Document:

Exhibit 10.5(c)

 

CONFIDENTIAL
TREATMENT

REQUESTED PURSUANT TO
RULE 406

 

Republic
Airways Holdings, Inc.

 

United Contract No.
165982

 

February 13, 2004

 

Gregory P. Kaldahl

Director, United Express

United Air Lines, Inc.

1200 E. Algonquin Road

Elk Grove Township, IL  60007

Fax No.: 847-364-6728

 

Dear Greg:

 

I am writing to confirm our
agreement that in consideration of United Air Lines, Inc. (“United”) entering
into the United Express Agreement dated February 9, 2004 with Republic Airline,
Inc. (“Republic”), Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (“RJET”) agrees that during
the term of the United Express Agreement between United and Chautauqua
Airlines, Inc. (“Chautauqua”), dated February 13, 2004 (the “Chautauqua
Agreement”), RJET shall provide United with [*] as provided herein.  The [*], which shall be [*] during the term
of the Chautauqua Agreement, shall be [*] that Chautauqua operates United
Express flights during such month.  The
[*] to United not later than the 10th day of [*].

 

Please confirm that the foregoing
accurately reflects our agreement by executing and returning to the undersigned
a copy of this letter.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Hal Cooper

Executive VP & Chief
Financial Officer

 

CERTAIN
PORTIONS OF THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN OMITTED PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL
TREATMENT UNDER RULE 406 OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.  THE OMITTED MATERIALS HAVE BEEN FILED
SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

 

* Confidential

 

 

ACCEPTED & AGREED THIS

13th DAY OF FEBRUARY

 

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

 

 

	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
   

  
	
  Title:Exhibit
10.7

 

AGREEMENT

 

Between

 

CHAUTAUQUA
AIRLINES INC.

 

And

 

TEAMSTERS
AIRLINE DIVISION

LOCAL
747

 

REPRESENTING

 

THE
PILOTS

OF CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES

 

EFFECTIVE
OCTOBER 17, 2003

 

 

TABLE OF
CONTENTS

 

	
  ARTICLE

  	
   

  	
  TITLE

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 1

  	
   

  	
  RECOGNITION
  AND SCOPE

  
	
  ARTICLE 2

  	
   

  	
  DEFINITIONS

  
	
  ARTICLE 3

  	
   

  	
  COMPENSATION

  
	
  ARTICLE 4

  	
   

  	
  EXPENSES

  
	
  ARTICLE 5

  	
   

  	
  MOVING EXPENSES

  
	
  ARTICLE 6

  	
   

  	
  SCHEDULING

  
	
  ARTICLE 7

  	
   

  	
  VACANCIES

  
	
  ARTICLE 8

  	
   

  	
  PAID
  DAYS OFF

  
	
  ARTICLE 9

  	
   

  	
  SENIORITY

  
	
  ARTICLE 10

  	
   

  	
  TRAINING

  
	
  ARTICLE 11

  	
   

  	
  FURLOUGH AND RECALL

  
	
  ARTICLE 12

  	
   

  	
  LEAVES
  OF ABSENCE

  
	
  ARTICLE 13

  	
   

  	
  PHYSICAL
  STANDARDS

  
	
  ARTICLE 14

  	
   

  	
  INSURANCE
  AND OTHER BENEFITS

  
	
  ARTICLE 15

  	
   

  	
  SUPERVISORY
  DUTY/MISCELLANEOUS FLYING

  
	
  ARTICLE 16

  	
   

  	
  CHECK
  AIRMEN

  
	
  ARTICLE 17

  	
   

  	
  BASES

  
	
  ARTICLE 18

  	
   

  	
  RESOLUTION
  OF DISPUTES

  
	
  ARTICLE 19

  	
   

  	
  DUES
  CHECKOFF AND UNION SECURITY

  
	
  ARTICLE 20

  	
   

  	
  UNIFORMS

  
	
  ARTICLE 21

  	
   

  	
  NEW
  AIRCRAFT

  
	
  ARTICLE 22

  	
   

  	
  GENERAL

  
	
  ARTICLE 23

  	
   

  	
  HOURS
  OF SERVICE

  
	
  ARTICLE 24

  	
   

  	
  MISSING,
  INTERNMENT, HOSTAGE OR PRISONER OF WAR BENEFITS

  
	
  ARTICLE 25

  	
   

  	
  DURATION

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  *********************

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Letter of Agreement 1

  	
   

  	
  Scheduling
  D2

  
	
  Letter of Agreement 2

  	
   

  	
  Signing
  Bonus

  
	
  Letter of Agreement 3

  	
   

  	
  Scheduling
  Agreement Prior to PBS

  
	
  Letter of Agreement 4

  	
   

  	
  Jets
  for Jobs

  
	
  Letter of Agreement 5

  	
   

  	
  Binding
  of Parent

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Appendix
  A

  	
   

  	
  Block Times

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  *********************

  

 

 

ARTICLE 1

RECOGNITION AND
SCOPE ARTICLE

 

A.           
National Mediation
Board Certification

 

Pursuant to the certification by the National
Mediation Board in Case No. R-6199, dated July 30, 1993, the Company
hereby recognizes the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Airline Division,
as the duly designated and authorized representative of the Pilots in the
employ of the Company for the purposes of the Railway Labor Act, as amended

 

B.            
Purpose of Agreement

 

The purpose of this Agreement is in the mutual
interest of the Company, the Union, and the Pilots in the employ of the Company
to provide for the operation of the Company under methods which will further,
to the fullest extent possible: the safety of air transportation, the
efficiency of operation, and the continuation of employment of Pilots under
conditions of reasonable working conditions and proper compensation, and
maintain profitability of the carrier.  It is recognized to be the duty of
the Company, the Union, and the pilots to cooperate fully for the attainment of
these purposes.

 

C.           
Sole Agreement

 

1.            
This agreement shall
supersede all existing or previously executed Agreements by and between the
Company and the Union or any other labor organization or individual with
respect to the rates of pay, rules, or working conditions specifically covered
by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the
Railway Labor Act, as amended. Any and all subsequent agreements between the
parties shall be reduced to writing, signed by their authorized
representatives, and become a part of this Agreement.

 

2.            
Whenever the words
“pilot(s)”, “employee(s)”, or “crew member(s)” are used in this Agreement, they
designate and refer to only such Pilots as covered by this Agreement. It is
further recognized that whenever in this Agreement Pilots or jobs are referred
to in either the masculine or feminine gender, it shall be understood to mean
both male and female Pilots. It is further understood that there shall be no
discrimination by either party against any Pilot who is now, or may become,
subject to the terms of this Agreement because of age, race, sex, color,
religion, national origin, handicap or disability.

 

1.1

 

D.           
Scope

 

1.            
This Agreement covers
the company, any subsidiary of the company, the company’s parent, any
subsidiary of the company’s parent and any future airline certificate(s)
created as a subsidiary of the company or subsidiary of the company’s parent.

 

2.            
Except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement, all present and future flying (including that
international flying which originates or terminates within the United States or
its possessions) and all charters, ferry flights (not including ferry flights
of newly-acquired aircraft prior to being placed in revenue service), training
flights, test flights, (except test flights assigned to management), or other
utilization of aircraft owned or leased by the company, the company’s parent or
any subsidiary of the company or subsidiary of the company’s parent shall be
performed by pilots on the Chautauqua Airlines Pilots’ System Seniority List in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any other
applicable agreement between the company, the company’s parent or any
subsidiary of the company’s parent and the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters, Airline Division.

 

3.            
The Company,
Subsidiary of the Company, the Company’s Parent or Subsidiary of the Parent
shall not establish any new airline (alter ego or otherwise) or acquire a
controlling interest in any carrier whether directly or through the Parent or
another Subsidiary of the Parent, and maintain it as a separate carrier. 
A “Controlling Interest” or “Control” means the ownership of an equity interest
representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding capital stock of
an entity or voting securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of
the total voting power of outstanding securities then entitled to vote
generally in the election of such entity’s board of directors or other
governing body.

 

4.            
The Company will not transfer
aircraft, or operating authority to its Parent, a Subsidiary of the Parent, or
to a Subsidiary of the Company for the purpose of evading the terms of this
Agreement. The Company will also not establish a third party leasing device to
evade the terms of this agreement.

 

1.2

 

 

E.             
Foreign Bases

 

The Company shall not establish a Pilot Base outside
of the 48 Contiguous United States and the District of Columbia without
providing advance, written notice to and bargaining with the Union at least
sixty (60) days prior to any bid establishing such Base. If the Company and the
Union cannot reach agreement on the terms and conditions of the foreign base
operation within sixty (60) days, Crewmembers assigned to such Base shall be
covered by all terms of this Agreement and the dispute shall be handled in
accordance with the procedures set forth in Article 21 (New Aircraft) of
this agreement. In any proceeding related to the enforcement of the obligations
of this paragraph, the Company will not raise non-applicability of the Railway
Labor Act as a defense.  Disputes concerning Crewmembers based at foreign
Bases shall be heard by the System Board of Adjustment, as set forth in this
Agreement, and the decision of the System Board in such cases shall be
enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction in the United States to the
same extent and in the same manner as other cases arising out of interpretation
and application of this Agreement.

 

F.            
Furlough Protection

 

1.            
No pilot on the
Chautauqua Pilots’ Seniority List as of the date of signing of this Agreement
shall be furloughed, except as may be otherwise provided in
Article 1.F.2., below.

 

2.            
The Company shall be
excused from compliance with the provisions of Article 1.F.1., above to
the extent that a circumstance over which the Company does not have control is
the cause of such noncompliance.  The term “circumstance over which the
Company does not have control” means a natural disaster, a work stoppage by a
union-represented employee group at the Company or at an air carrier whose
designator code the Company utilizes in holding out its services to the public,
grounding of a substantial number of the Company’s aircraft by a government
agency or by voluntary action of the Company for safety reasons in lieu
thereof; reduction in flying operations because of suppliers being unable to
provide sufficient critical materials for the Company’s operations, revocation
of the Company’s operating certificate(s), war, terrorism or national
emergency, the Company being unable to retain or obtain sufficient aircraft to
utilize all pilots protected from furlough or as a result of adverse economic,
market or business conditions which may directly impact the Company’s operations.

 

1.3

 

G.            
Sale/Transfer/Lease
of Companies’ Aircraft

 

The Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, Republic
Airways Holdings, Inc. (the Parent) or any Subsidiaries of Republic Airways
Holdings, Inc. may not sell, lease or transfer an aircraft to another air
carrier or entity for the purpose of evading the terms of this agreement. The
Company, Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (the Parent) or any Subsidiaries of
Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. may sell, lease or transfer an aircraft to another
air carrier or entity when the Company no longer requires such aircraft for its
operation.

 

H.           
Successorship
and Mergers

 

1.            
This Agreement
including the rates of pay, rules and working conditions set forth in this
Agreement shall be binding upon any successor or assign of the Company unless
and until changed in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act,
as amended.  For purposes of this paragraph, a Successor or assign shall
be defined as an entity which acquires all or substantially all of the assets
or equity of a Company through a single transaction or multi-step related
transaction which closes within a twelve (12) month period.

 

2.            
No contract or other
legally binding commitment involving the transfer of ownership or control
pursuant to a Successorship transaction, whether by sale, transfer or lease of
the Company, Parent or Subsidiary of the Parent, or substantially all of the
assets of any entity, will be signed or otherwise entered into unless it is
agreed as a material and irrevocable condition of entering into, concluding and
implementing such transaction that this Agreement including the rates of pay,
rules and working conditions set forth in this Agreement will be assumed by the
successor employer and employees on the then current Chautauqua Airlines system
seniority list will be employed in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.  The Company shall give notice of the existence of this
Agreement to any purchaser, transferee, lessee, or assignee of the operation
covered by this Agreement or any substantial part thereof.  Such notice
shall be in writing with a copy to the Union, at the time the seller,
transferor, or lessor executes a definitive agreement with respect to a transaction
as herein described.

 

3.            
In the event of a
merger of airline operations between the Company and another air carrier the
Company will require, as a condition of any such operational merger that
provisions be included requiring that the surviving carrier shall provide for
fair and equitable integration of the pre-merger pilots’ seniority lists in
accordance with Articles 3 and 13 of the Allegheny Mohawk LPPs.

 

1.4

 

4.            
Integration of the
pilot groups shall not occur until the pilot seniority lists are merged
pursuant to procedures as described above.

 

5.            
The following
additional requirements shall be applicable in the event of a merger, purchase
or acquisition involving the Company, regardless of the identity of the surviving
carrier or whether formerly separate operations are to be integrated.

 

a.            
Unless and until any
operational merger is finally effectuated, the Union will continue to be
recognized as the representative of the pre-merger Company pilots, so long as
such recognition is consistent with the Railway Labor Act and any applicable
rulings or orders of the National Mediation Board.  Recognition of a
post-merger representative shall be governed by the Railway Labor Act and by
any applicable rulings or orders of the National Mediation Board.

 

b.            
Subject to applicable
securities and other laws and regulations, the Company will review with the
union the details of any material agreements relating to Successorship
transactions in a timely manner, provided that no financial or other
confidential business information need be disclosed unless suitable
arrangements are made for protecting the confidentiality and use of such
information.

 

c.            
The operations of the
Company and those of the other air carrier shall be kept separate unless and
until the processes described in paragraph b above is completed and the
seniority lists of the two pilot groups are integrated in accordance with
Sections 3 and 13 of the Allegheny-Mohawk Labor Protective Provisions are
completed.  During such time of separate operations, neither aircraft nor
pilots shall be interchanged without the Union’s written consent.

 

d.            
Until the processes
described in paragraph c above are completed, no flight deck crew member
covered by this Agreement shall be reduced in status or pay category as an
effect of the merger, purchase or acquisition.

 

e.            
During the period of
separate operations pilots on the Chautauqua Pilots System Seniority List prior
to the merger, purchase, or acquisition shall operate all aircraft on hand at
the Company, all aircraft on firm order to the Company and all aircraft
acquired by the Company other than as a result of the transaction after public
announcement of the acquisition

 

1.5

 

in accordance with this Agreement, provided however
that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent fleet reductions which are
attributable to economic or other reasons and conditions not related to the
transaction, or the retirement of existing aircraft in the normal course of
business.

 

f.             
The Company or
surviving carrier, if different than the Company, shall meet promptly with the
Union upon request to negotiate the implementation of the requirements of this
Article.

 

J.            
Dry/Wet Lease

 

1.           
The Company will not
enter into any dry/wet lease agreement, or contract with or for any other
carrier or entities (government, military or commercial) without mutual
agreement with the Union.

 

a.            
No pilot within the
bargaining unit will be reduced in status or lose any income or employee
benefits while discussions are taking place.

 

b.            
The Union will not
disagree to a dry lease when such dry lease is for the sole purpose of leasing
out excess aircraft owned or leased by the Company. No aircraft dry leased to
another carrier or entity will be operated into or out of any cities where the
Company operates. Such dry lease will not result in the reduction in status or
the furlough of any Chautauqua Pilot in cases where the dry lease provides a
profit to the Company. At the request of the Union it may review the actual dry
lease documents.

 

K.            
Expedited
Board of Adjustment Procedures

 

The Company agrees to arbitrate any grievance filed by
the Union alleging a violation of this Article 1 on an expedited basis
directly before the System Board of Adjustment sitting with a neutral
arbitrator mutually acceptable to both parties.  If a mutually agreed upon
arbitrator cannot be selected within three (3) days of the filing, an
arbitrator will be selected pursuant to Article 18 (Resolution of
Disputes) of this Agreement.  The dispute shall be heard no later than
thirty (30) days following the submission to the system board (subject to the
availability of the arbitrator), and shall be decided no later than thirty (30)
days following submission, unless the parties agree otherwise in writing.

 

1.6

 

L.            
Definitions used in
Article 1

 

“Company” means Chautauqua Airlines, Inc. or any other
Subsidiary of the Parent or any future airline certificate created or acquired
as a Subsidiary of the Parent.

 

“Entity” means a natural person, corporation,
association, partnership, trust or any other form for conducting business.

 

“Parent” means Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. or any
successor of the Parent.

 

“Subsidiary” means any entity that is controlled by
the Company or the Parent as defined above, herein.

 

1.7

 

ARTICLE 2

DEFINITIONS

 

1.            
Agreement- this
Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Company and the Union.

 

2.            
Active Status - On
the payroll of the Company and subject to work assignment as a pilot, or on
paid time off (PDO).  Any pilot who is on an approved leave of absence
or furlough is not on active status.

 

3.            
Aircraft Program
Designees - Company Check Airmen certified by the FAA to perform FAA
certification checkrides in lieu of a FAA Inspector.

 

4.            
Available - A
pilot on Company time or duty is considered available until released by the
Company.

 

5.            
Base - A geographical
location where pilots are stationed from which a Pilot’s duty assignments are
calculated to begin and end.  A Pilot may have only one Base at a
time.  The terms “base” and “domicile” shall be synonymous for purposes
of this Agreement.

 

6.            
Block to Block - The
period of time beginning when an aircraft moves under its own power for the
purpose of flight and ending when the aircraft comes to rest at the next
point of landing or returns to the gate.

 

7.            
Base Month - The
month designated in which a Pilot is scheduled to fulfill his annual regulatory
qualification requirement, plus (“grace”) or minus (“early”) one
month.

 

8.            
Bid - The Standing
Bid, Monthly Schedule Bid, Vacation Bid, or other Bid where
pilots may set forth their preferences as set forth in this Agreement.

 

9.            
Bid Schedule - A
Pilots monthly schedule, which may consist of scheduled pairings, training,
and/or reserve duty and contractual days off.

 

10.          
Bid
Schedule Award - An bidline awarded in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, consisting of known trip pairings, training days,
reserve days and/or days off.

 

11.          
Captain - A Pilot who
is in command and who is responsible for the manipulation of, or who
manipulates, the flight controls of an aircraft while under way, including
takeoffs and landings of such aircraft, and who is qualified to serve and holds
a currently effective airmen’s certificate or type rating authorizing him to
serve as such a Pilot.

 

12.          
Carryover Pairing - A
trip pairing that begins in one bid month and ends in the next month.

 

13.          
Calendar Day -
Midnight to midnight local base time.

 

14.          
CDO - Continuous Duty
Overnight - A single duty period that crosses over midnight and has certain
rights and restrictions which are contained in Sections 6 and 23
(Scheduling/Hours of Service).

 

2.1

 

15.          
Charter - An offline
or online revenue passenger flight that is not a regularly scheduled
flight.  Extra sections are not considered charter flights.

 

16.          
Check Event - Any
proficiency check, line check, oral examination, or other testing or checking
required by the FAA to qualify, re-qualify, or maintain qualification to
operate an aircraft in revenue service.

 

17.          
Check Pilot - A pilot
who is designated by the Company and authorized by the FAA to administer a
check event.

 

18.          
Company Check Airman
- Instructor and check pilots who are designated at the sole discretion of the
Company and are authorized by the FAA to instruct, train, conduct proficiency
checks and line checks, but who do not occupy management positions.  Such
Pilots are to be considered line Pilots and are covered by this Agreement.

 

19.          
Composite Bidline - PBS
system utilizing pairings not assigned to regular lines in accordance with
the work rules of this Agreement that may consist of pairings, reserve and
availability days, and days off.

 

20.          
Credit Hour - The
hourly unit by which Pilots will be compensated as set forth in this Agreement.

 

21.          
Date of Hire - A
Pilot’s first day of Pilot training by the Company after the Pilot becomes an
employee of the Company.

 

22.          
Day - A calendar day.

 

23.          
Day Off - A day free
from all duty required by the Company.

 

24.          
Deadhead -
Crewmember(s) flying or taking surface transportation to or from a flight or
operational assignment at the company’s direction

 

25.          
Displace - The right
of a pilot to occupy the Status of a junior pilot, subject to any exceptions
set forth in this Agreement.

 

26.          
Displacement - The
process by which one Pilot displaces another Pilot.

 

27.          
Domestic - The
forty-eight (48) contiguous states and the District of Columbia.

 

28.          
Domicile - See
“Base”.

 

29.          
Dry Lease - An
agreement with another carrier in which the Company provides aircraft to the
other carrier.

 

30.          
Duty Day - A calendar
day in which a duty period begins or ends and all calendar days away from base
while flying a pairing (including deadheading).  Also, any calendar day
scheduled for reserve duty or training, or other company directed business.

 

31.          
Duty Period - The
elapsed time from the time a pilot is required to report for duty or the actual
reporting time, whichever is later, until the time the pilot is released from
duty following the debrief period.

 

2.2

 

32.          
Equipment Type - The
make and model of aircraft equipment.  For purposes of this Agreement,
aircraft with a common type rating, e.g., EMB 135, EMB 140 and EMB 145 shall be
considered one type.

 

33.          
First Officer - A
Pilot who is second in command and who is responsible for the manipulation of,
or who manipulates, the flight controls of an aircraft while under way,
including takeoffs and landings of such aircraft, and who is qualified to serve
and holds a currently effective airman’s certificate or type rating authorizing
him to serve as such a Pilot.

 

34.          
Flight Time - Block
to Block time.

 

35.          
Hot Reserve - A
period of time when a pilot is required to be on reserve at an airport location
designated by the by the Company.

 

36.          
Immediate Family
Member - The employee, spouse, dependent children (including legally adopted)
under age 21, and parents of the employee.

 

37.          
Instructor Pilot - A
pilot who is qualified to conduct training for the Company.

 

38.          
International - Any
point or area outside of the forty-eight (48) contiguous states and the
District of Columbia.

 

39.          
Junior - Having less
seniority or a higher seniority number than another Pilot.

 

40.          
Line Pilot - A Pilot
who is not a Management Pilot, as described in this Agreement, and who is
covered by this Agreement.

 

41.          
Line Value - The time
value of scheduled block time and/or the value of any assignments to training
to include sick/vacation leave.

 

42.          
Longevity - The
period of time a Pilot has actively served as a Pilot with the Company.  Longevity
commences on the Pilot’s first day of initial ground school training.

 

43.          
Management Pilot -
See “Supervisory Pilot”.

 

44.          
Monthly Guarantee -
The minimum Pilot pay hours in a contractual month pay period as set forth in
this Agreement.

