APPENDIX E - MILITARY FLYING
PART I SUPPLEMENTAL MAC AGREEMENT
between
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
and the
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
in the service of
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
as represented by the
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
 THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, by and between American Airlines, Inc. (hereinafter known as the "Company") and the FLIGHT ATTENDANTS in the service of AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., as represented by the ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS (hereinafter known as the "APFA").
WHEREAS, the Company and APFA desire to supplement and make certain exceptions to their Basic Agreement and Appendix I, Supplemental International Agreement ("Appendix I") with respect to all operations to be conducted by the Company for the Military Airlift Command, called "The MAC Operation."
WHEREAS, for purposes of Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) flying, Part II of this Appendix E shall apply.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree to the following terms applicable to the MAC Operations, provided the provisions of the Basic Agreement and Appendix I shall apply to such operations, except as modified herein: ARTICLE 3 - COMPENSATION Except as modified herein, the provisions of Appendix I, Article 3 shall apply.
A. MAC OVERRIDE
1. A MAC Flight Attendant who flies and completes an International MAC trip pairing(s) will be compensated with a supplemental MAC Override at the rate of three dollars ($3.00) per hour actually flown on such trip pairing(s), in addition to all other compensation to which the Flight Attendant is normally contractually entitled, when such pairing(s) are operated with military troops on board; or
2. A MAC Flight Attendant who flies and completes an International MAC trip pairing(s) which has a scheduled on duty period in excess of contractual on duty limitations, will be compensated with a supplemental MAC Override at the rate of three dollars ($3.00) per hour actually flown on such trip pairing(s), in addition to all other compensation to which the Flight Attendant is normally contractually entitled.
3. In the event that both 1. and 2. above apply, such supplemental MAC Override will not exceed three dollars ($3.00) per hour on any such trip pairing(s).
Except as modified herein, the provisions of Article 6 of the Basic Agreement shall apply. A. VACATION BIDDING 1. A Flight Attendant assigned to the MAC Operation shall bid and be awarded a vacation selection within the MAC complement of Flight Attendants. In addition, s/he may bid and be awarded a Domestic or International vacation selection in accordance with his/her base seniority. 2. The Flight Attendant will take his/her MAC vacation if s/he has been notified of his/her vacation, pursuant to Article 6.B. of the Basic Agreement. In the event s/he is returned to his/her Domestic or International Operation due to a reduction of staffing requirements, and is due a vacation, s/he will take his/her Domestic or International Operation vacation. In the event the Domestic/International vacation period has passed, his/her MAC vacation selection will apply. ARTICLE 7 - HOURS OF SERVICE Except as modified herein, the provisions of Appendix I, Article 7 shall apply. A. ON-DUTY LIMITATIONS 1. A Flight Attendant shall not be scheduled for any duty period on a trip or trip pairing in excess of the duty period scheduled for the pilot on the same trip or trip pairing. 2. No Flight Attendant shall be scheduled or rescheduled for a rest period of less than twelve (12) hours; however, the Company and APFA may agree to shorter or longer rest periods at specific layover points. B. DUTY- FREE PERIODS 1. A regularly scheduled Flight Attendant shall receive ten (10) twenty-four (24) hour periods free of all duty for each full month of service. Such duty-free periods shall be assigned to each Flight Attendant after s/he receives a trip selection award, but prior to the first of the month in which such trip selection is effective.
2. In the event a Flight Attendant is absent from a trip due to illness, when s/he clears the sick list, such Flight Attendant shall be available for assignment. A Flight Attendant may be assigned to a trip which exceeds the dates of the trip which was originally scheduled. However, should the substituted assignment interfere with a duty-free period, such duty-free period will be rescheduled by the Company at the time of the substituted trip. ARTICLE 9 - SCHEDULING Except as modified herein, the provisions of Appendix I, Article 9 shall apply. A. CANCELLATION In the event a Flight Attendant's trip is canceled, such Flight Attendant shall be available for another flying assignment on the following basis: 1. If notified of cancellation prior to reporting for the trip, such Flight Attendant shall be available for assignment for the number of days s/he was originally scheduled to fly and two (2) additional days.
