ARTICLE 11 - LANGUAGE

A. LANGUAGE LOCK-IN

A Flight Attendant who possesses a foreign language qualification and who is assigned or transfers to a base station which requires his/her qualification, may be required to remain at such base station for a period of six (6) months from the effective date of assignment, transfer or acquisition of such qualification.

B. LANGUAGE PAY

On a flight where a specific foreign language qualification is required by the Company, all Flight Attendants who possess such language qualification, and who are required by the Company, shall be paid in accordance with Article 3.N.

C. LANGUAGE ASSIGNMENT

1. The maximum number of required foreign language qualified Flight Attendants will be as follows:

a. On a single aisle aircraft the maximum number of required foreign language Flight Attendants will be one (1). b. On dual aisle aircraft the maximum number of required foreign language qualified Flight Attendants will be one (1) per each cabin according to service (e.g., first class, business class, coach class), but in no event shall exceed the total of three (3) language qualified Flight Attendants, except that in the event the Company operates 747 or other widebody equipment bid with fourteen (14) or more Flight Attendants, the maximum number of required foreign language Flight Attendants will be four (4). c. Required foreign language qualified Flight Attendants are restricted from serving in a galley position. The Company may make exceptions to this restriction. d. Foreign language qualified Flight Attendants above the maximum complement shall be awarded positions in accordance with the provisions of Article 13.C.

2. In the event there are insufficient qualified Flight Attendants for any flight requiring qualified foreign language speaking Flight Attendants, the Company shall assign qualified foreign language speaking Flight Attendants to such open position(s) in accordance with the Order of Open Time Coverage procedures. Once having reached the step of the Order of Open Time Coverage for Reserves/Option II/Limited Option II, qualified volunteers from the flight in question may be used, at the Company's option, before proceeding with the remaining steps of the Order of Open Time Coverage. This in no way negates the Company's existing rights to reassign a Flight Attendant in accordance with this Agreement.

D. BID DENIAL/PAY PROTECTION

1. A Flight Attendant who is drafted out of seniority to a trip selection or onto reserve due to his/her language qualification shall receive the monthly earnings of the trip selection, or reserve hours flown, or the trip selection denied, whichever is greater, in accordance with the provisions of Article 3.O. of this Agreement.

2. In the event there are insufficient qualified bidders for any trip selection requiring foreign language speaking Flight Attendants, the Company may assign the junior qualified Flight Attendant to such trip selection in reverse order of seniority.

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E. FOREIGN LANGUAGE QUALIFIED FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ON DOMESTIC LEGS WITHIN THE CONTIGUOUS FORTY-EIGHT (48) STATES AND ALASKA

1. At the Company's option, foreign language qualified Flight Attendants may be required on selected Domestic legs within the contiguous forty-eight (48) states and Alaska for marketing reasons, subject to the following limitations:

a. Foreign language qualified positions as permitted under this paragraph will be allocated as Planned Variable Manning (PVM) positions on no more than one and three quarters percent (1.75%) of the total Domestic flight hours. b. On flights not monitored for a Variable Manning (VM) Flight Attendant, the foreign language qualified PVM position will be provided without regard to the monitored status of the flight. c. On flights which are monitored for one (1) or more VM Flight Attendants, the foreign language qualified PVM position will be counted as one (1) such VM position. d. Such foreign language qualified PVM positions will not be allocated on three-class transcontinental flights.

2. In addition to E.1 .above, at the Company's option, volunteer foreign language qualified Flight Attendants may be provided on selected Domestic legs within the contiguous forty-eight (48) states and Alaska for marketing reasons.

a. Volunteer foreign language qualified Flight Attendants will be over and above the scheduled crew complement and will perform Flight Attendant duties. b. Volunteer foreign language qualified Flight Attendants will be assigned to selected Domestic legs in seniority order from a voluntary pool of Domestic Flight Attendants. In the event any such legs remain unfilled, they will be assigned in seniority order from a voluntary pool of International foreign language qualified Flight Attendants. Prior to assigning similarly qualified Flight Attendants in the pool who are legal and available for assignment a second time, the Company will make every attempt to assign all similarly qualified Flight Attendants in the pool who are legal and available for assignment one time. c. Volunteer foreign language qualified Flight Attendants in the pool who are assigned to Domestic legs in accordance with this provision will receive flight time pay, no credit, in addition to foreign language pay and time away from base expenses. All applicable Domestic contractual legalities and Domestic expenses will apply to assignments of foreign language qualified Flight Attendants under this provision. d. The provisions of paragraphs A., C. and D. above shall not apply to this paragraph E.2. of this Article.

F. LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

1. The Company may schedule, no more than once every two years, a language assessment test for Flight Attendants qualified in designated languages. The purpose of the assessment will be to determine a Flight Attendant's level of proficiency in his/her designated language(s). The assessment will be designed by an independent outside vendor.

2. A language qualified Flight Attendant who passes any language skills assessment test at a rating of "superior" will be exempt from all further testing.