 

45.          
Month - The period
starting from the first day of, to and including the last day of each calendar
month of the year, except that for Pilot scheduling and pay purposes, January,
February, and March will each be considered a thirty (30) day month
through the addition of January 31 and March 1 to the month of
February.  Leap year results in February being a 31-day month.

 

46.          
Old Sick Bank - Sick
time accrued prior to December 5, 1994.

 

47.          
On Call - The time
period when a pilot is available for a prospective duty assignment.

 

48.          
Operational Reasons -
Actions taken by the Company after careful planning and analysis and not arbitrarily
or capriciously.  Operational

 

2.3

 

reasons shall not be used by the Company in response
to inadequate staffing or on a routine basis to circumvent application of other
provisions of this Agreement.  Examples of such reasons shall include, but
are not limited to, the following:  (1) to avoid potential flight delay;
(2) to avoid potential flight cancellations; and (3) to fulfill FAA regulatory
requirements.

 

49.          
PDO Sick Bank - PDO
time that has been designated by the Pilot to be used for Sick time and is
allowed to be carried over from year to year as provided for in this Agreement.

 

50.          
Per Diem - The
compensation a Pilot receives for incidental expenses, i.e., meals, tips, etc.,
in accordance with this Agreement.

 

51.          
PIC - Pilot in
Command who holds a bid award as a Captain.

 

52.          
Pilot - A Pilot who
perform the duties of a PIC or SIC and whose name appears on the Pilots’
Seniority List.

 

53.          
Preferential Bid
System -

 

54.          
Probationary Period -
A Pilot’s first twelve (12) months of active service (exclusive of furlough or
leave of absence) with the Company from the pilot’s date of hire.  If a
Pilot upgrades to Captain during the probationary period, his probation will end
upon completion of the upgrade checkride.

 

55.          
Regular Bidlines - A
Pilot’s monthly bid schedule normally consisting entirely of trip
pairings.

 

56.          
Release Time - The
time when a pilot is released from Company duty.

 

57.          
Report Time - The
time a pilot is scheduled to report for duty or the time he actually reports,
whichever is later.

 

58.          
Reschedule - A
change to the Pilot’s original scheduled assignment.

 

59.          
Reserve Line - A
schedule built by the Company in accordance with the work rules of this
Agreement which consists of the days a reserve Pilot will be available for duty
and days off.

 

60.          
Rest Period - The
period of time between the end of a debrief and the report time of the next
trip, training or other company directed business.

 

61.          
Scheduled Block Time
- The scheduled time contained in a pairing that delineates Block out and Block
in times of flight segments.

 

62.          
Senior - A more
senior or lower seniority numbered Pilot.

 

63.          
Seniority Date - The
date the Pilot first entered initial ground school training incident to
employment as a Pilot for the Company.

 

64.          
SIC - Second in
Command who holds a bid award as a First Officer.

 

65.          
Standing Bid - The
method by which a Pilot expresses a preference for vacancies or future
vacancies.

 

66.          
System Seniority List
-

 

67.          
Supervisory Pilot - A
Pilot designated by the Company to be responsible for managing Pilots and
administering Company policy.

 

2.4

 

68.          
Trip Time - A period
of time a Pilot is away from his home base as set forth in this Agreement.

 

69.          
Trip pairing - A
flight or series of flights that are paired together and beginning at the Pilot’s
base and ending at the Pilot’s base.  Trip pairings may include
deadhead.  “Trip pairing”, “trip”, and “pairing” are all synonymous.

 

70.          
Vacancy - A position
in a particular status, equipment and base in excess of the number of pilots
already in that status, equipment and base.

 

71.          
Vacation bank -

 

72.          
Vacation day - A
calendar day off free of all duty as a result of an awarded vacation.

 

73.          
Wet Lease - An
agreement with another carrier in which the Company provides an aircraft and
crew to the other carrier.

 

2.5

 

ARTICLE 3

COMPENSATION

 

A.           
Pay Scales

 

Pilots will be paid for flight time based on status
and longevity in accordance with the hourly rates below.  In computing
hours for pay purposes, the actual time flown or the scheduled block time,
whichever is greater, will be used.

 

Captain’s Pay Rates will be as follows for 32 to 49
Seat Turbojet Aircraft:

 

Captain
Pay Rates 32-49 Seat Jet

 

	
  Year

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2003

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2004

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2005

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2006

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2007

  	
   

  
	
  1

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  45.39

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  46.52

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  47.69

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  48.64

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  49.62

  	
   

  
	
  2

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  48.06

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  49.26

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  50.49

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  51.50

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  52.53

  	
   

  
	
  3

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  51.33

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  52.61

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  53.93

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  55.01

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  56.11

  	
   

  
	
  4

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  52.93

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  54.25

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  55.61

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  56.72

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  57.86

  	
   

  
	
  5

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  54.55

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  55.91

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  57.31

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  58.46

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  59.63

  	
   

  
	
  6

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  56.24

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  57.65

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  59.09

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  60.27

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  61.47

  	
   

  
	
  7

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  57.97

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  59.42

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  60.90

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  62.12

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  63.37

  	
   

  
	
  8

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  59.77

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  61.26

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  62.80

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  64.05

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  65.33

  	
   

  
	
  9

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  61.61

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  63.15

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  64.73

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  66.02

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  67.34

  	
   

  
	
  10

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  63.54

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  65.13

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  66.76

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  68.09

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  69.45

  	
   

  
	
  11

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  65.50

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  67.14

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  68.82

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  70.19

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  71.60

  	
   

  
	
  12

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  67.82

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  69.52

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  71.25

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  72.68

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  74.13

  	
   

  
	
  13

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  69.61

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  71.35

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  73.13

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  74.60

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  76.09

  	
   

  
	
  14

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  71.76

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  73.55

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  75.39

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  76.90

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  78.44

  	
   

  
	
  15

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  73.98

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  75.83

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  77.73

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  79.28

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  80.87

  	
   

  
	
  16

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  76.20

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  78.11

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  80.06

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  81.66

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  83.29

  	
   

  
	
  17

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  80.06

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  82.06

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  83.70

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  85.37

  	
   

  
	
  18

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  84.11

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  85.79

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  87.50

  	
   

  
	
  19

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  87.93

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  89.69

  	
   

  
	
  20

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  91.94

  	
   

  

 

A pilot who holds the status of 32-49 seat turbojet
captain will be paid at the 32-49 seat turbojet captain rate for all
assignments unless the pilot incurs actual flight time in the 50-59 seat turbojet,
in which case he will paid the higher captain wage rate for that flight time.

 

3.1

 

Captain’s Pay Rates will be as follows for 50 to 59
Seat Turbojet Aircraft:

 

Captain
Pay Rates 50-59 Seat Jet

 

	
  Year

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2003

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2004

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2005

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2006

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2007

  	
   

  
	
  1

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  51.00

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  52.28

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  53.58

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  54.65

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  55.74

  	
   

  
	
  2

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  54.00

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  55.35

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  56.73

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  57.87

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  59.03

  	
   

  
	
  3

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  57.67

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  59.11

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  60.59

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  61.80

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  63.04

  	
   

  
	
  4

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  59.47

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  60.96

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  62.48

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  63.73

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  65.00

  	
   

  
	
  5

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  61.29

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  62.82

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  64.39

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  65.68

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  66.99

  	
   

  
	
  6

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  63.19

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  64.77

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  66.39

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  67.72

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  69.07

  	
   

  
	
  7

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  65.14

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  66.77

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  68.44

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  69.81

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  71.21

  	
   

  
	
  8

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  67.16

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  68.84

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  70.56

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  71.97

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  73.41

  	
   

  
	
  9

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  69.23

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  70.96

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  72.73

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  74.18

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  75.66

  	
   

  
	
  10

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  71.39

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  73.17

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  75.00

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  76.50

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  78.03

  	
   

  
	
  11

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  73.59

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  75.43

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  77.32

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  78.87

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  80.45

  	
   

  
	
  12

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  76.20

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  78.10

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  80.06

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  81.66

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  83.29

  	
   

  
	
  13

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  78.21

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  80.17

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  82.17

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  83.81

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  85.49

  	
   

  
	
  14

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  80.63

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  82.65

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  84.71

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  86.40

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  88.13

  	
   

  
	
  15

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  83.12

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  85.20

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  87.33

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  89.08

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  90.86

  	
   

  
	
  16

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  85.62

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  87.76

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  89.95

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  91.75

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  93.59

  	
   

  
	
  17

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  89.95

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  92.20

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  94.04

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  95.92

  	
   

  
	
  18

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  94.50

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  96.39

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  98.32

  	
   

  
	
  19

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  98.80

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  100.78

  	
   

  
	
  20

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  103.30

  	
   

  

 

A pilot who holds the status of 50-59 seat turbojet
captain will be paid at the 50-59 seat turbojet captain rate for all
assignments.

 

3.2

 

Captain’s Pay Rates will be as follows for 60 to 78
Seat Turbojet Aircraft:

 

Captain
Pay Rates 60-78 Seat Jet

 

	
  Year

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2003

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2004

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2005

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2006

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2007

  	
   

  
	
  1

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  53.55

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  54.89

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  56.26

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  57.39

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  58.54

  	
   

  
	
  2

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  56.70

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  58.12

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  59.57

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  60.76

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  61.98

  	
   

  
	
  3

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  60.55

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  62.07

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  63.62

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  64.89

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  66.19

  	
   

  
	
  4

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  62.44

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  64.01

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  65.60

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  66.91

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  68.25

  	
   

  
	
  5

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  64.35

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  65.96

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  67.61

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  68.96

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  70.34

  	
   

  
	
  6

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  66.35

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  68.01

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  69.71

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  71.10

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  72.52

  	
   

  
	
  7

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  68.40

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  70.11

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  71.86

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  73.30

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  74.77

  	
   

  
	
  8

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  70.52

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  72.28

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  74.09

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  75.57

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  77.08

  	
   

  
	
  9

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  72.69

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  74.51

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  76.37

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  77.90

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  79.46

  	
   

  
	
  10

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  74.96

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  76.83

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  78.75

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  80.33

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  81.94

  	
   

  
	
  11

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  77.27

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  79.20

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  81.18

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  82.80

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  84.46

  	
   

  
	
  12

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  80.01

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  82.01

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  84.06

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  85.74

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  87.46

  	
   

  
	
  13

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  82.12

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  84.17

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  86.28

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  88.01

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  89.77

  	
   

  
	
  14

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  84.66

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  86.78

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  88.95

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  90.73

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  92.54

  	
   

  
	
  15

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  87.28

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  89.46

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  91.70

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  93.53

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  95.40

  	
   

  
	
  16

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  89.90

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  92.15

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  94.45

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  96.34

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  98.27

  	
   

  
	
  17

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  94.45

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  96.82

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  98.76

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  100.73

  	
   

  
	
  18

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  99.24

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  101.22

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  103.25

  	
   

  
	
  19

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  103.74

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  105.81

  	
   

  
	
  20

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  108.47

  	
   

  

 

A pilot who holds the status of 60-78 seat turbojet
captain will be paid at the 60-78 seat turbojet captain rate for all
assignments unless the pilot incurs actual flight time in a higher paying seat
turbojet, in which case he will paid the higher captain wage rate for that
flight time.

 

3.3

 

Captain’s Pay Rates will be as follows for 79 to 99
Seat Turbojet Aircraft:

 

Captain
Pay Rates 79-99 Seat Jet

 

	
  Year

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2003

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2004

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2005

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2006

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2007

  	
   

  
	
  1

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  58.91

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  60.38

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  61.89

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  63.12

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  64.39

  	
   

  
	
  2

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  62.37

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  63.93

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  65.53

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  66.84

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  68.17

  	
   

  
	
  3

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  66.61

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  68.27

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  69.98

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  71.38

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  72.80

  	
   

  
	
  4

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  68.68

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  70.40

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  72.16

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  73.60

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  75.07

  	
   

  
	
  5

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  70.79

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  72.56

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  74.37

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  75.86

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  77.38

  	
   

  
	
  6

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  72.99

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  74.51

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  76.69

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  78.22

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  79.78

  	
   

  
	
  7

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  75.24

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  77.12

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  79.05

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  80.63

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  82.24

  	
   

  
	
  8

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  77.57

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  79.51

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  81.50

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  83.13

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  84.79

  	
   

  
	
  9

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  79.96

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  81.96

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  84.01

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  85.69

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  87.40

  	
   

  
	
  10

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  82.46

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  84.52

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  86.63

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  88.37

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  90.13

  	
   

  
	
  11

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  84.99

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  87.11

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  89.29

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  91.08

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  92.90

  	
   

  
	
  12

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  88.01

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  90.21

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  92.47

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  94.31

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  96.20

  	
   

  
	
  13

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  90.33

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  92.59

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  94.90

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  96.80

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  98.74

  	
   

  
	
  14

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  93.13

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  95.46

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  97.84

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  99.80

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  101.80

  	
   

  
	
  15

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  96.01

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  98.41

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  100.87

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  102.89

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  104.95

  	
   

  
	
  16

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  98.89

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  101.36

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  103.90

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  105.97

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  108.09

  	
   

  
	
  17

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  103.90

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  106.49

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  108.62

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  110.79

  	
   

  
	
  18

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  109.15

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  111.34

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  113.56

  	
   

  
	
  19

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  114.12

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  116.41

  	
   

  
	
  20

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  119.32

  	
   

  

 

A pilot who holds the status of 79-99 seat turbojet captain
will be paid at the 79-99 seat turbojet captain rate for all assignments.

 

First Officer Pay rates for all aircraft types are as
follows:

 

First
Officer Pay Rates for All Jet Types

 

	
  Year

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1
  2003

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2004

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2005

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2006

  	
   

  	
  Oct 1,
  2007

  	
   

  
	
  1

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  21.00

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  21.52

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  22.06

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  22.50

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  22.95

  	
   

  
	
  2

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  28.25

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  28.96

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  29.68

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  30.27

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  30.88

  	
   

  
	
  3

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  32.50

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  33.31

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  34.15

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  34.83

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  35.52

  	
   

  
	
  4

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  33.50

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  34.34

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  35.20

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  35.90

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  36.62

  	
   

  

 

B.           
Line Guarantee

 

When the Company achieves a ninety-eight point five
percent (98.5%) completion factor for the month, a pilot who has been available
for duty during the entire month will receive the greater of one hundred
percent (100%) of his final bid award line value or his actual flight time,
adjusted for trip trades or drops.

 

3.4

 

C.           
Overtime Pay

 

1.            
Pilot who voluntarily
adds a trip (or portion thereof) to his awarded schedule shall be
compensated at his applicable hourly rate for the additional flying.

 

2.            
A pilot who performs
duty on a scheduled day off will be compensated at the greater of four (4)
hours for the duty or his actual flight time in addition to his monthly
guarantee.  This paragraph does not apply to a pilot assigned on one (1)
of his minimum days off who has that day restored.

 

D.           
Rescheduling

 

Whenever a pilot is available for a scheduled trip and
is rescheduled to perform different flying, he or she will be paid the
originally scheduled block time or the actual hours flown, whichever is
greater.  This provision does not apply to cancellation of all or part of
a trip where no rescheduling for the period of cancellation occurs nor does it
apply where the pilot does not fly all or a portion of a trip and he is not
rescheduled to perform different flying.

 

E.            
Deadhead Pay

 

When a pilot is required to deadhead, he will be
credited with seventy-five percent (75%) of the scheduled block time of the
deadhead.  If no block time is established, then the actual time will be
used for air transportation.  If required to deadhead via surface
transportation, he shall be credited with fifty percent (50%) of driving time
based upon AAA mileage at 50 MPH.  A day consisting solely of deadhead to
or from a flight assignment shall be considered a work day.

 

F.            
Taxi Pay

 

A pilot reporting for or performing a taxi movement
that does not involve flying shall receive twelve (12) minutes of pay credit.

 

G.           
Customs Pay

 

A pilot who clears Customs during an overnight
assignment will receive an eighteen (18) minute pay credit.  There shall
be one pay credit per overnight.

 

H.           
Check Airman Pay

 

A Check Airman will be paid in addition to the rates
above as provided in Article 16 Check Airmen.

 

3.5

 

I.             
Monthly Guarantee

 

1.            
A pilot who is
available for duty for the full month will be guaranteed a minimum of
seventy-five (75) hours of flight pay per month.

 

2.            
A pilot who is unavailable
for part of a month will have his guarantee prorated (except for paid vacation
or paid sick leave).

 

J.            
Pay Procedures

 

1.            
Pilots will be paid
on a bi-monthly basis, i.e., twenty-four (24) pay periods per year.

 

2.            
Pilots will be paid
on the fifteenth (15th) and the last day of each month.  If the
fifteenth (15th) or the last day of each month falls on a Saturday
or Sunday, pilots will be paid on the preceding Friday.  The paycheck on
the fifteenth (15th) of the month will adjust for any additional
amounts owed the pilot from the previous month.

 

3.            
A pilot will be paid,
at his option, by direct deposit into an account for that pilot at a financial
institution of the pilot’s choice.

 

4.            
The Company may
choose to send the pilot his bi-monthly pay information over the Company’s
secure email system.

 

5.            
Longevity increases
will be paid as follows:

 

The current month’s guarantee will be pro-rated from
the actual longevity date as defined in Article 9 (Seniority).  All
pay over guarantee for the month that the longevity anniversary occurs in will
be included in the paycheck on the 15th of the following month at
the new rate.

 

6.            
Clerical pay errors
involving one hundred ($100.00) dollars or more shall be reconciled within five
(5) working days after it is first brought to the company’s attention. 
Errors of less than one hundred ($100.00) dollars will be reconciled in the
next issued paycheck.

 

7.            
If it is determined
that a legitimate clerical pay error of more than one hundred dollars ($100.00)
has not been resolved and paid within thirty (30) days of the pilot bringing
the error to the Company’s attention, in writing, then the Company shall
compensate the pilot for the error amount, plus fifty dollars ($50.00) for
inconvenience.

 

3.6

 

K.           
Timing Out

 

1.            
A pilot who has flown
1,000 block hours in a year will be credited for all work performed during the
month that he reaches 1,000 block hours.  In addition he will be paid full
value of the trips flown or his minimum monthly guarantee, whichever is
greater.  Any remaining months of the year, the pilot will be paid a
minimum monthly guarantee of seventy-five (75) hours.

 

2.            
If a pilot’s flight
schedule would cause him to be in violation of the FAA 30/7 limitation,
the Company shall be allowed to adjust his schedule, but will pay him up to the
thirty (30) hour limitation.

 

L.            
Value of a Reserve
Day

 

A reserve pilot called into work will be credited four
(4) hours towards his minimum monthly guarantee or the value of the assignment,
whichever is greater.  A hot reserve pilot will be credited five (5) hours
towards his minimum monthly guarantee or the value of the assignment, whichever
is greater.

 

M.          
Training Pay

 

1.            
A pilot who attends a
day of recurrent training or checks will be paid four hours (4:00) flight pay
for up to six (6) days in any calendar year.

 

2.            
If the company elects
to use any method of training such as “home study” to comply with FAA
requirements, a pilot will be paid and credited with one (1) hour of flight pay
for every two (2) hours of FAA-approved training credit earned in home study.

 

3.            
A pilot in training
will be paid no less than the minimum monthly guarantee in accordance with
Section J. above.

 

4.            
Line Checks and IOE
will be paid in accordance with this Article.

 

N.           
Segment Times

 

For the purposes of this Article, segment times will
be determined using the average of historic enroute (block-to-block) times
between city pairs by type of equipment and are attached hereto as Appendix A.

 

1.            
Scheduled block times
will be reviewed by a joint Company/Union Scheduling Committee every six (6)
months using the prior twelve (12) months to determine whether any adjustments
are to be made.

 

3.7

 

2.            
Adjustments will be
made only when the average varies from the established scheduled block time by
seven and one-half percent (7.5%) or more, plus or minus.

 

3.            
When a new route is
established for which no segment time has been computed in accordance with this
section, the initial segment time will be established based upon the marketing
time for that segment.  After one hundred twenty (120) days of operation,
the scheduled block time will be reviewed.

 

4.            
Non-scheduled flights
on routes where no established scheduled block time exists will be credited on
the basis of actual (block-to-block) flight time.

 

5.            
“Tests,” “Attempts,”
and “Diverted” flights will be paid on the basis of actual (block-to-block)
flight time.

 

6.            
Data necessary for an
accurate and complete review of segment times will be made available to the
Company/Union Scheduling Committee.  After the Union representatives have
had an opportunity to review the data, the Company will meet with those
representatives upon request, at a mutually agreeable time, to resolve any
questions or disputes.  Members of the Company/Union Scheduling Committee
will not disclose any confidential or proprietary information provided pursuant
to this paragraph.

 

O.           
A pilot holding a
Captain’s position shall be compensated for all hours flown at the applicable
Captain’s rate.  A Captain qualified First Officer who flies as Captain
shall be compensated for those hours at the applicable Captain rate of pay.

 

P.            
A pilot will not be
called in for drug testing on a schedule day off.  If drug testing
occurs at the end of a trip pairing, the pilot will be notified on the release
or, if unable, be notified upon the in-range call.  The pilot will be
compensated at a rate of ten dollars ($10.00) per hour, or fraction thereof,
prorated for all hours on duty after block in plus fifteen (15) minutes after
his last flight segment.  If the pilot is taken to an off-site facility
for the drug test, the pilot will be compensated one (1) hour of flight pay
above his guarantee.

 

Q.           
Early Report Time

 

If a pilot is requested to report early, such pilot
will be paid at the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) per hour, or fraction thereof,
prorated for all hours on duty prior to his originally scheduled report time.

 

3.8

 

R.           
Holiday Pay

 

A pilot who is assigned to flight duty or reserve duty
on any of the below-listed holidays will receive four (4) hours of flight pay
in addition to his monthly guarantee or flight pay accrued for that month.

 

New Year’s Day

Easter

Memorial Day

Independence Day

Labor Day

Thanksgiving

Christmas

 

3.9

 

ARTICLE 4

EXPENSES

 

A.           
Accommodations

 

1.            
The Company and the
Union will designate comfortable and adequate single occupancy lodging at all
overnight stations (including continuous duty overnights), while a pilot is in
training away from his base, and on temporary duty assignments. The Company
will pay the cost of such lodging.

 

2.            
The Company will
provide the Union Hotel Committee Chairman written notice within a reasonable
period of time that it is considering an alternate or new hotel. The Hotel
Committee will provide the Company with its comments and recommendations on any
proposed changes.  The Committee may also make recommendations to the
Company at any time on current hotels.

