ARTICLE 3. COMPENSATION
A. NEW HIRE COMPENSATION
A
new hire Pilot shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars ($2,000) per bid
period until his first actual activation date.
1.
If a new hire Pilot’s
date of hire is other than the first day of a bid period, his first bid period
salary shall be prorated.
2.
If a new hire Pilot
is activated on any day other than the first day of the bid period, his salary
(i.e. $2,000 per bid period), shall be prorated based on the number of the days
in that bid period prior to activation.
B. LONGEVITY, STATUS AND EQUIPMENT
A Pilot’s hourly rate of pay shall be based on his longevity
year group, status and equipment except as described in Section A.1, above.
1. Longevity
a.
The longevity of a
Pilot employed by the Company as a Pilot prior to the effective date of this
Agreement shall be his longevity on the effective date except as otherwise
provided for in this Agreement.
b.
A Pilot employed by
the Company on or after the effective date of this Agreement shall accrue
longevity beginning on his date of hire as a Pilot. Longevity shall continue to
accrue following the Pilot’s date of hire, except as otherwise provided for in
this Agreement.
c.
If a Pilot changes
longevity year groups within a bid period his new rate of pay shall be
prorated.
2. Status and/or
Equipment
a.
If a Pilot’s status
and/or equipment changes, he shall receive the pay rate for his new status
and/or equipment upon the completion of simulator training.
b. Notwithstanding
Article 3.B.2.a, a Pilot whose crew seat is restricted by the FAA regulated age
shall be compensated at the pay rate for his new PFE/SO status and equipment on
the date he is restricted by FAA regulations. Pilots on the EWA Pilots System
Seniority List at the date of signing of this Agreement will be grandfathered
as PFE’s, if qualified, at the date they are restricted by FAA Regulations.
C.
HOURLY RATES OF PAY
1. DC-8 Captain
(see Appendix B)
2. DC-10 Captain
(see Appendix B)
3. First Officers
First Officer
compensation shall be a percentage of the applicable Captains rate of pay for
the respective equipment and year of service as follows:
a. Seniority year
one = 61%
b. Seniority year
two = 62%
b.
Seniority year three
= 63%
c.
Seniority year four =
64%
d.
Seniority year five =
65%
4. Professional
Flight Engineers (PFE)
PFE
compensation shall be sixty-five percent (65%) of the Captain’s Rate of Pay for
the respective equipment and year of service.
5. Second Officers
Second Officers
compensation shall be a percentage of the applicable Captain’s Rate of Pay for
the respective equipment and year of service as follows:
a. Seniority year
one = 54%
b. Seniority year
two = 55%
c. Seniority year
three = 56%
d. Seniority year
four = 57%
e. Seniority year
five = 58%
D.
INTERNATIONAL OVERRIDE
1. A Pilot who is
an operating member of a flight crew, or is serving as a check airman on an
international flight segment (e.g. outside the forty eight (48) contiguous
states, Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean) shall earn international override for
the trip containing that flight segment.
2.
International
override shall be paid at two dollars ($2.00) per credit hour for scheduled or
actual credit hours whichever is greater.
E. DEADHEAD PAY
Pilots who are entitled to receive deadhead pay under this
Agreement shall be compensated pursuant to Article 8, Deadheading.
F. RECURRENT TRAINING COMPENSATION
1. Training on Days
Off
A Pilot shall
receive the following flight pay for Company or FAA required training and
proficiency checks which fall on previously scheduled days off:
a. Three (3) hours
of flight pay for each day of ground school.
b. Four (4) hours
of flight pay for each day of simulator time.
2. Training on
Scheduled Work Days
A Pilot shall
receive the following pay credit for Company or FAA required training and
proficiency checks which fall on a previously scheduled workday in his bid
line:
a. Three (3) hours
of pay credit for each day of ground school, or scheduled flight hours missed,
whichever is greater.
b. Four (4) hours
of pay credit for each day of simulator time, or scheduled flight hours missed,
whichever is greater.
G. VACATION
COMPENSATION
1.
A Pilot shall receive
credit hours for each day of accrued vacation based on Article 7.D.1-3.
2. On the implementation
date of this Agreement, vacation days previously scheduled or accrued shall be
retained.
H. TRIP EXTENSION PAY
In the event that a Pilot’s original schedule is changed by
the Company and the change results in an extension to a Pilot’s trip return of
more than two (2) hours, he will receive pay according to Article 25.F.1.a,
(Scheduling).
I. CRAF/HOSTILE AREA
Any flight operation conducted under CRAF or Hostile Area as
defined in Article 17 of this Agreement will be compensated at a rate of one
hundred fifty percent (150%) of regular rates.
J. CHECK AIRMEN
Pilots assigned to Check Airmen duties will be compensated
sixteen hundred dollars ($1,600) for Captains and one thousand forty dollars
($1,040) for PFE/SO’s per bid period in addition to normal rates of pay.
K. PAYROLL
1.
Pursuant to their
entitlement to compensation under this Agreement, Pilots shall be paid by
payroll draft or direct deposit payable on Tuesday of each week.
a.
The weekly payroll
draft or direct deposit stub shall contain the following:
i.
One-fourth of a new
hire Pilot’s bid period salary;
ii.
One-fourth of a
Pilot’s Minimum Bid Period Guarantee;
iii.
Any voluntary
automatic adjustments.
b. Credits for
compensation earned above Minimum Bid Period Guarantee from the previous bid
period and Per Diem earned and not yet received from the previous bid period
will be added to the fourth payroll draft of the following bid period.
2. A Pilot may
request automatic payroll deposits. The Company will continue the policy of
allowing employees to designate up to two (2) different financial institutions
for automatic payroll deposits.
L. PER DIEM
A Pilot, when away from base on Company duty, shall receive
a Per Diem allowance for the purpose of defraying the expense of meals and
incidentals. Per Diem shall commence one (1) hour before scheduled departure
from base for domestic flights and one and one half (1.5) hours before
scheduled departure from base for international flights. Per Diem shall be
deemed to end thirty (30) minutes after block-in at base. Per Diem shall be
deemed to be continuous in the event the Pilot transits his base with less than
twenty-four (24) hours between duty periods. A Pilot shall receive Per Diem at
the following hourly rate:
Effective Date: DOS DOS+1 DOS+2 DOS+3
Domestic $1.60 $1.70 $1.80 $1.90
International $2.30 $2.40 $2.50 $2.60
M. ADMINISTRATIVE CREDIT HOURS