United Pilots CBA - Airline Pilot Central

496 Pages·2003·2.36 MB·English

2003 Agreement
between
UNITED AIR LINES, INC.
and
THE AIR LINE PILOTS
in the service of UNITED AIR LINES, INC.
represented by
THE AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION,
INTERNATIONAL

UNITED AIRLINES 2003 ALPA
2003 Agreement
between
UNITED AIR LINES, INC.
and
THE AIR LINE PILOTS
in the service of UNITED AIR LINES, INC.
represented by
THE AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION,
INTERNATIONAL
PREAMBLE
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into in accordance with the provisions of the
Railway Labor Act, as amended, by and between UNITED AIR LINES, INC.,
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company") and the AIR LINE PILOTS in the service of
UNITED AIR LINES, INC., as represented by the AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION,
INTERNATIONAL (hereinafter referred to as the "Association").
WITNESSETH:
It is hereby mutually agreed:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION PAGE
1 Recognition, Scope and Career Security 1
2 Definitions 17
3 Compensation 23
4 Expenses, Lodging, and Transportation 41
5 Hours of Service 49
6 Seniority 75
7 Reduction In Personnel 79
8 Filling Of Vacancies 83
9 Training 105
10 Moving Expenses 123
11 Vacations 131
12 Leave of Absence 141
13 Sick Leave 145
14 Physical Examinations 149
15 Workmen’s Compensation Benefits 153
16 Missing Benefits 155
17 Grievances 157
18 System Board Of Adjustment 165
19 Crew Complement 173
20 Allocation, Assignment and Scheduling of Flying 175
21 General 211
22 Duration 215
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Table of Contents for the Letters of Agreement
83-03 ALPA-PAC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
83-05 Voluntary Contributions UAL Pilots Charitable Foundation, Inc. . . . . 226
85-11 Charter Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
87-01 Resolution of Cockpit Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
87-02 Unimatic Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
89-02 Pilot Instructors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
90-01 Drug and Alcohol Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
91-02 International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
91-04 Pacific ETOPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
91-10 Medical/Dental Plan Meet and Discuss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
91-13 Future Amendments to Pension Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
91-19 Cessation of Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
91-20 UP-PAC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
91-23 CLR Seminar Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
91-27 Dues Check-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
91-30 MEC Officer Displacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
91-32 Age 59 Bypass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
91-33 Agency Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
91-36 LAX 737-300 and 757/767 Domicile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
91-39 Company Personnel Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
91-42 Notice of Pending Furlough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
91-45 Definition of Activation Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
92-02 PAA Retiree Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
92-05 Grievance Mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
92-07 Reserve Standby Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
93-02 Trip Trade with Open Flying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
93-04 Non-Disclosure Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
94-01 Job Security Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
94-09 Dispute Resolution and Hiring Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
94-12 Flight Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
94-17 Month End Absence Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
95-10 75 Hour FAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
96-01 Schedule Flexibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
96-10 International Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
97-04 Allocation of Flying Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
97-08 777 Crew Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
97-09 Open Flying for Flight Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
97-13 FOQA Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
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98-01 DENTK Contract Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330
98-02 Standards Captain Job Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332
98-03 Management Pilot Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
98-06 Domicile Swap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
98-08 Simulator Scheduling Protocol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
98-13 777 Crew Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346
98-14 HNL Domicile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348
99-06 B747-400 Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350
99-07 LCA Work Rules and Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
99-08 Wide-Body New-Hire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355
99-10 Captain Development Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356
99-12 PWM Downtown Hotel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
99-13 Crew Meal Expense Clarification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
00-01 Natural Disaster Absence Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
00-06 Professional Standards Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361
00-08 Human Factors LAHSO Simulator Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363
00-11 International Medical Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
00-13 New Equipment Formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366
00-16 New Uniform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368
00-17 Life Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369
00-20 Scheduling Commitment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370
00-21 Flights Scheduled in Excess of 16 Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
00-22 Short-term Disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .374
00-23 “570” Seniority Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .376
00-24 Year 2000 Training Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
00-25 Trip Trade and Secondary Lines Modification Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378
00-26 Electronic Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
00-27 New Hire OMC Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380
00-28 Anchorage Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381
00-29 Navigating Change Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .384
00-30 Modifications to the Flight Safety Awareness Program
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385