2. If a Flight Attendant has reported for the trip and the trip is canceled, such Flight Attendant shall be available for assignment for the number of days s/he was originally scheduled to fly and one (1) additional day.
3. A Flight Attendant who is required to be available as specified in 1. and 2. above, shall maintain contact with MAC Crew Scheduling each such day during a two (2) hour period specified by MAC Crew Scheduling. 4. A Flight Attendant who is available under 1. and 2. above, may be assigned to a trip which exceeds the dates of the trip which was originally scheduled. However, should the substituted assignment interfere with a Duty-Free period, such duty-free period will be rescheduled by the Company at the time of the substitute trip. Such rescheduling cannot make him/her illegal for his/her next scheduled trip. B. DEADHEAD PROCEDURES For a Flight Attendant whose base station is other than the PAE from which his/her MAC
Operation trip is to depart, the following will apply: 1. S/he will be assigned to deadhead to such operation on a flight assigned by the Company which shall be the latest departure on which space is available which will schedule him/her to arrive at the airline station serving the port of aerial embarkation twelve (12) hours prior to the scheduled departure of his/her MAC Operation trip. 2. S/he will be assigned to deadhead back to his/her base station on the first available flight after the required rest period following the termination of his/her MAC Operation trip. Upon his/her request, however, such Flight Attendant shall be permitted to waive the required rest period and deadhead on an earlier flight. 3. Deadheading on American Airlines, Inc., in connection with the MAC Operation shall be on a positive space basis, in first class, if a first class seat is available. Other deadheading shall be via scheduled carrier, first class, when available. Such deadhead time will not be considered on duty for purposes of pay and credit, nor will such deadhead time impact legalities. On duty for the purposes of flight time pay and credit will commence at the scheduled sign-in for departure from the PAE and will continue through the end of the debrief period following the trip that returns the Flight Attendant to the PAE. ARTICLE 10 - RESERVE Except as modified herein, the provisions of Appendix I, Article 10 shall apply. A. Flight Attendants flying reserve shall receive eleven (11) twenty-four (24) hour periods free of all duty of which one (1) ninety-six (96) consecutive hour period shall be preplanned and indicated on the monthly trip selection.
B. The base for MAC reserves will be designated by the Company. ARTICLE 11 - LANGUAGE The provisions of Article 11 of the Basic Agreement and Appendix I, Article 11 are not applicable to the Military Airlift Command Operation. There will be no foreign language requirement for Flight Attendant(s) participating in MAC flying.
ARTICLE 12 - FILLING OF VACANCIES Except as modified herein, the provisions of Appendix I, Article 12 shall apply.
A. BID VACANCIES
The Company will provide a sufficient number of bid vacancies to cover all flying performed in the MAC Operation, and such vacancies will be promptly posted and awarded as staffing requirements dictate. Bid vacancies shall consist of permanent bidding awards, standing preference and reserves.
B. MAC FLYING
MAC flying will be performed by permanent MAC bidholders, Standing Preference bidholders, regardless of location of the base station, or Reserves.
1. Trip selections shall be posted each month for selection by permanent MAC bidholders.
2. All flying not included in the trip selection, as defined above, shall be flown by Flight Attendants holding Standing Preference bid status, or MAC Reserve Flight Attendants.
3. If flying in addition to that defined in paragraph 1. and 2. above can be posted for monthly bid selection, it will be flown by Standing Preference bidholders. Flying which becomes available during the course of the month will be flown by MAC Reserves or Standing Preference bidholders flying Domestic or International schedules.
C. LOCK IN PROVISIONS
| 1. Resignation From MAC Operation
a. Flight Attendants who are assigned to the MAC Operation may return to his/her Domestic/International Operation flying on three (3) months' written notice, provided s/he has been in this Operation for at least three (3) months.
b. When unusual conditions exist concerning a Flight Attendant's assignment to the MAC Operation which imposes a hardship, such Flight Attendant shall be released as soon as practicable but, in any event, no later than thirty (30) days following the determination by the Company that hardship does, in fact exist. |
2. If the number of Flight Attendants bidding on assignments in the MAC Operation is insufficient to meet the Company's staffing requirements, the Company may assign Flight Attendants in the reverse order of system seniority.