 

3.            
The Company will make
prompt inquiries into complaints related to deterioration of service at any
facility that has been approved for layovers.  Prompt remedial action will
be taken in those cases where investigation affirms a deterioration of service.

 

4.            
In designating
layover accommodations, the Company will attempt to select hotels with normal
driving time from the airport, not to exceed fifteen (15) minutes, and
consistent with cost considerations.

 

5.            
The Company will
provide adequate single occupancy hotel accommodations when a pilot has a
scheduled layover of five (5) or more hours scheduled block-in to scheduled
block-out.

 

B.           
Per Diem

 

1.            
A pilot will be paid
a per diem allowance of $1.45 per trip hour (fractions will be prorated) for
assignments commencing on the first full month following the date of
signing.  Thereafter, per diem rates shall be increased annually effective
on the date of the initial increase by $.05 for the following four (4) years.

 

2.            
A pilot will receive
per diem for each trip hour (from report time in base to release time in base),
training away from base (including flight training that originates in a pilot’s
base), while on hot reserve, temporary assignment or any other duty away from
base assigned by the Company.

 

4.1

 

3.            
Per diem will be
included in the first payroll check of the following month, and will encompass
all per diem owed for the previous month.

 

C.           
Transportation

 

1.            
The Company will
provide transportation between the airport and the lodging facility. If there
is no suitable eating facility at the hotel or within reasonable walking
distance (taking into account environmental conditions), transportation will be
provided to a restaurant.  If the usual transportation from the airport to
a hotel is not available within thirty (30) minutes following block-in, the
Company will reimburse a pilot for cab fare to the hotel. A pilot using a taxi
pursuant to this paragraph must contact Crew Scheduling prior to calling for
the taxi or upon reaching the hotel to advise them of the circumstances. 
If unable to contact Crew Scheduling, the Company will reimburse the pilot
subject to the approval of the Director of Flight Operations. The pilot must
provide the Company with a receipt when he files for reimbursement.

 

2.            
When a pilot agrees
to drive his personal vehicle at the request of the Company, he will be
reimbursed at the current Company mileage rate or $.36 per mile point to point
and return, whichever is greater.  A pilot will not be required to drive
his personal vehicle.

 

3.            
The Company will
provide travel on a booked basis when a pilot is deadheading on line between a
pilot’s base and the point of his assigned duty.

 

D.           
General

 

1.            
Subject to space
being available and cost considerations, the Company will provide crew room
facilities at each base, including space for a Union bulletin board, at least
one company-networked computer, a telephone, as well as seating accommodations.

 

2.            
The Company will pay
any fee associated with local and /or toll free calls made from a layover
hotel.

 

3.            
When, due to
irregular operations, special assignments, etc., a pilot incurs lodging or
transportation expenses, he will be reimbursed upon presentation of receipts
for such expenses, provided he requests and receives advance approval for such
expenses.

 

4.2

 

4.            
At domicile or
another location of the pilot’s choice where free parking is not available, the
Company will pay for the cost of parking while the pilot is performing
duty.  The Company will not be required to pay for parking at more than
one (1) location per pilot.  Pay for parking at a location other than the
pilot’s domicile shall be required only when such employee parking is available
and only to the extent of what the parking would have cost at the pilot’s
domicile.

 

5.            
The Company will
reimburse each pilot for the cost of passports and visas.  The Company
shall also reimburse the pilot for any airport government charges incurred in
traveling on Company business.

 

4.3

 

ARTICLE 5

MOVING
EXPENSES

 

A.           
Eligibility

 

Successful vacancy bidders, pilots moving to a
domicile upon initial employment, and pilots making domicile swaps are not
entitled to moving expenses.  The Company will pay moving expenses when:

 

1.            
A pilot is
involuntarily displaced to another domicile for any reason; or

 

2.            
A pilot accepts
seniority displacement as provided in Article 7 (Vacancies); or

 

3.            
A pilot is recalled
from furlough to a domicile other than the domicile he held at the time of the
furlough, provided the status to which the pilot is recalled is listed lower on
his bid card (displacement bid) than the status from which he was
furloughed.  For purposes of this provision, the applicable bid card is
that which was on file at the time the pilot received furlough notification.

 

B.           
Moving Benefits

 

A pilot eligible under the preceding paragraph shall
be entitled to:

 

1.            
Actual moving
expenses for a professional mover, including packing materials, shipping and
insurance, of household goods and effects up to a total weight of 10,000
lbs.  Packing, unpacking, extra insurance and storage are not
covered.  The mover must be approved by the Company.

 

2.            
The Company will
reimburse a pilot at the current Company mileage rate or $.36 per mile, whichever
is greater, for up to two (2) of the pilot’s registered vehicles driven to the
new domicile, using the most direct mileage between domiciles.  One car
may be moved prior to the move of the primary residence, and the other (or
both) cars would be moved in conjunction with the actual move.

 

3.            
The Company will
reimburse a pilot for meals and lodging for the pilot and his immediate family
for the time required to travel to the domicile up to five days.  A pilot
will be removed from trips and pay-protected for the trips missed which
conflict with the time allowed for travel.  A day of travel shall be
considered a minimum of three hundred fifty (350) miles by the most direct AAA
mileage.  The daily allowance for meals shall be $25.00 per day for the
pilot, $25.00 per day for the spouse traveling with the pilot, and $15.00 per
day for each dependent traveling with the pilot.

 

5.1

 

4.            
The Company will pay
up to two hundred dollars ($200.00) for termination and hook-up of gas and
electric utilities, telephone and cable television (excluding deposits)
resulting from a move to a new domicile.

 

5.            
If a lease is broken
as a result of moving to a new domicile, and a penalty is incurred, the Company
will pay the penalty; not to exceed two (2) months rent.

 

6.            
If immediate
occupancy of the new residence is impracticable  because of time
constraints imposed by the Company, the Company will pay meal and lodging
expenses (consistent with paragraph B. above) for up to seven (7) days. 
The pilot will make every effort to minimize this expense.  If the moving
company reimburses the pilot for these expenses, the Company will have no
obligation to make any additional payment.

 

7.            
The Company’s
liability for moving expenses under this Article shall not exceed seven
thousand dollars ($7,000).  Payment for cost of moving household goods
shall be paid directly from the Company to the moving vendor.  All other
eligible benefits set forth in this Article shall be paid to the pilot as
per B. of this Article.

 

C.           
Moving Days

 

A pilot who is moving his primary residence will be
entitled to four (4) consecutive days off (inclusive of scheduled days off) for
a move of seven hundred (700) miles or less, plus one (1) additional day off
for each three hundred fifty (350) additional miles.  These days off are
to be taken in conjunction with the actual move.  The pilot will be paid
for the value of any trip(s) missed.  Moving days may not be requested
during the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years.  The pilot
will coordinate scheduling of days off for moving with the Chief Pilot.

 

D.           
General

 

1.            
If a pilot elects not
to move, the Company will pay the pilot two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00),
which need not be verified by receipts.

 

2.            
When the Company is
required to pay moving expenses, nothing in this Article is intended to
prevent the Company and the pilot from agreeing to an amount to be paid to the
pilot in lieu of the expenses set forth in this Article.

 

5.2

 

3.            
When the Company is
required to pay moving expenses, the move must be coordinated with the Flight
Department. Moving expenses should be submitted within thirty (30) days after
incurring the expenses. Receipts must verify all moving expenses. The Company
will not be liable for any damages incurred during moving.

 

4.            
The Company will not
be responsible for paying any expenses incurred under this Article after
one (1) years from the actual effective date of the pilot’s assignment to the
new domicile.

 

5.            
If a pilot elects to
move himself, the rental truck and/or trailer, packing materials, insurance,
fuel, and two hundred dollars ($200.00) to offset other costs not included in
this paragraph, will be paid to the pilot.

 

6.            
A pilot who is
eligible for Company paid moving expenses may elect to have his move paid from
a location other than the domicile from which the pilot is being transferred.
However, the Company’s financial responsibility will not exceed the cost of
moving the pilot from the domicile from which he transferred to his new
domicile.

 

5.3

 

ARTICLE 6

SCHEDULING

 

A.           
Staffing

 

It is the Company’s responsibility to determine adequate
staffing levels taking into account all known flying, vacations, known sick
leave, scheduled training, company related business, and all known absences.

 

B.           
Scheduling Committee

 

The Union will establish a Scheduling Committee which
will meet with the Company for the purpose of facilitating he efficient
operation of Article 6 of this Agreement.  The Scheduling Committee
will be given access to non-confidential information regarding aircraft flows,
block time reports, scheduled training, check rides, vacations, leaves of
absence and current staffing in order to ensure compliance with this
Agreement.  The Scheduling Committee may submit recommendations to the
Company.  The Company will consider and attempt to accommodate the Scheduling
Committee’s recommendations to the extent that such recommendations do not
compromise efficiency of operations.  When conflicts between the
schedule and FARs or this Agreement are verified, the Company will take
immediate action to resolve such conflicts.

 

C.           
Bidding and Awarding
of Monthly Schedules

 

The Company will utilize and maintain a Preferential
Bidding System (PBS), meeting the requirements in this article and any
other terms, which have been mutually agreed upon by the Company and Union, for
the construction and awarding of flight schedules.  The Company will
provide a means of distribution and receipt of monthly bid packages and awards
so that all pilots have access to the bid process.  This will include
allowing the pilots to confirm the Company’s receipt of their bids.

 

1.            
Eligibility to Bid

 

A pilot will bid in his specific equipment, position,
and base as indicated on the bid eligibility list as provided in the bid
package.

 

a.            
A pilot that will
begin a known training event, i.e. attending Initial, Transition, or Upgrade
training (from the beginning of ground school to completion of IOE) during the
bid period may bid a schedule for the month for that portion which he will
be available.

 

b.            
Pilots not eligible
to bid but performing duty during the month will receive their schedules(s) as
outlined in the appropriate sections of this Agreement (e.g. Training).

 

6.1

 

c.            
A pilot who will be
available to work during the month will be allowed to bid during the bidding
process,  and will be awarded a schedule for that portion of the
month which he will be available.

 

2.            
A pilot must bid on
an approved format submitted to Crew Planning/Scheduling. A pilot will use the
electronic bid system set up by the company unless an alternative method has
been approved by the company.

 

3.            
Bid packages will be
made electronically available via a home access computer system and the Company
computer terminals located in each base on or before the date of bid package
distribution.

 

4.            
Bidding time line:

 

a.            
Bid packages will be
made available to all pilots at each domicile at or before 1200 hours
Headquarters time on or before the twelfth (12) of the month prior to the bid
period.

 

b.            
A pilot must submit
his bid by 1200 hours on or before the 16th of the month prior to
the bid period.

 

c.            
The bid award will be
made available to all pilots by 1200 hours time on or before the 19th
of the month prior to the bid period.

 

d.            
A pilot failing to
make a bid or failing to meet the deadline will be assigned a line in the
awards as per his standing bid.

 

5.            
The PBS System will
generate, track, and provide each pilot a unique receipt for each bid supplied
by the pilot.

 

6.            
All eligible pilots
may bid for lines based upon their specific equipment and position.  All
bids shall be awarded in accordance with seniority.  Awards will be
published and made available to all eligible bidders in each base. Either
electronically or hard copy.

 

7.            
The Company shall
make only the necessary adjustments to awarded lines to correct errors and to
ensure minimum days free from duty.

 

D.           
Pairing Construction

 

It is the responsibility of the Company to prepare and
publish the pairings to be bid on by the pilots. The Company will consult with
the Scheduling Committee in the preparation and review of the pairings.

 

6.2

 

1.            
The parties will, meet
and confer quarterly or at such other times as mutually agreed upon to review
criteria for the construction of pairings to be used in the scheduling of
pilots and may jointly agree to modify the criteria from time to time.  The
objectives for the construction of pairings will be to:

 

a.            
Maximize the pilot’s
flight time during a given duty period.

 

b.            
Ensure the ability to
carry out the marketing schedule while maintaining on time performance and
schedule completion

 

c.            
Ensure that the
amount of open time is kept to a minimum,

 

d.            
Maintain a mix of
pairing types, e.g. 1-day, 2-day, 3-day, 4-day or 5-day trips.

 

e.            
Ensure stability and
continuity from one bid period to the next.

 

2.            
All pairings used for
the scheduling or assignment of pilots will comply with all other applicable
provisions of the Agreement.

 

E.            
Contents of the Bid
Package

 

1.            
The equipment
specific bid package for each base will contain the following information:

 

a.            
All known flying
arranged in trip pairings including the following schedule information.
The company may withhold up to five percent of known flying per aircraft type:

 

(i)           
Report and release
times.

(ii)          
Pairing number.

(iii)         
Flight number.

(iv)         
Block and credit time
of each segment.

(v)          
Block and credit time
of the pairing.

(vi)         
Duty time.

(vii)        
Ground time.

(viii)       
Deadhead time.

(ix)          
Originating,
intermediate, and terminating station.

(x)           
RON information,
including hotel information, ground transportation, etc.

(xi)          
Minimum required
rest.

(xii)         
Trip time (time away
from base, or TAFB).

(xiii)        
Aircraft type i.e.,
EM3, EM4, EM5,

 

b.            
A list of pilots
eligible to bid in each base (bid eligibility list).

 

6.3

 

c.            
Awarded or assigned
temporary vacancies.

 

d.            
An anticipated number
of lines.

 

e.            
An anticipated number
of composite reserve lines.

 

f.             
IOE Instructors and
Check Airmen.

 

g.            
Reserve windows
(defined twelve (12) hour callout blocks).

 

h.            
Known training
assignments including applicable credit.

 

i.             
A list of pilots who
are due for recurrent training and/or checkrides and the assigned dates. 
The Union and the Company will mutually agree upon a method of distributing and
bidding of training relative to E.1.i.

 

j.             
All awarded and
available vacation time.

 

k.            
A list of pilots due
for medicals.

 

2.            
Following
distribution, the Scheduling Committee may review the bid packages for each
base and specific equipment. The review of a bid package will be completed
within twenty-four (24) hours of its distribution.

 

3.            
When an error or
violation is found that would affect a PBS award, the Company will reissue the
affected bid package if necessary and may adjust the time and dates for
bidding, awarding, review and distribution required for the correction.

 

F.            
Line
Construction - Preferential Bidding System

 

1.            
The following
procedures will precede line construction:

 

a.            
The
company will apply any known absence to a pilot’s schedule.  The virtual
credit value of the known absence(s) will be reflected in the total value of
the line for purposes of the line building parameters according to F.3 below.

 

b.            
The following virtual
credits will apply to absences that are known prior to the close of bids:

 

	
  (i)

  	
   

  	
  Company Business

  	
   

  	
  5.00 hours per day

  
	
  (ii)

  	
   

  	
  Training

  	
   

  	
  4.00 hours per day

  
	
  (iii)

  	
   

  	
  Union Leave

  	
   

  	
  5.00 hours per day

  
	
  (iv)

  	
   

  	
  Jury Duty Leave

  	
   

  	
  5.00 hours per day

  
	
  (v)

  	
   

  	
  Military leave

  	
   

  	
  4.00 hours per day

  

 

6.4

 

	
  (vi)

  	
   

  	
  Company Offered Leave

  	
   

  	
  3.00 hours per day

  
	
  (vii)

  	
   

  	
  Medical Leave

  	
   

  	
  2.60 hours per day

  
	
  (viii)

  	
   

  	
  Workers Comp

  	
   

  	
  2.60 hours per day

  
	
  (ix)

  	
   

  	
  Maternity Leave

  	
   

  	
  2.60 hours per day

  
	
  (x)

  	
   

  	
  Family Medical Leave

  	
   

  	
  2.60 hours per day

  
	
  (xi)

  	
   

  	
  Personal Leave

  	
   

  	
  2.60 hours per day

  
	
  (xii)

  	
   

  	
  Non-pay Status

  	
   

  	
  2.60 hours per day

  
	
  (xiii)

  	
   

  	
  Furlough

  	
   

  	
  2.75 hours per day

  
	
  (xiv)

  	
   

  	
  Resignation

  	
   

  	
  2.50 hours per day

  
	
  (xv)

  	
   

  	
  Retirement

  	
   

  	
  2.60 hours per day

  
	
  (xvi)

  	
   

  	
  Other

  	
   

  	
  2.60 hours per day

  
	
  (xvii)

  	
   

  	
  Vacation

  	
   

  	
  18.00 hours per week

  

 

c.            
If a pilot is
withheld from service by the Company at the time of bid closing he will bid for
a schedule for the following bid period in accordance with this section.

 

d.            
When awarded in a
line, recurrent ground training, recurrent check rides, or any company
business, will not reduce a pilot’s days off to less than the scheduled minimum
as set forth in Article 23 (Hours of Service).

 

e.            
No later than
forty-eight (48) hours prior to the closing of each bid period, the Company
will make available to the Scheduling Committee the bid eligibility list
including known absences.

 

(i)           
If the Scheduling
Committee discovers an error or a violation of the Agreement in the bid
eligibility list before the bids have been awarded, the committee will notify
the Company as soon as practical. Prior to awarding the bids, the Company will
correct any error or violation that would affect the accuracy of the PBS award.

 

(ii)          
Prior to awarding the
bids for specific equipment and position, the Company will correct any error or
violation that it discovers in the bid eligibility list that would affect the
accuracy of the PBS award.

 

2.            
Each pilot’s
schedule will be constructed by the Company utilizing the PBS and will be
a Regular line, CDO Line, Composite line, or a Reserve line.  The PBS will
determine the number of Regular lines constructed.  If the PBS is not
capable of constructing CDO lines or Reserve lines that comply with this Agreement,
the Company will construct such lines.  Regular lines, CDO lines,
Composite lines, and Reserve lines will be awarded or assigned in accordance
with a pilot’s seniority and this agreement.

 

6.5

 

3.            
The PBS System, in
accordance with this Agreement, will construct as many Regular lines as
practicable containing no less than seventy-eight (78) credit hours, no more
than ninety (90) credit hours and no less than the minimum days off in base as
provided for in Article 23 (Hours of Service).  The remaining Regular
and Composite lines will contain no less than seventy-five (75) credit hours,
no more than ninety-two (92) credit hours and will contain the minimum days off
in base as provided for in Article 23 (Hours of Service).

 

4.            
Regular Lines

 

a.            
After the company has
completed the Regular line construction process utilizing the PBS, additional
pairings will not be added to or removed from a Regular line except as
otherwise provided for in this Agreement.

 

b.            
Regular lines will be
subject to the following:

 

(i)           
A Regular line holder
will not be assigned charters or reserve days unless the lineholder bids for
each respectively.

 

(ii)          
No out of base trips.

 

5.            
Continuous Duty
Overnight Pairings (CDOs)

 

a.            
The Company may
construct CDO pairings. Such CDO pairings will consist of one (1) duty period
and will not be constructed back-to-back except within pure CDO lines.

 

b.            
A pilot on a pure CDO
line will be scheduled days off in accordance with Article 23 (Hours of
Service) of this agreement.  However, a pilot will not be scheduled for
more than four (4) consecutive CDOs.  A minimum of three (3) days off will
follow any block of four (4) consecutive CDOs.

 

c.            
CDOs will be
scheduled with a minimum of five (5) hours of ground time, block in to block
out.  If less than four (4) hours of ground time is realized, a pilot must
have twelve (12) hours off duty during his next scheduled rest period.

 

d.            
A CDO trip pairing
shall not be scheduled for more than five (5) legs, including Dead Heads. 
After the ground time in paragraph c. above, the pilot may have no more than
two legs returning him to his base.

 

6.6

 

e.            
A pilot will not be
required to participate in training without his consent during the scheduled
ground time on a CDO.

 

f.             
No pilot will be
scheduled/rescheduled from a CDO trip to any other trip, other than another
CDO.

 

g.            
A test flight will
not be a part of a CDO pairing.

 

h.            
CDO trips will
terminate and the pilot will be released upon first arrival at his base
following the CDO period.

 

i.             
A pilot awarded or
assigned a CDO pairing that is not part of a pure CDO line will be released to
rest upon completion of that pairing and will not be required to be available
for an assignment prior to 0500 on the following day.

 

6.            
Composite Lines

 

a.            
Composite lines will
contain days off in accordance with Article 23 (Hours of Service) and may
contain some CDOs and reserve duty days.  Composite lines may also contain
charters.

 

b.            
To the extent
practicable, the PBS will construct composite lines with a minimum of
out-of-base trips and reserve.

 

c.            
Composite lines will
be credited at four (4) hours virtual flight credit toward the PBS minimum
window for each day of reserve.

 

7.            
Reserve Lines

 

A pilot who is not awarded or assigned a Regular
(hard) line, Composite line, or CDO line will be awarded or assigned a Reserve
line.

 

a.            
A Reserve line will
contain:

 

(i)           
Reserve days and at least the minimum days off as provided for in
Article 23 (Hours of Service),

 

(ii)          
In domicile reserve days,

 

(iii)         
Out of domicile
reserve days and associated deadhead, if applicable, in accordance with this
Article,

 

6.7

 

(iv)          Type of reserve (i.e. Reserve callout
periods in twelve (12) hour blocks).

 

b.            
Regular reserve days
will be credited at four (4) hours flight credit toward the PBS minimum window
for each day of regular reserve.

 

c.            
The Company will
determine the need for reserves as provided for in this Article for each
day of the bid period.  Reserve periods will then be made available for
bid by the pilot group.

 

8.            
The Company will
complete the line construction process no later than forty-eight (48) hours
after the closing of bids.  After the line construction process has been
completed, the Company will notify the Scheduling Committee as far in advance
as practical of the time that the lines will be ready for review.  Before
distribution of the bid award, the committee will have twenty-four (24)
hours to review the lines for compliance with this Agreement.

 

a.            
When the committee
reviews the lines, the Company will:

 

(i)           
Release from
schedule up to two (2) members of the committee.

 

(ii)          
Release from
schedule additional members of the committee if the Company and the Union
determines they are required; and provided there is adequate reserve coverage.

 

(iii)         
Cover Flight Pay loss
for the designated committee members, which will be considered Union Leave and
will be reimbursed to the Company by the Union as per Article 12 (Leaves
Of Absence).