02-02 777 Over 12-Hour Flights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386
01-02 Chicago Honolulu Augmentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387
01-05 New Hire First Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389
01-06 UAL Pilot Uniform Program 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .390
01-07 Domestic Partner Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391
01-10 Vacation Splits for Job Share Management Pilots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394
01-11 Age 59- Bypass Clarification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395
01-13 Modifications to Captain Development Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .396
01-14 B777 Pilot Crew Rest Accommodations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
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01-15 Secondary Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
01-16 Multiple Unserviceable Aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
01-17 Order to Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
01-18 LCA-I Pilots Line QC Training Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
01-19 Surplus Reduction Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
01-20 Polar Operations Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
01-21 Separated Student Pilots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
01-22 Surplus Reduction Leading to Retirement Program
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
02-02 Security/Taser Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
02-04 Check Off for ALPA-Furlough Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
02-05 Bumps for Military Leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
02-06 Sick Leave Charges for Reserve Pilots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
02-07 Late Night and All Night Flying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
02-08 Assignment of Open Trips to Reserve Pilots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
02-10 Scheduling of OE’s and the Revised Duty Day Limits of LCA’s. . . . . 425
03-01 Interim Relief Letter of Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
03-02 Hotel Accommodations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
03-03 Age 60 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
03-04 Revisions to PI Letter of Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
03-05 Annual FAR Flight Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
03-06 US Airways Code Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
03-07 Distribution Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
03-08 Reorganization Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
03-09 Preferential Bidding System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
03-10 Block Hour Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
03-11 New Equipment Formula Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
03-12 Low Cost Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
03-13 Labor Cost Reduction Fairness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
03-14 Aggressive Reserve Pick-up Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
03-15 Further Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
03-16 Pension & Welfare Benefit Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
03-17 Embraer 170 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
03-18 Board of Directors Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
03-19 Default Bids for Surplussed Pilots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
03-20 Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
03-21 Air Mobility Command (AMC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
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Section 1-A Page 1
Section 1
Recognition, Scope and Career Security
1-A Recognition
The Air Line Pilots Association, International (the
''Association''), has furnished the Company evidence that a
majority of the airline pilots employed by the Company have
designated the Association to represent them and in their behalf
negotiate and conclude an agreement with the Company as to
hours of labor, wages and other employment conditions covering
the pilots in the employ of the Company in accordance with the
provisions of Title II of the Railway Labor Act, as amended and
the certification issued by the National Mediation Board in Case
No. R-3463.
1-B SCOPE
The pilots on the Pilots' System Seniority List (the "United
Pilots") shall have the sole and exclusive right to perform and be
trained to perform Company Flying and operate Company
Aircraft in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
agreement or any other applicable agreement or agreements
between the Company and the Association (together, the
"Agreement").
1-B-1 Company Flying
Except as provided in paragraph B-2, ''Company Flying''
includes without limitation all commercial flight operations of
any sort whatsoever, whether revenue, nonrevenue,
scheduled or unscheduled, conducted (i) by the Company or
a Company Affiliate, or (ii) by the Company or a Company
Affiliate for other air carriers, or (iii) by an Entity managed by
or under the Control of the Company or a Company Affiliate,
or (iv) by an Entity in which the Company or a Company
Affiliate owns any Equity.
1-B-2 Exceptions to Company Flying
Company Flying does not include flight operations that are (i)
normally performed by the Company's engineering and test
pilots (other than ferry flights that are not diagnostic test
flights) or (ii) conducted by a Feeder Carrier pursuant to
paragraph C-1 below, or (iii) conducted by a Domestic Air
Carrier pursuant to paragraph C-2 below, or (iv) conducted
by a Foreign Air Carrier pursuant to paragraph C-3 below
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(including Foreign Air Carriers that are subject to paragraph
C-3-c below), or (v) conducted by an Air Carrier Purchaser
during the operations following a Successorship Transaction
but before an Operational Merger that are subject to
paragraph D below, or (vi) conducted by any other air carrier
in accordance with an Industry Standard Interline Agreement.
1-B-3 Pilot Training
Neither the Company nor a Company Affiliate shall enter into
any agreement or arrangement with any person who is not
employed by the Company to conduct or supervise United
pilot training or to utilize United training facilities to train
other pilots, including without limitation all United pilot
training historically performed at the Pilot Training Center,
except that the Company may:
1-B-3-a Use retired or disability retired United pilots who
perform the present duties of a flight technical instructor in
the Pilot Training Center as consultants to the Company
while under the Company's supervision;
1-B-3-b Permit aircraft manufacturers or other qualified
organizations to conduct initial training of United flight
training personnel on new aircraft equipment types;
1-B-3-c Sell its training services to third parties using
United pilot instructors who are working as independent
contractors on their days off;
1-B-3-d Dry lease training assets to another airline to
perform training for its pilots.