D. REDUCTION OF STAFFING REQUIREMENTS/MAC OPERATION
1. When there is a reduction of staffing requirements in the MAC Operation, the cancellation of Flight Attendant assignments shall be accomplished:
| a.In order of MAC seniority among those Flight Attendants who were involuntarily assigned, and thereafter,
b.In order of MAC seniority among those Flight Attendants who were awarded assignments, but who desire to be returned, and thereafter, |
| c.In reverse order of MAC seniority among those Flight Attendants who were awarded assignments. |
2. A Flight Attendant who is released from the MAC Operation due to a reduction in staffing requirements shall retain, for a period of two (2) years from such release, reinstatement rights to a MAC Operation assignment. Such Flight Attendant shall be reinstated to the said Operation prior to the awarding of a bid to a Flight Attendant who does not hold recall rights, regardless of the relative seniority involved. A Flight Attendant who holds a permanent bidding award in the MAC Operation, but who loses such permanent bid assignment in accordance with paragraph 1. above shall, in addition to the reinstatement rights to such permanent bid, have the option of electing Standing Preference status, as provided in paragraph B. above, or returning to his/her normal status in the Domestic/International Operation. The election of Standing Preference status must be made at the time the permanent bid reduction occurs and, once having been made, may not be revoked. ARTICLE 26 - SICK LEAVE Except as modified herein, the provisions of Article 26 of the Basic Agreement shall apply. A. A Flight Attendant who holds a regular trip selection award may request, at the option of the Company, to waive the flight time credited to him/her under this provision for trips missed due to sick leave. If such waiver is permitted, the Flight Attendant's sick leave accrual shall be restored to the extent of the number of hours flown, to a maximum of the number of hours originally charged. Flight Attendants who have waived flight time credit will be considered for make-up flying after all Flight Attendants who have not waived flight time have had the opportunity for open flying.
B. In the event of occupational disability of a Flight Attendant resulting from injury or disease arising out of or in connection with duty while in the MAC Operation, the Company shall pay for the period of disability, up to a maximum of twelve (12) months, the minimum pay set forth in Appendix I, Article 3, subject to the conditions set forth in Article 26 of the Basic Agreement. Such payment will be less weekly indemnity benefits received under applicable Workers' Compensation Laws. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 26 of the Basic Agreement, such Flight Attendant will not be charged sick leave during such twelve (12) month period. ARTICLE 30 - GENERAL | Except as modified herein, the provisions of Appendix I, Article 30 shall apply.
| | A. | DEATH, PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY DISMEMBERMENT, SICKNESS AND INJURY BENEFITS | | 1. In the event of:
a. the death of a Flight Attendant resulting from injury or illness incurred while such Flight Attendant is or was assigned to the MAC Operation, or
b. the permanent total disability of a Flight Attendant resulting from injury or illness incurred while such Flight Attendant is or was assigned to the MAC Operation, directly contributed to by being in such Operation, or
c. the loss, by a Flight Attendant, of sight of both eyes, or the loss of both hands, or both feet, or one hand and one foot, or one hand and sight of one eye, or one foot and sight of one eye, resulting from injury incurred while such Flight Attendant is or was assigned to the MAC Operation, directly contributed to by being in such Operation. |
2. The coverage provided by all contributory and non-contributory Company insurance programs, will be applicable, including benefits under Article 30 of the Basic Agreement and Appendix
E, Part I, Article 26, remain in effect for Flight Attendants who perform Domestic or International MAC flying. The Company will indemnify the voluntary personal accident insurance.
3. Insurance benefits will be paid under the provisions of Article 30 of the Basic Agreement or Appendix E, Part I, Article 30, whichever applies. In the event both apply, the Company agrees to pay the greater of the two coverages.
