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Issue 29

February 6, 2012    

  • JNC UPDATE - TA COMPARISON TO UNITED, AMERICAN, CONTINENTAL AND DELTA

TA COMPARISON TO UNITED, AMERICAN, CONTINENTAL AND DELTA

 

In the last few days the JNC has posted a summary of the Tentative Agreement (TA) and the full text of the Tentative Agreement on both the East MEC website and the Council 66 web site. This communication will compare our TA to our Legacy competitors United, American, Continental and Delta. Compared in this document are the following:

  • Hourly Wages

  • Per Diem

  • Lead Pay

  • International Premium

  • Sick

  • Vacation

  • Duty Rigs

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1. Premium Comparison US and Others

2. Vacation/Sick/Rigs Comparison US and Others

3. Domestic Hourly Base Hourly Rates US and Others
 

United Airlines flight attendants are voting on a Tentative Agreement. The ballot count date is February 28, 2012.  The comparison chart reflects the contents of the United flight attendant TA. Continental has requested to enter Section 6 negotiations and then enter into single agreement negotiations with United Airlines.  It is not known how long the process will last.

 

A link to the United Airlines Tentative summary is copied below:

http://www.unitedafa.org/contract/negotiations/docs/ta_complete.pdf

 

American Airlines is currently in bankruptcy. The comparison chart reflects the current American flight attendant contract.   American management filed an 1113(c) Term Sheet proposal that guts the current agreement. The flight attendants will attempt to negotiate with management better terms but absent an agreement the court could abrogate the contract. A link to the proposed Term Sheet is below: http://www.apfa.org/images/bankruptcy/termsheet.pdf

 

THE US AIRWAYS TENTATIVE AGREEMENT

 

HOURLY RATES OF PAY

 

CURRENT

 

TA DATE OF RATIFICATION

$41.51

 

$46.00

85 HOURS PER MONTH = $3528.35

 

$3,910.00

ANNUAL YIELD = 42,340.20  

$46,920.00

 

ANNUAL DIFFERENCE =

$4,579.80

 
     
95 HOURS PER MONTH  = $3,943.45  

$4,370

ANNUAL YIELD  = $47,321.40  

$52,440

 

ANNUAL DIFFERENCE =

$5118.60

 
     
105 HOURS PER MONTH = $4358.55  

$4,830.00

ANNUAL YIELD =  $52,296.00  

$57,960.00

 

ANNUAL DIFFERENCE =
$5,664.00

 
     
CURRENT  

FINAL STEP INCREASE

$41.51  

$48.00

85 HOUR PER MONTH  

$4080.00

ANNUAL YIELD  

$48,960.00

 

ANNUAL DIFFERENCE =

$6,619.80

 
     
95 HOURS PER MONTH = $3,943.45   $4560.00
ANNUAL YIELD = $47,321.40   $54,720.00
 

ANNUAL DIFFERENCE =

7,398.60

 
     
105 HOURS PER MONTH = $4358.55   $5040.00
ANNUAL YIELD = $52,296.00   $60,480.00
 

ANNUAL DIFFERENCE

$8184.00

 

   

Step increases occur at Date of Ratification (DOR) and DOR + 18 months, DOR + 36 months and DOR +48

 

SICK

 

The TA contains 100% pay and credit for all Sick calls  but reduces the accrual per month from 5+00 hours to 4+30. This accrual is higher than our Legacy Competitors. Despite the yearly loss of 6 hours accrual the calculation below reflects an overall gain in Sick.

 

60 Hour Accrual per year (5+00 per month) @ 70% = 42 hours of Sick pay per year

54 Hours Accrual per year (4+30 per month) @100% = 54 hours of Sick pay per year

 

Please refer to the additional documents for all comparisons.

1. Premium Comparison US and Others
2. Vacation/Sick/Rigs Comparison US and Others
3. Domestic Hourly Base Hourly Rates US and Others

The JNC will continue to provide TA Section summaries in further electronic communications and a packet of information will be mailed to every flight attendants home address.

 

Thank you,

 

The JNC

 

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