 

b.            
A member of the
committee who reviews the lines on a day off will have the option to receive
flight pay equal to five (5) hours above guarantee.

 

c.            
The committee will
promptly notify the Company if it discovers an error or violation of the
Agreement in the lines in specific equipment and position.  The Company
will conduct a re-run of the bid award if a regular, composite or CDO line does
not comply with the Agreement or contains an error resulting from a discrepancy
in the bid eligibility list, a computer or software (PBS) malfunction or an
omission of a known absence.  Any error or violation of the Agreement in

 

6.8

 

a reserve line for a category will be corrected prior
to distribution of the bid award for that category.

 

d.            
If the Company
conducts a re-run of the lines for specific equipment and position(s), the
committee will expedite any additional review necessary to complete the
process.

 

e.            
The Union’s
Scheduling Committee will notify the Company immediately if it does not wish to
review the lines.

 

9.            
If the Company
conducts a re-run of the lines, the distribution of the bid award may be
delayed but will be distributed promptly after completion of the re-run. 
Unless the Company and the Union agree otherwise, a re-run of a bid award will
not be conducted once the bid award has been distributed.

 

G.           
Displacements

 

1.            
Following distribution
of the bid award, the Company may displace a pilot from his awarded or assigned
pairing for the purpose of completing required IOE. A pairing obtained by this
procedure will be assigned to, or paired with, an IOE Check Airman who is
scheduled to perform IOE or a pilot who requires IOE during the bid
period.  The displaced pilot will either be released from duty for the
remainder of the day or reassigned to a trip within his original trip hour
period.  The pilot will be credited with the greater of the value of the
trip originally assigned or the trip to which he was reassigned.

 

2.            
If a pilot is
displaced from a trip because of minimum experience between a captain and first
officer being paired together, the pilot who is displaced will either be
reassigned to a trip or released from duty for the remainder of the day and
will be credited with the greater value of the trip originally assigned or the
trip to which he is reassigned.

 

3.            
The pilot who has
been displaced from a trip pairing shall contact crew scheduling for assignment
after 1700 base time on the day before each day of the trip from which
displaced.

 

4.            
If the pilot was
originally assigned an out and back trip pairing or if it is the first day of a
multi day trip, crew scheduling may assign a trip according to the following:

 

a.            
If the original
report time was before 1000, then crew scheduling may assign a trip pairing
that starts at the original report time or later.

 

6.9

 

b.            
If the original
report time was after 1000, then crew scheduling may assign a trip pairing that
starts no earlier than two (2) hours before the original report time, but no
earlier than 1000.

 

5.            
On subsequent days of
a multi-day trip pairing, a pilot will not be assigned a trip starting earlier
than 1000 unless given the assignment two (2) nights prior to the assignment
without concurrence of the pilot.

 

6.            
The reassignment will
end no later than the originally assigned trip pairing without the pilot’s
consent.

 

7.            
The pilot will not be
assigned any type of reserve without his consent.

 

8.            
If crew scheduling
upon contact from the pilot has no assignment, then the pilot shall be given
the days off free from any duty.

 

H.           
Award
or Assignment of Open Time

 

1.            
The Company will post
all open time after the final bid award, and update the post on a daily basis.

 

2.            
Open time that
becomes available during the bid period includes pairings or portions thereof
dropped because of illness or injury, vacations, leaves of absence, training,
charters, extra sections, other revenue flying or those pairings the PBS is
unable to award or assign in the line construction process.

 

3.            
A management pilot or
an administrative non-flying pilot (supervisory pilot) may only be assigned
open time as provided in 4 below.  Time obtained for the purpose of
maintaining currency for these pilots is included in the five percent (5%) of
known flying as contained E.1.a.

 

4.            
Open time may be
assigned to an in base reserve at any time. Open time not awarded or assigned
that becomes available after the bids are awarded or assigned, will be picked
up in the following order, provided that such assignment shall not conflict
with the FARs or any other provision of this Agreement:

 

a.            
Awarded to a Captain
who has not completed the required one hundred (100) hours in accordance with
FAR 121.434(g) and a First Officer who has not completed seventy-five (75)
hours in accordance with FAR 121.434(g); then

 

6.10

 

b.            
Awarded to any pilot,
on a first-come, first-served basis, who volunteers for open time at least
seventy-two (72) hours in

 

advance of the scheduled show time but this will not
restrict Scheduling’s ability to award open time within seventy-two (72) hours
of the scheduled show time; then

 

c.            
Assign to a reserve
pilot from another base (this step may be skipped); then

 

d.            
Assign to a supervisory
pilot.

 

I.             
Pairing
(Trip) Trades and Drops

 

1.            
A pilot may
participate in up to seven (7) trip trades or drops each bid period.

 

2.            
A pilot may attempt
to trade or drop a trip pairing or pairings, or portions thereof. Pairings or
portions thereof picked up in this manner will not be considered overtime.

 

3.            
A pilot may submit a
request in writing to Crew Planning/Scheduling at any time to drop a pairing.
If sufficient reserves are available the request will be approved. The Company
may deny a line holder’s request to drop a pairing if there is insufficient
reserve coverage to operate the pairing.

 

4.            
A pilot who has
requested a pairing trade or drop will remain responsible for his original
pairing until he has been notified that the pairing drop has been approved
either by Crew Planning/Scheduling, verbally over a recorded line, on-line or
through any other means implemented in the future with the mutual agreement of
the Company and the Union.

 

5.            
Trip trade requests
may be made in writing (signed by both pilots), verbally over a recorded line
with all parties involved agreeing to the trade, on-line, or through any other
means implemented in the future with the mutual agreement of the Company and
the Union.

 

a.            
Trip trades or drops
submitted to Crew Planning/Scheduling should be submitted no less than
forty-eight (48) hours prior to the date of the earliest proposed trade. 
Crew Planning/Scheduling may waive the forty-eight (48) hour requirement.

 

b.            
Trip trade(s) or
drop(s) requests submitted seven (7) days or more prior to the date of the
earliest proposed trade will be

 

6.11

 

approved or denied at least 48 hours prior to the
report time for the earliest trip being traded.

 

c.            
Trip trade or drop
requests submitted six (6) days or less prior to the date of the earliest
proposed trade will be approved or denied no later than twenty-four (24) hours
before the report time for the earliest trip being traded.

 

6.            
Trip trades must not
violate the FARs or any portion of this agreement. Crew Planning/Scheduling may
require up to a ninety (90) minute buffer when there is a potential for
illegality under the FARs or this Agreement.  If a trade is not approved,
the pilot will be advised of the non-approval and the reasons for the denial.

 

7.            
A pilot who loses
time from his schedule because of a trip trade or drop will have his
guarantee adjusted as provided in Article (Compensation) of this
Agreement.

 

J.            
Contact
of a Pilot While on a Layover

 

1.            
The Company may
attempt direct contact with a pilot during a layover subject to the following
conditions:

 

a.            
Any time during the
layover in the case of a personal or family emergency affecting the pilot.

 

b.            
Within one (1) hour
after block in time or one (1) hour before scheduled show time for notification
of a change in show or schedule or to avoid a FAR violation.

 

2.            
Unless provided for
in 1 above, the Company may NOT directly contact a pilot during any layover
that is less than nine (9) hours.  The Company may make every effort to
make indirect contact with the pilot through means of hotel resources (such as,
but not limited to, having the desk activate the phone message light, a hand
written note under the door, message at the front desk).

 

3.            
Should a pilot be
directly contacted during a layover outside of the limitations set forth in
this paragraph, with the notable exception of a personal or family emergency
affecting the pilot, the pilot’s rest will be extended by thirty (30) minutes
(the pilot may waive this requirement).

 

K.           
Modifications
and Reschedules

 

1.            
A modification is any
change to a pairing after its first distribution as a final bid award. The
Company may modify a pairing in order to meet operational necessities within
the original trip hour periods.

 

6.12

 

2.            
Unless the pilot
consents and/or other mutually agreed upon arrangements are made between the
pilot and Crew Planning/Scheduling, a pilot’s pairing will not be modified to
extend the pairing into any of his days off for any reason except for
circumstances beyond the control of the company (e.g. weather, mechanical).

 

3.            
All rescheduling will
be subject to all other applicable provisions of this Agreement.

 

4.            
A pilot holding a
reserve line who has received a trip assignment may be rescheduled within the
limitations of Articles 6 and 23 (Scheduling/Hours of Service).

 

5.            
After the publication
of the final award, a pilot holding a Regular or Composite line may be
rescheduled within the limitations of Articles 6 and 23 (Scheduling/Hours of
Service).

 

a.            
When a pilot is
rescheduled prior to the date on which a flight or deadhead assignment is
scheduled to operate, he shall be subject to the following:

 

i.             
When the Company
notifies a line holder of a reschedule, the notification will be in a timely
and appropriate manner.

 

ii.            
The pilot will not be
given an assignment that is scheduled to operate earlier than the scheduled
report time of his original pairing without the consent of the pilot unless the
original scheduled report time was after 1000, in which case he may be assigned
to report earlier than the original report time, but no earlier than 1000.

 

iii.           
The pilot will not be
given an assignment with a scheduled release time more than two (2) hours later
than the original scheduled release time, without the pilot’s consent.  On
a multiple day pairing, the release time will be considered to be the scheduled
release time on the last day of the originally scheduled assignment.

 

b.            
When a pilot is
rescheduled on the same day on which a flight or deadhead assignment is
scheduled to operate, the company will notify the pilot and, at its option:

 

i.             
Direct him to remain
on rest if he has not reported for duty;

 

6.13

 

ii.            
Assign him to
complete any remaining flight segment(s) in the pairing;

 

iii.           
Assign him to remain
available to move the aircraft for maintenance or repositioning of the crew
and/or aircraft;

 

iv.           
Assign him to another
pairing with a scheduled release time no more than 2 hours later than the
scheduled release time of his original pairing;

 

v.            
Assign him to remain
“airport available” up to two (2) hours following notification of
rescheduling.  While “airport available” the pilot will remain readily
available for any flight or deadhead assignment with a scheduled release time
no more than two (2) hours later than the scheduled release time of his
original scheduled pairing.  If the pilot has not been assigned after two
(2) hours of “airport available”, he is released.

 

vi.           
Release him from all
duty.  Once released, he will not be required to remain telephone
available for the duration of the original pairing.  For a multi-day
pairing, the pilot shall contact Crew Scheduling after 1700 hours base time the
day preceding each day of the pairing.  If there is no assignment he will
be released for the following day.

 

L.            
Reserve
Duty

 

1.            
General

 

a.            
When the Company has
a flight assignment to cover, Crew Scheduling will call reserve pilots in
reverse order of seniority as long as all other factors are equal and taking
into account operational requirements for the specific type and base. 
E.g., A senior pilot on reserve is available for two (2) days and a junior
pilot is available for four (4) days.  A two (2) day trip is open. 
The senior pilot could be assigned if the Company felt it was in its best
interest.  If both pilots were available for two (2) days and all other
factors were equal, the junior pilot would be called first.

 

b.            
Reserve periods with
twelve (12) hour callout periods, will be designated by the Company and
published in the bid

 

6.14

 

package to be bid on by the pilot group.  The
Company will establish the number and start time of the reserve periods. Each
reserve period will begin and end in the same day.

 

c.            
Preferences in the
bidding for reserve periods will be awarded in specific equipment by position
in accordance with seniority among pilots in that specific equipment.

 

d.            
A reserve pilot may
not be required to be available during more than one (1) reserve period in any
day.  A pilot on reserve will not be scheduled to be on call in excess of
twelve (12) hours in a day.  A pilot on reserve may not be assigned to a
flight assignment that is scheduled to exceed fourteen (14) hours.

 

e.            
A reserve pilot may
not be rescheduled from an awarded reserve period to another reserve period
without at least twenty-four (24) hours prior notice to the start of the old or
new available period whichever is earlier.

 

f.             
A reserve pilot will
not be required to be available on a day off or during a rest period, but will
be required to be available during his reserve periods.  A reserve pilot
will not be required to start a callout period with less than the minimum rest
required by Article 23 (Hours of Service).

 

g.            
For the purposes of
calculating days off, a reserve day will be considered a day of work. 
Days off will not be moved once awarded.

 

h.            
The Company will make
an assignment to an available reserve pilot as far in advance as practical. The
assignment, at the time the assignment is made, must be scheduled to commence
within the pilot’s reserve period.

 

i.             
If a reserve pilot is
given an assignment, either during or in advance of his reserve availability
period, he will not be required to be available for the portion of the reserve
period prior to the report time of such flight assignment.

 

j.             
Reserve and composite
lines will be built to provide coverage for the Company’s anticipated needs and
will also include type and time of reserve.

 

k.            
A pilot assigned to
sit reserve in another base will be paid per diem and will be provided with
hotel accommodations for multi-day assignments.  Multi-day out of base
assignments will not exceed four consecutive days from report to release at his
permanent base.

 

6.15

 

2.            
A pilot on reserve
who is assigned a trip pairing if removed from the assignment or upon
completion of his assignment will either be given another assignment commencing
within the reserve period or remain on call in accordance with the following
table.

 

	
  Time Remaining of

  Original Callout Period

  	
   

  	
  Hours
  of Remaining

  Availability

  	
   

  
	
  0 to 59 minutes

  	
   

  	
  0

  	
   

  
	
  1 to 2:59

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  
	
  3 to 4:59

  	
   

  	
  2

  	
   

  
	
  5 to 6:59

  	
   

  	
  3

  	
   

  
	
  7 to 9:59

  	
   

  	
  4

  	
   

  
	
  10 +

  	
   

  	
  5

  	
   

  

 

3.            
Upon completion of a
trip assignment a reserve pilot shall contact scheduling prior to leaving the
base.

 

4.            
When a reserve pilot
is given an assignment (prior to his reserve call - call out period), his duty
time for pay and rest will commence at the scheduled report time of the
assignment.  When a pilot is given an assignment during his available call
out period, his duty time for rest calculation will commence at the beginning
of his availability in that period and at the start of the assignment for pay
purposes.

 

5.            
A pilot on the last
day of a reserve sequence may call Crew Planning/Scheduling up to four (4)
hours before the reserve shift ends and ask for early release. If adequate
reserve coverage is available, Crew Planning/Scheduling will release the pilot
without penalty to his compensation.

 

6.            
A reserve period will
consist of a twelve (12) hour, same-day callout period.  The pilot will be
responsible for maintaining his availability during this period to cover
potential assignments from Crew Planning/Scheduling.

 

7.            
A reserve pilot will
respond within twenty (20) minutes of first contact from Crew Scheduling. 
Once a pilot receives notification of an assignment, he is no longer
responsible to be available for contact prior to such assignment until report
time.

 

8.            
A reserve pilot will
be subject to a one and one-half (1.5) hour call out unless assigned to a
domicile where a shorter call out time has been mutually agreed upon by the
Company and the Union.  A pilot will make every effort to report earlier.

 

6.16

 

9.            
A pilot on reserve
may use a “pager” at his expense. However, the pilot is solely responsible for
ensuring the quality of service of the pager, and any malfunction of a pager is
solely the responsibility of the pilot.  The pilot is also solely
responsible for ensuring that he remains within the pager’s calling area. 
A pilot on reserve will respond to a telephone message or page from the company
within twenty (20) minutes, and such time will be included in the call out time
required in paragraph c above.

 

10.          
Hot Reserve

 

a.            
A pilot on hot
reserve may be scheduled for ten (10) hours of on premise duty and up to
fourteen (14) hours of duty including on premise and scheduled flight
assignments.  If a hot reserve pilot receives a flight assignment and
concludes prior to the ten hours of on premise duty, he/she may be placed back
on hot reserve for the remainder of his/her ten (10) hour on premise duty.

 

b.            
A pilot on hot
reserve will accrue flight credit according to Article 3 (Compensation).

 

c.            
A pilot on hot
reserve will not be required to fly a trip that remains overnight without
adequate prior notice.  (If the pilot does not have an overnight bag, the
company will allow adequate time for the pilot to retrieve his overnight bag).

 

d.            
A pilot will not be
required to be on hot reserve in an airport which is not a base for Chautauqua
Airlines.

 

e.            
Hot reserve will only
be assigned at airports with a company designated hot reserve lounge
area.  A hot reserve lounge area will have comfortable seating, no public
access, and noise and lighting can be limited.

 

f.             
If hot reserve is not
published for bid, the hot reserve assignments will be equitably allocated among
the available short call reserves in reverse seniority order.

 

M.          
Training

 

The Company will assign training using the procedures
set forth in this Agreement. However, the Company may assign a reserve pilot to
a one (1) or two (2) day ground training event during his scheduled reserve
period(s) provided:

 

a.            
The assignment is in
accordance with the reserve assignment procedures of this Agreement; and,

 

6.17

 

b.            
Failure to assign the
training would result in a substantial negative impact in staffing; and,

 

c.            
He is not assigned to
other duty on the day he is assigned to training.

 

N.           
Illness or Injury

 

1.            
A line holder who is
unable to begin or complete an assignment or portion thereof because of illness
or injury will notify Crew Scheduling immediately and will be removed from the
assignment and will be considered absent for the duration of the assignment. If
the assignment was a pairing and the pairing has commenced, it will normally be
assigned to a reserve pilot.

 

2.            
A reserve pilot who
is unable to begin or complete an assignment or portion thereof because of
illness or injury will immediately notify Crew Scheduling of the day or days
that he will not be available and will be removed from the assignment.

 

3.            
A line holder who has
called in sick on a multiple day pairing and who is subsequently able to return
to flying prior to the completion of the original scheduled duty period, will
notify Crew Scheduling of his desire to return to work.

 

a.            
The line holder will
coordinate his return to the pairing with Crew Scheduling and will be allowed
to return to the pairing at the first opportunity, following notification, that
the pairing transits his base provided the pairing has not been assigned to
another pilot.

 

b.            
If the line holder is
not able to return to his pairing because it does not transit his domicile, he
may elect either to:

 

Remain on sick leave for the duration of his pairing;
or, if the company agrees:

Be placed on reserve and be credited the greater of
four (4) hours pay credit for each day on reserve or the value of any pairing
assigned while on reserve.

 

4.            
A pilot who has
called in sick for an assignment and is able to report for his next assignment
shall notify Crew Scheduling at least six hours prior to the next assignment.

 

6.18

 

O.           
General

 

1.            
If two (2) line
holders within the same specific equipment and

 

position are scheduled to fly and report for the same
pairing, the pilot who was awarded or assigned the pairing as part of his
monthly bid award will fly the pairing. If the pairing was not awarded or
assigned to either pilot as part of his monthly bid award, the more senior
pilot will choose whether he wishes to fly the pairing. The pilot not flying
the pairing will be considered displaced in accordance with paragraph G.,
above.

 

2.            
If a line holder and
a reserve pilot within the same specific equipment and position are scheduled
to fly and report for the same pairing, the line holder will fly the pairing.
The reserve pilot will be reassigned in accordance with paragraph G., above.

 

3.            
The Company will
provide the Union’s Scheduling Committee designee(s) (up to two) an individual
computer identification and log-in for the purpose of accessing the system in
order to monitor compliance with the Agreement. Such access will not include
the ability to alter a pilot’s schedule or any parameter of the programs.
Each designee will execute an agreement not to reveal his individual computer
identification and log-in to any other person, to share computer time or share
or discuss any individual’s data with anyone other than the company.

 

4.            
The Company will
provide the Union’s Scheduling Committee with information regarding the use of
the software data used by the system. Changes to the program software that
substantially affect the PBS or the daily tracking system will not be
implemented without prior consultation between the parties.

 

5.            
A flight scheduled to
terminate (duty end time) before 2400 (midnight) will be considered to have
terminated on the same day it was scheduled should it actually terminate prior
to 0200 the following day.

 

6.            
Pilots based outside
of the United States will be subject to this Agreement.

 

7.            
A reserve pilot must
be assigned and scheduled in specific equipment.

 

6.19

 

8.            
With the concurrence
of Crew Scheduling, a pilot may be released from a last leg to base deadhead
without penalty to his compensation.

 

9.            
When awarded in a
line recurrent training, checkrides, training, or any company business will not
reduce a pilots days off to less than the minimum as set forth in
Article 23 (Hours of service)

 

10.          
After the bids have
been awarded additional parings will not be added to or removed from lines
except as otherwise provided for in this agreement.

 

6.20

 

ARTICLE 7

VACANCIES

 

A.           
System Staffing

 

1.            
For information
purposes, the Company will post projected staffing requirements for each bid
period at least sixty (60) days in advance.

 

2.            
No later than ten
(10) days after the Company determines that a staffing vacancy exists, it will
post a notice of the vacancy.  The notice will specify the status,
equipment, and base within which each vacancy will occur.

 

3.            
Bidding for the
staffing vacancy will close no earlier than 1700 hours seven (7) days after the
posting of the notice of vacancy.

 

4.            
Staffing awards will
be posted by 1700 hours four (4) days after the closing of the bid.  The
effective date of any award shall not be more than six (6) months from the
posting of the award.

 

B.           
Standing Bids

 

1.            
Pilots must submit
standing bids indicating order of preference for vacancies in status,
equipment, and bases.  Each pilot’s standing bid will include both his
system staffing vacancy preference and his displacement preference.  The
Company may require pilots to submit new or updated standing bids at least
thirty (30) days prior to any circumstances that may cause the existing bid
file to become outdated (e.g., base closures, base openings or other substantial
operational changes, etc.)

 

2.            
The standing bid on
file will be maintained by the Company.  Standing bids will be available
for inspection by any pilot during normal office hours.

 

3.            
A pilot may change
his standing bid at any time by submitting a new standing bid to the
Company.  A pilot must bid on an approved format submitted to the Company
by U.S. Mail, overnight express, facsimile, electronically, if available, or
any other means mutually agreed upon.

 

C.           
Awarding and
Assignment of Vacancies

 

1.            
Subject to applicable
restrictions set forth in this Agreement, bids for staffing vacancies will be
awarded in order of seniority using standing bids on file as of the date
bidding is closed.

 

7.1

 

2.            
If no pilot bids a
vacancy, the Company may assign a pilot to that vacancy in reverse order of
seniority.

 

3.            
In order to be
awarded a vacancy, pilots must meet the qualifications set forth in
Article 10 (Training.)

 

4.            
If the pilot is
entitled to seniority displacement, he may exercise his rights under this
Article.

 

5.            
The Company will not
normally post secondary, tertiary, etc., vacancies caused by filling primary
vacancies.

