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Subject: 2004 AFA/US Agreement - Rev.2/14

Important information, clarifications, and dates have been added to the "Guide to Implementation of Provisions of the 2004 Flight Attendant Agreement". Please reference this very important information on theHub. This guide does not reflect dates for implementation for all provisions contained within the agreement. Additional information will follow. Please watch theHub for future updates. The latest updated version, which includes new examples for weekend trip improving and helpful hints in regard to AIL processing, is dated 2/14/05.

Guide To Implementation of Provisions 
of the 2004 Flight Attendant Agreement
(Revised February 1 4, 2005)

Following is a summary of some of the contractual and procedural changes per the recently ratified 2004 AFA-US Airways Agreement.

Revisions to Pay Rates:

• Hourly Pay Rates - The new hourly pay rates as set forth in the 2004 Agreement were effective 1/10/05. As with any mid-month hourly rate change, the new rate of pay beginning 1/10/05 were reflected on the 2/15/05 (January clean-up) check. The January advance check, issued on 1/30/05, reflect 35.5 hours at the rate of pay in effect on 1/1/05. The hourly rate of pay changed to the following effective 1/10/05: 
  

Example 

• Flight attendant is in 7th year pay as 1/10/05
• Anniversary date for pay increase is April 10th

On 1/10/05, the flight attendant will be making $31.52 per flight hour. On his/her anniversary date of 4/10/05, he/she will progress to 8th year pay and be making $32.30 per flight hour. On his/her anniversary of 4/10/06, he/she will progress to 9th year pay and be making $33.35 per flight hour. On 1/1/07, he/she will receive a pay increase of 1% and will be at $33.68 per flight hour. On 4/10/07, he/she will progress to 10th year pay $34.75 per flight hour.

• Night Pay- Night pay eliminated effective 1/10/05. This will be reflected on your 2/15/05 time and pay report.
  
• Deadhead Pay - Effective 1/31/05, all originally scheduled deadhead time will be compensated at 50% pay, no credit. Your time and pay report will show originally scheduled deadhead time as it has in the past, however, when calculated using your hourly pay rate, your originally scheduled deadhead time will be paid at 50% of your hourly rate. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, deadhead pay for a flight attendant for a non-revenue flight leg on which those pilots who belong to the flight attendant's crew are paid as for a "live" leg (e.g., a ferry flight) will be compensated at 100% pay and 100% credit. Further, this 50% provision does not apply to a flight that was originally constructed as a working leg but in actual operations due to weather and/or mechanical, is rescheduled as a deadhead.
  
  In the CATs screen (Option #5) the originally scheduled deadhead will show as 50% pay no credit. Remember, you will see 100% credit on your time and pay report, however; the deadhead time will be paid at 50% of your hourly pay rate. 
  
  You will need to take this change into consideration when using the AIL to reach your flying obligation for February and March. Beginning with the April published pairings and lines of flying, the deadhead time will be printed in the "DHD" field and not credited to the "PAY" field. We are working on changes to the pairing & line packets that will enable us to print the pay no credit values to be reflected in the future. 

Revisions to Premium Pay Items:

Senior and Aft Lead Pay- Effective 1/31/05 and continuing through 12/31/11, Senior and Aft lead pay will be as follows:

1. Senior Pay Premiums will be amended to the following [3.C]:

2. Aft Lead Premiums will be amended to the following [3.C]:

• International Premium Pay- Effective 1/31/05, flight attendants will be paid $3.00 for each hour or fraction thereof flown prorated to the nearest minute on international transoceanic flights only. The international premium will no longer be paid on non-transoceanic international flights.
• Training Pay- Effective 1/31/05, training will be paid at a flat rate of $60.00 per day. Per diem remains unchanged.
• Jury Duty Claims- Effective 1/31/05, jury duty claims will be paid at 4:00 per day, not trips missed. 
• Bereavement Claims- Effective 1/31/05, bereavement claims will be paid at 4:00 per day, not trips missed. 
• Premiums for Paid Time Off- On a date not yet determined, all premiums (including senior, aft lead, "E" galley, LOD/O, and CRAF) paid for sick leave and vacation will be eliminated. 
• Effective 1/31/05, all premiums associated with settling, bereavement, and jury claims was eliminated. 
• Effective 1/31/05, international pay premium ($3.00) paid for sick leave and vacation was eliminated. 

