leave his/her contact number. Furthermore, a Flight Attendant will not be disciplined solely for being unavailable at his/her contact number. (M) Posting of Sick Leave Accruals. The Company will post current ------------------------------ sick leave accruals for Flight Attendants on the monthly Flight Time Records (FTR). ARTICLE 8 / Page 6 (N) Mid Pairing Illness/Injury. -------------------------- (1) When a Flight Attendant calls off sick/injured midpairing and is unable to complete his/her next flight assignment, Operational Planning/Crew Schedule shall reconstruct the flight pairing to reflect that such assignment will be completed with a RETDO, return to domicile. A Flight Attendant who incurs illness or injury mid-pairing will be paid for the balance of the trip missed and returned to domicile, provided that the Flight Attendant has accrued sick leave credit in his or her Trips Missed Personal Illness Bank. If such Bank has insufficient time to cover the entire trip missed, the Flight Attendant shall receive four (4:00) flight credit hours for each day that the Flight Attendant was unavailable for the scheduled flight duty. The Master Personal Illness Bank shall be charged accordingly. In addition, the Flight Attendant shall receive flight credit for the portion of the trip actually worked. The Flight Attendant will be paid for the remainder of the original trip missed as scheduled, in accordance with the provisions of (E). (2) In addition, if the Flight Attendant calls off sick/injured mid-pairing or becomes ill while at a layover station, the Flight Attendant will continue to receive normal trip expenses until return to Domicile or Satellite or upon arrival of the regularly scheduled turnaround flight, whichever is earlier. (3) If the Flight Attendant is unable to return to Domicile or Satellite as normally scheduled, reasonable actual expenses, as determined by the Flight Attendant's Regional General Manager, will be paid for the period beyond that which is covered by trip expenses outlined above. Expenses of this nature include room (if not at a contract hotel), meals, telephone, transportation to and from the airport and transportation associated with required medical attention. Such expenses are to be reported on form G-118 by the Flight Attendant for approval by the supervisor. In the event the Flight Attendant is hospitalized away from Domicile or Satellite, reasonable actual expenses will not include rooms or meals. ARTICLE 8 / Page 7 ARTICLE 9 VACATIONS (A) Vacation Allowance. Employees based in the continental United ------------------ States will be eligible for vacation according to the number of full months in the employ of the Company in the preceding calendar year, computed according to the following schedule: Calendar Days to Be Allowed for Vacation According to Number of Years of Service with the Company Completed Prior to January 1 of Year Vacation is Due to be Taken Months Worked Prior to 4 Years 5 Through 8 Through 25 Years January 1 Or Less 7 Years 24 Years and Over --------- ------- ------- -------- -------- 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 5 3 2 3 5 8 4 3 5 6 10 5 4 6 8 13 6 5 7 10 15 7 6 9 11 18 8 6 10 13 20 9 7 11 14 23 10 8 12 16 25 11 9 13 18 27 12 10 14 19 29 Effective January 1, 2001 - ------------------------- Months Worked Prior to 4 Years 5 Through 8 Through 25 Years January 1 Or Less 7 Years 24 Years and Over --------- ------- ------- -------- -------- 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 4 6 3 3 4 6 9 4 4 6 8 12 5 5 7 10 15 6 6 9 12 18 7 7 10 14 21 8 8 12 16 24 9 9 14 18 27 10 10 15 20 30 11 11 17 22 33 12 12 18 24 36 ARTICLE 9 / Page 1 Vacation allowance will accrue during each calendar month for which an employee receives pay from the Company, whether she or he is working or is on sick leave or vacation; however, an employee loaned to another Company will not receive less vacation as a result of such loan than he would have received if he had spent such loan time with this Company. For the purpose of computing vacation accrual, any number of days off duty on leave or furlough over 15 shall count as a whole month, and any number up to and including 15 shall not be deducted from vacation accrual. However, in accordance with Article 6(X)(7), such vacation accrual shall not apply to a Flight Attendant who, through use of the Enhanced Trip Option (ETO), reduces his/her time and as a result completes a month with less than 32:30 pay hours. (B) Eligibility for Vacation. ------------------------ (1) An employee will become eligible for a vacation on January 1 of each year, provided he/she has completed the probationary period or six (6) months with the Company, whichever is less. A schedule of available vacation periods for the succeeding year shall be posted by the Company by October 1 each year; however, the Company may commence the January vacation bid period on January 2 in order to insure flight protection for the preceding day. Employees shall bid and be awarded a vacation period on the basis of their domicile as of October 1. Preference of periods in which employees shall be permitted to take vacations shall be granted at each station in order of seniority, (including employees on a leave of absence) taking into consideration the requirements of the service. Employees shall file written preferences as to the period(s) for taking vacation, such preferences to be in the hands of the Company by November 15 each year. Vacation assignments shall be posted by the Company on or before December 1 and will remain posted through December 31. When vacation schedules have been established, senior employees will not be permitted to take the vacation period already assigned to junior employees. An employee's scheduled vacation period for the succeeding year shall not be changed because of a change in Domicile. (2) Not less than three percent (3%) of the vacations posted in accordance with paragraph (C) above shall be scheduled in any calendar month. Further, no less than one and one-half percent (1 1/2%) of such vacation periods shall be scheduled in either the first or second half of any bid month. Vacation periods may be traded between employees at the same domicile provided such trades are effected prior to the fifteenth (15th) of the month preceding the first vacation period involved. ARTICLE 9 / Page 2 (C) Vacations Not Cumulative; Rescheduling of Vacations. --------------------------------------------------- Vacations shall not be cumulative and must be taken within the calendar year. When a vacation period has been scheduled it will not be changed without the employee's consent, except upon thirty (30) days written notice, unless the Company does not have sufficient employees to maintain schedules and, in no event, without fifteen (15) days written notice, except with the employee's consent. However, in the event Company operations in any year do not permit any employee his regular vacation during such year, he shall be so notified in writing by the Company and he may be permitted to take such vacation in the succeeding year. When an employee is not granted a vacation, due to the operation of this paragraph, for a previous year of service, such employee shall be granted vacation pay for such vacation earned and not received. (D) Terminating Employees. Vacation allowance will be granted to --------------------- terminating employees in accordance with the following rules: (1) Employees terminating because of layoff due to reduction in force or resigning after giving two weeks' written notice of such resignation shall be granted vacation pay for the period worked during the current calendar year in accordance with schedules set forth in this Article, and shall also be paid for vacation period due from a previous year and not taken. Pay under this paragraph is to be computed on the basis of the fixed daily credit rate of 2:30, for each day of accrued vacation, times the employee's base hourly rate. In addition, the employee will receive increment pay calculated under paragraph (E) below. (2) Employees terminating because of lay-off due to reduction in force, who received vacation allowance at the time of lay-off and who were recalled during the same calendar year, will after the start of the next calendar year, receive a vacation leave for the period served from the date of recall to the end of that calendar year. When a Flight Attendant is granted a personal leave of absence, accrued vacation credits will be retained unless the Flight Attendant has an outstanding indebtedness to the Company or requests to receive vacation pay. (3) Employees terminating because of resignation without giving two week's written notice of such resignation or terminating because of discharge will not be eligible for vacation allowance except for a vacation due from a previous year and not yet received. (4) In the case of the death of an employee, the vacation pay due shall be paid to his executor, administrator, or legal heir. ARTICLE 9 / Page 3 (5) An employee shall not be eligible to receive vacation pay until he or she has completed the probationary period or six (6) months of service with the Company, whichever is less. (E) Increment Pay. In addition to vacation pay and credit provided ------------- under Article 6(F), an employee shall receive increment pay based on the number of credited vacation pay hours times the following applicable rates listed in Article 3(L) for: Domestic Cabin Attendants and Service Managers International Cabin Attendants International Service Managers (F) Transfer to Overseas Domicile. When an employee based in the ----------------------------- United States is to be transferred to an overseas domicile, every effort will be made to extend the date of transfer for a sufficient period to enable him/her to take all accumulated vacation to date prior to departing for his overseas domicile. (G) Flight Time. During any calendar month that an employee is on ----------- vacation, his flight time for the period not on vacation during such month shall, on a pro rata basis, not exceed the normal flight time except as provided in 18(D)(7)(c)2)c); and when a vacation period extends from one month into the next month, the same conditions shall apply to such two months. (H) Splitting of Vacation Periods. A vacation period with a ----------------------------- minimum of fifteen (15) days may be split into three (3) segments with a minimum of five (5) consecutive days in each split. If due ten (10) to fourteen (14) days vacation, the Flight Attendant may elect one split with a minimum of five (5) consecutive days in the split. Providing that the seniority and the number of vacation days due will permit, a Flight Attendant will have the option to bid (a) for a single vacation period, i.e., no split; (b) for one split, i.e., two parts; or (c) for two splits, i.e., three parts. Requests for such split vacations shall be submitted at the time vacations are bid and shall be awarded in seniority order at the same time that initial vacation awards are granted. The initial vacation award shall not be moved or changed as a result of an employee being awarded a split vacation. An employee may specify a minimum five (5) days split as well as the maximum number of days which he/she is willing to accept as a split vacation award and may be granted any number within that range. (I) Voluntary Vacation Sellback. --------------------------- (1) Sixty (60) days prior to the beginning of the bid period in which a Flight Attendant's vacation is scheduled, he/she may notify the Company that he/she wishes to sell his/her vacation back to the Company. The Company may, at its option, buy the Flight Attendant's vacation. If the Company decides to do so, the Flight Attendant will be notified of the Company's acceptance no less than thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of the bid period, and a check will be issued to ARTICLE 9 / Page 4 the Flight Attendant on the 25th of the vacation month, for the full value of the vacation (fixed daily rate of 2:30 per day). The Flight Attendant shall then be considered by the Company as available to fly for the entire vacation period. (2) A Flight Attendant may elect to fly on his/her vacation without advance notification to the Company and fly only those trips he/she elects to fly to the extent the trips are available to him/her through the regular open time processes or through Enhanced Trip Option (ETO). (J) Personal Business Days. ---------------------- Once during each calendar year an employee, upon request, will be granted up to three (3) days of urgent personal business and such days shall be deducted from the employee's current year vacation allowance. A Flight Attendant who has exhausted all vacation will have such occurrence deducted from the following year's vacation accrual. Options as provided in (I) above may not be utilized with Personal Business Days. ARTICLE 9 / Page 5 ARTICLE 10 SENIORITY GENERAL (A) Seniority Accrual. Seniority shall begin to accrue from the ----------------- date of employment as a Flight Attendant and shall continue to accrue during such period of employment as a Flight Attendant except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. When Flight Attendants have equal seniority, their relative seniority shall be determined on the basis of their length of employment with the Company, or if the length of their Company employment is equal then their surname shall be listed in order of age as determined by date of birth as shown in the Company's personnel records (the oldest of them being listed first, the next oldest second, etc.). As to those Flight Attendants who are assigned to the line on or after July 1, 1976, if the length of Company employment is equal as between two Flight Attendants, then their surname shall be listed