 

6.            
If the pilot is
involuntarily displaced, he may exercise his rights under this Article.

 

7.            
If a pilot does not
require initial, upgrade or transition training, he will fill the vacancy
within forty-five (45) days after the effective date of the award.  If a
pilot requires initial, upgrade or transition training, he will be assigned to
training not later than sixty (60) days after the effective date of the award.

 

8.            
Once a pilot has
successfully completed training, he will fill the vacancy as soon as possible
after the effective date of the award.  Prior to filling a vacancy, such
pilot may be assigned such duties in his former status, equipment and
base.  After completing IOE, once the pilot is assigned by the Company to
fly in his new position or the pilot reaches the effective date of the award,
he will be pay-protected at the rate of pay for the new position.  If IOE
is delayed through no fault of the pilot, the pilot will be pay-protected from
the effective date of the award.

 

9.            
A pilot who completes
training for a captain position as the result of a system staffing award will
be frozen in that equipment type as follows:

 

a.            
A pilot who upgrades
to a smaller jet (32-59 seat) captain position is not eligible to bid for
transition to a larger jet (60+ seats) captain position for twenty-four (24)
months commencing on the effective date of the staffing award or the completion
of training, whichever is sooner.

 

b.            
The Company is not
required to award a vacancy to a pilot if the vacancy requires initial, upgrade
or transition training unless the awarded vacancy has a higher rate of pay.

 

c.            
A captain may not
voluntarily downgrade to a first officer position.

 

7.2

 

10.          
New hire first officers
shall be frozen in status and equipment type until eligible to upgrade to a
captain position.

 

11.           The Company may cancel or change an award
at any time before its effective date as follows:

 

a.            
The effective date of
an award may be changed provided adequate notice is given and the change is not
made for arbitrary reasons.

 

b.            
If the Company has
given less than seven days notice of the cancellation or change, and the pilot
has moved his residence in reliance on the award, the pilot will be considered
on temporary duty assignment, with accompanying per diem, transportation and
lodging, until assigned to his awarded base or to another permanent base.

 

12.          
If a pilot disagrees
with the published results of an award, he must file a written appeal with the
Director of Flight Operations within seven (7) days.  A corrected award
will be issued, if necessary, after the appeals are considered.  Any
subsequent appeal is limited to the most recent changes to the award.

 

13.          
The Company may waive
any of the restrictions of this Article on a non-discriminatory
basis.  The Union will be notified in advance when any of the restrictions
are waived.

 

D.           
Displacements

 

1.            
A pilot is displaced
when his seniority will no longer allow him to hold his base, equipment or
status.  A base closure or an elimination of equipment type within a base
is classified as a displacement event.

 

2.            
The Company will
provide at least fourteen (14) days written notice of any force surplus
requiring a reduction in the number of pilots in a particular status, equipment
or base.

 

3.            
A pilot holding an
award in the surplus status, equipment or base will be displaced in inverse
order of seniority.

 

7.3

 

4.            
Displaced pilots, in
order of seniority, will be afforded the following options:

 

a.            
A captain may
displace the most junior pilot in the same status and equipment type in the
system.

 

b.            
A larger jet captain
who is unable to displace a junior captain in the same equipment type may
displace the most junior jet captain in smaller jet equipment in the system.

 

c.            
A captain who is
unable to displace to another captain position may displace the most junior
pilot in first officer status, in the same equipment type in the same base, or,
if unavailable, the most junior pilot in first officer status, in the same
equipment type in the system.

 

d.            
A first officer who
is displaced may displace the most junior first officer in the same equipment
type in the system.

 

e.            
A first officer may
displace a pilot in another equipment type, if there is no junior first officer
in the same equipment type in the system.

 

E.            
Seniority
Displacement

 

1.            
A more senior pilot,
in eligible status, may elect to be displaced rather than a more junior pilot
being involuntarily displaced.  In such case, the more senior pilot will
notify Crew Planning of his desire for a voluntary displacement.  A pilot
exercising seniority displacement shall exercise the same displacement rights
of the junior pilot who would have been displaced.

 

a.            
A pilot who elects
seniority displacement will be entitled to the benefits of Article 5
(Moving Expenses).

 

b.            
Seniority
displacement will only be allowed in bases where actual reductions occur. 
Seniority displacements may not exceed the number of reductions.

 

7.4

 

F.            
Base Swaps

 

Pilots requesting a base swap must submit a request in
writing to the Company.  Approval of a swap is subject to the following:

 

1.            
No training expense
will be incurred by the Company.

 

2.            
The Company will
publish in a defined manner accessible to all pilots the details of the
proposed base swap for no less than ten (10) days.  If any pilot who is
senior to the junior pilot involved in the proposed swap objects in writing
before the end of the ten (10) day period, the Company will not grant the requested
swap.

 

3.            
If the swap is
approved by the Company, it will be approved within fifteen (15) days of the
date the Company receives the swap request.  The pilots involved in the
swap will coordinate the swap with Crew Scheduling.

 

G.           
Initial Assignments

 

Initial assignments to new hires will be made based on
preference, in seniority order, from positions available to that class.  A
new pilot will be given four (4) consecutive days after completion of training
(before, during or after I.O.E.) to relocate to his initial assignment. 
At the conclusion of such four (4) days, the pilot will be considered assigned
to that domicile.

 

H.           
Temporary Vacancies

 

1.            
Temporary vacancies
will be any known vacancy anticipated to exist for less than ninety (90) days.

 

2.            
Temporary vacancies
will be filled by qualified pilots in seniority order system-wide, provided,
however, that the Company is not required to award a temporary vacancy to a
pilot who would leave a secondary vacancy which would have to be filled.

 

3.            
A pilot on temporary
assignment will have his line of time adjusted to preserve his minimum days off
in accordance with Article 23 (Hours of Service).

 

4.            
Pilots filling temporary
vacancies away from their base will receive per diem and expenses in accordance
with Article 4 (Expenses).  By agreement between the pilot and Crew
Scheduling, the pilot may be provided transportation and per diem based upon
the pilot’s home of record.

 

I.             
All times referred to
in this Article are local time at the Company’s headquarters.

 

7.5

 

ARTICLE
8

PAID
DAYS OFF

 

A.           
Pilots will accrue
PDOs in accordance with the following schedule:

 

	
  1.

  	
   

  	
  Years Of

  Service

  	
   

  	
  Monthly

  Accrual

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  4.0 hours

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  2

  	
   

  	
  4.33 hours

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  3

  	
   

  	
  4.67 hours

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  4

  	
   

  	
  5.0 hours

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  5

  	
   

  	
  5.33 hours

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  6

  	
   

  	
  5.67 hours

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  7

  	
   

  	
  6.0 hours

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  8

  	
   

  	
  7.0 hours

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  9

  	
   

  	
  7.33 hours

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  10

  	
   

  	
  7.67 hours

  	
   

  

 

PDOs will be charged at four (4.0) hours for each day
a PDO is taken.

 

2.            
Pilots must be on
active status on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of each month to accrue
PDOs for that month.

 

3.            
At year end unused
PDOs may be:

 

a.            
Cashed in.

 

b.            
Placed in the PDO
Sick Bank, per paragraph D.3. below.

 

c.            
Up to one and
one-half (1.5) times a pilot’s annual accrual may be carried over for
subsequent use.

 

B.           
PDOs For Annual
Vacation

 

1.            
Not later than the
15th day of November, the Company will distribute the annual PDO Request Form
for the following calendar year. Annual bids for PDOs must be returned by the
30th day of November.  Pilots will be notified of their annual vacation bid
award by the 15th day of December.  Annual bids have priority over the
ensuing monthly requests for PDOs.

 

2.            
Annual vacation bids
will be awarded in order of seniority within equipment and status.

 

3.            
A pilot’s weekly
vacation award is credited and deducted from his/her PDO bank by eighteen (18)
hours.

 

8.1

 

4.            
Vacation bids must be
in full week increments, i.e., seven (7) consecutive days, Monday through
Sunday. A pilot may bid his/her vacation by projecting the accrual in his/her
PDO bank at the time the vacation is taken.  (Example:  As of
November 30th, a pilot has only twenty (20) hours in his/her
PDO bank, but wishes to take vacation in April and September of the
following year.  The pilot may bid the vacation weeks he/she has chosen,
because the current accrual rate would cause the PDO bank to have sufficient
hours in it at the time of vacation).  A pilot with an insufficient PDO
balance who wishes to bid vacation in either January, February or March may
“borrow” up to twenty (20) hours to cover the vacation.  If the pilot
leaves the employment of the Company before the “borrowed” PDOs are recouped,
the Company will deduct the remaining amount from the pilot’s final paycheck.

 

5.            
For a pilot to
receive awarded vacation, he/she must have at least sixteen (16) hours in the
PDO bank.  If a pilot fails to meet the monthly minimum credit hours
required for the month, any vacation time not covered by the PDO balance will
be deducted from the pilot’s guarantee.

 

6.            
Annual vacation bid
awards will not be changed except by mutual agreement between the Company and
the pilot.

 

7.            
The weekly allotment
of vacation will be no more than forty percent (40%) below and no more than
twenty-five percent (25%) higher than the annualized weekly average.

 

8.            
The annualized weekly
average shall be the coming year’s projected accrual plus all PDO hours carried
over, divided by one thousand forty (1040) (20 hour week multiplied by 52
weeks).

 

9.            
The annualized
averaging of weekly vacation based upon the formula set forth in paragraphs 7.
and 8. above shall not cause a reduction in force.

 

10.          
A pilot who is
awarded a vacancy in different equipment after having been awarded annual
vacation must rebid his annual vacation from remaining available vacation
periods in the awarded equipment type.

 

11.          
Annual vacation
periods that are vacated will be made available to other pilots on a
first-come, first-served basis.

 

C.           
PDOs For Monthly
Vacation

 

1.            
Not later than the
1st day of each month, the Company will accept requests for PDOs in the
following month (i.e., requests for a PDO

 

8.2

 

in March must be submitted by
February 1).  Requests will be on a first-come, first-serve
basis.  Not later than the 20th day of the month, the Company will post
the upcoming month’s schedule that will indicate the PDO award for that month.

 

2.            
The Company will
award all bids reasonably possible taking into account the needs of the
schedule.

 

D.           
PDO Sick Bank

 

1.            
Pilots may elect
payment from their PDO Sick Bank up to one-half (1/2) of the minimum monthly
guaranteed hours per pay period for furlough, medical, or family leave.

 

2.            
PDO Sick Bank days
may be used for personal or family illness and injuries on or off the job.

 

3.            
There is no maximum
number of days which can be placed in the PDO Sick Bank.  During the month
of December, pilots may notify the Company of the number of PDOs to be placed
in the PDO Sick Bank.

 

4.            
Old Sick Bank days
may be used for unscheduled absences, personal or family illness and injuries
on or off the job.  Old Sick Bank means the sick time accrued prior to
December 5, 1994.

 

5.            
A PDO used for a sick
day will be credited and deducted at four (4) hours for each day taken.

 

E.            
General

 

1.            
Accrued PDOs may be
exchanged for pay at the pilot’s request.  If a pilot elects to be paid
for PDOs in lieu of taking time off, he will be paid at his current hourly rate
for each PDO exchanged.  A maximum of fifteen (15) PDOs may be exchanged
each month.  A pilot who leaves the employment of the Company will be paid
for all PDOs accrued.  In the event of a pilot’s death, the amount will be
paid to his estate.

 

2.            
PDOs will be charged
only on days the pilot is scheduled to perform duty for the Company.

 

3.            
One (1) PDO will be
charged for each continuous duty overnight (CDO) missed as a result of vacation
or sick leave.

 

4.            
Additionally, unused
PDOs may be contributed to the pilot’s 401(k) at the option of the pilot. 
The provisions of this section will become effective January 1, 2004.

 

8.3

 

ARTICLE
9

SENIORITY

 

A.           
Seniority Accrual

 

1.            
The seniority of a
pilot shall commence on the pilot’s first day of initial ground school training
and shall continue to accrue thereafter during his period of service with the
Company, except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement.  A pilot’s
longevity shall commence concurrently with his seniority date, and shall accrue
thereafter during his active service with the Company, excluding leaves of
absence, furlough, or other periods as may be provided for in this
Agreement.  For initial pay and benefits purposes, the pilot’s date of
hire shall be the date he first reports for duty with the Company which shall
not be more than thirty (30) days from his seniority date except in cases where
there is a delay in completing training due to the pilot’s unavailability.

 

2.            
When two (2) or more
pilots are placed on the Chautauqua Pilots System Seniority List on the same
date, their names shall be placed according to their age; i.e., the older pilot
shall receive the lower number.  When two (2) or more pilots are placed on
the Chautauqua Pilots System Seniority List on the same date and have the same
birth date, their relative seniority position shall be determined
alphabetically by last name with the first letter of the last name closest to
“A” being more senior.

 

3.            
Except as otherwise
provided for in this Agreement, the Chautauqua Pilots System Seniority List
shall govern each pilot in case of promotion or demotion, filling of vacancies,
his assignment or reassignment due to expansion or reduction in schedules, his
retention in case of reduction in force and his reemployment after his release
due to reduction in force.

 

4.            
Once having
established a seniority date and relative position on the seniority list, a
pilot shall not lose that date and relative position, except as provided in
this Agreement.

 

B.           
The Company will post
a list of names of all pilots, arranged in the order of system seniority. 
Such list will contain the names of all pilots entitled to seniority, whether
active or inactive, and the date of employment of each pilot indicating the
seniority to which the pilot is entitled.  Such list will be brought up to
date and posted at each pilot’s base on a monthly basis with a copy to the
Union and each of the Union Executive Council members.

 

9.1

 

C.           
Protest of Seniority
List

 

1.            
A pilot will have
thirty (30) days after the posting of the Pilots’ System Seniority List to
protest any omission or incorrect posting affecting his seniority or position
on the posted list.

 

2.            
A pilot who, at the
time of posting of the Pilots’ System Seniority List is on vacation, leave of
absence, or furlough may file a protest within thirty (30) days of his return
to active duty.

 

3.            
A pilot may protest a
subsequent Pilots’ System Seniority List only if it varies from the one
immediately preceding it, except when such a list is later changed because of
the filing of a subsequent protest by any other pilot on said list, in which
case the pilot shall be permitted to file an additional protest.

 

4.            
All protests to the
Pilots’ System Seniority List shall be made in writing to the Director of
Flight Operations.  The Company shall investigate the protest and shall
respond to the pilot in writing within fifteen (15) calendar days.

 

D.           
A pilot whose
employment with the Company is permanently severed shall forfeit his seniority
rights and that pilot’s name shall be removed from the seniority list. 
Such circumstances include, but are not limited to, resignation, discharge for
cause, retirement, failure to return to active service following a furlough or
leave of absence, or other reasons provided for in this Agreement.

 

9.2

 

ARTICLE
10

TRAINING

 

A.           
General

 

1.            
Except as otherwise
explicitly provided for in this Agreement, once a pilot is employed by the
Company, all training by the Company shall be at Company expense.  Ground
school, simulator and flight training, training facilities, training aids,
written training materials and equipment utilized for any required training
will be provided at no cost to the pilots employed by the Company.

 

2.            
A pilot will have
access to his training records during normal business hours.  Upon
reasonable request, a pilot will be furnished a copy of all his training
records.  A pilot may file a written objection to any portion of his
training file to the Director of Training.  The objection will be placed
in the pilot’s personnel file and become a part of his permanent record. 
The affected pilot alone reserves the right to remove any such objections from
his permanent file at any time.

 

3.            
With the exception of
ground school, the Company will endeavor to have a pilot retain the same
instructor throughout each segment of training.

 

a.            
With the exception of
ground school, a pilot may request not to have a certain instructor or
evaluator at any time.

 

b.            
A pilot who does not
successfully complete a proficiency check, upon written request, may be granted
a change of Check Airman for his re-check.

 

c.            
A pilot who does not
successfully complete his first attempt at a type ride, upon written request,
will be granted a change of Check Airman/evaluator for his re-check if
available and the change will not delay the checkride or other training
event(s).

 

4.            
Upon request,
videotapes of a pilot’s performance in a simulator or aircraft training session
will be shown to the pilot upon completion of the pilot’s training session and
then erased in the pilot’s presence.  Time spent reviewing such tape(s),
if not part of a normal debrief, will not be considered duty time or count
toward any time limit contained in this Agreement.  Such time will not be
compensated.  Videotapes will only be made for training purposes and with
the knowledge of the pilot.

 

10.1

 

5.            
To the extent
practicable, the Company will continue to use full motion flight simulators,
specific to the aircraft type, to train on normal, abnormal, and emergency
procedures.

 

6.            
If aircraft are to be
used for training purposes, no more than two (2) pilots will be scheduled for
flight training in the same aircraft at the same time.  This restriction
may be waived with the consent of all parties involved.

 

7.            
Unless required by
the FAA, a pilot undergoing training will not be required to perform dangerous
maneuvers in an aircraft.

 

8.            
Unless required by
the FAA, simulators will not be programmed for unrecoverable or experimental
maneuvers during proficiency checks.

 

9.            
Unless required by
the FAA, a pilot will not be evaluated or required to demonstrate proficiency
in simultaneous multiple emergencies or equipment failures in unrelated
aircraft systems.

 

10.          
Persons authorized by
the Company, qualified in the applicable aircraft type and position and Company
procedures, may serve as a non-flying pilot (NFP) during a training or checking
event subject to the following:

 

a.            
No instructor or
Company Check Airman will serve as a NFP in a simulator while performing their
respective duties.

 

b.            
Should an instructor
or Check Airman be assigned to be his NFP, however, the pilot being evaluated
may request a Professional Standards Committee (PSC) Department of Training
Standards representative or another pilot acceptable to the Company and the
pilot being trained and/or evaluated to serve as the NFP, if available and the
change will not delay the checkride or other training event(s).

 

c.            
The pilot being
evaluated may waive the NFP stipulation contained herein.

 

11.          
A pilot may request
to have present a representative of the PSC that is acceptable to the Company
and the pilot during any phase of his training and evaluation.  Such
request shall be granted, so long as the representative’s presence will not
delay or interfere with the training and does not cause the Company to incur
additional cost or expense.

 

10.2

 

12.          
Prior Failures: 
When a pilot successfully completes an upgrade program, prior failures shall no
longer be counted against him for purposes of the number of events that a pilot
is entitled by this Article to undertake in subsequent upgrade
training.  Once a pilot successfully completes transition training from
one type to another type in the same status, prior failures shall no longer be
counted against him for purposes of the number of events that a pilot is
entitled by this Article to undertake when transitioning to another type.

 

13.          
No pilot shall be
required to maintain qualification on more than one type of equipment.
 Aircraft such as the EMB 145/140/135 and other aircraft that share a
common type rating are considered a single type.

 

B.           
Training Standards

 

1.            
The Company will have
a training program for each aircraft type, including differences for each
sub-type, in accordance with the applicable FARs, for the training requirements
for pilots.  The program will be available for review by the Professional
Standards Committee.

 

2.            
Upon request, the
Company will meet with the Professional Standards Committee (PSC) to confer on
training programs and materials.  All training materials used in training
programs will be made available to the PSC.

 

a.            
Any changes in
training programs will be brought to the attention of the PSC.

 

b.            
The Company will
consider a written recommendation of the PSC regarding the content of training
programs.

 

3.            
Proficiency checks
will be based on criteria contained in the Company’s FAA approved training
programs.  The grading system used will be in accordance with the
Company’s FAA approved training program and will reflect whether the pilot has
met the qualifications or has not met the qualifications.

 

4.            
An incomplete
evaluation caused by illness of the pilot, unavailability of the instructor or
evaluator, malfunction of the simulator or other similar events will not be
considered a failure.

 

5.            
Nothing herein is
intended to limit an instructor or Check Airman from exercising his
professional judgment regarding a pilot’s proficiency.

 

10.3

 

C.           
Training
Program Objectives

 

1.            
The purpose of this
Article is to enhance a pilot’s ability to complete training successfully
and to continue employment as a pilot while maintaining safety of operations as
the primary objective.  To that end, a pilot shall receive training
sufficient to successfully complete the course of training, as per the
Company’s approved training program and this Article.

 

2.            
The Company may
terminate training only when, in the opinion of two (2) instructors who have
independently evaluated the pilot and determined that the pilot is unable to
complete training successfully in accordance with the Company’s training
program, unless additional training is recommended by the TRB.

 

3.            
Termination of
training for any reason other than illness or personal emergencies will be
considered a failure under this Article and will be counted as a failure
on the pilot’s permanent record.  With written approval of the Director of
Training, voluntary withdrawal from training for reasons other than performance
will not be counted as a failure for Pilots Records Improvement Act (“PRIA”)
purposes.

 

4.            
Nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed to restrict the Company’s ability to offer
additional training.

 

D.           
Notice of Training

 

1.            
Initial, Upgrade and
Transition Training

 

a.            
Pilots assigned to
training will be so notified at least five (5) days prior to commencement of
training, unless the pilot waives such notice.  Such notice will include
the location, the scheduled training start date, the projected training end
date and the name of the pilot’s Company contact while in each segment of
training.

 

b.            
The Company will
provide a pilot with the ground school portion of his training schedule at
least five (5) days prior to the start of ground training, unless the pilot
waives such notice.  This schedule will also include any applicable travel
information.

 

2.            
Recurrent and
Requalification Training

 

a.            
The Company will
provide notice in the applicable bid package that a pilot’s recurrent
proficiency check is due.  In his monthly scheduled bid award, the Company
will provide

 

10.4

 

a pilot with notice of his scheduled recurrent
proficiency check that will include the location, date, and start time of the
recurrent proficiency check.

 

b.            
The Company will
provide a pilot with at least seven (7) days notice of a proficiency check
reschedule.  Notice of reschedule may be reduced for reasons beyond the
control of the Company.  Such notice must be in a timely fashion.

 

c.            
The Company will
provide notice in the bid package of the assigned date(s) of recurrent ground
school.

 

d.            
A training event may
be rescheduled when operationally necessary for reasons beyond the control of
the Company.

 

3.            
All notices of
training will be posted on the Company website, delivered to the pilot’s
Company mailbox, and upon request emailed to the pilot’s personal email address
on file with the Company (it is the responsibility of the pilot to ensure the
Company has his current personal email address).