Hours of Service:

• Restrict Weekend Trip Improvement- Effective 1/31/05, flight attendants using the AIL to trip improve off a weekend trip (containing Saturday and/or Sunday), must pick up a trip that contains the same weekend day(s), but such trip does not have to be for the same duration. Here are a few examples: 

1. 1. A flight attendant has a trip scheduled on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. He/she contacts crew scheduling the day prior to trip origination and requests that he/she not be required to fly on Friday. If crew scheduling has sufficient coverage, he/she will not have to originate a trip on Friday, but will be placed on the AIL for Saturday and would be required to originate a trip on Saturday. He/she can fly a one-day trip on Saturday, but would be placed on the AIL for Sunday and would be required to originate a trip on Sunday.
2. In the previous example, after the flight attendant was allowed to back-end trip improve off of Friday's trip, he/she could again contact crew scheduling on Friday and request that he/she not be required to fly on Saturday. If crew scheduling had sufficient coverage, he/she would not be required to originate a trip on Saturday, but would be placed on the AIL for Sunday and would be required to originate a trip on Sunday.
3. If a flight attendant has a scheduled on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, he/she can go on the AIL and work a one-day trip on Friday, after such award crew scheduling would automatically place the flight attendant on the AIL list for Saturday to fulfill his/her requirement for touching both Saturday and Sunday. If he/she takes a one day trip on Saturday, he/she would be required to originate another trip on Sunday, therefore, he/she would automatically be placed on the AIL list for Sunday.
4. If a flight attendant has a trip scheduled on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, he/she may go on the AIL and work a two day trip on Friday, after such award crew scheduling will automatically place the flight attendant on the AIL list for Sunday, to fulfill his/her requirement to touch Sunday.

When back-end trip improving a flight attendant is not released from his/her obligation of time and must fulfill his/her monthly flying obligation. Exception: when TWOP (Time Off Without Pay) is implemented and the request is granted, the flying obligation will be reduced by the value of the dropped trip. 

Note: This restriction only applies to trip improving via AIL. Therefore, it does not eliminate the flight attendant's ability to drop his/her weekend trips when participating in SAP, overprotection drops via Crew Scheduling, ETB activity or trip trades with other fight attendants. 

Request for a Personal Day Off (PDO) and a Restrict Weekend Trip is involved. 

Example 1: A flight attendant has a 4-day trip that spans Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. He/she contacts crew scheduling to request a PDO because of an unexpected emergency. Crew scheduling grants the request and takes the flight attendant off the trip. His/her obligation to Saturday and Sunday was satisfied because the trip he/she was removed from "touched" both days. 

Note: The flight attendant is required to make a follow up call to his/her supervisor regarding the PDO. He/she is still responsible for his/her flying obligation and charged with one PDO.

Example 2: A flight attendant has a 4-day trip on February 11th. The trip spans Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. He/she trip improves to a 3-day trip originating on Thursday, February 10th. The new trip spans Thursday, Friday and Saturday and is scheduled to checkout at 00:30 on Sunday the 13th. 

Subsequently, the flight attendant contacts crew scheduling to request a PDO because of an unexpected emergency. Crew scheduling grants the request and takes the flight attendant off the trip. His/her obligation to Saturday and Sunday was satisfied because the trip he/she was removed from "touched" both days. 

Note: The flight attendant is obligated to make a follow up call to his/her supervisor regarding the PDO. He/she is still responsible for his/her flying obligation and charged with one PDO.

Example 3: A flight attendant has a 4-day trip on February 11th. The trip spans Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. He/she trip improves to a 3-day trip originating on Thursday February 10th. The new trip spans Thursday, Friday and Saturday with a checkout of 23:45. After the 3-day trip is awarded, crew scheduling automatically places the flight attendant on the AIL for Sunday the 13th because the obligation to "touch" Sunday has not been satisfied. 

Subsequently, the flight attendant contacts crew scheduling to request a PDO because of an unexpected emergency. Crew scheduling grants the request and takes the flight attendant off the trip. His/her obligation to "touch" Saturday was satisfied because the trip he/she was removed from "touched" that day. Conversely, the obligation to "touch" Sunday was not satisfied nor covered by the PDO. Remember, the crew scheduled automatically placed the flight attendant on the AIL for Sunday when he/she trip improved. The flight attendant could contact crew scheduling on Saturday and request that he/she not be required to fly on Sunday. If crew scheduling had sufficient coverage, he/she would be released from the obligation. If not released from the obligation, he/she would be expected to fly a trip that originates on Sunday at his/her seniority. 

