LOA 5 - First Right of Hire

LETTER OF AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

AND

THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS

IN THE SERVICE OF

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

AS REPRESENTED BY

ASSOCIATION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS-CWA, AFL-CIO

This Letter of Agreement is made and entered into in accordance with the Railway Labor Act by and between United Airlines, Inc. (the “Company”) and the Association of Flight Attendants – CWA, AFL-CIO (the “Union”). 

During the negotiations between the Company and the Union (collectively, the “parties”) leading to the 2016 – 2021 Agreement (the “Agreement”), the parties agreed to following: 

Subject to other legal obligations, the Company will make reasonable efforts to fill Flight Attendant vacancies with those individuals who satisfy United’s hiring standards, who have previously worked for carriers, represented by the Union, and who are no longer working for those carriers for economic reasons such as lay-offs or the shutdown of that carrier. 

The parties to this Letter of Agreement hereby agree that it shall run concurrently with the 2016.2021 Agreement, and shall be concurrently subject to the provisions pertaining to duration and amendment contained therein. 

The parties hereto have signed this Letter of Agreement this 28th day of August, 2016.