APPENDIX E - MILITARY FLYING
PART II
SUPPLEMENTAL LETTER OF AGREEMENT
regarding
Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) Operations
 WHEREAS, the Company maintains an ongoing commitment to the Government of the United States to provide a voluntary reserve of airlift capability, aircraft and crews, as part of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF), and
WHEREAS, the Company and the APFA recognize that CRAF operations are of National interest and must be performed without delay, and
WHEREAS, the Company and the APFA desire to supplement and make certain exceptions to their Basic and Supplemental International Agreements with respect to such CRAF operations, recognizing that the provisions of these Agreements shall apply except as specifically modified or excepted by this Letter of Agreement,
WHEREAS, for purposes of Military Airlift Command (MAC) flying, Part I of this Appendix E shall apply.
THEREFORE, this LETTER OF AGREEMENT by and between AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., and the ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, shall supplement Appendix I, International Agreement Letter II as it relates to CRAF airlift operations.
A. DEFINITIONS
1. CRAF Flying. When the United States Government calls upon the Company to augment organic military airlift capability by performing a CRAF operation, CRAF flying includes all segments flown at the direction of or on behalf of the U. S. Government plus necessary ferry flights, and all deadheading related to such flying, except deadheading to position a CRAF Reserve or a CRAF Volunteer for an International CRAF assignment where the Flight Attendant's base station is other than the Port of Aerial Embarkation (PAE) from which his/her International CRAF flying assignment is to depart. CRAF Operations as defined above include, but are not limited to, transporting military passengers, military dependents, civilian personnel and refugees at the direction of or on behalf of the U. S. Government.
2. Domestic CRAF Flying. Domestic CRAF flight segments consist of flying as described in A.1. above, which do not involve a take off or landing outside the contiguous forty-eight (48) states, Mexico, or Canada.
3. International CRAF Flying. International CRAF flight segments consist of flying as described in A.1. above, which involve a take off or landing outside the contiguous forty-eight (48) states, Mexico, or Canada.
4. CRAF System Volunteer List. The Company shall maintain a single System Volunteer List in order of seniority of Flight Attendants who have volunteered to perform International CRAF flying and possess current International qualifications, whether presently serving in the Domestic or International operations. A Flight Attendant may add his/her name to the list at any time. A Flight Attendant may delete his/her name from the list at any time prior to being assigned to the CRAF Reserve pool.
5. CRAF Reserve Flight Attendant. A CRAF Reserve Flight Attendant is a Flight Attendant currently holding International qualifications, who has been assigned from the System
Volunteer List to serve in the CRAF Reserve Pool and to be available to perform open flying as a reserve in the International CRAF Operation. 6. CRAF Volunteer. A CRAF Volunteer is a Flight Attendant currently holding International qualifications, whose name appears on the System Volunteer List and who may be assigned to the CRAF Reserve Pool in accordance with D. below or who may be offered an International CRAF flying assignment which cannot be covered by a CRAF Reserve in accordance
with E. 2. below. 7. CRAF Reserve Pool. The CRAF Reserve Pool shall consist of a designated number of CRAF reserves who have been removed from their scheduled flying assignments/obligation(s) to perform open flying in the International CRAF operation. 8. Segment. A segment as used in this Agreement, is defined as a leg unless otherwise defined by the U.S. Government. B. NOTIFICATION TO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS 1. The Company will notify Internationally qualified Flight Attendants of the availability of International CRAF flying, including a description of CRAF flying and any specific work qualifications that are required for CRAF assignments, to permit any interested Flight Attendant to make an informed decision whether to add his/her name to the CRAF System Volunteer List. 2. Methods of notification may include, but are not limited to, electronic mail, bulletin board postings, and taped announcements. C. STAFFING OF DOMESTIC CRAF FLYING OPERATIONS 1. Domestic CRAF flying assignments will be filled through Order of Open Time Coverage procedures as provided in the Basic Agreement. 2. Domestic CRAF assignments will be paid and credited in accordance with the Basic Agreement. D. STAFFING OF INTERNATIONAL CRAF FLYING OPERATIONS 1. International CRAF Flying operations will be staffed with CRAF Reserves. In the event the CRAF flying assignment cannot be covered by a CRAF Reserve, a CRAF Volunteer will be offered the assignment in accordance with E.2. below. If there are insufficient CRAF Reserves in the CRAF Reserve Pool or insufficient CRAF Volunteers on the System Volunteer List to cover required International CRAF flying, or such Flight Attendants are unavailable for CRAF flying, open CRAF flying will be filled with management personnel without resort to the steps of Order of Open Time Coverage. 