Note: The flight attendant is obligated to make a follow up call to his/her Supervisor regarding the PDO. He/she is still responsible for his/her flying obligation and charged with one PDO.

Example 4: A flight attendant has three 1-day trips in sequential order. The 1-day trips are scheduled on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. He/she trip improves to a red-eye originating on Friday returning on Sunday at 06:00. Subsequently, he/she contacts crew scheduling to request a PDO because of an unexpected emergency. Crew scheduling grants the request and takes the flight attendant off the trip. His/her obligation to Saturday and Sunday was satisfied because the trip he/she was removed from "touched" both days. 

Note: The flight attendant is obligated to make a follow up call to his/her supervisor regarding the PDO. He/she is still responsible for his/her flying obligation. He/she is charged with one PDO. 

Reserve Duty:

• Reserve Duty: If a reserve flight attendant has been awarded/assigned a trip all the aforementioned rules apply. If he/she does not have a trip and is AVL, a Personal Day Off is applied in the following manner. Example: A reserve still on duty at 12:00 (without a trip) asks for and is granted a PDO. At that time, the crew scheduler will coordinate with the reserve when he/she will be available again for a call from scheduling.

A Sick Call and a Restrict Weekend Trip Is Involved

Example 1: A flight attendant has a 4-day trip that spans Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. He/she calls in sick for the trip. In this case, his/her obligation to Saturday and Sunday was satisfied because the trip he/she was removed from "touched" both days. The Flight Attendant is still responsible for meeting his/her monthly flying obligation as outlined in the contract. *

Example 2: A flight attendant has a 4-day trip on February 11th. The trip spans Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. He/she trip improves and is awarded a 3-day trip originating on Thursday, February 10th. The new trip spans Thursday, Friday and Saturday and is scheduled to checkout at 00:30 on Sunday the 13th.

Subsequently, he/she calls in sick for the trip. In this case, his /her obligation to Saturday and Sunday was satisfied because the trip he/she was removed from "touched" both days. The flight attendant is still responsible for meeting his/her monthly flying obligation as outlined in the contract. *

Example 3: A flight attendant has a 4-day trip on February 11th. The trip spans Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. He/she trip improves to a 3-day trip originating on Thursday February 10th. The new trip spans Thursday, Friday and Saturday with a check out of 23:45. After the 3-day trip is awarded, crew scheduling automatically places the flight attendant on the AIL for Sunday the 13th because the obligation to "touch" Sunday has not been satisfied.

Subsequently, he/she calls in sick for the trip. In this case, his/her obligation to "touch" Saturday was satisfied because the trip he/she was removed from worked Saturday. Conversely, the obligation to "touch' Sunday was not satisfied. Remember, the crew scheduled automatically placed the flight attendant on the AIL for Sunday when he/she trip improved. The flight attendant could contact crew scheduling on Saturday and request that he/she not be required to fly on Sunday. If crew scheduling had sufficient coverage, he/she would be released from the obligation. If not released from the obligation, he/she would be expected to fly a trip that originates on Sunday at his/her seniority. The flight attendant is still responsible for meeting his/her monthly flying obligation as outlined in the contract. * 

Example 4: A flight attendant has three 1-day trips in sequential order. The 1-day trips are scheduled on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. He/she trip improves and is awarded a red eye originating on Friday and returning on Sunday at 06:00. 

Subsequently, he/she calls in sick for the trip. In this case, his /her obligation to Saturday and Sunday was satisfied because the trip he/she was removed from "touched" both days. *

*Note: Please read the data published in the Guide To Implementation of Provisions of the 2004 Flight Attendant Agreement (Revised February 4, 2004) regarding when flying back time is allowed and when it is not (automation of sick charging goes into effect).

• Split trips - Effective 1/31/05 and prior to automation, VM will not be paid on any split duty period; however, any duty rig applicable to the split duty period will be paid prior to automation. With automation (date TBD), all split duty periods will pay the greater of scheduled/actual block time plus deadhead pay-no-credit ONLY.