upon the seniority list on the basis of the last four (4) digits of the Flight Attendants social security number, with the Flight Attendant with the lowest last four (4) digits being deemed the senior. (B) Furloughed Employees. Seniority shall govern all employees in -------------------- case of furlough due to reduction in forces, re-employment after furlough, (subject to Article 12(G)) choice of vacancies, and preference of assignment to equipment, provided the employee is deemed sufficiently qualified by the Company for the operation involved, except that the term "sufficiently qualified" as used herein shall be applied the same as it was on July 31, 1969. In addition, qualifications or lack thereof on any equipment will not be used as a basis for denying seniority in cases of bidding or reduction in force. If a Flight Attendant bids and is awarded a line of time on equipment on which such Flight Attendant is not qualified, the provisions of Article 6(G) will apply during such training. In the event a senior employee is not considered sufficiently qualified, the Company will, upon request, discuss the matter with the employee and furnish reasons therefor, in writing. (C) Retention of Seniority. Any employee given special assignment, ---------------------- or Ambassador Club receptionist assignment, and any employee lent to a subsidiary, affiliate, or other company, shall retain and continue to accrue seniority and shall have the option to return to coverage under this Agreement. Employees accepting (a) promotion to supervisory positions, or (b) promotions to positions with duties directly associated with functions performed by employees covered by this Agreement, will retain and continue to accrue seniority in the classification from which promoted. (D) Transfers from In-Flight Services Department. Employees -------------------------------------------- authorized by the Company to transfer from the In-Flight Services Department to another department within the Company at their own request will retain, for six (6) ARTICLE 10 / Page 1 months after the date of transfer, seniority accrued to the date of transfer, and thereafter they shall lose all Flight Attendant seniority and their names will be removed from the seniority list(s). (E) Transfers or Assignments to Other Duty. Seniority shall not in -------------------------------------- any respect govern transfers or assignment to non-flying duty, supervisory duty, or special assignment duty. (F) Removal from Seniority List. Any employee who resigns or who --------------------------- is dismissed from the service of the Company shall thereupon forfeit all previously accrued seniority, and the employee's name will be removed from the seniority list(s). (G) Probationary Flight Attendants. Flight Attendants shall be on ------------------------------ probation during their first eight (8) thirty-day incremental periods of active service with the Company as a Flight Attendant under this Agreement. The provisions of paragraph (B) above as pertains to preference of assignment to equipment shall not apply to an employee until completion of the probationary period. Flight Attendants' names will appear on the Flight Attendant seniority list regardless of probationary status. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the Company from releasing a Flight Attendant during the probationary period regardless of her or his position on the system seniority list. If a probationary Flight Attendant, starting from the date the Flight Attendant is assigned to the line, is absent sixteen (16) days or more during a thirty (30) day increment period, the Flight Attendant will be required to serve an additional thirty (30) day period. Active service shall include Days-off, vacation, and Special Assignment and shall not be counted as absences for purposes of determining absence during any thirty (30) day increment. UBS shall not be counted as active service for purposes of this Paragraph (G). If a Flight Attendant is furloughed during the probationary period due to a reduction in force, such Flight Attendants shall be required to serve only that time when added to his/her prior time will comply with the eight (8) thirty-day incremental period. (H) Return to Active Duty. Upon return from a position described --------------------- in paragraph (C) above, an employee shall be permitted to return to the classification and domicile held prior to such assignment or may exercise system seniority on an existing vacancy in the classification held prior to such assignment provided the employee is qualified to perform the work of the job. An employee who is displaced by such exercise of seniority may in turn exercise displacement rights within the classification, seniority permitting or into a lower classification, seniority permitting. If the domicile of an employee is changed through the exercise of seniority rights, the Company will provide space available transportation over the Company's lines to the extent permitted by law and by Company regulations, but all other expenses incidental thereto shall be borne by the employee. ARTICLE 10 / Page 2 ARTICLE 11 SENIORITY LISTS (A) Posting of Flight Attendant Seniority List. The Company shall ------------------------------------------ post a Flight Attendant System Seniority list containing the names of all Flight Attendants indicating classification and operation on a bulletin board and such list shall be available at all times at all stations where Flight Attendants are based. In addition, the Company shall post a domicile seniority list by classification and operation on bulletin boards at all stations. (B) Twice Yearly Postings. Within ten (10) days after January 1, --------------------- and July 1 of each year, three (3) copies of the revised and updated Flight Attendant Seniority List, one (1) in payroll number order, one (1) in alphabetical order and one (1) in seniority number order, shall be posted, said list to be up-to- date as of January 1 and July 1. Additionally, copies of said list will be provided to the Union, along with the seniority information on a computer disk. Additionally, with each list provided, the Company shall provide a list of all changes, additions, and deletions and their respective effective dates for each between the previous list and the current list. (C) Protest. Each employee entitled to be listed on the list ------- referred to in (A) above shall be permitted a period of forty- five (45) days after posting of such list in which to protest in writing to the company any omission or incorrect posting affecting his or her seniority. In the event such employee does not file a written protest within forty-five (45) days after the list is posted, he or she shall not thereafter be entitled to file such protest. Such protests directed to any revision of the original list shall be strictly confined to errors or changes occurring subsequent to the posting of the previous seniority list, except that typographical or clerical errors may be corrected at any time. (D) Successor Transaction; Merger. In the event the Company is ----------------------------- involved in any Successor Transaction in which the Successor is an air carrier or any person or entity that Controls or is under the Control of an air carrier (the "Merger Partner"), the Company shall require the Merger Partner to agree, and the Merger Partner shall agree to employ the Company's IAM Flight Attendants and to integrate the pre-merger IAM Flight Attendant Seniority Lists of the Company and the Merger partner pursuant to the IAM merger policy if the Merger Partner's employees are represented by the IAM and otherwise pursuant to Section 3 and 13 of the Allegheny- Mohawk Labor Protective Provisions ("LPPs"). ARTICLE 11 / Page 1 ARTICLE 12 REDUCTION IN FORCE AND RECALL (A) Furlough Notice. When Flight Attendants are to be furloughed --------------- due to a reduction in force, at least fifteen (15) days notice of such reduction will be given the Flight Attendant to be laid off, except that such notice will not be required in instances wherein a temporary reduction is occasioned by strikes or other work stoppages, grounding of a substantial number of the Company's aircraft, or other circumstances beyond the Company's control. (B) Offer of Leaves Prior to Furlough. In those instances requiring --------------------------------- notification in (A) above, the Company will, prior to giving such notification, post a bulletin in all domiciles indicating the anticipated number of Flight Attendants to be furloughed by domicile and will offer an equivalent number of leaves of absence at those domiciles where the reduction will occur. The actual number and duration of such leaves to be granted at each domicile will be determined by the Company. When Flight Attendants are furloughed due to a reduction in force the Flight Attendants with the least system seniority in the job classification at the domiciles where the reduction occurs will be given furlough notice as specified in (A) above. At the time of issuing said furlough notice, the Company will post a bulletin in all domiciles containing the following information: 1. Names of those Flight Attendants receiving furlough notices. 2. Locations where vacancies exist by classification. 3. The names, location and classification wherein the least senior Flight Attendants who are subject to displacement are based. (The information required to be posted in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (B) 3 above, will not be required when no further displacements will occur.) Flight Attendants who have been issued furlough notice shall, within seven (7) days of such notice being issued, send a telegram to the Company specifying their desire to accept the furlough or indicating those locations and classifications into which they will accept a transfer or displacement, in order of their preference. Telegram notifications shall be addressed to the Manager - Flight Resources, TWA, 11495 Natural Bridge Road, Bridgeton, MO 63044. Once having indicated their preferences for filling vacancies, displacement or furlough, Flight Attendants will not be permitted to refuse the award of said option. Exercise of displacement rights shall be as specified below and the ARTICLE 12 / Page 1 Flight Attendant may only displace another Flight Attendant with less system seniority at a location specified in the above mentioned bulletin. (1) When all telegram preferences have been received from Flight Attendants who have been issued furlough notice the Company shall award vacancies or displacement in system seniority order. (2) Flight Attendants who are furloughed due to a reduction in force or who have been displaced may elect any of the options set forth below for his/her respective classification: SERVICE MANAGER: 1. Bid any Service Manager vacancy on the system. 2. Displace the most junior Service Manager on the system. 3. Displace the most junior Cabin Attendant at the same domicile. 4. Displace the most junior Cabin Attendant on the system. 5. Furlough. CABIN ATTENDANTS: 1. Bid any Cabin Attendant vacancy on the system. 2. Displace the most junior Cabin Attendant on the system. 3. Furlough. (C) No Expense to Company. Changes in Domicile as a result of --------------------- exercising displacement options shall be without expense to the Company but non-positive air transportation on the Company's system shall be furnished to the extent permitted by law and in accordance with Company regulations. Flight Attendants who are displacing will exercise their system seniority in the Flight Attendant position for purposes of vacation, rates of pay, sick leave and bidding provisions of this agreement. (D) Notification of Address Change. An employee who has been ------------------------------ furloughed due to a reduction in force shall file his/her address with the domicile Regional General Manager and thereafter shall promptly advise the Company of any change in address. (E) Failure to Comply. An employee on furlough shall not be ----------------- entitled to preference in re-employment and his/her name shall be removed from the seniority list if he/she does not comply with the requirement of paragraph (D) of this Article, or if he/she does not notify the Company in writing or by telegraphing of his/her intention to return to the service within fifteen (15) days of sending notice offering re-employment; or if he/she does not return to the service of the ARTICLE 12 / Page 2 Company on or before the date specified in the notice offering such re-employment. (F) Seven Year Furlough Provision. Employees furloughed due to a ----------------------------- reduction in force on return to duty within seven (7) years from the furlough date, shall be allowed, for seniority purposes but not for purposes of determining future pay rate, all time accrued prior to returning to duty. At the end of seven (7) years after the date of furlough, the furlough shall expire and the employee's name shall be removed from the seniority list(s). (G) Displacement Passes. Flight Attendants who are furloughed and ------------------- displace to another geographic location are entitled to unlimited Class 8 displacement passes, service charge exempt, for a period not to exceed one (1) year. Such service charge exempt Class 8 passes shall be issued through the local pass office and shall be used between the on-line station nearest the Flight Attendant's residence and the new domicile and shall be limited to travel in connection with work assignments. (H) Recall/Bypass Letter of Agreement. In accordance with the April --------------------------------- 23, 1991, Recall/Bypass Letter of Agreement, furloughed Flight Attendants shall indicate in order of preference those domiciles/classifications to which they will accept