2. The Company may require a number of the most senior Flight Attendants on the System Volunteer List to secure any necessary inoculation(s) and Geneva Convention identification cards in preparation for an International CRAF assignment. 3. The Company will by-pass a Flight Attendant on the System Volunteer List and will not designate him/her as a CRAF Reserve or offer a CRAF volunteer flying assignment, if the Flight Attendant's status is any of the following: vacation, sick, leave of absence (PLOA, MLOA, SLOA, ELOA, or IOD), or non-flying assignments, such as special assignments, training or training instructor or if the Flight Attendant is not equipment qualified to fly the CRAF assignment. 4. Once a CRAF Volunteer is assigned to the CRAF Reserve Pool, s/he will remain in the CRAF Reserve Pool a minimum of 90 days, or until CRAF is deactivated, or until "bumped back" to his/her normal scheduled operation. A CRAF Reserve will provide his/her service manager thirty (30) days written notice of his/her desire to return to his/her regular operations provided s/he has been in the CRAF Reserve Pool for at least sixty (60) days. A CRAF Reserve who has submitted notice of his/her desire to be released from the CRAF Operation shall be released on the last day of the contractual month in which the 90th day of his/her obligation falls. A Flight Attendant who has been released as a CRAF Reserve is not precluded from resubmitting his/her name to the System Volunteer List at a later date.
5. Flight Attendants whose names appear on the System Volunteer List who are in excess of the number of CRAF Reserves needed in the CRAF Reserve Pool will be designated as CRAF Volunteers who may be assigned to CRAF flying in accordance with the provisions herein. 6. When unusual conditions exist concerning a Flight Attendant's assignment to the CRAF 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 the hardship does, in fact, exist. E. CRAF ASSIGNMENTS | 1. CRAF Reserve Assignments a. A CRAF Reserve will be assigned his/her initial CRAF flying assignment in order of seniority. After returning from the initial CRAF flying assignment, subsequent assignments will be made using the first-in, first-out principle. b. CRAF Reserves will be assigned a call-in period of six (6) hours each day during which they must contact Crew Schedule for assignment, release, or conversion to ready status. The Company may convert the call-in status to ready as operational requirements dictate. 2. CRAF Volunteer Assignments a. A CRAF Volunteer will maintain a regular schedule in his/her normal operation unless and until assigned to the CRAF Reserve Pool, or until an open CRAF flying assignment is accepted under E.2.b. below. b. If an open flying assignment cannot be covered by a CRAF Reserve due to circumstances such as illness or injury or a temporary insufficiency of available CRAF Reserves, the assignment will be filled in seniority order with a CRAF Volunteer from the System Volunteer List who accepts the assignment and who is legal and available for flying. If the Company has insufficient notice to allow the most senior Flight Attendant(s) on the System Volunteer List to report for the scheduled sign-in of the trip to be covered, the most senior CRAF Volunteer who can report for the scheduled sign-in will be used. The Company will advise HDQ APFA when such assignments are made. c. Upon completion of a CRAF assignment as described in E.2.b. above, the CRAF Volunteer will return to his/her regular schedule. d. If the voluntary acceptance of the CRAF assignment causes a legality/direct conflict with a CRAF Volunteer's regularly scheduled trip(s) or days of availability, the CRAF Volunteer will be removed from such regularly scheduled trip(s) or days of availability, as necessary, and will be rescheduled to the CRAF flying assignment. Trips removed from the CRAF Volunteer's schedule will be covered through the normal procedures for filling of open time. Should the CRAF assignment cause a subsequent legality/direct conflict with a CRAF Volunteer's regularly scheduled trip(s) or days of availability, the CRAF Volunteer will be removed from the trip sequence or day(s) of availability and may be assigned open trip sequence(s) for which s/he is legal to fly under the Preamble to the Order of Open Time. |
| 3. Deadhead To Position For An International CRAF Flying Assignment (Positioning Deadhead) a. A CRAF Reserve Flight Attendant who is assigned or a CRAF Volunteer Flight Attendant who accepts a CRAF flying assignment will be provided positive space (A-12) transportation from his/her base to the Port of Aerial Embarkation (PAE or Gateway City), with positive space transportation for the return to base at the completion of the CRAF assignment. Such deadhead time will not be considered on duty for purposes of pay or credit, nor will such deadhead time impact legalities, except that a deadheading Flight Attendant, at the Flight Attendant's request, will be furnished hotel accommodations at the PAE city, either before or after an International CRAF flying assignment, when legalities rules, even though not applicable, would require overnight accommodations. On-duty for the purposes of flight time pay and credit will commence at the scheduled sign-in for departure from the PAE, however, expenses in accordance with Article 4 of Appendix I, will be furnished to the Flight Attendant from the time of the scheduled or actual arrival, whichever is earlier, at the PAE city from his/her base and will continue through the end of the debrief period following the trip that returns the Flight Attendant to the PAE. |
