Section 4 - Compensation

4.A. BASE PAY RATES

Flight Attendants will be paid the hourly flight pay base rates set forth below. Their hourly rates

will be determined by their seniority for pay purposes.

4.H.2.a.  

Flight Attendants with Purser trips shall be entitled to the following:

4.H.2.a.(1). 

Purser premium pay included in their monthly guarantee.

4.H.2.a.(2).  

Purser premium pay for the hours of sick leave used to cover Purser trips.

4.H.2.a.(3).  

The monthly guarantee may be increased or decreased due to adjustments to their line involving Purser position flying.

4.H.3.

In addition to regular compensation, a Flight Attendant who is not International Purser FSL Qualified shall receive $7.50 $6.50 for each credited flight hour and all ground holding time when performing in an International Purser FSL position.

4.H.4.

The payment of any of the overrides in Paragraphs 4.H.1., or 4.H.2., or 4.H.3. above, shall not preclude payment of other applicable overrides.

4.H.5. INTERNATIONAL PURSER AND PURSER VACATION PAY

4.H.5.a.

Flight Attendants who were paid three hundred and fifty (350) credited hours, excluding vacation, in any Purser position in the previous calendar year shall be eligible for Purser premium pay for their vacation(s). 

4.H.5.a.(1)  

Flight Attendants who were paid three hundred and fifty (350) credited hours, excluding vacation, in the International Purser position in the previous calendar year shall be eligible for International Purser premium pay for their vacation(s). 

4.H.5.a.(2).  

Vacation pay for International Pursers and Pursers shall be based on their line award for the vacation period, including any applicable Purser override. Note: In current JCBA, paragraph is Section 4.F.3. 

4.I. HOLIDAY PAY

In addition to all other compensation, a working Flight Attendant shall be paid at double their her/his hourly rate of pay as stated in Paragraph A. above. The amount of Holiday Pay due shall be calculated as follows:

4.I.1. LINEHOLDER 

Hourly rate of pay times the credited flight time for the pairing, divided by the number of hours away from home, times the number of hours away from home falling within the holiday.

Example: 

A Flight Attendant making $40.00 per hour flies a pairing which produces fourteen (14) hours of credited flight time and keeps the Flight Attendant away from home (check-in to check-out) for forty-eight (48) hours of which twenty-four (24) hours falls on the holiday: 

$560.00 ÷ 48 hours away from home = $11.67 

$11.67 x 24 hours on holiday = $280.08 

Holiday Pay = $280.08

4.I.2. RESERVE

4.I.2.a.

If released on a holiday, Reserve receives no Holiday Pay.

4.I.2.b. 

If on Ready Reserve status and does not fly = 4:27 (30 days) or 4:13 (31 days) times the Reserve’s hourly rate.

4.I.2.c. 

If on Ready Reserve status and flies a pairing, receives greater of Paragraph b. or Lineholder computation. 

4.I.2.d.

A Reserve qualifying for two (2) hour call-out pay, per Section 8.O.1., or five (5) hour Standby Reserve pay shall receive double pay for those hours if they fall within the holiday pay.

4.I.3. 

In addition to compensation provided under Section 11, Flight Attendants scheduled by the Company to attend any training or meeting on a holiday shall receive Holiday Pay pursuant to Paragraph I.1. and 2. above.

4.I.4.

Flight Attendants will be paid for the holidays specified for their Domicile country. No Flight Attendant shall be eligible to be paid for more than six (6) holidays in any calendar year.

4.J. INTERNATIONAL OVERRIDE

Flight Attendants flying international pairings (outside of the continental U.S. and Canada) shall receive an hourly override of $2.00 per hour, prorated, for each block hour actually flown and for all credited time except sick/occupational leave and vacation.

4.K. LANGUAGE QUALIFIED PAY

4.K.1.

A Language Qualified Flight Attendant who works in a designated Language Qualified position will be provided an override of $3.75 $2.50 for each credited flight hour and all ground holding time. Language Qualified Pay shall be included in the monthly guarantee. block hour actually flown and for all credited time in the designated Language Qualified position except sick/occupational leave and vacation. 

4.K.2.

The payment of a Language Qualified override shall not preclude payment of other applicable overrides.

4.K.4. LANGUAGE QUALIFIED VACATION PAY   

4.K.4.a.   