assignment. All Flight Attendants, whether active, on furlough or on a 12(B) leave of absence who have a recall right to the Flight Service Manager position, shall be merged into a single list and recalled in seniority order to Flight Service Manager. Consistent with the Recall/Bypass provisions, Cabin Attendant vacancies will be filled by active Flight Attendants in seniority order, with a priority recall right to the domicile(s) where the vacancies exist. Any vacancies remaining will be filled in seniority order from those Flight Attendants on furlough or 12(B) leave. Transfers to domiciles will then be made in seniority order from among those Flight Attendants who have standing bids on file. The priority of recall to the domicile(s)/classification(s) will apply only to the first available vacancy offered in the domicile(s)/ classification(s) to the furloughed or displaced employee. (I) Furlough Pay. A Flight Attendant who is furloughed due to ------------ reduction in force shall receive furlough pay as provided in paragraph (K) of this Article, subject to the limitations and conditions set forth therein. (J) Furlough Pay Exclusions. A Flight Attendant will not be ----------------------- eligible for or receive furlough pay if any of the following conditions exist: (1) The Flight Attendant has not completed at least one (1) year with the Company, on pay status in a position covered by this Agreement. For the purpose of this paragraph "pay status" includes all time spent in a ARTICLE 12 / Page 3 position covered by the Agreement, exclusive of leaves of absence or furlough. (2) The Flight Attendant remains in the employ of the Company in any position. (3) The Flight Attendant fails to exercise his/her seniority which would enable the Flight Attendant to remain in the employ of the Company, except where such exercise of seniority would require moving to a new geographic location. (4) The Flight Attendant is dismissed for cause, resigns, retires, or accepts personal time off. (5) The Flight Attendant has been furloughed as a result of a temporary reduction occasioned by strikes or other work stoppages, grounding of a substantial number of the Company's aircraft, other circumstances beyond the Company's control, or a seasonal schedule reduction of less than four (4) months duration. (K) Recall Followed by Subsequent Furlough. An employee recalled to -------------------------------------- work under the terms of this Article after being on furlough for more than four (4) months who is again furloughed under conditions that would entitle him/her to furlough pay, shall be entitled to the amount specified for his/her service with the Company in accordance with paragraph (L) of this Article, less the dollar amount received on the occasion of the previous furlough; provided, that such dollar amount deduction shall not be made if such employee completes at least one additional year of active service with the Company under this Agreement from the date on which he/she reported for duty upon the occasion of the prior recall. ARTICLE 12 / Page 4 (L) Amount of Furlough Pay. The amount of furlough pay under this ---------------------- paragraph shall be based on the length of active service with the Company as above defined in paragraph (J). It shall be computed on the Flight Attendant's base pay at the time of furlough as follows: Years of Service Benefit ---------------- ------- 1 year 2 weeks 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 7 6 8 7 9 8 10 9 11 10 12 11 14 12 or more 16 (M) Union Notification. TWA shall provide to the IAM one (1) copy ------------------ of each furlough, recall and displacement notice whenever such activity occurs. ARTICLE 12 / Page 5 ARTICLE 13 FILLING OF VACANCIES (A) Transfer Bids. Flight Attendants who desire to transfer to a ------------- different Domicile or classifications may file a permanent bid in writing with the Company, stating the station(s) and/or classification(s) (listing them in order of preference, if more than one) to which they desire to transfer. However, employees will not be permitted to transfer until the completion of their probationary period, unless a lesser restriction is determined by the Company. All bids must be filed with the Director Crew Resources and Administration, TWA, 11495 Natural Bridge Road, Bridgeton, Missouri 63044. When vacancies occur in positions expected to last ninety (90) days or longer, the employees having the most system seniority, subject to the provisions of Article 12(H), who are qualified to perform the job and who have bids on file, will be offered an opportunity to transfer and fill the vacancy. Any employee transferring to fill such vacancy shall be available to begin the assignment on the date set by the Company, which shall be not less than seven (7) days from the date notified of the assignment. An employee shall be allowed a reasonable period between the time he/she is relieved of duties and the time required to report at the new location. Such time shall be established in advance and shall be dependent upon the means of travel. (B) Special Bid Requests; Involuntary Assignments. If no bids are --------------------------------------------- on file at the time the vacancy occurs, special bids may be requested for filling the vacancy. If no qualified employee expresses a desire to transfer, the vacancy may be filled by assigning the most junior qualified employee to the position, or, in the Company's discretion, by hiring a new employee. When special bids are requested, the bulletin will state the numbers of vacancies to be filled, the Domicile of each vacancy, and a reasonable deadline date after which bids will not be considered, which date will not be less than ten (10) days after the date the bulletin is posted. Bids under this paragraph must be made by telegram addressed to the appropriate Company official named in (A) of this Article. (C) Employees involuntarily assigned pursuant to paragraph (B) above shall have prior rights to displacement in lieu of the most junior employees at the station where the displacement occurs. Such employee shall have the prerogative of returning to the Domicile from which the involuntary assignment was made. (D) Permanent Bids. The Company will, at least once each month, -------------- post a list of all standing (permanent) bids for all classifications at all domiciles where Flight Attendants are based. If a Flight Attendant fails to withdraw a standing (permanent) bid prior to the bid being awarded, the Flight Attendant will not be permitted to refuse the award, except in cases due to a hardship. ARTICLE 13 / Page 1 (E) Temporary Vacancies. Vacancies expected to continue ninety (90) ------------------- days or less will be considered as temporary vacancies. Employees may file a bid for temporary vacancy on the permanent bid form described in paragraph (A) above. Such temporary vacancies expected to be more than fifteen (15) days will be bulletined and such bulletin will state the number of vacancies to be filled at each Domicile. If sufficient bids for temporary vacancies are not received, the Company will assign the most junior qualified employee at the nearest station having an excess where the vacancy exists. Likewise, in case of temporary vacancies of less than fifteen (15) days, the Company will assign the most junior qualified employee at the nearest station where the vacancies exist. Employees assigned temporary vacancies will be allowed an expense allowance of $32.00 per day in addition to the expenses under Articles 4(A)(1), 4(A)(2), 4(A)(3)(b), 4(B)(3), and 4(B)(4), as appropriate. In addition, the Company will provide suitable lodging for a Flight Attendant on temporary assignment at the temporary domicile. In the event the Company fails to provide suitable lodging, the Flight Attendant will be allowed the actual/reasonable expenses for the necessary lodging. Single trip assignments involving a change in geographic location will be considered temporary assignments for purposes of this Paragraph 13(E); however, the trip formula under Article 6(E) will be calculated as if the Flight Attendant was based at the temporary domicile. Employees, in lieu of receiving an expense allowance of $32.00 per day may elect to receive a pass (Class 6, Non- Positive). This expense allowance shall be payable for single trip assignments. (F) Passes. Successful bidders shall pay their own moving expenses ------ to their new station, except that the Company shall furnish Flight Attendants and members of the employee's immediate family who are residing with, and dependent upon the employee, a one-way (Class 6) non-positive transportation on the Company's system to the extent permitted by law and in accordance with Company regulations. (G) Mutual Transfers. Mutual transfer requests shall be processed ---------------- no later than five (5) days after normal transfers are processed but not later than the 15th of the month. Mutual transfer awards shall be posted within forty-eight (48) hours of the award. The awarding of either transfer (normal or mutual) will cancel all other transfer requests on file. System bid preferences for mutual transfers shall be matched against each other in system seniority order and permanent mutual transfers shall be awarded to the extent that there are matched preferences on file. Flight Attendants may mutually trade across categories provided that each Flight ARTICLE 13 / Page 2 Attendant is qualified, trained and available. Once a mutual transfer has been awarded, neither Flight Attendant can transfer for a period of six (6) months. Flight Attendants on probation cannot transfer until the completion of their probationary period unless a lesser restriction is determined by the Company. (H) Service Manager Vacancies. Vacancies in the Service Manager ------------------------- classification shall be opened for bid on a systemwide basis by Flight Attendants who have served as a Flight Attendant for two (2) years or more. If sufficient bids are not received to fill vacancies, Flight Attendants at the location where the vacancy exists will be assigned in inverse order of seniority from among those qualified Flight Attendants. A successful bidder to a vacancy in the Service Manager position shall be restricted to that position for a period of six (6) months from the date such vacancy is filled. Names of successful bidders will be posted at each domicile where employees in the status concerned are based. (I) Notification of Transfers. TWA shall provide to the IAM: ------------------------- (1) One (1) copy of the transfer request list to be delivered to the Union by overnight delivery immediately following transfer processing; (2) One (1) copy of each transfer message, to be furnished following the processing of all transfers. ARTICLE 13 / Page 3 ARTICLE 14 TRANSFER EXPENSES (A) Transfer Expenses. Flight Attendants transferred from one ----------------- domicile to another within the United States at Company request shall be allowed to select one (1) of the following two (2) options for moving household effects: (1) Option 1 - Company provided moving expenses. ------------------------------------------- 5,000 pounds - Single employee 10,000 pounds - Employee + 1 dependent 1,000 pounds - each additional dependent (2) Option 2 - Flight Attendant provided moving expenses. ---------------------------------------------------- Moving expenses handled by the Flight Attendant individually shall allow for a sum of money equal to the existing tariff for moving up to a maximum of 10,000 pounds of household effects between the two points. This reimbursement shall be based upon submission of verifiable receipts of expenses incurred when moving the primary residence. (3) Enroute Travel Expenses. If the Flight Attendant elects ----------------------- to drive his or her own automobile to the point of relocation, he or she shall be reimbursed at a mileage rate equal to the amount allowed by the federal government for federal employees for the most direct AAA mileage between the domicile from and to which he or she is being transferred, plus en route expense at the rate of Two ($2.00) dollars per hour based upon 400 miles travel per day. A Flight Attendant who does not drive to his or her new domicile will be allowed en route expenses for twenty- four (24) hours at Two ($2.00) Dollars per hour. (4) Relocation Expense. A Flight Attendant will be allowed ------------------ Four Hundred ($400.00) Dollar relocation expense. (B) Company-Requested Transfers. In Company-requested transfers, --------------------------- the Company will furnish space available transportation for the transferring Flight Attendant, to the extent permitted by law and in accordance with applicable Company regulations. (1) In all transfers, if traveling other than by car, such Flight Attendant shall be allowed enroute travel time following legal rest as follows: JFK-STL or STL-JFK, two (2) days. ARTICLE 14 / Page 1 (2) A Flight Attendant transferring, but not at the request of the Company, will be allowed sufficient time off to drive 400 miles per day as prescribed in Paragraph (A) above. (3) A Flight Attendant who transfers permanently from one domicile to another will not be required to report for flight duty within twenty-four (24) hours of his or her arrival at the domicile to which he/she is so transferred. At the Flight Attendant's option, the twenty-four (24) hour period may be waived. (C) Newly-Established or Re-Established Domiciles. --------------------------------------------- (1) Successful bidders to newly established or re-established Domiciles will be considered transferred at Company request for purposes of this Article. Such newly established Flight Attendant domiciles shall be so considered for a period of not less than nine (9) months from the effective