Bid Sheet/AIL List Helpful Information: 

Now that deadheading pays 50% pay no credit do not assume that a pairing is worth a minimum of 5:00 for a day trip, 10:00 for a 2-day trip, 15:00 for a 3-day trip and 20:00 for a 4-day trip. To protect yourself, look up the actual pay and credit information via CATS for February and March ( April printed pairing sheets will eliminate deadhead time from the Pay and Credit totals). This will enable you to see if a pairing actually has a deadhead and if such deadhead works positively or negatively for you. After reviewing them, list in preferred order the pairing numbers you like before giving them to scheduler. Of course, you have the right to leave a list of parameters when trying to trip improve but be aware that a lot of things have changed. The following are some things you should know: 

Example 1: When working the bid sheet, schedulers see the total pay that is credited toward your flying obligation. They do not see the deadhead time like a deadhead for 2:00 which would result in 1:00 pay no credit (PNC). Therefore, when a trip is awarded the PNC is not known or taken into consideration by the scheduler when the request is for the highest time trip.

Example 2: When trying to trip improve if a flight attendant say to the scheduler "I want a 1-day back by 16:00. He/she could get a trip worth a lot less than a minimum day. However, if he/she says "I want 1-day trip back by 16:00, highest time but not less than 5:00. My second choice is a 1-day trip back by 16:00, highest time but not less than 4:30. And so on." The results would be completely different. 

Split Trip (after automation) Example: A three - Duty Period (DP) trip pays 4:00, 7:00, & 4:00 on DP1, DP2, & DP3 respectively. Flight attendant is split off on DP2. CATS would pay as follows: DP1 = 4:00 & DP2 = actual pay. The replacement flight attendant who splits onto the remainder of the trip would be paid as follows: DP2 = actual pay, & DP3=4:00.

• Open Time - Effective with Secondary Line construction for March 2005, there will be no restriction on the amount of open time positions at the start of the month. This will eliminate the current 10% floor; however, the minimum reserve coverage requirement still applies in each base. The minimum percent of reserve flight attendants required by domicile is determined by the Director of Crew Scheduling on a monthly basis.

Reserve Duty:

• Reserve Residence - Effective 1/10/05, a reserve flight attendant may reside in a location that allows him/her to report for his/her trip by surface transportation within one hour and thirty minutes (1:30) from the time he/she is awarded/assigned a trip by Crew Scheduling.

International:

• CLT/PHL transatlantic training began in January. A319/320/321 and A330 training is being scheduled as needed.

Vacation

• Vacation daily rates - The following vacation rates will be effective 1/31/05: Vacation periods bid in the annual vacation process in blocks of seven (7) or more consecutive calendar days will be paid at four hours (4:00) base pay and credit per day. Vacation periods bid in the annual vacation process in blocks of less than seven (7) consecutive calendar days will be paid at three hours and thirty minutes (3:30) base pay and credit per day.
• Effective 1/31/05 - A Reserve flight attendant, at his/her option, may slip any or all of his/her days off without pay to provide time off before or after vacation periods of seven (7) or more days, and may slip up to three (3) of his/her days off without pay to provide time off before or after vacation periods of less than seven (7) days. Additional days may be slipped with Company consent according to the needs of the service.
• No premiums for vacation pay- The effective date for the following provision is still to be determined, flight attendants will not be eligible for any premiums for their vacation claims. International premiums associated with vacation claims was eliminated effective 1/31/05.
  

Sick

• Eliminate SLV- Effective 1/1/05, the sick policy as set forth in the January 2003 Agreement.
• Sick pay at 70% hourly rate/100% credit went into effect on 1/1/05. Sick time used will be deducted from the flight attendant's sick bank at 100% and credited towards the flight attendant's flying obligation at 100%, but paid at 70% of the hourly rate. Prior to the automatic sick charging process (as stated below) the flight attendant will be allowed to fly on the days he/she called in sick, whereby he/she can fly back his/her sick time. It will be the flight attendant's option to claim sick time from his/her sick bank. The sick claiming process remains unchanged until automation.
• Automatic Sick Charging- On a date not yet determined, sick time will be automatically deducted from the flight attendant's sick bank at 100% and credited toward the flight attendant's flying obligation at 100%, but paid at 70% of the hourly rate. Further, a flight attendant will not be allowed to fly during the time his/her trip was scheduled to operate. Flight Attendants without adequate sick banks will be restricted from flying during the time his/her trip was scheduled to operate and be responsible for meeting his/her obligation as outlined in the contract.
• 21 day sick note requirement- Effective 1/31/05, flight attendants who are unable to report to work for twenty-one (21) calendar days following the origination of a sick call are required to notify their supervisory team. Sick calls lasting more than twenty-one (21) calendar days will require medical documentation. 
• No premiums for sick pay- On a date not yet determined, flight attendants who report sick will not be eligible for any premiums for their sick claims. International premiums associated with sick claims were eliminated effective 1/31/05.
• Dr's statement after 4 occurrences- Effective 1/31/05.
• Rapid Reaccrual - Eliminated effective January 2005.
• Sick Accrual Change - On a date not yet determined, sick accruals will be automated according to the sick bank balance table which may be found in the 2004 AFA-US Airways Agreement contract.