Flight Attendants who were paid three hundred and fifty (350) credited hours, excluding vacation, in any Language Qualified (not including Language Incentive Pay) position in the previous calendar year shall be eligible for Language Qualified premium pay for their vacation(s). 

4.K.4.a.(1). 

Vacation pay for a Language Qualified Flight Attendant shall be based on their line award for the vacation period, including any applicable Language Qualified override.

4.L. LANGUAGE INCENTIVE PAY (LIP)

4.L.1.

Notwithstanding the designated Language Qualified positions, the Company may identify additional language needs. Flight Attendant(s) qualified in the identified language(s) as designated in the bid cover letter working in other than the designated Language Qualified position(s) shall be paid, in addition to all other compensation: $1.00 per hour prorated for each credited hour flown. 

4.L.2.

Such compensation shall be paid for each block hour actually flown and for all credited time except deadhead, sick/occupational leave and vacation, and for all ground holding time. The LIP override shall be in addition to all other compensation. 

4.L.3.

The identification of additional language needs will not prevent any Flight Attendant(s) from bidding on or being awarded these pairings.

4.M. NIGHT PAY

In addition to all other compensation, Flight Attendants will receive $0.50 per hour, prorated, for each actual flight hour worked as a member of the crew between the hours of 2200. 0600 based on the departure of the flight segments.

4.N. PROFIT SHARING PROGRAM

4.N.1. 

Flight Attendants shall have the option of taking a cash distribution, or designating a percentage of their profit sharing to their 401K account.

The Profit Sharing Plan shall become effective on January 1, 2006. The Union will advise the Company whether in lieu of a cash distribution, Flight Attendants profit sharing distribution should be made as an additional Direct Company Contribution to the Flight Attendants’ 401(k) Plan accounts.

4.N.2.

All Flight Attendants who have completed one year of service as of December 31st of the year for which Pre-Tax Earnings are being measured will be eligible to participate in a pre-tax profit sharing program. with respect to calendar years beginning in 2005. 

4.N.3.

Pre-tax Earnings is UAL consolidated net income as determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), but excluding (i) federal, state and local income tax expenses (or credit); (ii) unusual, special or nonrecurring charges or (iii) charges with respect to grant, exercise or vesting of equity, securities or options granted to UAL and United employees, and (iv) expenses associated with the profit sharing contributions.

4.N.4.

The profit sharing program described below shall become effective for profit sharing payments in 2017, and profit sharing payments thereafter. The Company profit sharing plan shall provide that in the event that the Company has more than $10 million in Pre-Tax Earnings in the relevant calendar year, then the Flight Attendant Annual Profit Sharing Pool shall be based on two components:

4.N.4.a.

10% of Pre-Tax Earnings that are not in excess of the Pre- Tax Earnings for the previous calendar year; and

4.N.4.b. 

20% of Pre-Tax Earnings that are in excess of the Pre-Tax Earnings for the previous calendar year.

4.N.5.

The allocation to each eligible Flight Attendant will be a pro rata share of the Annual Profit Sharing Pool based on the ratio of the Flight Attendant’s Considered Earnings, (as defined in the Success Sharing Plan) for the year to the aggregate amount of Considered Earnings for all eligible employees that year.

4.N.6.

Profit Sharing payments will be made no later than April 30th each year. 

4.N.7. 

Profit Sharing payments will be paid to the Flight Attendant, subject to applicable 401(k) deferral election, withholding and taxes.

4.O. RESERVE GUARANTEE

4.O.1.

Reserves shall be guaranteed seventy-eight (78) hours pay and credit per month, provided that when a Reserve is unavailable for duty on a without pay basis, their her/his minimum guarantee will be reduced by 4:20 (1/18th) in a thirty (30) day month and 4:07 (1/19th) in a thirty-one (31) day month for each day unavailable for schedule duty. 

4.O.2.

The monthly guarantee for FSL Reserves shall be calculated at their Flight Attendant rate plus the FSL override. 

4.O.3.

The monthly guarantee for Language Qualified (LQ) Reserves shall be calculated at their Flight Attendant rate plus the LQ override. 

4.P. RESERVE OVERRIDE

4.P.1.

In addition to Paragraph 4.O. above, a Reserve shall be compensated at the following rate prorated for each credited flight hour: $2.00.