date of the first bid to such domicile, provided that the Flight Attendant moves within twelve (12) months of effective date of his/her transfer. This provision shall not apply to bidders for a vacancy which was created by a Flight Attendant leaving such domicile. (2) Flight Attendants transferring from domiciles closed after the date of signing this Agreement, will be considered as transferring at Company request and paragraph (A) of this Article 14 will apply, provided such Flight Attendants move within twelve (12) months of such closing. ARTICLE 14 / Page 2 ARTICLE 15 LEAVES OF ABSENCE (A) Personal Leaves of Absence. When the requirements of the -------------------------- service will permit, an employee may be granted a personal leave of absence for a period not in excess of one hundred and eighty (180) days, upon receipt by the employee's supervisor of a written request, setting out the reasons therefor. When such leave is granted, the employee shall retain, and shall continue to accrue seniority, except for pay purposes. Such leave may be extended for additional periods not to exceed ninety (90) days each, when approved in writing by the employee's supervisor. If the employee engages in other employment within the field of aviation without prior written permission of the Company, she or he shall be deemed to have resigned and her or his name will be removed from the seniority list. (B) Medical Leaves of Absence. When leaves of absence are granted ------------------------- by the Company because of sickness or injury, an employee's seniority shall accrue, except for pay purposes, until he or she is able to return to duty or is found to be unfit for such duty, except that in no case shall leave for sickness or injury exceed a total continuous period of five (5) years. Return to duty after such leave shall be subject to a reasonable trial period not to exceed ninety (90) days. When leave of absence is granted for industrial injury, an employee's seniority shall accrue for pay purposes. Applications for medical leave and medical leave extensions (MED-356s) shall include an attachment, with space for Flight Attendant signature, providing "In the event of any dispute concerning my medical status and/or related employment rights, I authorize TWA to release my medical records to the IAM." (C) Union Leaves of Absence. Up to six (6) employees accepting ----------------------- full-time employment with the IAM, as officers or representative, shall be granted, if requested, an indefinite leave of absence by the Company for the period so employed so long as the IAM remains the exclusive bargaining agent of employees covered by this Agreement. Under such leaves such employee(s) shall continue to accrue seniority and shall have all employee benefits that can be reasonably continued in effect during his/her leave of absence. Upon his/her return from such leave of absence, the employee(s) will be credited with the maximum vacation, sick leave, and occupational illness or injury allowances provided by the Agreement then in effect for employees of like seniority provided that such employee(s) have been on leave of absence at least one (1) year. Further, upon return from said leave each individual shall be returned to active status in his/her domicile, and, seniority permitting, in his/her classification. Flight Attendants granted leaves under this paragraph shall be considered active under the provisions of Article 7(d). ARTICLE 15 / Page 1 (D) Return to Duty Following Personal Leave, Maternity Leave, or ------------------------------------------------------------ Adoption Leave. Immediately after expiration of a leave of -------------- absence granted under paragraphs (A), (G) or (H) of this Article, a Flight Attendant may exercise bidding privileges on any vacancy existing on the system. If such employee fails to become a successful bidder, she or he may displace the least senior employee in her or his status on the operation to which the returning employee was assigned immediately prior to the leave, provided that such employee is senior to the employee being displaced. If the returning employee does not displace, she or he will immediately be placed on furlough status and the provisions of Article 12 shall apply. (E) Return to Duty Following Medical or Union Leave. Immediately ----------------------------------------------- after the expiration of a leave of absence granted under (B) or (C) of this Article, a Flight Attendant may displace the least senior employee in her or his status at the location where the returning employee was assigned immediately prior to the leave, provided that such employee is senior to the employee being displaced. If unable to so displace because of seniority, the provisions of (D) of this Article shall apply. (F) Military Leave. When an employee is granted a leave of absence -------------- for extended active military duty, he or she shall retain, and continue to accrue seniority until ninety (90) days after termination of such active duty. Return to duty with the Company from such leave shall not entitle the employee to any greater relative seniority than would have occurred had the employee not taken such military leave. As soon as possible, but in no event later than the completion of the ninety (90) day period mentioned in this paragraph, an employee hereunder will displace the least senior employee in her or his status at the location where the returning employee was assigned immediately prior to the leave, provided that such employee is senior to the employee being displaced. If unable to so displace because of seniority, the provisions of (D) of this Article shall apply. (G) Maternity Leave. --------------- A female employee, upon discovery that she is pregnant, shall notify the Company and provide medical certification of the pregnancy. A Flight Attendant may be allowed to work up through the twenty-seventh week of pregnancy at which time she will be disqualified from flight duty subject to the following restriction: Upon certification that the pregnancy has been classified as a "high risk" pregnancy, a Flight Attendant will immediately qualify for a leave under this Article. In the event the Company disagrees with the treating physician's report, the Flight Attendant will be required to provide a second opinion. The second opinion shall be from a doctor, selected by the Flight Attendant, who is not ARTICLE 15 / Page 2 affiliated with the Flight Attendant's personal physician. The cost of the second opinion shall be paid by the Company. The second opinion shall be final and binding on the parties. In no event shall the company require the Flight Attendant to attend a company-designated physical examination. Use of sick bank hours and/or medical leave will continue up to six (6) weeks from the birth of the baby, or eight weeks if delivery is by Caesarian. A Flight Attendant may request a maternity leave of absence for up to six (6) months following the date of delivery. An employee granted a maternity leave under the provisions of this paragraph shall continue to accrue seniority during such leave but shall not accrue vacation, sick leave or longevity for pay purposes and shall not be eligible for sick leave benefits for time lost as a result of pregnancy. To support the request for such a leave, the employee will be required to submit a physician's statement verifying the pregnancy. At the conclusion of the leave of absence following the date of delivery, the employee must be available to return to active flight duty unless additional leave is requested and supported by her physician's statement indicating that additional time is necessary. (H) Adoption Leave of Absence. The Flight Attendant who so ------------------------- requests shall be granted an adoption leave of absence, commencing with the date that the Flight Attendant takes physical custody of the child. The Flight Attendant shall provide the appropriate documentation to the General Manager of the Domicile (or his/her designee) which shall indicate the scheduled delivery date of the child to the Flight Attendant. In the event the scheduled delivery date is delayed by more than five (5) days, the Flight Attendant shall notify the General Manager in order to revise the start date of the adoption leave. Such leave shall be available for the period requested, but in no event for more than ninety (90) days. In order to qualify for the leave, the child to be adopted cannot have resided in the Flight Attendant's residence for any extended period of time prior to the adoption and cannot be the natural child of the Flight Attendant nor the natural child of the Flight Attendant's spouse, if applicable. The Flight Attendant's seniority shall continue to accrue, except for pay purposes, while on an adoption leave of absence. (I) Paternity Leave. Flight Attendants will be allowed Paternity --------------- Personal Time Off of one (1) month's duration. (J) Hardship Leave. In hardship situations a Flight Attendant will -------------- be permitted to take a leave of absence pending the award of a transfer. Once awarded, the leave of absence will be terminated and the Flight Attendant will be permitted to proceed directly to the new Domicile for reprocessing and duty assignment. This procedure will apply only in hardship situations and shall be contingent on the following: ARTICLE 15 / Page 3 (1) The initial leave and any extensions thereto will be contingent on operational requirements. (2) The transfer request shall include an accurate telephone contact and address for notification of transfer and must be clearly marked, "HARDSHIP - WILL TERMINATE LEAVE ON TRANSFER." (3) The Flight Attendant's supervisor and the Union shall determine the Flight Attendant's eligibility for hardship transfer. (K) Requirements Upon Return from Leaves of Absence. Flight ------------------------------------------------ Attendants returning from leaves of absence under this Article 15 must meet the Company standards required to be met prior to the leave. (L) Copies of PTO/Leave Awards to be Furnished to Union. TWA shall --------------------------------------------------- provide to the IAM one (1) copy of PTO/Leave Awards, to be provided whenever such activity occurs. (M) Submission of Bid Preferences. A Flight Attendant on any leave ----------------------------- of absence under this agreement, shall be allowed to submit his/her bid preferences before return to active service in the month preceding his/her return. The Flight Attendant shall be required to notify the Company no less than fifteen (15) days prior to the bid month. ARTICLE 15 / Page 4 ARTICLE 16 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE (A) Representation In the processing of disputes or grievances that may arise under this Agreement the parties will be represented as follows: (1) Union (a) The Union will be represented by full-time representatives as in (B) below. (b) In addition the Union will be represented by other properly designated representatives at each Domicile. (c) The Union will be further represented by those representatives designated by IAM District Lodge 142 President and Directing General Chairman for dealing with the general officials of the Company. (d) When the Union provides at least two weeks notice, up to fifty (50) Flight Attendants may be removed at any one time from active duty for Union business at Union expense; provided, however, that with respect to each domicile and status, the number of Flight Attendants so removed shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total number of Flight Attendants holding reserve schedules for such domicile and status. In the event that there are less than five (5) Flight Attendants holding reserve schedules within a domicile and status, at least one (1) Flight Attendant may be removed from active duty for Union business. The notice shall include the name(s) of the individual(s) who are to be removed, and specify the inclusive date(s) on which such removal(s) is/are to be effective. In cases where two weeks' notice is not possible, the Company will permit additional Flight Attendants to be removed from active duty for Union business, operational requirements permitting. (e) Should the Union desire that more than fifty (50) Flight Attendants be removed from active duty for Union business at Union expense, the Union shall notify the Company of the name(s) of the individual(s) who are to be removed, and specify the inclusive date(s) on which such removal(s) is/are to be effective. Such notice shall be received by the Company not later than thirty-five (35) days prior to the first day of the bid month in which the additional Flight Attendants are to be removed from active duty. If operational requirements permit, the Company may waive the thirty-five (35) day notice for any removal(s). ARTICLE 16 / Page 1 (2) Company (a) The Company will be represented at each domicile by the General Manager or his/her properly designated representative, who will be empowered to settle local grievances or disputes to the extent and in the manner as hereinafter provided. (b) The Company will be further represented on a system- wide basis for dealing with the IAM District Lodge 142 President and Directing General Chairman or his or her designated representative(s). (3) Policy. In order to facilitate the conduct of Union- Management business in an orderly and businesslike manner, it is agreed: (a) The Company will provide the full-time representative(s) at the domiciles specified in (B)(2) below with space for a single office with an intra- base telephone in the In-Flight Services area no later than thirty (30) work days following the signing of this Agreement. (b) All representatives will be allowed free access and availability to all work areas within their respective areas of