4. The Company shall pay or cause to be paid, subject to the conditions set forth in paragraphs C. and D. below, $35,000 for death, or $75,000 for permanent total disability, dismemberment or loss of sight, caused by or resulting from hostile or military action of any government while such Flight Attendant is outside the United States on a flight assignment in the MAC Operation, to such Flight Attendant if s/he is alive, otherwise to his/her designated beneficiary under the Company's Group Insurance Plan. "Permanent, total disability" shall mean the complete inability of the Flight Attendant to perform any and every duty pertaining to any occupation or employment for remuneration or profit for at least one (1) year, and at the end of said period the exception to be that the disability shall continue for the remainder of the Flight Attendant's life. "Loss", with respect to hands and feet, shall mean actual severance through or above the wrist or ankle joints; with respect to eyes, shall mean entire and irrecoverable loss of sight. In the event the Flight Attendant incurs a loss or becomes a permanent total disability, as defined above, the maximum payments under this Article shall be $75,000, and such benefits shall be in addition to the benefits provided in other Company plans.
5. The Company will, if necessary, supplement such coverage, or the equivalent of such coverage, to provide a total of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) of coverage in the aggregate in the event of death of any Flight Attendant while performing MAC flying or in the event of any disease or injury received while performing MAC flying that directly results in the death of any Flight Attendant within twelve (12) months of the date of the injury or the onset of the disease.
B. The provisions of paragraph A. above shall be applicable to a Flight Attendant assigned to the MAC Operation only when, death, total permanent disability, and dismemberment or loss of sight, as applicable, or the injury or illness which leads to such casualty occurs as a result of hostile or military action of any government while such Flight Attendant is outside the United States on a flight assignment in the MAC Operation.
| C. | THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH B. ABOVE AND 26.B. ABOVE SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO A FLIGHT ATTENDANT ASSIGNED TO THE MAC OPERATION WHEN DEATH, INJURY OR ILLNESS, AS APPLICABLE: | | 1. is the result of or consists of habitual drunkenness or addiction to drugs, or |
2. is contracted, suffered or incurred while such Flight Attendant was engaged in a criminal enterprise, or results from his/her having engaged in a criminal enterprise, or
3. is intentionally self-inflicted.
D. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS
A Flight Attendant who is assigned to the Company's MAC Operation will be covered for Workers' Compensation Benefits in amounts not less than those prescribed by the state in which such Flight Attendant's base station is situated. These benefits shall be in addition to (I) any basic or optional life insurance benefits available under the Company's Group Insurance Plan, (ii) the death benefits provided under the Company's Retirement Benefit Plan, and (iii) the death benefits provided under paragraph B. above.
E. MISSING, INTERNMENT, PRISONER OR HOSTAGE OF WAR BENEFITS
1. A Flight Attendant who, while engaged in the MAC Operation, becomes or is reported missing shall be allowed compensation as set forth in Appendix I, Article 3 for a period of twelve (12) months after his/her disappearance or until death is established, whichever first occurs. When such Flight Attendant has been missing for twelve (12) months, the Company will aid the beneficiary in obtaining legal proof in order that death benefits under Company plans (including the Company's Retirement Benefit Plan) can be paid.
2. A Flight Attendant who, while engaged in the MAC Operation, becomes or is reported interned or taken prisoner of war shall be allowed compensation as set forth in Appendix I, Article 3 for the period during which s/he is known to the Company to be interned or held prisoner of war. Such payments will cease, however, when death is established. In the absence of knowledge on the part of the Company as to whether the Flight Attendant is alive or dead, s/he will be considered missing, starting with the time s/he was last known to the Company to have been interned or held prisoner of war, and will be covered under the provisions of paragraph 1. above.
3. When, under the provisions of paragraphs 1. and 2. above, a Flight Attendant has been missing for a period of twelve (12) months, the death benefits provided for in paragraph B.1. above shall be paid. If such Flight Attendant is later found to be alive, compensation under Appendix I, Article 3 will be paid retroactively to the time that such payments ceased, less any death benefits which were paid to the beneficiary.