4.Q. SHORT CREW PAY

4.Q.1. REQUIREMENTS FOR SHORT CREW PAY

4.Q.1.a.

The Company’s established staffing guidelines (“ESG”) shall be published in the Flight Attendant’s Policy and Procedures Manual. When the actual number of Flight Attendants performing safety and service duties on a flight is fewer than provided for in the ESG, regardless of the reason(s) for the shortage, Flight Attendants shall be paid Short Crew Pay. 

4.Q.1.b.

For the purposes of Short Crew Pay, in order to determine whether staffing levels on a flight are less than provided for in the ESG, load factor will constitute the number of persons in customer seats that are available for sale, including seats occupied by non-revenue passengers and deadheading personnel. For purposes of Short Crew Pay, load factor will be established as of the time when a flight is dispatched. A flight is dispatched if the aircraft leaves the gate. 

4.Q.1.c.

The number of Flight Attendants performing duties on a flight is assumed to be the same as the number of Flight Attendants performing duties at the time of dispatch, unless the Company is notified otherwise.

4.Q.2. SHORT CREW PAY FORMULA 

Whenever a flight meets the requirements of this section for Short Crew Pay, each Flight Attendant working the flight will be compensated at the rate of $9.25 $7.50 dollars per hour or fraction thereof for each Flight Attendant absent, block to block and for holding time when a meal is served.

4.Q.3. AUTOMATIC PAYMENT PROCESS FOR SHORT CREW PAY 

The Company shall establish an automatic payment process for Short Crew Pay. When the requirements for Short Crew Pay are met, the automatic payment process shall calculate and pay each Flight Attendant entitled to Short Crew Pay the amount due under the Short Crew Pay formula. Flight Attendants will not be required to make a submission to the Company in order to obtain Short Crew Pay, except in circumstances when a flight dispatched with a short crew returns to the gate and is dispatched again with a crew complement consistent with the ESG.

4.R. COMPANY BUSINESS ASSIGNMENT (COBUS) 

Flight Attendants removed from flight schedules for Company business in accordance with Section 3.C., shall be paid for the original scheduled flight hours missed or the actual hours, whichever is greater.

4.S.4. BOARDING PAY

Note: All Boarding Pay will be ADD pay which is paid above the guarantee

Flight Attendants shall be paid fifty percent (50%) of the pay rates provided for in Paragraph 4-A. above, for boarding a flight based on the standard customer boarding time established by the Company for the aircraft on which their flight is operating.

4.S.4.a.

In the application of paragraph 4.S.4., above, the following provisions shall apply:

4.S.4.a.(1). 

If a Flight Attendant boards a flight and all passengers are required by the Company to deplane, the Flight Attendant shall receive the boarding pay for each boarding.

4.S.4.a.(2). 

If a flight is boarded and the flight subsequently cancels, the Flight Attendant shall receive boarding pay for the boarding. 

4.S.4.a.(3). 

Boarding pay shall only be paid for the actual boarding of passengers. 

4.S.4.a.(4). 

Boarding pay shall not be paid on ferry flights or to Flight Attendants who are deadheading on a flight. 

4.S.4.b. 

Boarding Pay shall be for pay purposes only and shall not be treated as credit for any purpose. Boarding pay will be paid as ADD pay.  

4.S.4.c. 

Standby Reserves shall not be entitled to boarding pay for pre-boarding a flight unless they are assigned to the flight and actually depart. 

4.S. COMPENSATION  

Trainings and general meetings shall be compensated as follows: 

4.W.1.  

A Flight Attendant shall receive no less than three (3) hours of flight time pay and credit for each day of training or general meeting.

4.W.2. 

Home study and Computer Based Training (CBT) assignments shall each be paid one hour (1:00) flight time pay and credit for every three hours (3:00) of home study or training, prorated,  based on reasonable times established by the Company to complete the training. In no case shall Flight Attendants receive less than one hour (1:00).   

4.X. VACATION PAY

4.X.1.

Vacation shall be paid at a rate of three hours and thirty minutes (3:30) for each day of vacation.

4.X.2.

Vacation pay shall be paid at the Flight Attendant’s applicable hourly rate at the time vacation is taken. Note: Underlined because it was previously in Section 12 Vacation, paragraph B.