representation in order to conduct their business in a proper, efficient and expedient manner. In so doing, they will contact the appropriate Departmental Manager or his/her designee. (c) The Company and the Union will, at all times, keep each other advised, through written notice, of any changes in its authorized representatives. The Company will, in writing, advise the IAM of the names of the Manager designees who will function as Step I hearing officers. In this connection the Company further understands that such Manager designee shall not be changed unless the individual functioning as the named designee ceases to occupy such position in the In- Flight Services organization. In such instance the Company will then designate another Manager designee within the time period prescribed herein. ARTICLE 16 / Page 2 (d) The President and Directing General Chairman of District Lodge 142 and/or his/her designated representatives shall be permitted at any time to enter the facilities of the Company for the purpose of representing employees covered by this Agreement, after notifying the Company official in charge. (e) The Company and the Union will make every effort to keep to a minimum the time spent in disposing of grievances, disputes and complaints. (B) Full-time Representatives (1) Full-time representative(s) will be empowered to settle all local grievance(s) or disputes not involving changes in policy or the intent or purposes of the Agreement. (2) There shall be seven (7) full-time representatives to be assigned as the President and Directing General Chairman of IAM District Lodge 142 determines. (3) Full-time representatives shall be considered to be on special assignment under this Agreement. They shall be compensated by the Company at the rate of 2:50 hours per day to a maximum of 85 hours per month for their respective classifications. Such representative(s) will also receive 2:50 hours per day while they are on vacation, sick leave, industrial injury/illness, family illness and jury duty. (4) Full-time representatives will continue to accrue company, job, pay and vacation seniority. Accordingly, as such, these representatives will continue to accrue the monthly sick leave allowance, referred to in Article 8, as appropriate, vacation days in Article 9(A) and be entitled to all other benefits, consistent with their respective classifications, which active Flight Attendants under the Agreement are entitled to receive. These benefits include but shall not be limited to the following: Pass and reduced rate privileges, insurance and retirement benefits. (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 12, full-time representatives shall not be subject to furlough or displacement while serving in such capacity at an active domicile. If the Company, pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement, closes a domicile, the full-time representative who may be assigned to such domicile would then become subject to the provisions of Article 12. ARTICLE 16 / Page 3 (C) Discipline and Discharge (1) Investigation (a) In no event will a Flight Attendant be disciplined or discharged from the Company without a thorough, impartial and expeditious investigation of the alleged cause. Prior to such investigation, the Company will provide the Flight Attendant and the full-time Union representative with a written notice advising them of such investigation. This written notice shall include the subject matter or precise nature giving rise to such investigation. In addition, the Company will provide the full-time Union representative with any and all all documents it intends to use as part of the Article 16 investigatory meeting prior to such meeting. Such documents may be redacted. (b) In meetings for the purpose of investigation of any matter which may lead to or result in the application of discipline or discharge, the Company will advise the Flight Attendant, in writing, prior to such meeting that he/she is entitled to a Union representative. Such Union representative will be present if the Flight Attendant so desires. (c) At the conclusion of such investigation, the Company will notify the Flight Attendant and full-time representative, in writing, of any discipline or discharge action intended by the Company. Such notice to the Flight Attendant shall be sent, in writing by certified mail, return receipt requested, and will contain the precise charge or charges. This notice may be hand delivered by the Company to the Union if the signature of the full-time representative is secured at the time of delivery. Alternate methods of notification to the Union may be utilized provided proof of delivery is available. In the event there is no intended discipline or discharge, the Flight Attendant and the Union Representative will be so notified. (2) Request for Step I Hearing. No Flight Attendant shall be disciplined or discharged without a hearing, provided that within ten (10) work days after the Flight Attendant receives the notification in writing of the intended discipline or discharge as stipulated above, the Flight Attendant or a Union representative makes written request for a hearing to the domicile General Manager. ARTICLE 16 / Page 4 (3) Failure to Request Step I Hearing If the Flight Attendant or the full-time Union representative fails to request a hearing within the prescribed time limits, the Company may thereafter effect discipline or discharge and shall notify the Flight Attendant by certified mail, return receipt requested, of such action. In such case the discipline or discharge shall be final. If the Company fails to provide a Step I hearing as requested within the ten (10) day time frame, no discipline or discharge shall be implemented. (4) Step I Hearing (a) When a hearing, as provided in (2) above, is requested, such hearing shall be held by the General Manager - In-Flight Services or his/her manager designee within ten (10) work days after the Flight Attendant or Union representative requests such hearing. (b) Not later than the day prior to such hearing, the Company shall furnish the Union representative with a copy of all grievance related materials which the Company plans to introduce at the hearing. The Company may not present any grievance related materials at the hearing that were not furnished to the Union representative no later than 3:00 PM the prior business day. (c) Postponement. Upon written request, either party ------------ shall be granted a postponement of hearing not in excess of ten (10) work days in which to prepare and secure the presence of witnesses. Upon written request from the Flight Attendant or the Union, the Company will make available at such hearing consistent with operational requirements, witnesses who are employed by it. Notwithstanding the provisions of (7) below, a Flight Attendant requesting postponement of the initial hearing as provided in this paragraph may be removed from active flight duty and from the payroll for the duration of such postponement. However, in the event the grievance is sustained at the initial or any subsequent hearing, all elements of pay shall be restored as provided in Article 17(N). In the event the Company and the Union shall mutually agree to postpone a Step I hearing, no removal from active flight duty or payroll shall occur. Nothing in Article 16 shall require that the grievant be present at the Step I hearing. (5) Step I Decision A notification to the employee and the full-time representative of the decision of such hearing is to be mailed and postmarked no later than ARTICLE 16 / Page 5 ten (10) work days after the close of the hearing. A copy of the decision will be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested to the employee. Alternate methods of notification may be utilized provided proof of delivery is available. Such proof of delivery must include the Flight Attendant's signature. A copy of the decision will be sent to the Union and the designated IAM District Lodge 142 representative via facsimile transmission (with acknowledgement of receipt by the Union returned via facsimile transmission) or via hand-delivery with written acknowledgement of receipt or by alternate method that provides proof of delivery. (6) If the Company does not adhere to the time limitations set forth in (C)(4)(a) and (5) above, the contemplated discharge/discipline will not be implemented. (7) No Pay Loss Prior to Written Step I Decision (a) Except as otherwise provided in (d), no Flight Attendant shall be removed from active flight duty and the payroll until after the full-time Union representative receives and signs for the written decision. (b) No discharge or discipline shall be effected during the time when the Flight Attendant involved is on reserve spread, vacation, legal rest or flight assignment. (c) The Company shall make every reasonable effort to contact the employee to inform him/her of removal from flight status, if applicable. (d) In cases involving violence, destruction of Company property, use of alcohol or drugs, and theft, the Flight Attendant may be removed from active flight duty and from the payroll at any time prior to the Step I decision. Such time will be used to offset any discipline assessed as a result of a Step I decision. (8) General (a) Discipline and discharge may be assessed only for just cause, after consideration is given to the gravity of the offense, seniority and the work record of the employee involved. (b) If, as a result of any hearing as provided in this Agreement, an employee is exonerated, such employee shall be reinstated without loss of seniority and shall be paid for such time lost in an amount which the employee would have ordinarily earned had she/he been continued in service ARTICLE 16 / Page 6 during such period. In the administration of this provision it is agreed that a Flight Attendant will receive all elements of back pay and benefits as further calculated and identified in Article 17(N). Further, if as a result of any hearing as provided herein an employee is exonerated, all personnel records shall be cleared of the charge, including IER. (D) Other Grievances Any Flight Attendant or group of Flight Attendants covered by this Agreement who have a grievance concerning any action of the Company affecting them except matters involving discipline or dismissal shall have such grievance considered in accordance with the following procedure. (1) Pre-Grievance Any employee and/or Union Representative having a grievance not involving discipline or discharge shall make every reasonable effort to discuss the grievance with the Manager - Flight Attendants or his/her designated representative prior to filing such grievance. In the event the written pregrieve has not been answered within fifteen (15) work days, following receipt of the pre-grievance by the Company, the Union may be proceed to Step I. (2) Step I (a) If the employee or the Union representative is unable to secure satisfactory adjustment in the pre- grievance, the Union representative will, if in his/her opinion the grievance is justified, present the written grievance to the Domicile General Manager - In-Flight Services. (b) A hearing, conducted by the General Manager - In- Flight Services or his/her manager designee shall be held not later than ten (10) work days after the presentation of the written grievance. (c) The Union Representative may file and sign grievances on behalf of the employee or groups of employees. (d) A decision, in writing, by the General Manager - In- Flight Services or his/her manager designee shall be rendered not later than ten (10) work days after the close of such hearing. A copy of the decision will be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested to the employee. Alternative methods of notification may be utilized provided proof of delivery is available. Such proof of delivery must include the Flight Attendant's signature. A copy of the decision will be sent to the Domicile Chairperson and designated IAM District ARTICLE 16 / Page 7 Lodge 142 representative via facsimile transmission (with acknowledgement of receipt returned by the Union to the Company via facsimile transmission or by hand- delivery with written acknowledgement of receipt or by alternate method which provides proof of delivery. (E) Appeals (1) Step II (a) If the decision in Step I under (C)(5) or (D)(2)(d) is unsatisfactory, the Domicile Chairperson may refer the matter to the District General Chairperson who may appeal the matter to the TWA Labor Relations Department, One City Centre, 18th Floor, 515 N. Sixth Street, St. Louis, MO 63101. The notice of appeal must be made in writing and sent by facsimile transmission (with acknowledgement of receipt returned by the Company via facsimile transmission) or certified mail, return receipt requested, or an alternative method that provides proof of delivery within twenty (20) work days after receipt of the Step I decision. In the event the notice is sent via facsimile transmission, the original notice shall be sent by U.S. first class regular mail to the TWA Labor Relations Department. (b) Within thirty (30) work days after the Step II appeal is received by the Company, an official of the Labor Relations Department and IAM District 142 General Chairperson or his/her designee will meet and endeavor to reach a settlement of the issues involved in the matter appealed. (c) If the issues are resolved to the satisfaction of the officials at the hearing, the parties shall, prior to adjournment of the meeting, issue a joint written statement setting forth the resolution of the issue(s). (d) If the matter appealed is not resolved, the official of Labor Relations Department who heard the appeal shall, within five (5) work days following adjournment of the meeting, issue a written decision setting forth the Company's position on the