ARTICLE 30 - GENERAL

A. EARLY RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS RETIRING AT OR AFTER AGE 45 BUT BEFORE AGE 55

1. Eligibility. A Flight Attendant may elect early retirement at or after age forty-five (45), but before age fifty-five (55), provided s/he has had at least twenty (20) years of Company Seniority. Flight Attendants on both active status and approved leave of absence status are eligible for the Article 30 early retirement benefits outlined herein.

2. Lump Sum. A Flight Attendant retiring early at or after age forty-five (45), but before age fifty-five (55) with twenty (20) years of Company Seniority will receive a lump sum payment of $25,000 (minus applicable taxes).

3. Pass Benefits. A Flight Attendant retiring early at or after age forty-five (45), but before age fifty-five (55) with twenty (20) years of Company Seniority, as described above, will receive the following pass benefits. These pass benefits are in lieu of any pass benefits the Flight Attendant may have been entitled to under existing Company policy had s/he not retired until age fifty-five (55) or later. The Flight Attendant shall be eligible for ten (10) round-trip SA Class "D-2" passes with service charges per year. Those eligible to use the pass benefits shall be the Flight Attendant, spouse and dependent children, as defined by Company policy. Reduced rates on other airlines for such Flight Attendants will be dependent upon interline agreements.

4. Notification. A Flight Attendant electing to retire early at or after age forty-five (45), but before age fifty-five (55) with twenty (20) years of Company Seniority must give the Company at least six (6) months advance notice. During the next three (3) months, the Flight Attendant may cancel his/her election. However, if it is not cancelled by the end of the three (3) month period, the election to retire is irrevocable. All such retirements will begin on the first day of the contractual month next following six (6) months after proper notice has been given.

5. Retired Employee Life Insurance and Major Medical Coverage. A Flight Attendant retiring early from the Company who has attained at least age forty-five (45), but not age fifty-five (55), and who has completed twenty (20) years of Company Seniority, will be covered for Retired Employee Life Insurance and Major Medical benefits as follows:

a. Retired Employee Life Insurance (1) If the Flight Attendant was hired on or after May 27, 1974, s/he shall be insured for $5,000 of term life insurance as a retired employee. (2) If the Flight Attendant was hired before May 27, 1974, s/he shall be insured as a retired employee under the following schedule of term life insurance:

Year of Retirement 1 2 3 4 5 6 and thereafter

Amount of Term Life Insurance $30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000

In the event a retired Flight Attendant under 5. above does not have a dependent as determined under the Internal Revenue Code for Federal Income Tax purposes, his/her coverage shall be $5,000 of term life insurance. In the event a Flight Attendant who retired under 5. above with dependent(s) as determined under the Internal Revenue Code for Federal Income Tax purposes, no longer has a dependent, his/her coverage shall be immediately reduced to $5,000 of term life insurance.

b. Retired Employee Major Medical Coverage (1) The Flight Attendant, his/her spouse and dependent children shall each be insured under the Retired Employee Major Medical Plan for $20,000 until the retired Flight Attendant reaches age sixty-five (65) and/or is covered by Medicare. Thereafter, the retired Flight Attendant and spouse, only, are each covered for the unused balance, if any, of the $20,000 under the Retired Employee Major Medical Plan. Such coverage shall cease upon the death of the retired Flight Attendant, or when his/her surviving spouse is eligible for coverage under Medicare, if later. (2) The annual deductible under this Retired Employee Major Medical Plan shall be $200 per individual per calendar year. The family deductible will be satisfied in a calendar year after three (3) members of the retired Flight Attendant's family satisfy the $200 deductible. (3) If the Medical Services item of expense included in the Consumer Price Index-Urban Wage Earner and Clerical Workers for the month of July 1979 subsequently increases 25% over the next five (5) years, the annual deductible per individual will be increased $50 per individual, effective January 1, 1985. (4) If the Medical Services item of expense included in the Consumer Price Index-Urban Wage Earner and Clerical Workers for the month of July 1984 subsequently increases 25% over the following five (5) years, the annual deductible per individual will be increased $50 per individual, effective January 1, 1990. (5) This process will be repeated as the Medical Services item of expense increases. A comparable adjustment will be made in the family deductible. (6) The Retired Employee Major Medical Plan has a standard Coordination of Benefits Provision.