1-C PERMITTED CODE SHARING, MARKETING,
OWNERSHIP AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS
1-C-1 Feeder Flying
The Company or a Company Affiliate may enter into code
sharing with Feeder Carriers in conformance with the
provisions of this paragraph C-1. The Company or a
Company Affiliate may create, acquire, Control, manage,
take an Equity interest in, enter into code sharing
arrangements with, or sell, lease or transfer aircraft to
Feeder Carriers that comply with the provisions of this
paragraph C-1 below, without the flight operations of such air
carrier being considered Company Flying or the aircraft of
such air carrier being considered Company Aircraft.
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Section 1-C-1-a Page 3
1-C-1-a Key Cities
1-C-1-a-(1) A Feeder Carrier shall not operate a
Feeder Flying Non-Stop between current or future
Company Key Cities unless the Company
demonstrates that a Company Round Trip operating in
that Market instead of the Feeder Flying Round Trip
would not pass the BIRR Test.
1-C-1-a-(2) As an exception to the foregoing, Feeder
Carriers may operate in the IAD-LGA, IAD-EWR, and
IAD-JFK Markets.
1-C-1-b Connecting Operations
Feeder Carriers as a group shall schedule at least ninety
percent (90%) of their Feeder Flying Non-Stops into or out
of the following airports: IAD, DCA, MIA, LGA, EWR, JFK,
ORD, DEN, LAX, SFO, SEA, BOS, PDX, PHX, LAS, SJC,
SAN, any airport within thirty miles of any of the foregoing,
and any other airport that the parties later agree to add to
this list. Up to five percent (5%) of Feeder Flying flights
may be applied toward satisfying this requirement even if
such flights include multiple stops, as long as such flights
(i) originate or terminate at one of the foregoing airports,
(ii) maintain a single flight number on a single aircraft for
all the legs of such flight to or from such airport, and (iii)
operate with scheduled intermediate stops of less than
two (2) hours.
1-C-1-c Feeder Flying on Company Routes
1-C-1-c-(1) A Feeder Carrier shall not initiate a new
scheduled Feeder Flying Round Trip in any Market
operated by the Company at any time in the preceding
twenty-four (24) months, unless the Company
demonstrates that a Company Round Trip that may be
initiated in the Market instead of the Feeder Flying
Round Trip would not pass the BIRR Test.
1-C-1-c-(2) The Company shall not remove a
scheduled Company Round Trip from any Market
served by Feeder Flying unless the Company
demonstrates that the Round Trip to be removed would
not pass the BIRR Test in the absence of a Feeder
Flying Round Trip scheduled to depart within thirty (30)
minutes of the Company Round Trip.
1-C-1-d Number of Block Hours of Feeder Flying
In each calendar year, the number of scheduled block
hours of Feeder Flying may not exceed the number of
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scheduled block hours of Company Flying.
1-C-1-e Feeder Carrier Branding
1-C-1-e-(1) Feeder Carriers may not conduct
commercial flight operations under the name United
Airlines or other names used by the Company except
as provided in subparagraph (2) below.
1-C-1-e-(2) Aircraft operated in Feeder Flying may
bear the Company's logo or aircraft livery only if such
aircraft bear the name United Express or similar name
connoting a connection with United Airlines (other than
the name United Airlines or other name used by the
Company).
1-C-1-f Feeder Carrier Operation of Small Jets Larger
than 50 Seats
A Feeder Carrier may perform Feeder Flying operating
Small Jets with a certificated seating capacity in excess of
fifty (50) seats if it also provides job opportunities to
furloughed United Pilots. [on a basis to be negotiated]
1-C-2 Other Domestic Code Sharing Agreements.
In addition to the code sharing permitted by LOA 02-11 (US
Airways Code Share), the Company may enter into or
maintain code sharing with Domestic Air Carriers ("Domestic
Code Sharing Agreements") that permit such carriers
("Domestic Air Carrier Associates") to apply the Company's
designator code to their operations. Prior to entering into
such agreements the Company will meet and confer with the
Association regarding the appropriateness of any labor terms
relative to the particular circumstances of any proposed code
share agreement. Following such discussions, the Company
will negotiate with the prospective partner any labor
protections that it deems appropriate to the circumstances
consistent with its business judgment, which shall include a
commitment to negotiate as much reciprocal code share as
reasonably possible, subject however, to a reduction for
circumstances and/or limitations that are beyond the
Company's control.
1-C-3 International Code Sharing Agreements
In addition to the code sharing contained in any of the
Company's agreements on the effective date of this
Agreement, the Company may enter into or maintain code
sharing agreements with Foreign Air Carriers (''International
Code Sharing Agreements'') that permit such carriers to
utilize the Company's designator code with the Company on
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