issue(s). (e) Flight Attendant discharge grievances shall automatically proceed to Step II without the request or requirement of an appeal. (2) System Board of Adjustment. If the Step II decision is unsatisfactory, the IAM District 142 General Chairperson or his/her designee may appeal the matter to the System Board of Adjustment as provided for ARTICLE 16 / Page 8 in Article 17, provided such appeal is made within thirty (30) work days after the date of receipt by the Union of the Step II decision. There shall be a 5-year statute of limitations within which time to have the matter heard before the System Board of Adjustment, except where waived by mutual agreement of the parties. The 5-year limitation shall commence upon receipt of the Step II decision. (F) System/General Grievance. (1) Grievances relating to corporate or In-Flight Services departmental policies or interpretations of the Agreement having applicability beyond a single domicile, which cannot be settled by the Domicile General Manager and the Domicile Chairperson, shall be submitted, in writing, by the President-Directing General Chairperson or his/her designee to the Company's Vice-President-Labor Relations. - (2) No later than ten (10) work days following the receipt of the grievance the issue shall be discussed by the Vice President-Labor Relations or his/her designee and the President-Directing General Chairperson or his/her designee. (3) If a satisfactory settlement is not reached during the discussion, the Vice President - Labor Relations or his/her designee shall issue to the offices of the IAM District 142 a written decision setting forth its position on the issue(s) no later than ten (10) work days after the conclusion of the discussion. (4) The Union may then proceed directly to the System Board of Adjustment three (3) member Board. (5) The Company and the Union shall select a neutral referee in accordance with Article 17. (G) General Procedures (1) Time Limits for Grievance Filing All grievances except those involving discharge and discipline must be filed promptly after the cause giving rise to the grievance is evident and no grievance will be valid if not filed within thirty (30) work days of the date the employee knew or could reasonably be expected to have known of the grievance. (2) Group/"et al" Grievances When the policy or action complained of in a grievance similarly affects more than one grievant, the Union may process the grievance in the name of an individual employee on behalf of all employees affected by the Company policy or action. Any settlement or decision ARTICLE 16 / Page 9 shall be applicable to all employees so affected by the policy or action complained/grieved of, provided that such employees file their claim with the Company within forty- five (45) work days of the date of the decision. (3) Probationary employees Nothing in this Agreement shall extend the right of investigation and hearing to an employee who, during the probationary period, is disciplined or discharged for cause, except that such employee will be notified at the meeting of the reasons therefor. (4) Untimely Grievance Appeals If any decision rendered by the Company under the provisions of this Article is not appealed within the time limits prescribed herein for such appeals, the decision of the Company shall become final and binding. Time limits may be extended by mutual agreement. (5) Ground Transportation Witnesses and representatives who are employees of the Company shall receive positive free transportation over the lines of the Company from the point of assignment or residence to the point of which they must appear as witnesses and return, to the extent permitted by law. (6) Stenographic Report When it is mutually agreed that a stenographic report is to be taken of the investigation and hearing in whole or in part, the cost will be borne equally by both parties to the dispute. In the event it is not mutually agreed that a stenographic report of the proceedings shall be taken, any written record available taken of such investigation and hearing made by either of the parties to the dispute shall be furnished to the other party to the dispute upon request, provided that the cost of such written record so requested be borne equally by both parties to the dispute. (7) Work Day In the time limits outlined herein "work" day shall be defined as exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. ARTICLE 16 / Page 10 (8) Participation It is understood that either or both the designated IAM District 142 representative and the Vice President Labor Relations or his/her authorized designee may intervene and participate in the handling of a grievance or dispute at any level of the grievance procedure. (9) Grievance Settlement If at any point in the grievance procedure prior to the rendering of the Step I decision, the issue in question is resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the parties, such resolution shall be committed to writing on a form provided by the Union. The form will be completed so as to include the statement of grievance, date of settlement, name of grievant(s), employee payroll number, employee domicile, IAM grievance case number and a concise statement indicating the terms of settlement. Should the terms of settlement provide for monetary payment, the grievant(s) shall receive such payment by means of a local office draft, no later than seventy-two (72) hours after the settlement is concluded. The form shall be signed by the General Manager or Manager designee and the full-time Union representative. (10) Grievance Withdrawal The Union's decision to withdraw grievances, not to process or appeal a grievance to the next step shall not in any way prejudice its position on the issues involved or serve as precedent in later grievances. (11) Streamlining Grievance/Arbitration Procedures TWA and the IAM hereby jointly recognize the mutual benefits of timely, expeditious and economical resolution of Flight Attendant and the IAM grievances arising under this Agreement. The parties therefore agree to continue discussions and, where agreed, to institute new and amended grievance and arbitration procedures, on either a trial or permanent basis, in order to facilitate these objectives. TWA agrees that when monetary compensation to Flight Attendant(s) is required by either voluntary settlement or System Board Award, it shall, within thirty (30) days of such settlement or Award, pay such required compensation to the affected Flight Attendant(s) and provide notice of such payment together with the computation to the IAM. ARTICLE 16 / Page 11 (H) Non-Disciplinary Discussions. The Company shall have the right to open non-disciplinary discussions with a Flight Attendant relating to their employment responsibilities. The Flight Attendant shall be entitled to have a Union representative attend any such discussion. Prior to such discussion, The Company will advise the Flight Attendant and the IAM Union Representative of the matter or matters to be discussed. The discussion shall take place during regular business hours. Any Company notation and related documents concerning the discussion shall be filed in the Flight Attendant's personnel file in accordance with Article 19(D). For the purpose of this paragraph non-disciplinary discussion and notations regarding such discussion(s) shall not be subject to the grievance procedures contained in this Article 16. ARTICLE 16 / Page 12 ARTICLE 17 SYSTEM BOARDS OF ADJUSTMENT (A) Establishment of System Board of Adjustment. In compliance with ------------------------------------------- Section 204, Title II, of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, there is hereby established System Boards of Adjustment for the purpose of adjusting and deciding disputes which may arise under the terms of the Flight Attendants' Agreement and which are properly submitted to it after exhausting the procedures for settling disputes as set forth in Article 16. (B) Members. The System Board of Adjustment shall consist of three ------- (3) members; one (1) appointed by the Company, one (1) appointed by the Union and one (1) selected by the parties from a standing panel of eight (8) referees. Each of the parties shall name four (4) individuals who shall serve on this panel. (1) Either party may cause the services of a Referee on the eight (8) member standing panel to be terminated at anytime, (except as to cases already scheduled for hearing) upon thirty (30) days written notice to the other party and to the Referee whose services are being terminated. Replacement members shall be provided for as in (2) below. Each party is limited to two (2) such replacements in any calendar year. (2) In the event a vacancy or vacancies on the eight (8) member panel of Referee exists, the party who originally appointed the referee to the panel must thereafter appoint a new referee to the panel. (3) The parties may agree to select a Referee who is not a member of the eight (8) member panel to hear a case with the Company and the Union Board members and such panel, will, for such case, constitute the System Board of Adjustment. Should the Company and the Union be unable to agree upon the selection of such Referee, they may make joint request to the National Mediation Board to name an "Ad Hoc" Arbitrator. (4) The Company and the Union member of the Board shall serve until their successor is duly appointed. (5) Secretary to the Board. ----------------------- The Office of "Secretary to the Board" shall alternate January 1 of each year between the Company member of the Board and the Union member of the Board with the Union member serving on even numbered years and the Company member serving on odd numbered years. The responsibilities of the Secretary shall include, but are not limited to, setting the Arbitration Docket, scheduling of hearing dates, contract with neutral member(s), and all correspondence relating to the ARTICLE 17 / Page 1 administrative matters of the System Board of Adjustment. The date of hearing by the System Board of Adjustment will be set by the Secretary at a time mutually agreeable to the parties and subject to the availability of the Arbitrator selected to serve as the neutral referee. (C) Board Jurisdiction. The Board shall have jurisdiction over ------------------ disputes between any employee covered by this Agreement and the Company growing out of grievances, interpretation or application of any of the terms of this Agreement. The jurisdiction of the Board shall not extend to propose changes in hours of employment, basic rates of compensation, or working conditions covered by this Agreement or any amendment. Unless the Company and the Union agree upon a combination of cases to be presented to a Referee, each case presented to the Board shall be treated as a separate case; except those grievances involving more than one (1) employee or incident concerning an alleged violation with similar facts and circumstances which shall be treated as one case. (D) Board to Consider Dispute. The Board shall consider any dispute ------------------------- properly submitted to it by the President/General Chairman of the Union or his/her authorized representative, or by the chief operating official of the Company or her/his authorized representative, when such dispute has not been previously settled in accordance with the terms provided for in this Agreement, provided that notice of the dispute is filed with the Company and the Union members of the Board, with copy to the Company or Union, as may be appropriate, within forty-five (45) work days after the decision in the last step of the grievance procedure. The date of notice shall determine the order for considering cases, unless the parties mutually agree otherwise. (E) Neutral Referee to Serve as Chairman. The neutral member ------------------------------------ (Referee) shall preside at the meetings and hearings of the Board and shall be designated as Chairman of the System Board of Adjustment. It shall be the responsibility of the Chairman to guide the parties in the presentation of testimony, exhibits, and arguments at hearing to the end that a fair, prompt, and orderly hearing of the dispute is afforded. (F) Location. The Board shall meet at such location or locations -------- where the parties may agree, generally to be the location(s) where the grievance arose or the location most convenient to the majority of the individuals necessary to the proceedings. If the parties cannot agree to a location, then the Secretary to the Board shall promptly request in writing with notice to the parties that the Chairperson, in consultation with the Company's and Union's designees to the Board, determine the location or locations where the Board will convene. ARTICLE 17 / Page 2 (G) Notice of Dispute. The notice of disputes referred to the Board ----------------- shall be addressed in writing to the Company member and the Union member jointly and shall include a statement of: 1) Question or questions at issue 2) Statement of facts 3) Position of appealing party 4) Position of the other party A copy of the notice of dispute shall be served upon the other party. (H) Selection of Referee. Upon filing the notice of dispute, the -------------------- Company and the Union Board members shall within five (5) work days, select a Referee to sit with the Board to settle the dispute and the Secretary of the Board shall advise the appealing party and other party of the name and address of the Referee. If the Board members are unable to agree upon a Neutral Referee within five (5) work days, a joint request will be directed to the Chairman of the National Mediation Board for the appointment of a Neutral Referee. A copy of the notice of dispute shall be forwarded by the Secretary of the Board to the Neutral Referee who has been