F. BENEFIT ASSIGNMENTS
1. The monthly compensation allowable under Article 30.F. hereof to a Flight Attendant interned, held as a hostage, or held prisoner of war or missing, shall be credited to such Flight Attendant on the books of the Company and shall be disbursed by the Company in accordance with written directions from him/her. The Company shall require each Flight Attendant hereafter employed in or assigned to the MAC Operation to execute and deliver to the Company prior to such employment or assignment, a written direction in the form hereinafter set forth. The Company shall, as soon as practicable, require all Flight Attendants assigned to the MAC Operation to execute and deliver to the Company such written direction. The direction referred to shall be in, substantially, the following form:
| "To: American Airlines, Inc.
"You are hereby directed to pay all monthly compensation allowable to me under the provisions of Article 30.F. of the MAC Agreement between American Airlines, Inc., and the Flight Attendants in the service of American Airlines, Inc. as represented by the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, signed January 29, 1994, while interned, held prisoner or hostage of war, or missing, or resulting from death or any other condition which causes direct payment to me to be impossible as follows: |
| $_________ per month to ________________________ | ____________________________ | | (Name) | (Address) | | as long as living, and thereafter to______________________ | ____________________________ | | (Name) | | ____________________________________________ | as long as living, and thereafter | | (Address) | | to__________________________________________ | ____________________________ | | (Name) | (Address) | as long as living.
| "The balance, if any, and any amounts accruing after the death of all persons named in the above designations shall be held for me or, in the event of my death before receipt thereof, shall be paid to the legal representative of my estate. "The foregoing direction may be modified from time to time by letter signed by the undersigned, and any such modification shall become effective upon receipt of such letter by you. "Payments made by the Company pursuant to this direction shall fully release the Company from the obligation of making any further payment with respect thereto. | | ______________________________________"
(Flight Attendant Signature) |
2. Any payments due to any Flight Attendant under this Article which are not covered by a written direction, as above required, shall be held by the Company for such Flight Attendant and, in the event of his/her death, shall be paid to the legal representative of his/her estate.
3. The monthly compensation allowable under this Article shall be in lieu of all compensation provided for by any law in respect to persons interned, held prisoner of war, or missing, and shall also be in lieu of all salary and subsistence during periods in which a Flight Attendant is interned, held as hostage, held as a prisoner of war, or missing.
4. Flight Attendant shall maintain and continue to accrue seniority and longevity for pay purposes during periods in which they are interned, held as hostage, held prisoner of war, or missing.
ARTICLE 38 - DURATION/REOPENER This MAC Agreement shall run concurrently with the Basic Agreement and subject to the provisions of Article 38 thereof. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, the parties agree to meet and discuss such issues as may be necessary to resolve problems related to MAC flying Operations. The Company and APFA anticipate that this Agreement will meet the requirements for future MAC Operation(s); however, the Company and APFA agree that in the event of unforeseen operational circumstances it may be necessary to modify and/or add to the operational provisions of this Agreement in order to enable the Company to meet its MAC and regularly scheduled operation(s). In such event, American Airlines Flight Attendant(s) will cooperate fully with the Company in implementing such MAC Operation(s) without delay and the Company will meet with APFA representatives without delay for purposes of negotiating any changes which may be required by such modified/added operational provisions. It is understood that provisions negotiated pursuant to the above language will be retroactive unless otherwise determined by the parties to be inappropriate for retroactivity. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed this Agreement this January 29,1994. FOR THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS IN THE
SERVICE OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
AS REPRESENTED BY THE
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
Denise C. Hedges
President
Robert S. Clayman, Esquire
Negotiations Counsel
WITNESS:
Eric W. Bergman
Daniel Lee Bosch
Kathleen H. Clements
Alan Fahringer
Linda Fincher
Donna Forloine
Brian Hagerty
Patrick C. Hancock
Rebecca Harrison Kroll
Deborah E. Murphy
Suzie Spurlock
Emily A. Whelpley | FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
Jane G. Allen
Vice President
Employee Relations
Susan Oliver
Managing Director
Employee Relations
WITNESS:
Janet Kraus
John LaMorte
Devra McArdle
Robin Pritchett
Tamara Wright
Scott Dennett
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