6. Benefits in Lieu of Other Payments. Eligible Flight Attendants electing the benefits of early retirement under Article 30.A. will not be eligible for other special payments and benefits afforded under, but not limited to, Appendix T.

7. Retirement Benefit Plan for Flight Attendants. With respect to the Retirement Benefit Plan for Flight Attendants, the Flight Attendant's eligibility for benefits under that Plan will be governed by the provisions of that Plan, as provided in Article 36.

B. NO DISCRIMINATION

In accordance with the established policy of the Company and the APFA, the provisions of this Agreement will apply equally to all employees hereunder, regardless of color, race, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation.

C. PERSONNEL FILE

A Flight Attendant and her/his union representative, if the Flight Attendant desires his/her union representative to be present, may inspect his/her personnel file upon request.

1. A Flight Attendant may authorize a union representative to review his/her personnel file without the employee present by submitting original written authorization from the employee to the Company.

2. Inspection of the personnel file will be held in the presence of a Company representative at a mutually agreeable time.

3. A Flight Attendant may review and sign entries made in his/her personnel file discussion records.

4. Flight Attendant may attach written comment responding to any advisories, discussion records, letters of concern or letters of complaint contained in the personnel file.

5. If the Flight Attendant requests a copy of his/her personnel file material, a copy will be furnished by the Company. Reasonable copy charges are at employee expense.

6. All advisories, letters of concern or letters of complaint will be removed after a period of two (2) years from date of issuance.

D. BULLETIN BOARDS AND APFA USE OF FLIGHT ATTENDANT MAIL BOXES

1. Bulletin Boards will be provided by the Company at Flight Attendant base stations, marked APFA, for posting notices of APFA elections, APFA meetings, official notices pertaining to the administration of this Agreement, notices of APFA recreational and social affairs, and other matters of APFA business.

2. Official APFA bulletins may be distributed in the Flight Attendants' mail boxes if they have been approved for such distribution by the appropriate Manager-Flight Service or his/her designee.

3. Posted notices and official APFA bulletins shall bear the seal or signature of an officer of APFA and shall not contain anything of a defamatory or personal nature attacking the Company or its representatives.

4. There shall be no other general distribution or postings by employees or by APFA upon the Company's property.

E. APFA LOCK-BOX

The Company will provide at base stations, a suitable lock-box for APFA mail. The size and type shall be dependent upon the location at each base station.

F. CREW LOUNGES

The Company will provide suitable supplies in crew lounges. APFA acknowledges that the employees using the lounges will make every effort to maintain the lounges in a neat and orderly fashion.

G. ACCESS TO POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

A copy of American Airlines Policies and Procedures and the Flight Attendant portion of the Crew Resources Training Manual, including revisions to both, will be available for Flight Attendant use in the Operations area at each Flight Attendant base. A copy of same will be furnished to APFA Headquarters including revisions.

H. MEDICAL CLEARANCE

The Company will post and keep current at each Flight Attendant base a bulletin specifying the method and availability of medical clearance.

I. AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT-SURVIVOR MEDICAL CARE

The Company will continue its past practice with regard to a Flight Attendant assigned to a Company operated aircraft in an aircraft accident as defined under Article 26.E.3., and will continue to provide a Flight Attendant injured in such aircraft accident with complete medical care for injuries and/or disabilities of the Flight Attendant incurred as a direct consequence of the aircraft accident.

J. NOTIFICATION OF ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT

The Company will notify the APFA National Safety Coordinator or their designee of accidents/incidents involving APFA Flight Attendants. The Manager Flight Service or his/her designee shall contact the local APFA Chairperson when Flight Attendant(s) assigned to his/her respective base are involved in an aircraft accident, emergency evacuation, hijacking, or when a Flight Attendant is injured. If the local APFA Chairperson is unavailable, the Base Manager Flight Service or his/her designee shall contact APFA Headquarters.