appointed or selected to serve in this manner. All subsequent documents filed with the Board shall be addressed to all three members, with copy to the other party or parties. (I) Selection of Hearing Date. The Neutral Referee shall set a date ------------------------- for hearing scheduled within thirty (30) days after her/his appointment. If the Neutral Referee is a member of the standing panel and cannot serve during this thirty (30) day period, the parties may agree to another date or to another member of the standing panel who is available during this same period or the parties shall jointly petition the Chairman of the National Mediation Board to assign a Neutral Referee. (J) Waiver of Hearing. If neither party or the Chairman requests a ----------------- hearing, such hearing shall be waived. If either party desires a hearing to present evidence or oral argument to the Board, or if the Referee desires that evidence or arguments be presented by either party, request for hearing shall be made to the Board and served upon the parties within fifteen (15) days after the appointment of the Neutral Referee. If such request is served, the hearing shall be held within thirty (30) days of the date the request is served at a time mutually satisfactory to the Chairman and the Company and Union members of the Board. (K) Decision. -------- (1) Following the hearing, the Board shall convene in Executive Session, unless the parties mutually agree otherwise. In no event shall a decision be issued until after an Executive Session has been held if either the Company or the Union Board Member has requested such session. ARTICLE 17 / Page 3 (2) The three (3) member System Board shall consider the dispute pending before it, and a majority vote of the Board shall be final, binding, and conclusive upon the Company and the Union and anyone they may represent having an interest in the dispute. The decision by the three (3) member System Board shall be rendered within thirty (30) work days after the close of the hearing if written briefs are not filed by either party or within thirty (30) work days after the submission of written briefs. If written briefs are submitted by either party, the briefs shall be due within thirty (30) days following the close of the hearing, unless the time limits are extended by mutual consent of the parties. (3) In the event there is to be no hearing, the Chairman shall set a date which is agreeable to the Board members, for an Executive Session of the Board. The Board shall issue its decision at the conclusion of the Executive Session, if possible. However, a written award will be rendered to the parties not later than thirty (30) work days following the Executive Session. (L) Extension of Time Limits. The time limits expressed in this ------------------------ Article may be extended by mutual agreement of the parties to this Agreement. (M) Representation; Witnesses. Employees covered by this Agreement ------------------------- may be represented at Board hearings by such person or persons as they may choose and designate, and the Company may be represented by such person or persons as it may choose to designate. Evidence may be presented either orally or in writing or both. The Board may, at the request of either the Union member or the Company member, call any witnesses who are employed by the Company and who may be deemed necessary to the dispute. (N) Back-Pay Calculation. In System Board cases involving -------------------- disciplinary suspension or discharge, any award of back pay will be as set forth below. Unless otherwise provided in the award, the Employee will be entitled to contributions to 401(k) and retirement plan, restoration of sick leave accrual and vacation, and payment for actual unreimbursed medical expenses that would have been covered by Company provided medical benefits had she/he not been held out of service. Unreimbursed medical expenses will include medical insurance premiums paid by the employee. For purposes of calculating the amount of back pay due, the Company shall be required to calculate the total number of flight hours flown by the Employee during the previous twelve (12) months of active flight service. The total number of flight hours shall be divided by twelve (12) to establish her/his monthly average flight hours. The monthly average flight hours shall then be multiplied by the rate(s) of pay then in effect for the period of time in question. For periods of less than a full month, the average monthly flight hours shall be divided by 30 to establish the daily flight hours. The daily flight hours shall then be multiplied by the rate(s) of pay then in effect to determine the pay due for any period of time of less than a full month. The Company shall be required to ARTICLE 17 / Page 4 reimburse the Employee for Language of Destination pay (LOD), if applicable, Service Manager Overide, if applicable, and operational duty pay based on the same twelve (12) month "look back" formula. The Company shall provide the Union with all records to substantiate proper payment to the Employee. (O) Stenographic Report. If the parties mutually agree, a ------------------- stenographic report will be made. The costs of such report shall be borne equally. (P) Filing of Transcripts/Records. The Chairman's copy of any ----------------------------- transcripts and/or all records of cases will be filed at the conclusion of each case in a place to be provided by the Company, and will be accessible to Board members and to the parties. (Q) Expenses of Board Members. Each of the parties will assume the ------------------------- compensation, travel expense, and other expenses of the Board member selected by it. The expenses and reasonable compensation of the Referee selected shall be borne equally. (R) Witness Expenses. Each of the parties will assume the ---------------- compensation, travel expense, and other expenses of the witnesses called or summoned by it. Witnesses who are employees of the Company shall receive positive free transportation over the lines of the Company from the point of assignment or residence to the point at which they must appear as witnesses and return, to the extent permitted by law. (S) Additional Expenses; Board Member Travel. The Company and the ---------------------------------------- Union members, acting jointly, shall have the authority to incur such other expenses as in their judgment may be deemed necessary for the proper conduct of business of the Board, and such expenses shall be borne one-half by each of the parties hereto. Board members who are employees of the Company shall be granted necessary leave of absence for the performance of their duties as Board members. Board members shall be furnished positive free transportation over the lines of the Company for the purpose of attending meetings of the Board, to the extent permitted by law. (T) Non-Reprisal. It is understood and agreed that each and every ------------ Board member shall be free to discharge her/his duty in an independent manner, without fear that her/his individual relations with the Company or with the Union may be affected in any manner by any action taken by her/him in her/his capacity as a Board member. (U) Non-Abridgement of Railway Labor Act. Nothing herein shall be ------------------------------------ construed to limit, restrict, or abridge the rights or privileges accorded either to the employees or to the Company, or to their duly accredited representatives, under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended. ARTICLE 17 / Page 5 ARTICLE 18 SCHEDULING OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS (A) General It is the intent and purpose of this Article to provide for Flight Attendant participation in the development of Flight Attendant Scheduling Policies and Procedures that will promote the most efficient and economical operation of flights, the best possible pairing or grouping of flights into bid runs, the most equitable assignment of flying time to domicile, the most reasonable degree of stability of bids at each domicile, and the intent that Article 6 operate so as to effect favorable working conditions. Consistent with the above, the general concept of seniority will be given appropriate recognition. The assignment of time to domiciles and the pairing or grouping of runs to effect the purpose of Article 6 will not be done in such a manner as to effect a general deterioration of working conditions and domicile stability. The Company and the Flight Attendant representatives will consult with regard to the above as outlined herein, the Company retaining the right to determine the geographical location of domiciles, the assignment of flight time to domiciles, and the pairing or grouping of flights for purposes of bid runs. (B) System Scheduling (1) A Scheduling Committee composed of a minimum number of domestic and international representatives, as determined by the IAM, but not more than one representative, from each domicile, may be designated to consult with the Company concerning all Flight Attendant scheduling problems of the entire system not covered by the Scheduling Policies. In addition, the System Scheduling Committee shall consult with the Director - Crew Resources and Administration as to the allocation of commercial flying time to the various domiciles, the pairing or grouping of flights into bid runs, and the stabilization of bids at each domicile. The Average Line Value(s) will be made available to the Scheduling Committee at or before the monthly meeting of the Committee. The daily credit rates will be published in the monthly bid packages. The System Scheduling Committee may request re-pairing or regrouping of Flight Attendant assignments allocated to the domicile(s), and the Company may allow such re-pairing or re-grouping; provided, however, that such action by the Company will not alter the Company's rights as provided in (A) of this Article. (2) Whenever the Company intends to change the Away From Domicile Policy, it shall seek the recommendations of the President-Directing Chairman, IAM District Lodge 142 or his/her designees in this regard ARTICLE 18 / Page 1 and will give them full consideration prior to making any such change. If on such an occasion the President-Directing General Chairman of District Lodge 142 or such members thereof as the President designates, and will give full consideration to any recommendations of the Committee prior to making any such change. When any of the provisions of the Away From Domicile Policies or procedures are in conflict with any of the provisions of the Working Agreement, the Agreement shall govern. (3) The Company will notify the System Scheduling Committee whenever a change is planned in flight schedules which would result in an increase or decrease in the bid requirements at a domicile. Proposed flight schedules, trip pairings, and information concerning charter flights and the domicile(s) by which they will be protected will be furnished to the Committee on the earliest practicable date such information can be made available by the Company which will normally be no later than twenty (20) days prior to the beginning of the month or bid period covered in the schedules. (4) Flight Attendant members of the System Scheduling Committee shall be entitled to expenses as provided in Article 4(A)(1) and not more than three (3) such Flight Attendant members shall be entitled to reimbursement for flight credit and pay loss incurred while attending meetings convened by the Company for the purpose provided in (A) above. Reimbursement of such flight credit and pay loss shall be paid by the Company on a trips missed basis. (5) The number of Service Manager and Cabin Attendant bids required for each domicile shall be determined as follows: (a) Every month the Company will publish a single bid package for each Flight Attendant category and domicile. Individual published sequences shall not contain both domestic and international flight pairings unless otherwise provided herein. At domiciles where both Domestic and International flights are flown, a Flight Attendant shall indicate his/her choice of operations via his/her monthly bid sheet. (b) Domicile bid runs shall include all known commercial flight time assigned to that domicile which can be sequenced. The Company may publish lines of any value to a maximum of eighty-five (85:00) credit hours. Nothing in this paragraph shall require the Company to post bid sequences that yield less than sixty-five (65:00) credit hours. (6) In addition to the number of bids in each bid category at each domicile as provided in (5) above, additional bids in the Cabin Attendant and ARTICLE 18 / Page 2 Service Manager categories at each domicile shall be established which will be sufficient to perform all reserve duties and to assure that Flight Attendants holding a bid run as a result of the domicile bid preference sheet will fly in accordance with the established scheduling policies except in unusual circumstances. (C) Domicile Scheduling (1) General (a) A Domicile Scheduling Committee shall be established at each domicile to consult with the Regional General Manager - In-Flight Services concerning all problems of Flight Attendant scheduling that are of concern only to that domicile. (b) All changes or amendments to the Domestic Domicile Scheduling Policy as contained in this Article shall be mutually agreed to: however, the Vice President In- Flight Services may make temporary changes in such Scheduling Policy when such changes are required to continue efficient operation of flights. In such an event, the Vice President In-Flight Services shall, without delay, consult the General Chairpersons or their designee for the purpose of resolving a mutually approved amendment to cover the problems which required the temporary changes. For the purpose of this paragraph, the Domestic Domicile Scheduling Policy will be limited to those matters and procedures relating to orderly methods of scheduling Flight Attendant personnel. (c) In each category at each domicile bid runs at each domicile bid runs shall be posted and bid in accordance with this Article and shall not be constructed to exceed eighty-five (85:00) flight credit hours. For the purposes of this paragraph relief runs" shall be construed to be bid runs. (d) Concurrently with posting and bidding of bid runs, as provided in (c) above, Flight Attendant reserve schedules shall be posted and bid. A Flight attendant may bid and be assigned a bid run or a reserve schedule in his/her category. Flight Attendants who do not hold a bid run shall hold a reserve schedule. ARTICLE 18 / Page 3 (D) Domicile Scheduling Policy (1) Purpose - To establish a policy outlining the methods to be used to schedule Flight Attendants out of their respective Domiciles/Satellites. (2) General (a) Whenever a change of flight times, stops, layover points occurs on the domicile flight assignments, or if flights are added or deleted after the closing of bid preference period, the decision regarding posting of new preference sheets shall be made by the Regional General Manager, In-Flight Services of the respective Domicile after consulting with the local scheduling representative(s). Such decision is to be made on the basis of the extent of such changes and the time of the month. At the time the bid package is distributed to all Flight Attendants at the domicile it shall contain a cover letter, all commercial flights which can be sequenced, the number of relief runs as required and Flight Attendant reserve sequences. 