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TRAVEL BENEFITS FOR EXTENDED LEAVE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AFFECTED BY A POSSIBLE RECALL

Due to the possible recall of Extended Leave (EXL) Flight Attendants, the Union wants to make you aware of the various travel programs that are available to EXL Flight Attendants should such Flight Attendant not accept a recall opportunity and choose to resign.

There are three types of travel programs available; two contractual provisions and one Company program. All three options include any time spent on Voluntary Furlough or Extended Leave.

CONTRACTUAL - 22.I.2

2. A flight attendant who has completed twenty five (25) years of service with the Company as a flight attendant and has attained the age of forty five (45) and who leaves the Company shall be eligible for on line passes in accordance with Company policy as if he/she were still in an active status. When a flight attendant under this Paragraph becomes eligible for and receives retirement benefits, he/she shall be eligible for other travel benefits that are effective under the retirement benefit program for flight attendants.

Known anecdotally as "25/45", this contractual provision includes the time spent on Voluntary Furlough and the time spent on Extended Leave. Travel under this provision is "as if he/she were still in an active status meaning the Boarding Priority is S3.

CONTRACTUAL - 22.G.5

This section refers to Flight Attendants eligible to retire at age 55. If a Flight Attendant chooses to retire at age 55 and has 5 years of service as a Flight Attendant, such Flight Attendant is eligible for travel at the retiree Boarding Priority of S4. Former Shuttle Flight Attendants are eligible to retire at 52 and thusly are entitled to the same benefit when they reach age 52 with 5 years of service as a Flight Attendant. Any time spent on Voluntary Furlough or Extended Leave is included in the calculation.

COMPANY - 65 POINT PLAN

An employee whose years of service and age add up to 65 is eligible for travel at the retiree Boarding Priority of S4. Any time spent on Voluntary Furlough or Extended Leave is included in the calculation.

*Please note with both the "25/45" and the 65 Point Plan other retiree benefits are only available if you are eligible to retire.

Thank you,

Mike Flores, President
The US Airways Master Executive Council
AFA-CWA

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Council 41 DCA 703-212-8090
Council 69 BOS 781-289-8454
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