F. STAFFING REDUCTION IN THE CRAF RESERVE POOL 1. In the event of an overage in the CRAF Reserve Pool, the Company will proffer in order of seniority a "bump back" to regular operations. Should an insufficient number of Flight Attendants accept the proffer to "bump back", the Company may "bump back" in reverse order of seniority the number needed to reduce the overage. If only a portion of the Flight Attendants in the CRAF Reserve Pool are "bumped back", such Flight Attendants will be returned to the pool in seniority order as CRAF flying permits. In the event that all Flight Attendants who are "bumped back" are returned to the pool and CRAF flying requirements demand additional staffing, such flying will be staffed from the System Volunteer List in seniority order in accordance with paragraph D. above. Should the pool be deactivated in its entirety, future CRAF Reserve flying will be staffed with Flight Attendants from the System Volunteer List in seniority order in accordance with paragraph D. above. 2. A CRAF Reserve Flight Attendant who returns to the regular operation of his/her base after the first and prior to the last day of the contractual month, shall be assigned days of availability in accordance with Article 9.C.4. of the Basic or Supplemental International Agreements, as applicable, as well as the balance of the remaining duty-free periods to which s/he is entitled as an availability Flight Attendant. If the Flight Attendant has served fifteen (15) or more days as a CRAF Reserve before returning to his/her regular operation the Flight Attendant will be entitled to eleven (11) duty-free period(s) for the month in which returned. Otherwise, the Flight Attendant will receive ten (10) duty-free periods as an availability Flight Attendant for the month in which returned. 3. In the event that the Company's CRAF operation has not been terminated, but the flying is too infrequent to require continued staffing of a CRAF Reserve Pool, such ad hoc CRAF flying will be filled with CRAF Volunteers from the System Volunteer List.
G. COMPENSATION
| c. In the event that both a. and b. above apply, such supplemental CRAF Override will not exceed three dollars ($3.00) per hour on any such trip pairing(s). |
2. Each Flight Attendant assigned to the International CRAF Operation as a CRAF Reserve for a full month's service will receive the applicable International reserve monthly guarantee at applicable International rates of pay as specified in Appendix I, Supplemental International Agreement, irrespective of whether or not the Flight Attendant's regular assignment is in the Domestic operation. Should a CRAF Reserve or CRAF Volunteer voluntarily reduce his/her monthly pay guarantee, normal contract rules and pay practices will apply. 3. Each Internationally qualified Flight Attendant assigned to an International CRAF flying assignment as a CRAF Volunteer whose regular assignment is in the Domestic Operation will receive International rates of pay for all such International CRAF flying, including the Supplemental CRAF Override, as applicable. 4. Expenses for Flight Attendants engaged in CRAF flying assignments will be paid in accordance with Article 4.A.1. of the Basic or Supplemental International Agreements, as applicable. H. DUTY-FREE PERIODS 1. Each Flight Attendant assigned to the International CRAF Operation as a CRAF Reserve will receive eleven (11) periods of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours free from all duty from the Company at his/her home base station during each contractual month. 2. Four (4) periods of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours shall be preplanned. 3. If a Flight Attendant is assigned to the CRAF Operation as a CRAF Reserve after the first of the contractual month, the Company shall assign the balance of the remaining duty-free periods to which the Reserve is entitled during the month. I. MONTHLY MAXIMUM 1. Eighty-five (85) credit hours shall constitute the monthly schedule maximum for a Flight Attendant assigned to the CRAF Operation either as a CRAF Reserve or CRAF Volunteer. However, such Flight Attendant(s) may be scheduled to exceed eighty-five (85) credit hours in order to complete the equivalent of two (2) missions as defined in I.2. below during a contractual month, not to exceed ninety (90) credit hours. 2. A CRAF mission for purposes of determining compliance with the above monthly schedule maximum only consists of one (1) leg from the U.S. to the staging city outside of the U.S., three (3) turns between the staging city and the military destination, and one (1) return leg from the staging city to the U.S. 3. For purposes of compliance with the above monthly schedule maximum, a Flight Attendant will be considered legal to fly his/her last scheduled trip sequence of the month, if, prior to departure of the last trip sequence, his/her previous accumulated credited time when added to the scheduled flight time of such last trip sequence within the month, produces a total which does not exceed his/her monthly schedule maximum. Having once embarked on such last trip sequence, such Flight Attendant will be considered legal to fly and complete his/her scheduled or rescheduled assignment.