 

4.            
A pilot may waive any
of the notices within this paragraph.

 

E.            
Training Schedules

 

1.            
Available recurrent
training schedules, with a list of pilots requiring such training, will be
published in the applicable bid package for that bid period.  A pilot
requiring recurrent training may bid and be awarded available training periods
in accordance with his seniority. [This paragraph subject to PBS system
capability]

 

2.            
A training period may
be rescheduled for reasons beyond the control of the Company subject to the
following provisions:

 

a.            
A pilot will not
suffer a loss in pay as a result of having a training period rescheduled.

 

b.            
If the rescheduled
training conflicts with scheduled day(s) off, his training may be rescheduled
to occur on those day(s) off and his originally scheduled training period will
become days off.  In no event will the reschedule result in lost day(s)
off for the pilot.

 

F.            
Travel
To and From Training Away From Domicile

 

1.            
Travel to a training
event away from a pilot’s base will be “positive space must ride” or crew
movement if available under applicable pass policy over the most direct route
possible.

 

10.5

 

2.            
The Company is solely
responsible for arranging travel for any pilot attending a training event away
from a pilot’s domicile.  The Company will consider any personal schedule
conflicts brought to its attention by the pilot regarding the day of travel and
will make an effort to work with the pilot to come up with an accommodating
travel itinerary for the scheduled day of travel.

 

G.           
Recurrent
Training and Line Checks

 

1.            
The Company will
provide recurrent training as outlined in the Company’s FAA approved training
program applicable to the specific aircraft type and category.  A pilot
will take all required recurrent training, proficiency checks, qualifications
and line checks as outlined in the training curriculum.  Such checks will
be given by an FAA authorized Company Check Airman or FAA examiner, as
required.

 

2.            
A First Officer may
be given a line check at the same time as the Captain with whom he is paired.

 

3.            
Prior to being given
a proficiency check in a flight simulator, the pilot may fly a profile. 
The purpose of this profile is to let the instructor and the pilot evaluate
his/her ability to adjust to the characteristics of the flight simulator. 
If it is determined by mutual agreement that more time is needed prior to
taking the flight check, the pilot may take up to two (2) hours, including time
required to fly the profile, to become better familiar with the simulator.

 

H.           
Upgrade and
Transition Training

 

1.            
A pilot assigned to
upgrade or transition training will be removed from line flying for ground
school, simulator, and flight training.

 

2.            
The minimum
requirements for a First Officer upgrade to Captain are:

 

a.            
ATP written;

 

b.            
2500 hours total
pilot time; and,

 

c.            
500 hours
multi-engine.

 

3.            
The Company will meet
and confer with the EC before waiving any of the above upgrade
requirements.  The waiving of such requirements will be accomplished
subject to the seniority provisions of this Agreement.

 

10.6

 

4.            
The Company may not
hire a Captain directly off the street who has not been first employed as a
First Officer with the Company unless there are no qualified pilots on the
seniority list bidding for the position.

 

5.            
Pilots must
successfully pass ground training before progressing to flight training.

 

I.             
Scheduling of
Training, Rest Periods, and Days Off

 

1.            
Scheduling of
Training

 

a.            
Ground school will be
scheduled for no more than eight (8) classroom hours per day, exclusive of
breaks.  If the training curriculum requires an extra day of less than
four (4) hours, that time may be prorated over the period of the ground school.

 

b.            
The Company will use
its best efforts not to schedule simulator or flight training between 0100 and
0500.

 

c.            
Except for IOE, a
pilot in training will not be required to remain on duty for more than twelve
(12) consecutive hours, which may be extended to fourteen (14) to return a
pilot to base.  Travel to or from training that takes place outside of the
forty-eight (48) contiguous states is exempt from this requirement.

 

d.            
Holidays

 

(i)           
The Company will
attempt not to schedule training, other than IOE and line checks, on
Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year’s Day, no later than 1300 on Christmas Eve
or New Year’s Eve nor to begin prior to 1000 the day after Christmas or New
Year’s Day.

 

(ii)          
To accommodate travel
to return a pilot to his domicile from training the company will attempt to
have the schedule be completed by 1700 on Christmas Eve or New Year’s
Eve.  Travel to return a pilot to training from his domicile will not be
scheduled to commence prior to 0700 on the day after Christmas or the day after
New Year’s Day.

 

(iii)         
Training that takes
place outside of the forty-eight (48) contiguous states is exempt from these
requirements.

 

10.7

 

2.            
Rest Periods

 

a.            
A pilot in recurrent
training will be provided a rest period of at least ten (10) hours prior to and
between ground school sessions.

 

b.            
A pilot in recurrent
training will be provided a rest period of at least ten (10) hours between
ground school and simulator training.

 

c.            
A pilot in recurrent
training will be provided a rest period of at least twelve (12) hours between
simulator training sessions.

 

d.            
A pilot in training
or retraining will be provided a rest period of at least ten (10) hours between
ground school, simulator, and flight training sessions.

 

e.            
If, upon completion
of training away from base, the Company is unable to return a pilot to his base
within the duty limitations set forth in this Article, the pilot will be
provided a rest period of at least nine (9) hours.  A pilot may waive this
requirement in coordination with Crew Scheduling.

 

f.             
Immediately following
the completion of training or travel related to training, a pilot will be
provided a rest period of at least minimum base rest as provided in
Article 23 (Hours of Service) of this Agreement.

 

g.            
Immediately following
the completion of travel from training outside the contiguous forty-eight (48)
states that is scheduled for at least four (4) block hours, a pilot will be
provided a rest period of at least forty-eight (48) hours.

 

3.            
Days Off

 

a.            
Prior to
Training:  pilots assigned to upgrade or transition training shall have a
minimum of two (2) calendar days free of duty at their base prior to the
commencement of training.  Further, pilots assigned to upgrade or
transition training shall also receive two (2) days free of duty prior to their
first scheduled revenue flight, but in no case later than five (5) calendar
days after successful completion of a proficiency check.  The pilot may waive
this requirement.

 

b.            
During
Training:  scheduled days off will be published in the training schedule
in accordance with the following:

 

10.8

 

(i)           
A pilot in training
or retraining will be provided at least one (1) day off in any seven (7)
consecutive day period.

 

(ii)          
A pilot in training
or retraining will be provided at least two (2) days off after the completion
of training.

 

4.            
A pilot will not be
required to do an assignment unrelated to his training while he is assigned to
training.

 

5.            
A pilot will not be
scheduled for recurrent training during his vacation.

 

J.            
Requalification and
Recency of Experience Training

 

1.            
A pilot who loses
qualification as a result of an authorized leave of absence will be provided
the requalification training required to regain qualification as set forth in
the Company’s FAA approved training curriculum and in accordance with
Article 12 (Leaves of Absence) of this Agreement.

 

2.            
A pilot who loses
currency as required by FAR will be provided the recency of experience training
required to regain currency as set forth in the Company’s FAA approved training
curriculum.

 

K.           
Failure to Qualify

 

1.            
Initial, Upgrade or
Transition Failures

 

a.            
A pilot will be
provided the following opportunities to complete his first attempt at initial,
upgrade or transition training while participating in a training program:

 

(i)           
A pilot who does not successfully
complete an oral examination administered in connection with a proficiency
check will be provided with additional training and a second oral
examination.  The second oral examination will not occur on the same day
as the first oral examination unless the pilot and the Company agree otherwise.

 

(ii)          
A pilot who does not
successfully complete any portion of a proficiency check, other than the oral
examination, will be provided additional training in the simulator, followed by
a second proficiency check or line check.

 

(iii)         
At the pilot’s
request, the second proficiency check

 

10.9

 

may be monitored by the FAA, if available, or a r
representative of the PSC.  Such request shall not unreasonably delay the
proficiency check.

 

b.            
A pilot who does not
successfully complete his second consecutive attempt at a qualification check
during his first attempt at upgrade, transition or initial training as provided
in this subsection, will be returned to his former category and position,
provided he can successfully complete the qualification check for that
equipment.  If, after a second attempt, he does not successfully complete
the qualification check for his former category and position, he may be
discharged.

 

(i)           
A captain who does
not successfully complete training and cannot return to his former position
because it no longer exists, will be downgraded to first officer in the
equipment to which he was attempting to transition provided he can successfully
complete the first officer qualification check for that equipment.

 

(ii)          
A first officer who
does not successfully complete upgrade or transition training and cannot return
to his former category and position because it no longer exists may be discharged.

 

(iii)         
A pilot will be given
two (2) opportunities, following the required training, to be recommended and
to successfully complete a qualification check on his second attempt at upgrade
or transition training.  A pilot who does not successfully complete the
qualification check or is not recommended for the second check may be
discharged.

 

c.            
A pilot who fails to
qualify on his first attempt for upgrade, transition or initial training as
provided in this subsection will not be eligible to be awarded another
vacancy for six (6) month from the end of the month containing the failure.

 

d.            
The pilot may defer
the beginning of the additional simulator training until after an intervening
rest period from the conclusion of the failed proficiency check.

 

2.            
Recurrent Training
and Line Check Failures

 

a.            
A pilot who does not
successfully complete recurrent ground school shall be provided additional
training and given a second attempt at completing the ground school.

 

10.10

 

b.            
A pilot who does not
successfully complete an oral examination administered in connection with a
recurrent proficiency check will be provided with additional training and a
second oral examination.  A second oral examination will not occur on the
same day as the first oral examination unless the pilot and the Company agree
otherwise.

 

c.            
A pilot who does not
successfully complete any portion of a recurrent qualification check or line
check, other than the oral examination, will be provided additional training in
the simulator, followed by a second proficiency check or line check.

 

d.            
Unless the TRB
recommends otherwise, a Captain who does not successfully complete any portion
of recurrent training on his second consecutive attempt will be downgraded for
six (6) bid periods to the position of First Officer in the same equipment and
base, provided he successfully completes a First Officer proficiency check in
that equipment.  The six (6) bid period downgrade will begin upon the
start of the first bid period immediately following successful completion of
the First Officer proficiency check.  If, after a second attempt, he does
not successfully complete a First Officer proficiency check, he may be
discharged.

 

(i).          
Upon completion of
the six (6) bid periods, the pilot will be given the option of additional
training and a proficiency check in the next available training class to
requalify as a Captain.

 

(ii).         
Upon successful
completion of the proficiency check, the pilot will be given any necessary IOE,
as determined by the Company or the FAA, and returned to his previous equipment
and position.

 

(iii)         
If the pilot does not
successfully requalify as a Captain in conformity with d.(i) and (ii) above, he
may be discharged.

 

e.            
Unless the TRB
recommends otherwise, a First Officer who does not successfully complete
recurrent training on his second attempt may be discharged.

 

L.            
Training Review Board
(TRB)

 

1.            
The TRB will be
established by the Company and the Union and will be comprised of the Director
of Training, the Aircraft Program

 

10.11

 

Manager for the aircraft type involved, the Director
of Flight Operations or their respective designees, and two (2) pilots selected
by the PSC Chairman.

 

2.            
The purpose of the
TRB is to review and evaluate the progress of a pilot’s training in a timely
and expeditious manner.  Three (3) TRB members, consisting of no more than
two (2) Company representatives and one (1) Union representative, will be
present at all sessions of the TRB and will constitute a Quorum. 
Participation may be by telephone.  All recommendations of the TRB will
require a unanimous vote of the quorum.  If a unanimous vote is not
reached, any decision regarding the pilot will be at the discretion of the
Company.

 

3.            
The TRB will review
and evaluate the progress of a pilot’s training when:

 

a.            
requested by the
Director of Training, the Aircraft Program Manager for the aircraft type
involved, or the Director of Flight Operations; or,

 

b.            
a pilot does not
successfully complete his second proficiency check attempt during transition,
upgrade or recurrent training; or,

 

c.            
a pilot fails a line
check.

 

4.            
A pilot may request
the attendance of a Union representative or a PSC representative as set forth
in this Article during TRB proceedings.

 

5.            
The TRB will consider
any information directly related to the training and/or proficiency of the
pilot.

 

6.            
The TRB will have
access to all training records pertaining to a pilot whose training and/or
proficiency is being reviewed and may call or question any individual who may
have information relevant to the pilot’s training and proficiency.

 

7.            
The TRB has the
authority to recommend:

 

a.            
additional training
for the pilot;

 

b.            
a change of
instructor for the pilot;

 

c.            
the voluntary withdrawal
of the pilot from training;

 

10.12

 

d.            
the involuntary
withdrawal of the pilot from training; or,

 

e.            
other appropriate
action the TRB deems necessary.

 

8.            
The TRB will issue a
written report on its recommendations.  Copies will be made available to
the Vice President of Flight Operations, the EC, the PSC Chairman and the
affected pilot.  The pilot will be given the opportunity to submit a
rebuttal letter that will become a part of his permanent record as set forth in
A.2. of this Article.

 

10.13

 

ARTICLE
11

FURLOUGH
AND RECALL

 

A.           
Furlough

 

1.            
All furloughs will be
in reverse order of seniority.  Pilots to be furloughed will be given
fourteen (14) days written notice of furlough, or pay in lieu thereof, except
in cases of emergency, strikes, acts of God, grounding of aircraft by
governmental order, or other causes beyond the control of the Company. 
Written notifications will be sent Certified Mail, marked “Deliver to Addressee
Only.”

 

2.            
When a pilot is
furloughed, he will be paid for vacation time accrued but not taken.

 

3.            
A furloughed pilot is
eligible to continue certain insurance benefits through COBRA.  These
insurance benefits will be at the pilot’s expense.  COBRA benefits are
available for the period required by law.

 

4.            
A pilot who is
furloughed will retain and continue to accrue seniority during his
furlough.  Longevity will continue to accrue for the first sixty (60) days
of his furlough.

 

B.           
Recall

 

1.            
Recall will be
offered in seniority order by sending a written recall notice marked “Deliver
to Addressee Only” via certified mail or other means of verified delivery to
the address on file with the Company.

 

2.            
After delivery of a
recall notice, a pilot will have seven (7) days to notify the Company in
writing that he is accepting recall or is electing to bypass.  A pilot may
bypass recall without forfeiting his seniority rights provided there is a
furloughed pilot junior to him on the seniority list whose recall would not
cause the Company to incur greater training costs.  A pilot who elects to
bypass will return (in seniority order) only as vacancies occur.  A pilot
who accepts recall will have fourteen (14) days after acceptance of recall to
report for duty from furlough.

 

3.            
A pilot on furlough
status will retain his seniority under this Agreement until:  (1) the
pilot fails to accept recall or bypass as provided in this Article; or (2) the
pilot has not been recalled from furlough within five (5) years.  In
either event, the pilot will be removed from the seniority list and will not be
entitled to recall.

 

11.1

 

4.            
A pilot who is
recalled from furlough can use his system seniority to bid on available
vacancies.  A pilot accepting recall from furlough will be guaranteed at
least sixty (60) days of employment or pay.  A pilot who is on a paid
status after recall and released can be immediately recalled while he is on
paid status.  If the pilot declines an immediate recall, he will be
considered to have abandoned his job.

 

5.            
A pilot who is
recalled within six (6) months of his furlough who is assigned to a base
different from the base to which he was assigned at the time of furlough shall
receive moving expenses and related benefits pursuant to Article 5 (Moving
Expenses) of this Agreement.

 

6.            
A pilot who is
furloughed will retain Company pass benefits for ninety (90) days following the
effective date of furlough.

 

C.           
Address

 

A furloughed pilot shall have on file with the Company
the address to which he desires notice of recall to be sent.  The Company
will be deemed to have complied with its obligation under this Article by
sending such notices to that address.

 

11.2

 

ARTICLE
12

LEAVES OF ABSENCE

 

A.           
Personal Leave

 

1.            
General

 

a.            
A pilot may request a
personal leave of absence by completing a Request for Leave of Absence form and
submitting it to the Director of Human Resources no later than thirty (30) days
before the bid closing for the month in which the leave is requested to
begin.  A pilot must have been continuously employed for one (1) year
before a request will be considered.

 

b.            
The grant or denial
of a request for a personal leave of absence shall be at the sole discretion of
the Company, for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days or such other period
as may be extended by mutual agreement between the Company and the pilot.

 

2.            
Seniority

 

A pilot will retain and continue to accrue seniority
while on personal leave.

 

3.            
Longevity

 

A pilot will accrue longevity for the first thirty
(30) days of personal leave, but not thereafter.

 

B.           
Medical Leave

 

1.            
General

 

a.            
Medical leaves of
absence will be allowed for disability due to sickness, injury, or pregnancy
upon receipt of written verification of the disability from a qualified medical
doctor.  Medical leave will be requested by submitting a Request for Leave
of Absence to the Director of Human Resources as soon as possible after the
reason for the leave is known.  Medical leave will not exceed five (5)
years.  A pilot on a medical leave must submit a letter from his doctor
stating whether or not he is able to meet FAA physical requirements each year
within sixty (60) days of the anniversary date of the leave.

 

12.1

 

b.            
Pilots on medical
leave will be allowed to draw full pay until accrued sick leave and or vacation
are exhausted.

 

c.            
The Company may offer
a non-flying position to any pilot who can no longer perform his job due to
loss of medical.

 

2.            
Seniority

 

A pilot on medical leave will retain and continue to accrue
seniority.

 

3.            
Longevity

 

A pilot will accrue longevity during the first ninety
(90) days of medical leave, but not thereafter.

 

4.            
Benefits

 

The Company shall continue to provide health and life
benefits for a period of up to ninety (90) days after the pilot has exhausted
his vacation/sick bank days.

 

C.           
Maternity Leave

 

Leave of absence due to pregnancy will be governed by
applicable law and the provisions of B. above.

 

D.           
Military Leave

 

1.            
General

 

A pilot will be granted military leave for military
service or reserve duty in accordance with applicable federal law. 
Military leave must be requested by submitting a Request for Leave of Absence
form to the Director of Human Resources as soon as practicable after the pilot
becomes aware of the military duty for which the leave is requested.

 

2.            
Eligibility

 

Return from military leave of absence shall be in
accordance with applicable law.

 

3.            
Seniority and Longevity

 

A pilot’s seniority and longevity will continue to
accrue during military leave.

 

12.2

 

4.            
Vacation

 

Pilots taking military leaves greater than ninety (90)
days, may elect to take unused earned vacation, operational requirements permitting,
or alternatively may elect to be paid for such vacation.

 

E.            
Family Leave of
Absence

 

All pilots covered by this agreement, who have twelve
(12) months of service, will be eligible for the “Family and Medical Leave Act
of 1993”. Bases with less than fifty (50) employees will also be covered by the
act. While on Family Leave the pilot will continue to accrue
seniority/longevity and all benefits, without interruption and at no cost.
Pilots on Family Leave will have the option to draw full pay until sick leave
accumulation and vacation accumulation are exhausted. Upon return from Family
Leave said pilot will have the option to return to the position and domicile
held prior to said leave, or any vacancy in accordance with his seniority.

 

F.            
Bereavement/Emergency
Leave of Absence

 

In the event of a death in a Pilot’s immediate family,
the pilot shall immediately notify the Chief Pilot, or his designee and be
granted up to five (5) consecutive days with pay.  Immediate family shall
be defined as a Pilot’s mother, father, spouse or child. Three (3) consecutive
days will be granted in the event of death of a pilot’s brother, sister,
mother-in-law, father-in-law, or grandparent. Upon request, bereavement leave
may be extended for a mutually agreed period, either without pay or with pay
charged against a Pilot’s vacation.

 

In those cases when a pilot needs time off for
emergency situations not otherwise provided for in this Article, he shall, to
the extent feasible, use his seniority to bid a schedule which has those days
off.  When this is not possible because the need for the absence is not
known when monthly schedules are being bid or finalized, the pilot will,
subject to the needs of the service, be granted emergency leave without pay,
unless the pilot wishes to use accrued and unused vacation time to receive pay
for the absence.  Requests for emergency leaves will be submitted to the
Director of Human Resources.

 

G.           
Union Leaves

 

1.            
Indefinite Union Leave

 

At the request of the Union, with advance notice given
prior to bidding for the month in which the leave is requested to commence,

 

12.3

 

a pilot shall be granted an indefinite Union leave of
absence without pay to accept employment with the Union.  While on such
leave, the pilot shall continue to accrue seniority and longevity, and be
covered by Company insurance, which will be reimbursed to the Company by the
Union.  The pilot will maintain all other benefits covered by this
Agreement and may continue to participate in the 401(k) plan.  No
more than one pilot shall be permitted an Union leave at one time, except with
Company approval.  A pilot on Union leave will be allowed to fly when
necessary to remain current as a Chautauqua pilot.

 

2.            
Short Term Leave

 

The Company will grant short term Union leave with
pay, subject to reimbursement of the Company as set forth in paragraphs G.2-5
of this Article.  Subject to the needs of the service, the Company will
grant “short term” Union Leave to up to five (5) pilots each month for the
purpose of conducting Union business.  This short term leave will be for a
maximum of five (5) days.  The Union will give at least ten (10) days
advanced notice of the need for such leave. The Company will make every effort
to grant the leave but the leave may be denied if staffing needs make the leave
impracticable.  Additional days of leave may be granted at Company
discretion, subject to the needs of the service.

 

3.            
Scheduled Line
Pilots: The Union will reimburse the Company at the full hourly rate applicable
to that pilot, plus 23% to cover the cost of benefits, FICA, etc., for each day
he or she is on leave only for the scheduled time dropped.

 

4.            
Reserve Pilots: The
Union will reimburse the Company at the full hourly rate applicable to that
pilot, plus 23% to cover the cost of benefits, FICA, etc., using the formula of
four (4) hours for each reserve day dropped.

 

5.            
The Union agrees to
reimburse the Company within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Company’s
bills.  Such billings shall be submitted to the Union no later than
forty-five (45) days following the month in which the flight pay loss was
incurred.

 

6.            
A pilot will continue
to accrue all seniority and longevity credit while on Union leave.

 

H.           
Return from Leaves of
Absence

 

1.            
Return from FMLA
covered leaves or from military leaves of absences will be governed by
applicable law.

 

12.4

 

2.            
Pilots returning from
other leaves of absences of ninety (90) days or less will be returned to the
position (i.e., status, equipment and domicile) they held at the commencement
of the leave.