*K. FLIGHT ATTENDANT MEALS-GUIDELINES AND PARAMETERS *The provisions of these paragraphs have been waived by the Restructuring Participation Agreement dated May 1, 2003.

1. On any leg where safety and food service requirements are fulfilled, a Flight Attendant may eat a meal in the galley of the aircraft, as long as the cabin/zone is monitored.

2. If there is insufficient time for a Flight Attendant to eat a meal in flight, such meal may be consumed on the ground provided all other Flight Attendant responsibilities have been accomplished. Flight attendants who are eating on the ground will not interfere with other employees who are in the course of performing duties.

3. A crew meal appropriate to the time of day, will be provisioned under the following parameters:

a. Meals will be provided for Flight Attendants whenever they are scheduled for a duty period of six (6) hours or more without an intervening stop of at least two (2) hours and are scheduled to fly two or more legs within the duty period. b. Whenever possible, such meals will be provided on the segment with the greatest scheduled block time within the applicable duty period. c. Such meals shall contain First Class entrees on the highest domestic level of Main Cabin tray setup. On flights in which the First Class cabin is designated as Business Class, such meals shall contain a Business Class entrée on a Main Cabin setup.

L. IN-FLIGHT REST

1. When time permits during a flight, provided all scheduled in flight services are completed and passenger needs are met, a Flight Attendant will be permitted to take in flight rest in a Flight Attendant or cockpit jumpseat, or, if available, a passenger seat, aisle side, in the last row of Coach class, provided that there are no passengers seated in the row.

2. The in-flight rest period shall not exceed fifteen (15) minutes and one Flight Attendant at a time will be permitted to take in-flight rest in a passenger seat as referenced in 1. above, provided each cabin zone is monitored by another Flight Attendant and passenger needs and requests continue to be fulfilled.

3. Flight Attendants may eat, drink or read during the designated in-flight rest period. Guidelines regarding in-flight rest in a passenger seat as referenced in 1. above are set out in Appendix ZZ, Letter-I.

M. BENEFITS FOR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS IN THE EVENT OF TERRORISM OR SABOTAGE

1. Death, Permanent Total Disability, Disfigurement and Dismemberment Benefits.

In the event of:

a. the death of a Flight Attendant resulting from injury or illness incurred during acts of terrorism or sabotage, or b. the permanent total disability of a Flight Attendant resulting from injury or illness incurred during acts of terrorism or sabotage or c. (1) the permanent medical disqualification of a Flight Attendant by the Company, (2) the complete loss by a Flight Attendant of sight or hearing, (3) a Flight Attendant incurring any permanent bodily disfigurement that will cause the Flight Attendant in the judgment of the Company to not meet its appearance standards, or (4) 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 illness or injury incurred during acts of terrorism or sabotage: The Company shall pay or cause to be paid, subject to the conditions set forth in paragraphs 3. and 4. below, $500,000 for death or for the conditions specified in 1.b. and 1.c. above, caused by or resulting from any acts of terrorism or sabotage or counteraction to such acts of terrorism or sabotage, to such Flight Attendant if s/he is alive, otherwise to his/her designated beneficiary under the Company's Group Life Insurance Plan. In no event will more than one lump sum payment of $500,000 be made per covered Flight Attendant. "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 the remainder of the Flight Attendant's life. "Loss", with respect to sight and hearing, shall mean entire and irrecoverable loss of such sight or hearing; with respect to hands or feet, loss shall mean actual severance through or above the wrist or ankle joints. In the event the Flight Attendant is killed, incurs a loss, is permanently medically disqualified, suffers permanent bodily disfigurement, or becomes permanently and totally disabled, as provided above, the payments under paragraph 1. of Article 30.M. shall be $500,000, and such benefits shall be in addition to any benefits provided in other Company plans and payments made pursuant to State Workers Compensation Laws.

