Dear US
Airways Flight Attendants:
As you know, the Company filed a motion in US Bankruptcy Court
last week requesting emergency interim relief under Section
1113(e) of the US Bankruptcy Code. That motion asks to court
to allow the Company to impose a 23% wage cut on the flight
attendants. Your negotiating committee has been working on a
counter proposal and the proposal below was reviewed with the
entire MEC yesterday and was given to the Company. We are
waiting for the Company's response. As soon as more
information is available, we will let you know.
Perry Hayes
MEC President
Association of Flight Attendants - CWA, AFL-CIO |
AFA Proposal
9/30/04
Interim Relief Letter of Agreement
Whereas the Company has filed a petition in the United States Bankruptcy
Court for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, and
Whereas the Company has demanded immediate contract relief be imposed
pursuant to Section 1113(e), and
Whereas, the 1113(e) demand made by the Company includes a reduction of
base rates of pay by twenty-three (23%), excluding MDA, and a raise in
the pay cap by either five (5) or (10) hours (or by one additional trip
for flight attendants in the ITD),
Now Therefore, AFA proposes the following:
- Base rates of pay will be reduced by
eight and half per cent (8.5%) and frozen at the reduced level for
all longevity steps (excluding MDA)[1];
- Longevity step increases will remain
in full force and effect;
- The 2% pay raise due on 1/1/05 will
be deferred until 3/31/05;
- Amend 8. E.1.and 2 as follows: A
Flight Attendant will be credited with three (3) hours for each day
he/she is unable to report for duty due to illness or injury.
However in no case shall the claim exceed his/her option maximum or
ninety (90) hours in a thirty day month/ninety-three (93) hours in a
thirty-one day month, whichever is less, and his/her sick leave
accrual shall be reduced accordingly;
- A flight attendant who calls in sick
will not receive premiums (Senior, Aft Lead, “E” Galley,
International, LOD/O and CRAF);
- A Flight Attendant who calls in sick
will not receive sick leave accrual pursuant to 8.B.1. for the month
in which the trip originates;
- Reduce vacation accrual pursuant to
7.A.1.as amended (p.14 and 15 of the July 2002 Restructuring
Agreement) by two (2) days in 2004 for vacation either taken in 2005
or paid out for any reason after the effective date of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Flight Attendant may, at
her/his option, bid the two days and receive them in 2005 as unpaid
vacation days. If both or either of the unpaid days are taken as
part of a block of seven (7), the seven day rate shall apply;
- Reduce Vacation Daily Rate for
Flight Attendants effective 1/1/05 as follows:
| Vacation of 7 or
more days: |
0-17 Yrs |
18 Yrs and Above |
| 55 Hr Option |
2:30 |
3:00 |
| 75 Hr Option |
2:30 |
3:00 |
| 85 Hr Option |
3:45 |
4:30 |
| 95 Hr Option |
3:45 |
4:30 |
| 105 Hr Option |
4:30 |
5:30 |
| Vacation of less
than 7 days: |
|
| 55 Hr Option |
2:00 |
| 75 Hr Option |
2:00 |
| 85 Hr Option |
2:30 |
| 95 Hr Option |
2:30 |
| 105 Hr Option |
3:15 |
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9.
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Monthly Obligation:
The Director of Crew Scheduling may for each month, at any time
prior to or during such month, and with written notice to AFA,
increase the monthly obligation for all flight attendants by
either five (5) or ten (10) hours (or by one (1) additional trip
for flight attendants in the ITD); provided however that such
establishment of a revised monthly pay obligation will not
result in furloughs, but would be used to provide coverage in
the event of attrition or staffing shortages that might disrupt
flight operations. |
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In any month that
the Director of Crew Scheduling increases the monthly
obligation, all Flight Attendants must make every effort to meet
their new monthly flying obligation. However, in the event a
Flight Attendant cannot reach his/her increased flying
obligation through no fault of his/her own, he/she will not be
cited for Low Block or failure to meet his/her monthly flying
obligation. In addition, in such months where the Director of
Crew Scheduling increases the flying obligation, Reserve
Guarantee shall be increased to seventy-five (75) hours. The
Company agrees to aggressively monitor overfly and strictly
enforce the maximum flying obligation during the period of such
relief. |
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10.
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The eight and
one-half per cent (8.5%) interim relief shall be returned to the
Flight Attendants over a six (6) month period beginning the
quarter following two (2) consecutive quarters of profits. |
Other than as specifically modified
herein, all terms and conditions of the AFA-US Airways Collective
Bargaining Agreement effective May 1, 2000, as amended, shall remain in
full force and effect.
The agreement will remain in full force and effect until the earlier of:
(1) March 31, 2005; or (2) the effective date of a ratified
Transformation Plan Letter of Agreement, or (3) until further order of
the Court. It is further agreed that the Company will promptly withdraw
the 1113(e) petition regarding AFA currently pending before the
Bankruptcy Court.
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[1] Note: This is effective for
the paycheck given to the flight attendants on 10/30/04, because the
preceding paycheck(s) are for monies earned in September 2004.
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