• 65 POINT PLAN OFFER TO FURLOUGHED EMPLOYEES

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The Company sent a letter to all furloughed employees last week offering the furloughed employee the chance to participate, if eligible, in the Company’s 65 Point Plan Retiree Benefit program.

The letter states, “after careful consideration the decision has been made to allow pre-merger US Airways Employees who were in furlough post September 27, 2005, and who qualify for the 65 Point Plan Retiree Travel Benefit (age plus years of service equal or exceed 65 years, with a minimum of 10 years of service), to be eligible to take part in this plan, even if they are retiring from a furlough.”

The boarding priority for those participating in the 65 Point Plan is one level below that of active employees- S4. In order to participate in the 65 Point Plan a furloughed employee must sever their relationship with the Company. Although the letter states “retire”, if a Flight Attendant does not meet the age and years of service requirement to retire she/he must resign from the Company. The Company will classify a participant who resigns and participates in the plan as retired for travel purposes-meaning the participant is eligible for interline travel in accordance with current interline agreements.

The decision to take part in the plan is an individual one as everyone’s situation and/or travel needs are different. Flight Attendants who have already attained the 25/45 “Gold Pass” status already have earned the ability to use interline travel and travel as if an active status at an active (S3) boarding priority.

The Voluntary Furlough (VF) and Voluntary Furlough with Limited Recall (VFLR) provisions allow participants with more than twenty (20) years of service travel at an S3 boarding priority but do not provide for interline travel.

The key point is that if a Flight Attendant on any type of furlough wishes to participate in the 65 Point Plan such Flight Attendant either has to retire or resign from the Company thus ending the employment relationship with the Company and forfeiting all rights to recall.

There is no deadline to participate in the 65 Point Plan. The plan is Company policy and the Company made the decision to make the plan available retroactively to anyone who was on furlough as of September 27, 2005 (the day the financial merger between US Airway and America West was finalized).

Please assess your travel needs and personal circumstances carefully before making the decision to participate in the 65 Point Plan. Feel free to contact your local office or the Company contact, Jennie Lemon, at 480-693-8678.

Thank you,

Mike Flores, President
The US Airways Master Executive Council
AFA-CWA

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Council 40 PIT 724-695-3329
Council 41 DCA 703-212-8090
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Council 70 PHL 215-492-0840
Council 82 LGA 315-736-3483
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