 

3.            
Pilots returning from
other leaves of absence of more than ninety (90) days will be returned to any
position to which their seniority would entitle them.

 

4.            
A pilot who, at the
conclusion of a leave of absence, is not current and qualified to hold the
position to which he is returning shall be placed in the first available
training class for that position.

 

I.             
Pass Privileges

 

While on a leave of absence, a pilot’s pass privileges
will be governed by published Company policy.

 

12.5

 

ARTICLE
13

PHYSICAL
STANDARDS

 

A.           
The medical standards
required of a pilot shall be those established by the FAA, including its waiver
policy.  Each pilot must maintain a first class FAA Medical Certificate,
but First Officers may obtain such Medical Certificates every twelve (12)
months.

 

B.           
If a pilot fails a
medical examination, he must notify the Company’s Director of Flight Operations
or Crew Scheduling.  A pilot who fails to qualify for a first class
medical certificate, but who is able to qualify for a second class medical certificate,
may continue to fly for the Company as a First Officer at the applicable First
Officer’s pay rate, provided that such practice is permitted by the
then-current FARs.

 

13.1

 

ARTICLE
14

INSURANCE
AND OTHER BENEFITS

 

A.           
The Company shall
provide each pilot with a life insurance policy after ninety (90) days of
service.  The Company shall pay one hundred percent (100%) of the premium
for this coverage.

 

1.            
Pilot Life Insurance:

 

Two (2) times the basic annual earnings, rounded to
the next higher $1,000 to a maximum of $250,000.

 

2.            
Accidental Death and
Dismemberment:

 

Four (4) times the basic annual earnings, rounded to
the next higher $1,000 to a maximum of $500,000.

 

3.            
Dependent Life
Benefits:

 

	
  a.            
  Spouse:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  5000

  	
   

  
	
  b.            
  Children:

  	
   

  	
  0-8 days

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  0

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  8 days - 6 mo

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  100

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  6 mo - 19 yrs

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  2500

  	
   

  

 

B.           
The Company will
provide health insurance for the pilots and qualifying dependents, the benefits
of which shall not be less advantageous than the existing program coverage and
benefits.  For pilots with less than one (1) year of service, the Company
shall pay one hundred percent (100%) of the premium cost, minus fifteen dollars
($15.00), per pay period, for said pilot, however, dependent coverage premiums
may be paid by said pilot through payroll deduction.  For pilots with over
one (1) year of service, the Company shall pay one hundred percent (100%) of
the premium cost, minus fifteen dollars ($15.00) for individual pilot coverage,
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for pilot and spouse coverage or thirty-five
dollars ($35.00) for pilot and family coverage, per pay period.  Should
the cost of such insurance increase, the Company may require greater contributions
from pilots.

 

C.           
The Company will
provide preventative care as prescribed below:

 

1.            
Each pilot will be
reimbursed up to seventy dollars ($70) of each flight physical required to
maintain currency per FARs (Captains 2x annually; first officers 1x annually).

 

2.            
Children wellness
care

 

14.1

 

3.            
Annual PAP and
mammogram exams for women

 

4.            
Annual PSA exams for
men

 

D.           
The Company will
provide the EC Chairman and the Union with copies of master insurance contracts
for each policy required under the terms of this Agreement.

 

E.            
The Company will
provide a 125 Flexible Benefits Plan to all pilots, the benefits of which shall
not be less advantageous than the existing program.

 

F.            
The Company will
provide retirement benefits (i.e., 401(k)) to all pilots.  A pilot whose
longevity is six (6) years or less, the Company will match one hundred percent
(100%) of the first two and one-half percent (2.5%) contributed by the
pilot.  A pilot whose longevity is more than six (6) years and less than
thirteen (13) years, the company will match one hundred percent (100%) of the
first four percent (4%) contributed by the pilot.  A pilot whose longevity
is thirteen (13) years or longer, the Company will match one hundred percent
(100%) of the first six percent (6%) contributed by the pilot.

 

G.           
The Company will
provide a vision plan for the pilots.  For pilot and qualified dependants,
the plan will cover one yearly exam plus up to one hundred twenty dollars
annual allowance for lenses, contacts or frames.  The plan for pilots and
qualified dependents will be no less advantageous than the program offered to
other employee groups.

 

H.           
The Company shall pay
for dental plan coverage for single pilots or sixteen and one-half dollars
($16.50) per month towards the cost of family coverage.  The plan for pilots and qualified
dependents will be no less advantageous than the program offered to other
employee groups.

 

I.             
The Company will
include the pilots in any profit sharing plan, bonus and incentive programs
offered to all other non-management employees.

 

J.            
Stock Purchase

 

Should the Company complete an IPO, the Company shall
make a good faith effort to develop an employee stock purchase program. 
In any such program, the pilots will be able to participate at the same level
as management and other eligible Company employees.

 

14.2

 

ARTICLE
15

SUPERVISORY
DUTY/MISCELLANEOUS FLYING

 

A.           
Management Pilots

 

1.            
A management pilot is
any officer, director, or manager of the Company who, is qualified to be a
pilot with the Company and continuously serves in the Flight Operations
Department or in a position with direct authority over the Flight Operations
Department without having left the service of the Company.  Management
pilots, other than Chief Pilot(s) and Assistant Chief Pilot(s), hired by the
Company without first being trained and qualified as a line pilot by Chautauqua
Airlines will not be given a seniority number.

 

a.            
Except as provided
for in A.1. above, a management pilot shall retain and continue to accrue
seniority and longevity.

 

b.            
A management pilot
may return to line flying in the status to which his seniority would entitle
him.

 

2.            
Management pilots
will not be eligible to bid nor be awarded a flying line, including those
normally assigned as reserve lines.  Management pilots may fly for the
purpose of maintaining FAR currency requirements, in the event of emergency,
when no other line pilots are available or as otherwise provided in this
Agreement.

 

3.            
The Company will
publish open management pilots positions and allow qualified line pilots the
opportunity to apply for such positions.

 

B.           
Probationary Pilots
Transferred to Management

 

After the effective date of this Agreement, any pilot
who becomes a management pilot prior to completion of his probationary period
shall be required to complete his probationary period if he returns to line
flying as a pilot.

 

C.           
Discipline of
Management Pilots

 

A management pilot, as defined in paragraph A. above,
who is disciplined by the Company may not avail himself of the grievance and
arbitration procedures contained in this Agreement.

 

D.           
Miscellaneous Flying

 

1.            
Any flying that
becomes available outside of scheduled line flying, including aircraft
deliveries and pick-ups, shall be flown by qualified pilots on the Company’s
seniority list.  The crewmembers shall be

 

15.1

 

paid in accordance with the rates set forth in the
Agreement on all flights.

 

2.            
Pilots may not fly
commercially outside the Company so as to reduce the number of available flight
hours per month as agreed herein or as stated in applicable FAA regulations
except for flying associated with military, reserve or guard duties.

 

3.            
The Company will not
transfer any Company aircraft or schedule any pilots to fly any trips for
airlines that are on strike unless mutually agreed by the Company and the
Union.

 

4.            
A rental car will be
provided to any pilot away from his domicile and off duty for a calendar day.

 

15.2

 

ARTICLE 16

CHECK AIRMEN

 

A.           
General.

 

1.            
Pilots whose duty is
to train and/or evaluate Pilots are classified as Check Airmen.

 

2.            
Initial Operating
Experience (IOE) and line checks on Company aircraft in revenue service shall
be conducted only by qualified line pilots and management pilots on the
seniority list designated by the Company as Check Airmen.

 

3.            
The performance of
Check Airmen duties by line pilots on the seniority list shall not cause those
pilots to become Management Pilots.

 

B.           
Check Airmen Duties

 

Check Airmen may conduct ground training, flight
training, simulator training, and line checks of pilots.  Qualified Check
Airmen who accept PC Check Airmen positions may conduct checkrides and orals
for First Officers and proficiency checks of pilots in Simulators or aircraft.

 

In addition to the above duties, check airmen who are
FAA approved Aircrew Program Designees may conduct type rating checkrides for
Captain upgrade and/or transition.

 

C.           
Selection of Check
Airmen

 

1.            
The selection and
retention of Instructors and Check Airmen shall be at the discretion of the
Company.  The Company will give appropriate consideration to
recommendations submitted by the Professional Standards Committee.

 

2.            
A pilot selected to
be and accepts Check Airmen status, does so voluntarily.  A Check Airman
who wishes to relinquish his position shall give at least thirty (30) days
notice of his desire to vacate the position.  By mutual agreement between
the Pilot and the Company, the effective date of the return may be advanced or
delayed.

 

D.           
Scheduling

 

1.            
A check airman may
bid his schedule based on his seniority.

 

2.            
A P.C. or APD Check
Airman will not be scheduled to work on any

 

16.1

 

day off, except with the prior permission of the
pilot.  A Check Airman who volunteers to work on a scheduled day off will
be paid at the applicable rate set forth below and in Article 3
(Compensation) for a minimum of four (4) hours above guarantee.

 

3.            
A P.C. Check Airman
or APD Check Airman may only be scheduled a full day of work, four events in
total, which may consist of any of the following:

 

a.            
two checkrides
including the orals;

b.            
four orals; or

c.            
one checkride with
oral and two orals.

 

If a P.C. Check Airman agrees to accept any events in
addition to a scheduled full day of work, he/she will be compensated ten
dollars ($10.00) per hour for such additional events in addition to the pay
rates set forth below.

 

4.            
The P.C. Check Airman
or APD Check Airman will also be provided space positive travel, when
available, to and from their home of record (if service is possible) to the
training city.

 

E.            
Compensation

 

1.            
All
rates set forth below are in addition to the applicable hourly rate in
Article 3 (Compensation) or in addition to the Check Airmen’s minimum
monthly guarantee for non-flying events.

 

Rates
per Hour

 

	
  Duration

  	
   

  	
  DOS

  	
   

  	
  DOS+1

  	
   

  	
  DOS+2

  	
   

  	
  DOS+3

  	
   

  	
  DOS+4

  	
   

  
	
  Oral Exam

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  18.00

  	
   

  	
  + 2.5

  	
  %

  	
  + 2.5

  	
  %

  	
  + 2.5

  	
  %

  	
  + 2.5

  	
  %

  
	
  Proficiency
  Check

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  18.00

  	
   

  	
  + 2.5

  	
  %

  	
  + 2.5

  	
  %

  	
  + 2.5

  	
  %

  	
  + 2.5

  	
  %

  
	
  Type Rating

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  18.00

  	
   

  	
  + 2.5

  	
  %

  	
  + 2.5

  	
  %

  	
  + 2.5

  	
  %

  	
  + 2.5

  	
  %

  
	
  IOE/Line Checks

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  18.00

  	
   

  	
  + 2.5

  	
  %

  	
  + 2.5

  	
  %

  	
  + 2.5

  	
  %

  	
  + 2.5

  	
  %

  

 

2.            
Line Guarantee

 

Check Airmen will receive, at a minimum, the line
guarantee as set forth in Article 3 (Compensation).

 

16.2

 

ARTICLE
17

BASES

 

A.           
A “Large” base is
defined as any base with at least twenty (20) hard lines (not including build
up or reserve lines) available for bid at that location and where the Company
flies routes that connect the base location with at least two (2) other airport
locations (an airport that is flag stopped does not count toward the two (2)
airports).  No large base shall be opened unless the previous conditions
are met or the Union and the Company have come to a mutual agreement.

 

B.           
A “Small” base is
defined as any base that has fewer than twenty (20) hard lines but no fewer
that eleven (11) hard lines. The Company may have a maximum of one (1) “small”
base for every two (2) “large” bases.  The criteria for a “small” base
shall be the same as for a “large” base, except that the minimum number of hard
lines shall be no fewer than eleven (11).

 

C.           
The Company and the
Union recognize that the above-stated criteria may fluctuate periodically, but
in the interest of stability, the Company would not normally be required to
close a non-conforming base unless one or both of the above-stated criteria has
not been met for at least a one (1) year period.

 

D.           
Bases must contain
lines that contain overnight trips away from base.

 

E.            
Hybrid Bases

 

1.            
A Hybrid Base is any
new base that opens after the date of signing of the Agreement that does not
comply with the criteria specified in A. or B. above.

 

2.            
In order for the
Company to open and maintain a hybrid base, the following conditions must
apply:

 

a.            
The aircraft assigned
to the new base must be a result of expansion/growth and not simply relocation
of company flying.

 

b.            
The base will have a
minimum of two (2) aircraft to cover the flying assigned to the new base. The
Company shall be allowed three (3) months to place both aircraft into service.

 

c.            
If a hybrid base does
not comply with the criteria set forth in paragraphs A. or B. within eighteen
(18) months from the date of opening, it will be closed unless it is otherwise
mutually agreed by the parties to keep the base open.

 

17.1

 

3.            
There is no minimum
number of cities these bases must serve.

 

4.            
All vacancies will be
filled with volunteers only.  No pilot will be displaced or forced to fill
these vacancies.

 

5.            
The Company cannot
restructure or close any current base and then reopen it to take advantage of
the provisions of this section.

 

6.            
The Company cannot
restructure or close any base meeting the criteria set forth in paragraphs A.
or B. and then reopen it as a hybrid base to take advantage of the provisions
of this section.

 

17.2

 

ARTICLE
18

RESOLUTION
OF DISPUTES

 

A.           
Settlement of
Disputes

 

A pilot, or the Union on behalf of the pilots, covered
by this Agreement who have a grievance concerning any action of the Company
affecting them, or who believe they have been unjustly disciplined or
discharged, which dispute has not been settled or resolved in conference with
Company officials, shall use the dispute resolution procedures as established
herein.

 

B.           
Investigative Hearing
- Discipline and Discharge

 

1.            
A pilot shall not be
disciplined or discharged without just cause and without previously being
afforded a hearing before the Chief Pilot or his designee, provided that the
pilot has made himself available for the hearing.

 

a.            
The pilot shall be
notified of the time and place of the hearing and the nature of the matter
discussed. The notice must specifically reference that discipline may be
assessed and that the pilot is entitled a Union Representative at the hearing
as provided in paragraph b. below. Concurrently, the Union shall be notified.

 

b.            
The pilot shall have
the right to be accompanied to the hearing by an authorized employee of the
Union, or the pilot employee of his choice, provided such choice is reasonably
available. In no case will the hearing be held without Union representation if
such representation is requested and is available within a reasonable period of
time.

 

2.            
When a crewmember is
disciplined or discharged, the Company shall furnish him with a written
statement of the precise charge(s) against him, with a copy to the Union
Headquarters.

 

3.            
Nothing herein shall
prevent the Company from holding a pilot out of service with pay until a
meeting has been held and a decision arrived at in writing by the Company.

 

C.           
The Grievance Process

 

1.            
Discipline and
Discharge

 

a.            
A grievance
challenging an action of discipline or discharge shall be in writing, signed by
the affected pilot or the Union representative, and must be submitted to the
Director of

 

18.1

 

Flight Operations within fifteen (15) calendar days
after the pilot is notified of the Company’s decision under section B.2.,
above.

 

b.            
An investigation and
hearing will be held by the Director of Flight Operations or his flight
department designee, where practicable, within twenty-one (21) calendar days
after receipt of the pilot’s written appeal.

 

c.            
Within fifteen (15)
calendar days after the close of such investigation and hearing, a written
decision will be issued and sent by certified mail or other means of verified
delivery to the grievant. A copy will also be provided to the Union’s
Headquarters.

 

d.            
Further appeal of the
matter may be filed by the Union to Chautauqua Airlines (CHQ) System Board of
Adjustment by submission to the Board within thirty (30) calendar days after
the Union’s receipt of the Company’s decision.

 

2.            
Non-Disciplinary
Grievances

 

a.            
A pilot, or the Union
on behalf of a pilot or group of pilots, may file a grievance concerning any
action of the Company affecting him or them. Prior to filing such a grievance,
the pilot should discuss the matter with his supervisor, and the Union should
discuss the matter with the Director of Flight Operations in an effort to
resolve the matter.

 

b.            
Grievances concerning
matters other than discipline or discharge shall be in writing, signed by the
affected pilot or Union official and shall state in reasonable detail the facts
upon which the claim is based, identifying the specific provisions of the
Agreement claimed to have been violated and state the relief sought. The
grievance must be submitted to the Director of Flight Operations within thirty
(30) calendar days from the time the pilot knew, or reasonably should have
known, of the event(s) giving rise to the grievance, whichever is earlier.

 

c.            
An investigation and
hearing shall be held by the Director of Flight Operations, or his flight
department designee, where practicable, within fifteen (15) calendar days after
receipt of the pilot’s written grievance. Within fifteen (15) calendar days
after the close of such investigation and hearing, the Company shall announce a
decision, in writing, by certified mail or other means of verified delivery to
the grievant. A copy will also be provided to the Union Headquarters.

 

18.2

 

d.            
If the decision by
the Company is adverse to the pilot or Union, the Union may appeal the decision
to Chautauqua Airlines System Board of Adjustment by proper submission to the
Board within thirty (30) days after the Union’s receipt of the decision.

 

D.           
Grievance Mediation

 

Unless the parties agree to by-pass mediation, each
case submitted to the System Board shall be submitted to mediation pursuant to
the procedures outlined below.

 

1.            
Mediation proceedings
conducted pursuant to this paragraph D. will be held in the city where the
general offices of the Company are located or at any other location that the
parties mutually agree on.

 

2.            
Mediators either will
be provided by the National Mediation Board pursuant to a process agreed upon
by the parties or by any other method mutually agreed upon by the
parties.  All mediator fees and expenses, including the cost of any
conference facilities or materials, will be shared equally between the
parties.  Each party will bear the cost and expenses of its participants
in the mediation.

 

3.            
Cases will be
scheduled for mediation conference by mutual agreement of the parties and will
be heard in the order in which they were filed unless the parties agree to a different
order.

 

4.            
The issue mediated
will be the same as the issue the parties have failed to resolve through the
grievance process.  The presentation of evidence is not limited to that
presented at any previous step of the grievance procedure.  The rules of
evidence will not apply, and no transcript of the mediation conference will be
made.

 

5.            
If an individual
grievant(s) does not attend, the Union will have full authority to reach
agreement and to act on behalf of the grievant(s) to resolve the
grievance.  Non-participating observers will not be admitted except by
mutual agreement of the parties.

 

6.            
Each party’s
representatives at the mediation conference will be familiar with and prepared
to discuss the grievance(s) scheduled for that mediation conference.

 

7.            
The mediation process
will be informal.  The mediator has authority to meet both jointly and
separately with the parties; however, the

 

18.3

 

mediator has no authority
to compel resolution of the grievance.

 

8.            
Upon reaching a
settlement, the parties will immediately reduce it to writing, and it will be
signed by the Company, the Union and the grievant, if present.

 

9.            
The record of the
mediation will be closed and inadmissible in any subsequent proceeding unless a
written settlement is reached, in which case the record will be admissible
solely to interpret or apply the settlement, if necessary.

 

10.          
Either party may
request the Mediator give it an oral advisory opinion.

 

11.          
Written material
presented to the Mediator or to the other party shall be returned to the party
presenting that material at the termination of the Mediation Conference.

 

12.          
If a grievance that
had been the subject of a mediation conference is subsequently heard before the
System Board of Adjustment, the mediator may not serve as the Neutral Board
Member of the System Board, nor may he be called as a witness by either party
in the Board’s proceedings.  During the System Board proceedings on such
grievance, no reference will be made to the fact that the grievance was the
subject of a Mediation Conference; nor will there be any reference to
statements made, documents provided, or actions taken by either the Mediator or
participants during the course of a mediation conference, unless the party
offering such statements, documents or actions would have had access or
entitlement to them outside of the mediation conference.

 

13.          
By agreeing to
schedule a mediation conference, the parties are not waiving any procedural
argument(s) that they have regarding the case.  Both the Company and the
Union reserve the right to raise jurisdictional or procedural issues
notwithstanding their agreement to schedule such conference.

 

14.          
The jurisdiction of
the Mediator will not extend to proposed changes in hours of employment, rates
of compensation or working conditions.

 

15.          
Nothing herein will
preclude the parties from agreeing to other or different methods of dispute
resolution.

 

18.4

 

E.            
System Board of
Adjustment

 

1.            
Establishment

 

In compliance with Section 204, Title II of the
Railway Labor Act, as amended, there is hereby established a System Board of
Adjustment for the purpose of adjusting and deciding disputes which may arise
under the terms of the Agreement and which are properly submitted to it, which
Board shall be known as the “Chautauqua Airlines Pilots’ System Board of
Adjustment”, hereinafter referred to as the “Board.”

 

2.            
Membership

 

a.            
The Board shall be
comprised of three (3) members, one (1) selected by the Union, one (1) selected
by the Company, and one (1) neutral member.

 

b.            
The third member
neutral shall be selected by mutual agreement of the parties.  The Company
and the Union, on alternating basis, shall proffer a list of five (5)
arbitrators within thirty (30) days of the System Board filing. Such
arbitrators shall be members of the National Academy of Arbitrators and shall
have aviation arbitration experience. The party to whom the list is proffered
shall select an arbitrator within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the
arbitrator proffer list. If a party fails to select an arbitrator from the
proffered list, or the parties are otherwise unable to agree on the selection
of an arbitrator, either party may request the National Mediation Board to
provide the parties with a panel of seven (7) neutrals who are members of the
National Academy of Arbitrators with aviation arbitration experience. The
parties shall, by the alternate strike method, select an arbitrator from the
panel within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt of the panel. The party who
proffered the original list of arbitrators or whose turn it was to do so shall
have the first strike from the National Mediation Board panel.

 

c.            
The System Board
hearing shall convene within sixty (60) calendar days following the selection
of the arbitrator if the arbitrator proffers available dates within the time
period prescribed.  If the arbitrator is not available within sixty (60)
calendar days, the hearing shall convene as soon as possible thereafter. 
In the event that the arbitrator is not available within six (6) months of
selection, the parties will select another arbitrator in conformity with 2.b.,
above.

 

18.5

 

3.            
Jurisdiction

 

The Board shall have jurisdiction over disputes
between any employee covered by this Agreement and the Company growing out of
grievances or out of interpretation of any of the terms of this Agreement. The
Board shall consider any dispute properly submitted to it by the Union when
such dispute has not been previously settled in accordance with the terms
provided for in this Agreement. The jurisdiction of the Board shall not extend
to changes in hours of employment, rates of compensation or working conditions
covered by existing agreements between the parties herein.