1) The following information shall be included in the pairings: (a) Flight number (b) Equipment (c) Deparure Time (d) Crew Change Station (e) Scheduled Stops (f) Arrival Time (g) Layover Station and Time (h) Total Trip Hours (i) Total Scheduled Block-To-Block (j) Deadhead in a flight pairing (k) Total round-trip credit/pay (l) Pairing number 2) In construction of bid lines the following information shall be included, as appropriate in the bid lines or reserve schedules: (a) Originating flight number or in the case of deadhead, it will show deadhead and the first operating flight. (b) The number of required Flight Attendants per line. ARTICLE 18 / Page 4 (c) Total credit and total pay per flight and per line. (d) Bid line sequence number. (e) Reserve spreads/prescheduled duty free days. (f) Day and date of departure and return to domicile. (g) Type(s) of equipment. (h) Layover destination (International only). 3) The cover letter shall contain the following information: (a) Dates of Bid duration. (b) Domicile. (c) Times of reserve call-in periods and an example. (d) Closing time and date of submission of Flight Attendant option form as specified in (7)(f). (e) Sequence notification time and date. (3) Preparation of Bid Runs (a) The scheduling of Flight Attendants out of each Domicile or satellite shall be in accordance with seniority and the provisions of the Agreement. Since all situations cannot be covered, any question of interpretation should be brought to the attention of the Regional General Manager, In-Flight Services of the respective Domicile. If such interpretation is not satisfactory to the Flight Attendant involved, he/she shall nevertheless follow instructions received from the Regional General Manager, In-Flight Services of the respective Domicile without prejudice to the Flight Attendant's rights under Article 16 of the Agreement. (b) In each category at each Domicile, bid runs shall be posted and bid in accordance with this Article. The minimum number of relief runs anticipated shall be indicated in the bid package. Relief bids will be constructed after completion of initial balancing and shall be construed to be bid runs. (c) International pairings and domestic pairings published in the bid package will be sequenced separately. Relief runs and open time lines may contain both international and domestic pairings. ARTICLE 18 / Page 5 (d) All flights which cannot be included in a published sequence shall be listed separately at the back of the monthly bid package. (e) One Cabin Attendant reserve complement and one Service Manager reserve complement shall be established at each domicile in order to protect open flights on both operations. (f) Concurrently with posting and bidding of bid runs, as provided in (b) above, Cabin Attendant reserve spreads shall be posted and bid. These reserve run selections shall be posted in such a manner as to reflect the date of the projected reserve spread for each Cabin Attendant awarded a reserve run selection. A Cabin Attendant may bid and be assigned a bid run or reserve spread. Each Cabin Attendant who does not hold a bid run shall hold a reserve spread. Concurrently with posting and bidding of bid runs, as provided in (b) above, Service Manager reserve spreads shall be posted and bid. These reserve run selections shall be posted in such a manner as to reflect the date of the projected reserve spread for each Service Manager awarded a reserve run selection. A Service Manager may bid and be assigned a bid run or reserve spread. Each Service Manager who does not hold a bid run shall hold a reserve spread. (4) Flight Attendant Assignment and Bidding Every month the Company will publish a single bid package for each Flight Attendant category and domicile. Individual published sequences shall not contain both domestic and international flight pairings unless otherwise provided herein. Once having been awarded a bid to a location with both Domestic and International flying, a Flight Attendant shall indicate his/her choice of operations via his/her monthly bid sheet. At domiciles where both Domestic and International flights are flown, the Company may publish one bid package for the purposes of Flight Attendant bidding on either operation. Bid packages shall be distributed no later than the twelfth (12th) day of each month. Flight Attendants will be allowed a minimum of eight (8) days, information permitting, to express their preferences. Closing date of the bids as indicated on the cover letter of the bid package shall be no earlier than the twentieth (20th) of the month. The date and time of closing of bids as indicated on the cover letter ARTICLE 18 / Page 6 shall be final and binding in all instances. The System Scheduling meeting as specified in paragraph 18(B) above shall be conducted as early in the month as possible, but in no event later than the sixteenth (16th) day of the month. (a) Each Flight Attendant should indicate a minimum of six (6) choices on the preference sheet regardless of seniority. Such choices should include at least two (2) separate flight assignments. Reserve Flight Attendants desirous of being moved up to a pattern of open flights that can be developed into a line of time subsequent to the initial balance and prior to the 7th day of the month should indicate "open time" by placing the word "open" in the appropriate block on the bid preference sheet. [EXAMPLE IMAGE NOT DISPLAYED] (b) Each run selection shall be numbered and lettered. Run selections may be made singularly or in series. For series bidding, the run numbers must be side by side with a dash in the position column in between. Example: Series Bid: 999Z - A bid in ascending run order for all runs and available positions: 110-11 5Z - A bid in ascending run order for all inclusive runs and available positions: 140-137C - A bid in descending run order for all inclusive runs and positions for the first three (3) positions only. A bid of 999Z will not subject a Flight Attendant to being awarded any satellite sequence unless a Flight Attendant's bid preferences include at least one sequence for a specific satellite. If a domicile has more than one satellite in any given month a bid of 999Z will only subject a Flight Attendant to being awarded the satellite that he/she had indicated in his/her bid preferences. Position: "A" signifies a bid for the senior Cabin Attendant position, B signifies that either "A" or B is acceptable, "C" ARTICLE 18 / Page 7 signifies that either "A", "B" or "C" is acceptable, etc. "Z" in the position column always means a bid for all available positions. [EXAMPLE IMAGE NOT DISPLAYED] NOTE: The "A", "B" and "C" in no way relate to the position or duties Flight Attendants will assume on the airplane. (c) Each Flight Attendant shall indicate in the identified box on the bid preference sheet his/her preference(s): Line fifty (50): bow-wave/initial balance: initial down balance; back-to- back flying (waive and/or defer): and bow-wave payoff. A Flight Attendant must indicate with a "yes" or no A failure to so indicate shall result in a default to "no". Line fifty-one (51): flights for initial balance purposes. Such preferences may be identified by flight number(s). Line fifty-two (52): voluntary Annual Emergency Review (AER) preference. A Flight Attendant who fails to enter a date preference may be assigned to an AER in his/her prior, due or grace month on any date that he/she is legal. A Flight Attendant must indicate preferences only for those dates on which he/she wishes to attend. Each date must be followed ARTICLE 18 / Page 8 by the letter "Y" or "N". Y indicates that a Flight Attendant is willing to attend training on a Guaranteed Day Off (GDO). "N" indicates that a Flight Attendant is unwilling to attend training on a GDO. A date not followed by the letter "Y" or "N" will result in the Flight Attendant not being scheduled if that date is a GDO. [EXAMPLE IMAGE NOT DISPLAYED] A Flight Attendant may bid for the AER as follows: 1. With respect to the "prior" month: a. Bid for specific date(s): If requested date available- awarded. If unavailable - no assignment in the prior month. b. Bid for any date: If a date is available - assign any date. c. Decline assignment in the prior month. No assignment. d. Silent, i.e., no bid. Assign any date. 2. With respect to the "due/base" month: a. Bid for specific date(s): If requested date available -awarded. ARTICLE 18 / Page 9 If unavailable - assign any date. b. Silent, i.e., no bid. Assign any date 3. With respect to the "grace" month: a. Bid for specific date(s): If requested date available -awarded. If unavailable - assign any date. b. Silent, i.e., no bid: Assign any date NOTE: If a Flight Attendant's bid for an AER conflicts with a flight in the sequence which he/she has bid, the bid for the sequence will take precedence. In the event the Company changes a Flight Attendant's AER "due/base" month, the Company will notify the Flight Attendant in writing or in the JXCAF not later than the first week of the bid period preceding the Flight Attendant's new "prior" month. A Flight Attendant who bids for a relief run or a Flight Attendant who is subject to move-up to an open line of time may express her/his relief run preferences and balance preferences as outlined below by listing the appropriate letter code on line(s) fifty-three (53) through fifty-eight (58) of the bid sheet. To the extent possible preferences will be awarded in the order listed. Action Code Preference ----------- ---------- A Specific dates off B Weekends off C Charter Flights D Domestic Flights E Consecutive days off at any time F Long Flights G Short Flights I International Flights K-K Back-to-Back Flights L Layover M Limousine P Late departure - early arrival S Satellite T Turnaround Flights W Specific departure date Z Deadhead ARTICLE 18 / Page 10 (d) When two Cabin Attendants desire to fly together during a bid period, the senior of the two shall not submit sequence preferences. The senior Cabin Attendant must list on the bid sheet or by computer input the name and payroll number of the Cabin Attendant with whom he/she wishes to fly, and may indicate such additional preferences as specified in paragraph (c) above other than sequence preferences. The junior Cabin Attendant must list all the bids and must also write the name and payroll number of the Cabin Attendant with whom he/she wishes to fly. If the junior Cabin Attendant fails to write the name and payroll number of the senior Cabin Attendant, the senior Cabin Attendant shall be handled in accordance with paragraph (5)(d) below. NOTE: If a senior Cabin Attendant enters any bid preferences the request for partner preference is negated. (e) It will be the responsibility of each Flight Attendant to ensure that his/her bid preference is submitted by the time and date of the closing of bid preferences. Bid preferences may be submitted through computer input, the automated bid preference form and telegram or U.S. mail. Non receipt of a bid preference sheet will be handled in accordance with paragraph (5)(d) below. (f) Flight Attendants who are absent from their Domicile by reason of vacation, illness, personal time off, leaves of absence or irregular flight operations during the period preferences are posted for bid shall be responsible for having their preferences submitted. Valid excuses will not be limited to the above. Under unusual circumstances permission may be obtained from the Regional General Manager - In-Flight Services to bid by telegram. Bid preferences sent by telegram or U.S. Mail must be received by the Regional General Manager prior to the time and date of the close of bid preferences. If the above bid preferences are submitted by either telegram or certified U.S. Mail the Company will not be responsible for the non-receipt of any bid preferences submitted in accordance with the above. (g) The Company will ensure that the bid packages for every domicile and category will be available at each domicile in order to provide information to Flight Attendants transferring per paragraphs (5)(e) and (f) below. ARTICLE 18 / Page 11