2. Temporary Occupational Disability Benefits. In the event a Flight Attendant is temporarily disabled due to an injury or illness arising out of or suffered in connection with acts of terrorism or sabotage while on flight duty or paid layover, the Company shall pay for the period of disability, up to a maximum of twelve (12) months, monthly compensation at the rate of pay set forth in paragraph 9. below. Such payment will be less weekly indemnity benefits received under applicable State Workers Compensation Laws and any payments made under the Long Term Disability Plan. 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.

3. Applicability. The payments provided by the provisions of paragraph 1. above shall be applicable to any Flight Attendant only when the conditions set forth in paragraphs 1.a., 1.b. and 1.c. above, as applicable, or the injury or illness which leads to such casualty, occurs as a result of acts of terrorism or sabotage or military counteraction of any government, agency or organization while such Flight Attendant is inside or outside the United States, and while s/he is on flight duty or paid layover.

4. Exclusions. Benefits payable under paragraphs 1. and 2. above and 5. and 6. below shall not be applicable to a Flight Attendant when death, or a condition set forth in paragraphs 1.c., or 2. above, as applicable:

a. is intentionally self-inflicted, or b. 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.

5. Workers Compensation Benefits. A Flight Attendant who is killed or injured during acts of terrorism or sabotage while on flight duty or paid layover will be covered for Workers Compensation benefits as prescribed by the state or territory in which such Flight Attendant's base station is situated. For a Flight Attendant who is killed, these benefits shall be in addition to other benefits to which a Flight Attendant's beneficiaries or representatives may be entitled, such as:

a. Any basic or elected optional life insurance benefits available under the Company's Group Life Insurance Plan, b. The death benefits provided under the Company's Retirement Benefit Plan, if applicable, c. The death benefits available under any Personal Accident policy, if applicable, d. The death benefits provided under paragraph 1. above.

6. Missing, Internment, Prisoner or Hostage Benefits

a. A Flight Attendant who is missing because of acts of terrorism or sabotage committed against such Flight Attendant while s/he is on flight duty or paid layover, shall be paid monthly compensation as set forth in paragraph 9. below for a maximum period of twelve (12) months after his/her disappearance or until death is established, whichever occurs first. 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 Plan, if applicable) can be paid, consistent with applicable state law.

b. A Flight Attendant, who is interned or taken prisoner or hostage as a con sequence of terrorism or sabotage while on duty or paid layover, shall be paid monthly compensation as set forth in paragraph 9. below for the period during which s/he is known to the Company to be interned or held prisoner or hostage. Such payments will cease, however, when such Flight Attendant's release or death is established.

c. When, under the provisions of paragraphs 6.a. or 6.b. above, a Flight Attendant has been missing for a period of twelve (12) months, or in the event no information is received by the Company for twelve (12) continuous months that an interned, imprisoned or hostage Flight Attendant is alive, the death benefits provided under paragraph 1. above shall be paid. If such Flight Attendant is later found to be alive, compensation as set forth in paragraph 6.b. above will be paid retroactively from the time that monthly payments ceased, less any death benefits paid under paragraph 1. above which were paid to the beneficiary, up to the time released. Any death benefits not recovered per the above offset will be repaid by the beneficiary to the Company upon its demand.

7. Benefit Assignments

a. The monthly compensation allowable under paragraph 6. above to a Flight Attendant interned, missing, held hostage or prisoner, 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 to execute and deliver to the Company a written direction in the form hereinafter set forth. The Company shall, as soon as practicable, require all Flight Attendants to execute and deliver to the Company such written directions. 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 Article 30.M.6. contained in the current Agreement between American Airlines, Inc. and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, while interned, held prisoner or hostage, or missing, as follows: Initially, to _________________, (Name) ______________________________, (Address) as long as living, and thereafter to ______________________________, (Name) ______________________________, (Address) as long as living, and thereafter to ______________________________, (Name) ______________________________, (Address) as long as living.

"The balance, if any, and any amounts accruing after the death or legal determination of 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 directions 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 the Company.

"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)

Date:_____________ Employee No.____________"

b. Any payments due to any Flight Attendant under this provision which are not covered by a written direction, as above required, or as provided in paragraph 1., shall be held by the Company for such Flight Attendant and, in the event of his/her death or legal determination of death, shall be paid to the legal representative of his/her estate.