Expenses:

• Amend long layover requirements- This provision provides for long layover requirements to be increased from 14 hours to 16 hours in both places where such number of hours occurs. Flight attendants on the same pairing with pilots will stay at the same hotels with pilots on their crew. This change will be incorporated into crew pairings effective 4/1/05. Effective 1/10/05-individual/Extra flight attendant pairing layover requirements were eligible for modification.

Personal Days Policy: The modified Personal Days Policy was effective on 1/31/05. The two Personal Days in a calendar year as set forth in the Summer 2002 Restructuring Agreement will no longer be deducted from vacation accrual. 

Commuter Policy: The Commuter Policy as modified by the 2004 Agreement was effective on 1/31/05. The Commuter Policy now contains a modification that allows an unable to commute incident to fall under the Commuter Policy if the second flight departing from a station for which a designated commuter is listed is full. All other provisions set forth in the Commuter Policy must exist for the policy to apply. (Please reference CBS Bulletin dated 1/20/05)

Late Report: Effective 1/10/05, the first Late Check-In in a rolling twelve-month period will not count for disciplinary purposes. 

Working While On Furlough: Effective 1/10/05, the Company agrees that employees on voluntary furlough and involuntary furlough will be allowed to work other employment within the aviation industry.

Ready to receive passengers: Effective 1/31/05, on domestic departures on aircraft of 165 (currently A321, A330, B757, and B767) or more passenger seats, flight attendants are required to be on board the aircraft ready to receive passengers thirty-five (35) minutes prior to scheduled departure.

LTD Employee Contribution: Effective February all active flight attendants will be charged $18.00 per month. (First paycheck affected will be the 2/15/05 check). 

Early Retirement Incentive (eligibility): Flight attendants (1) who are active as of December 1, 2004; (2) with at least 20 years of service as a flight attendant; (3) who are of at least 55 years of age on the date he/she retires; and (4) who notify the Company of their intention to retire prior to March 1, 2005, with the effective date of retirement not earlier than January 2, 2005 and not later than December 31, 2005, shall receive, in addition to any other compensation paid to retiring flight attendants, a payment of $300 per month, commencing January 1, 2006 and for each month thereafter, until the flight attendant reaches age 65.

The following dates are strictly targeted dates. Additional information and updates will be provided.

Targeted Vacation Timeline:

Targeted Vacation Timeline:

• 1/31/05 provisions relating to fillers day on a first come, first served basis and backfill days were eliminated
• February 10, 2005 - Standard April Monthly Rebid process closes (firm date)
• February 10, 2005 - Standard March Filler Day seniority bid process closes (firm date)
• February 15, 2005 - May-December Annual Vacation Bid Round 1 opens 
• February 24, 2005 -May-December Annual Vacation Bid Round 1 closes
• February 28, 2005 - May-December Annual Vacation Bid Round 1 results posted
• March 2, 2005 - May-December Annual Vacation Bid Round 2 opens
• March 9, 2005 - May-December Annual Vacation Bid Round 2 closes
• March 10, 2005 - Eliminated Standard May Monthly Rebid Vacation process
• March 10, 2005 - Standard April Filler Day seniority bid process closes (firm date)
• March 14, 2005 - May-Dec Annual Vacation Bid (Round 2 & assignments posted in CATs)

Targeted March Timeline:

• Aircraft Cabin Cleaning - additional information and updates will be provided.
• LOA Changes (reference chart on 20-8 of the May 1, 2000 contract) - date to be determined

Targeted April Timeline:

• Secondary line augmentation to commence April

Targeted May Timeline:

• Elimination of Options/Trips(ITD)
• Elimination of the ITD Fence 
• ETB (Electronic Trade Board)/TWOP (Time Off without Pay)
• LTO changes/Reserve Duty Day (Day will begin at 0001 domicile local time and end at domicile local time 2400)
• Establish monthly maximum of 85, 90, or 95 hours for line construction.
• The monthly obligation for a flight attendant shall be his/her primary line value, post SAP value, secondary line value, or augmented secondary line value, whichever is greater.
• At the flight attendant's option, he/she may exceed 35/7

Targeted June Timeline:

• VFLR

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