J. ON-DUTY PERIODS AND REST BREAKS On-duty limitations and rest breaks for CRAF Reserves and CRAF Volunteers will be those specified in Appendix I, Supplemental International Agreement. However, should a CRAF flying assignment(s) exceed contractual on-duty limitations and/or legal rest requirements, such Flight Attendants will not exceed in actual operations the on-duty periods of the pilots flying such CRAF assignment(s), nor will the rest immediately following such assignment(s) be less than the pilots. K. VACATIONS A CRAF Reserve will, to the extent possible, be permitted to retain his/her scheduled vacation period(s) pursuant to the provisions of Article 6 of the Basic Agreement. However, such CRAF Reserve may elect in writing to defer his/her vacation during the period of his/her CRAF Reserve obligation. If a Flight Attendant who has elected a vacation deferral has not received his/her vacation by the end of the fiscal year in which it is to be taken, the Flight Attendant will be entitled to carry over the unused vacation and be assigned such unused vacation in the succeeding fiscal year outside of the vacation bidding process, or receive payment: in lieu of same, at the option of the Flight Attendant. L. INSURANCE 1. The coverages provided by all contributory and non-contributory Company insurance programs, will be applicable, including benefits under Article 30 and Appendix E, Part I, Article 30, remain in effect to Flight Attendants who perform Domestic or International CRAF flying. The Company will indemnify the voluntary personal accident insurance. 2. Insurance benefits will be paid under the provisions of Article 30 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. 3. The Company will, if necessary, supplement such coverages, or the equivalent of such coverages, to provide a total of one million dollars ($1,000,000) coverage in the aggregate in the event of the death of any Flight Attendant while performing CRAF flying or in the event of any disease or injury received while performing CRAF flying that directly results in the death of any Flight Attendant within 12 months of the date of the injury or the onset of the disease. M. CREW MEALS A CRAF Reserve or CRAF Volunteer, whether working or deadheading on a CRAF segment, will be provided crew meals. N. REST SEATS Crew rest seats shall be furnished in accordance with Appendix I, Article 30 of the Supplemental International Agreement. However, in the event that passengers are transported on both legs of a mission turnaround within a duty period that exceeds contractual on duty limitations, the Company will provide crew rest as specified in Appendix I, Article 30, irrespective of the length of flying time. O. MAC CONTRACT WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT The Company will comply with its obligations under its contract with the Military Airlift Command (MAC) for purposes of its CRAF Operations. There will be no foreign language requirement for Flight Attendant(s) participating in CRAF flying.
P. NON-CRAF FLYING A CRAF Reserve or CRAF Volunteer may be used for a non-CRAF flight sequence, but only if such sequence cannot be covered through the Order of Open Time procedures and would otherwise result in the cancellation of the non-CRAF flight. Q. MISCELLANEOUS The Company will bear the expenses of passports and visas necessary for Flight Attendants assigned to the CRAF Operation, and the expense of necessary inoculation(s) given at Company designated locations or at Company medical facilities. R. TERM OF AGREEMENT This Supplemental CRAF Letter of Agreement shall run concurrently with the Basic Agreement and shall be 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 CRAF flying operations. The Company and APFA anticipate that this Agreement will meet the requirements for future CRAF 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 CRAF and regularly scheduled operation(s). In such event, American Airlines Flight Attendants will cooperate fully with the Company in implementing such CRAF operations 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. |
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