 

4.            
Submission of Dispute

 

a.            
All submission of
disputes properly referred to the Board for consideration shall be addressed to
the Board with one (1) copy each to the Company and the Union, and one (1) copy
for each member. One (1) copy of the submission shall be submitted to the
neutral third member. Such submission shall show:

 

1.            
question or questions
at issue;

 

2.            
statement of facts;

 

3.            
position of the
Union;

 

4.            
the understood
position of the Company; and

 

5.            
the relief sought

 

5.            
Documents, Witnesses,
Evidence and Representation

 

a.            
The Union will
designate its representative and the Company will designate its representative.
Evidence may be presented either orally, or in writing, or both.

 

b.            
The System Board shall,
when requested by the Company representative, by the Union representative, or
by an individual member of the System Board, summon any witnesses who are
employed by the Company or the neutral member may direct the production of
relevant documents deemed necessary by either party to the dispute or by a
System Board member.  Nothing herein shall prohibit an arbitrator from
summoning a non-employee witness upon request of either party.

 

c.            
The number of
witnesses summoned at any time shall not be greater than the number which can
be spared from the

 

18.6

 

Company’s operation without interference with the
services of the Company.

 

6.            
Decisions Final

 

A majority vote of all members of the Board shall be
competent to make a decision. Decisions of the Board in all cases properly
referred to it shall be final and binding upon the parties. Board findings and
decisions shall be in writing and shall be rendered within forty-five (45) days
from the close of the hearing, or as soon as practicable thereafter.

 

7.            
Location of Board
Hearings

 

The Board shall meet in the City where the Company’s
general offices are located unless the parties mutually agree to a different
location.

 

8.            
Rights and Privileges
of Parties

 

Nothing herein shall be construed to limit, restrict
or abridge the rights and privileges accorded to either the pilot employees,
the Union or the Company, or their accredited representatives, under provisions
of the Railway Labor Act, as amended.

 

9.            
Expenses - Board
Members/Witnesses

 

a.            
The expenses of the
Board and the expenses and reasonable compensation of the neutral member will
be borne equally by the parties. Each of the parties will assume the
compensation, travel expenses of their Board Members, witnesses, and
representatives.

 

b.            
The grievant (whether
an employee of the Company or not), employee witnesses, employee board members
and representatives who are employees of the Company shall receive free transportation
on the lines of the Company, from their point of duty or assignment to the
point at which they must appear as witness or representatives, and return, so
far as space is available, to the extent permitted by existing policies and
travel agreements and law.

 

c.            
Employee Board
members shall, when attending meetings or hearings of the Board, receive
on-line Company business positive space passes for Company transportation to
the extent permitted by travel agreements and law.

 

18.7

 

d.            
Should a hearing be
postponed or canceled without mutual consent of the Company and the Union, the
party requesting such postponement or cancellation shall bear any and all
cancellation fees and or expenses incurred by the neutral member.

 

10.           Stenographic Report

 

When it is mutually agreed that a stenographic report
is to be taken of any three-member board hearing, the cost will be borne
equally by both parties to the dispute. In the event it is not mutually agreed
that a stenographic report of proceeding will be taken, any transcripts made by
either party shall be furnished to the other party upon request, provided that
the stenographic costs shall be borne equally by both parties. No stenographic
report or other recordings are permitted at other hearings except by mutual
agreement in advance.

 

11.           Freedom to Discharge Duties

 

Each Board Member shall be free to discharge his duty
in an independent manner without fear that his individual relations with the
Company, with the pilots or with the Union may be affected in any manner by any
action taken by him in good faith in his capacity as a member of the Board.

 

F.            
Resolution of
Disputes -General

 

1.            
Consistent with other
provisions of this article, a pilot shall be entitled to have a Union
representative present at any step of the grievance procedure and at any other
such time a pilot is requested to meet with a member of management where there
exists the potential that such meeting may result in disciplinary action being
taken against the pilot.  Teleconferencing may be used in lieu of
in-person investigations and hearings upon mutual agreement of the parties.

 

2.            
Any time limits
prescribed in this Article may be waived by mutual consent of the Company,
on the one hand, and the grievant or the Union on the other.  If any
hearing or decision required of the Company under the provisions of this
article is not provided within the time limits prescribed herein, or any
extension mutually agreed upon, the pilot may consider the grievance denied and
it shall automatically be appealed to the next step in the grievance procedure
as specified in this Article.

 

3.            
A pilot shall be on
probation for the first twelve (12) months of active service with the Company.
Nothing in this agreement shall

 

18.8

 

be construed to extend the right to arbitrate a
grievance concerning his discipline or discharge to a probationary pilot, or to
require that such discipline or discharge be based on just cause. However, a
probationary pilot shall have the right to submit grievances.

 

4.            
If, as a result of
any hearing or appeal therefrom as provided herein, the grievant is exonerated,
he shall if he has been withheld from service, be reinstated without loss of
seniority and shall be paid for such time lost in an amount which would have
ordinarily been earned had such pilot been continued in service, during such
period. The personnel records shall also be cleared of any and all charges related
to that matter. The Board shall have the authority to order a party to comply
with any provision(s) of the Agreement as necessary to remedy or correct
violations or to require specific performance of a provision of the Agreement.

 

5.            
The periods of time
for hearings, decisions, and appeals established in this section shall be
considered as maximum periods and that when hearings, decisions and appeals can
be handled in a period of less than the maximum time stipulated, every effort
will be made so as to expedite such cases.

 

6.            
Copies of all notices
and decisions shall be mailed to the grievant, and the Union’s Legal
Department. For the purposes of this section, “notice” may be certified mail,
return receipt requested, express delivery, or by hand delivery and, upon
request, may also be faxed.

 

7.            
Personnel File

 

a.            
Pilots shall be
permitted to inspect their personnel file and make copies of any reports
contained in such file by making an appointment with reasonable notice, during
regular business hours.

 

b.            
The Company shall not
place any negative report, or any other material of any unfavorable nature, in
a pilot’s personnel file without providing a copy to the pilot. A pilot shall
be allowed to place in his personnel file his own statement on the incident or
report. Nothing herein shall prevent the Company from verbally counseling a
pilot and documenting such counseling in the pilot’s file.  The Company
cannot use any disciplinary letters, reports or notices of any kind in support
of disciplinary action if the pilot had not been provided with written notice
of the prior disciplinary action at the time discipline was assessed.

 

c.            
If an employee has
not had a documented incident of discipline during a twenty-four (24) month
period, previous

 

18.9

 

matters of discipline and complaint letters will not
be used in assessing future discipline or making performance evaluations. The
twenty-four month record retention period shall be applied retroactively from
the date of signing.

 

d.            
Upon request from a
pilot who has not had a documented incident of discipline during a twenty-four
(24) month period, may require to extent permitted by law, that all previous
letters of discipline be removed from his personnel file.  The twenty-four
month record retention period shall be applied retroactively from the date of
signing.

 

e.            
Nothing in this
paragraph shall apply to training or proficiency matters.

 

8.            
Decisions rendered
pursuant to this Article may not add to, subtract from, or alter the
Agreement in any way but may only interpret or apply it.

 

9.            
Grievants may be
represented at any hearings held pursuant to this Article by a pilot
employee or an authorized employee of the Union.

 

10.          
The procedures set
out in this Article shall be followed only in cases pertaining to and
covering alleged grievances, disputes, claims and causes of action arising or
accruing and filed subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement.

 

18.10

 

ARTICLE
19

DUES
CHECKOFF AND UNION SECURITY

 

A.           
Union Membership

 

As a condition of employment all employees of the
Company who are covered by this Agreement shall, not later than the first month
after the effective date of this Agreement, and monthly thereafter, either
tender to the Union directly or authorize the employer to check off periodic
and uniformly required Union initiation fees, dues and assessments or in the
alternative, service fees in an amount not more than the amount of initiation
fees, dues and assessments.  It shall be a condition of employment that
all crewmembers of the Company covered by this Agreement and hired on or after
its effective date shall, on or before the ninetieth (90th) day
following the beginning of such employment, become and remain members in good
standing in the Union, or in the alternative, tender to the Union monthly dues
required of the Union members, such sums to be recognized as “Service Fee”.

 

B.           
Initiation Fees and
Dues Deduction

 

1.            
The Company shall
deduct from the wages of any employee covered by this Agreement said employee’s
dues and assessments, or service fee, upon receiving the employee’s voluntary
and individual written authorization for the Company to make such deductions,
signed by the employee.  Such authorization form to be provided by the
Union.  It is expressly agreed that no employee shall be deprived of
employment under this article for any reason other than his/her failure to
tender or authorize the check-off of periodic dues, assessments and/or
initiation fees which are uniformly required as a condition of acquiring and
retaining membership in the Union, or service fees and initiation fees, which
shall be not more than the dues, assessments and initiation fees uniformly
required for the Union members.  The Company shall deduct said employee’s
dues and assessments in the month in which the employee is recalled from
furlough or returns from a leave of absence.  In the event the employee is
recalled from furlough or returns from a leave of absence after the dues and
assessments have been deducted for the month, the Company will make a double
deduction in the following month.

 

2.            
The Company shall pay
to the proper officers of the Union the wages withheld for such service fees
and/or Union dues and assessments.  The amount so withheld shall be
deducted from the first paycheck in each month, reported and paid to the Union
within

 

19.1

 

seven (7) days of the issuance of the paychecks. 
The following information will be reported and transmitted with the monthly
checkoff:  employee’s social security number, full name, dues rate,
service fees, rate of pay, category, classification and status of employment.

 

C.           
Indemnification
Clause

 

The Union agrees that it shall indemnify the Company
and hold the Company harmless from any and all claims which may be made by the
employee or employees against the Company by virtue of the wrongful application
or misapplication of any of the terms of this Article.

 

D.           
Dues Collection After
Termination

 

In the event of termination of employment, there shall
be no obligation upon the Company to collect dues until all other deductions
have been made.

 

E.            
Failure to Pay Dues
or Service Fees

 

1.            
If any pilot covered
by this Agreement becomes delinquent in the required payment of the service
charge or if any Union member becomes delinquent in the payment of dues, the
Union may immediately notify such pilot by CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT
REQUESTED, with a copy sent by regular U.S. mail and a copy to the Director of
Flight Operations, that the pilot is delinquent in the payment of such service
charge or membership dues as specified herein and is subject to discharge as a
pilot for the Company.  Such letter shall also notify the pilot that the
required payment must be remitted within a period of thirty (30) days or the
pilot will be discharged.

 

2.            
If upon expiration of
the thirty (30) day period the pilot remains delinquent, the Union may certify
in writing to the Director of Flight Operations, copy to the pilot, that the
pilot has failed to remit payment within a grace period allowed and is to be
discharged.  The Director of Flight Operations shall therefore notify the
pilot within ten (10) days of the receipt of notice from the Union that he is
to be discharged from the service of the Company, of the reason for this
action, and of his rights under this section to appeal this decision.

 

3.            
A pilot who is to be
discharged as a result of the provisions of this Article shall be entitled
to challenge the validity of such action only by using the following procedure:

 

a.            
The pilot must submit
his request for a review within ten (10)

 

19.2

 

days from the date of notification by the Director of
Flight Operations as provided in Paragraph 2, above.  The request must be
submitted to the Director of Flight Operations.  The Director of Flight
Operations or his designee will review the grievance and render a decision in
writing within a reasonable time not to exceed ten (10) days following the
receipt of the grievance, with a copy to the Union.

 

b.            
The decision of the
Director of Flight Operations or his designee shall be final and binding on all
interested parties unless appealed by either the pilot or the Union within
thirty (30) days from the date it was sent.  The appeal shall be submitted
in writing to the Director of Flight Operations who shall with assistance from
the pilot and a representative of the Union, using a random method, select a
neutral referee from the parties’ standing panel of arbitrators, using the
procedures contained in Article 18 (Resolution of Disputes) of this Agreement,
to hear the dispute.  The fees of the neutral referee and all other costs
of the proceeding shall be borne by the Union.

 

4.            
During the pendency
of an appeal by the pilot, pursuant to paragraph 3.b. above, a pilot shall be
in non-pay status and shall not be permitted to fly.

 

5.            
It is understood that
the requirements of paragraph A, above, shall not apply to a pilot during
periods of time he holds a management position.

 

F.            
Employee List

 

The Company will notify the Union each month of all
new hires, terminations, recalls and/or furloughs.  The notification will
include the employee’s name, address, social security number, category,
classification and date of hire, termination, recall or furlough.  A complete
employee list, with bid position, address, telephone number, equipment, and
base will be furnished to the Union quarterly with new crewmembers indicated.

 

G.           
Individual Dues
Payments

 

It shall be the responsibility of any employee who is
not on a dues/assessments or service fee deduction program to keep his/her
membership current by direct payment of monthly dues to the Union.

 

19.3

 

H.           
Dues Deduction Error

 

Should a deduction be missed, or if an insufficient
amount is deducted, the Company will be responsible to make the proper
adjustment the following month.

 

I.             
Bulletin Board

 

The Company will provide space for a Union bulletin
board in all crew rooms.  If the necessary space is not available, the
Company will meet with the Union to discuss alternatives.

 

J.            
Union Access

 

The Company agrees the Union Representative(s) shall
have free access to its operations facilities to transact that which is
necessary for the administration of this Agreement.  The Company further
agrees to provide the Union Representative with proper ID to enter its
operation facilities, if required.

 

K.           
Hospitality Committee

 

The Company agrees to formally set aside a mutually
agreeable period of time during or immediately after each new hire class during
which the Union Hospitality Committee may meet with each new hire class. 
The Company and the Union will mutually agree upon those committee
representatives that will present Hospitality Committee materials during the
new hire class.

 

19.4

 

ARTICLE
20

UNIFORMS

 

A.           
A pilot shall wear
the standard uniform as required in Company regulations at all times in
connection with any event or special assignment where the employee is
identified as a pilot with the Company.

 

B.           
The pilot will be
responsible for the total cost of the initial basic uniform.  The basic
uniform consists of pants, shirts, ties, hat and jacket.

 

C.           
The Company will
provide each pilot with one set of wings, one hat badge, and one pair of
epaulets. The Company will also supply a Captain’s hat after completion of his
upgrade.

 

D.           
The pilot shall be
permitted to wear the official Union insignia on a place visible on the pilot’s
uniform.

 

E.            
The Company will meet
with the EC Chairman, or his designee, to resolve problems involving
procurement of uniform items or before making changes to the uniform.

 

F.            
In the event the
Company changes uniforms, it shall be responsible for supplying each pilot with
the new uniform.

 

G.           
After the first full
year of longevity and after every year of longevity accrued thereafter, the
Company will credit each pilot’s account with the uniform vendor with two
hundred dollars ($200.00) to be used for the replacement of uniform items and
accessories available from a Company-approved vendor.

 

H.           
The price of items
purchased through the Company will be at the Company’s cost.

 

I.             
If a pilot changes
bases requiring a change of uniform, the Company shall be responsible for
supplying the pilot with the new uniform.

 

20.1

 

ARTICLE
21

NEW
AIRCRAFT

 

Should the Company announce its intent to place into revenue service
aircraft other than aircraft for which rates are specified in this Agreement,
the rates for that aircraft will be determined as follows:

 

1.            
The Company will give
the Union notice of its intent to introduce the new equipment at least six (6)
months prior to the estimated scheduled revenue service date, or within thirty
(30) days after entering into the contract for procurement or lease of the new
aircraft type, whichever is later in time.

 

2.            
The parties will meet
within (15) days following written request by either party to negotiate rates
of pay for such aircraft type.  Should negotiations result in an
agreement, the new aircraft type will be flown in accordance with the terms of
the agreement.  If negotiations do not result in an agreement within one
hundred (100) days from the date of commencement of negotiations, either party
may submit the dispute to final and binding interest arbitration.

 

3.            
The dispute shall be
heard before an arbitrator selected in accordance with the procedures set forth
in Article 18 (Resolution of Disputes).

 

4.            
The Hearing will be
conducted as soon as possible but in no event more than three (3) months after
arbitrator selection, unless mutually agreed otherwise. Briefing by the
parties, if any, will be completed within thirty (30) days after the hearing
date. The arbitrator shall issue a decision no later than sixty (60) days after
the close of the hearing or of receipt of the parties brief, whichever is
later.

 

5.            
Upon final agreement,
or issuance of the arbitrators decision, as the case may be, retroactive
compensation, if applicable, will be paid to all pilots who operate a disputed
aircraft type placed in revenue service before the parties’ agreement became
effective or the award issued.

 

6.            
Nothing set forth in
this Article shall prevent the Company from introducing a new aircraft
type into revenue service before agreement is reached over the rates applicable
to that aircraft, as long as the pay rates assigned to such aircraft type are
not less than the rates provided by this Article or the principal
Agreement for aircraft with similar power plant (turboprop or jet) and seat
range that either includes the number of seats in the new aircraft type or has
a seat range not greater than the number seats in the disputed aircraft. 
If the aircraft is smaller (less seats) than any other aircraft for which pay
scales have been established by this Agreement then, subject to the provisions
of this article, the Company will establish a rate for the new aircraft until a
negotiated rate has been agreed to by the parties.  The negotiated rate
will be retroactive to the implementation of the new aircraft type.

 

21.1

 

ARTICLE
22

GENERAL

 

A.           
Property Damage and
Civil Liability Indemnification

 

1.            
A pilot will not be
required to compensate the Company for Company property damaged by the pilot
while performing his duties in a professional and responsible manner with the
Company.

 

2.            
The Company will
continue to provide liability insurance covering pilots while in the
performance of their duties with the Company.  Such coverage shall also
apply to civil actions for damages against a Pilot’s estate.  It is
expressly understood that all indemnification and holding harmless of any Pilot
is limited by the terms and exclusions of the Company’s policy with its
insurers.

 

B.           
Jury Duty

 

When a pilot receives a jury summons he will provide a
copy of the Court Summons to Crew Scheduling at least ten (10) days prior to
the reporting date, if possible.  The pilot will be allowed to resume his
original trip, if practicable, on days he was originally scheduled to fly that
do not conflict with the jury duty.  A pilot on jury duty will have the
option to cash in PDOs for jury duty days.

 

C.           
Agreement
Distribution

 

The Company will supply copies of the Agreement for
distribution to the pilots within thirty (30) days of the signing of the
Agreement.  The Company will also provide trainees with a copy of this
Agreement during initial training.

 

D.           
Recorded Data

 

The Company will not regularly or randomly review
information from a Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), Flight Data Recorder (FDR), or
other electronic monitoring device for the purpose of establishing a basis for
disciplinary action or discharge of a pilot.  Information obtained from
flight monitoring devices should be used to enhance pilot proficiency and
training and shall not be used by the Company to monitor judgment, proficiency,
or adherence to Company policies or Federal Aviation Regulations of a flight
crewmember(s).  In order to review any such data as part of an
investigation that could lead to discipline or discharge, the Company must
either (1) be engaged in the investigation of an accident or incident; or (2) have
an independent reasonable justification for believing that misconduct has
occurred that would be confirmed or refuted by review of the data.  The
pilot(s) will be notified and have the right to review the recorded data.

 

22.1

 

E.            
Masculine Pronouns

 

The masculine pronouns used herein shall include the
feminine, and vice versa, unless clear from the context that reference to the
specific sex was intended.

 

F.            
Pilot Earnings
Statement

 

The Company will make available to the Union on a
monthly basis a statement of pilot earnings in suitable electronic format to
assist the Union with Union dues enforcement.

 

G.           
Death Benefits

 

Upon the death of a pilot, any pay and benefits due
and owing, including unused earned vacation time, shall be paid to the pilot’s
designated beneficiary or estate. The Company shall continue to provide medical
benefits to the pilot’s family until the end of the month following the month
of the pilot’s death.  COBRA rights shall apply thereafter.

 

H.           
Witness Duty

 

A pilot who is subpoenaed to appear as a witness on
behalf of the Company will be paid for trips missed, and in addition will
receive four (4) hours pay for such required appearance on any day off, when
subpoenaed for Company related matters. This provision shall not apply to
witnesses in arbitration proceedings.

 

I.             
Accident
Investigation

 

1.            
The Company will
allow the Union to have two (2) Union designated Go-Team members to participate
in an NTSB accident investigation involving company aircraft.  A pilot
participating in an aircraft accident investigation involving Company aircraft
as a member of the NTSB Go-Team shall do so without loss of pay.  Pilots
shall continue to retain and accrue seniority and longevity while participating
in an aircraft accident investigation.

 

2.            
Up to two (2) Union
Safety Committee Members will be provided “Company Business-Positive Space”
transportation over the Company’s system to any aircraft accident site as
requested in writing by the Union.

 

3.            
The Company shall
provide the Union with a copy of the Company Aircraft Accident Emergency
Response Plan and any amendments thereto.

 

22.2

 

J.            
Committees

 

1.            
Professional
Standards

 

The Union will appoint a Professional Standards
Committee composed of pilots which will confer with the Company on matters
pertaining to the professional proficiency of pilots.  Members of this
Committee will be permitted to observe any training period or proficiency
check.

 

2.            
Safety Committee

 

The Union will appoint a Safety Committee, composed of
pilots, which will confer with the Company on matters pertaining to safety
operations.  Committee members will be permitted to attend any hearing or
investigation of an accident or incident of Company aircraft operated by
pilots, subject to the regulations of the government agency involved.  The
Company will cooperate in releasing such members to participate in such
hearings.

 

3.            
Scheduling Committee

 

The Union will establish a Scheduling Committee which
will meet with the Company for the purpose of facilitating the efficient
operation of Article 6 (Scheduling) of this Agreement.  The
Scheduling Committee will be given access to non-confidential information
regarding aircraft flows, block time reports, scheduled training, check rides,
vacations, leaves of absence and current staffing in order to ensure compliance
with this Agreement.  The Scheduling Committee may submit recommendations
to the Company.  The Company will consider and attempt to accommodate the
Scheduling Committee’s recommendations to the extent that such recommendations
do not compromise efficiency of operations.  When conflicts between the
schedule and FARs or this Agreement are verified, the Company will take
immediate action to resolve such conflicts.

 

4.            
Hotel Committee

 

The Union will establish a Hotel Committee which will
meet with the Company to ascertain the suitability of all accommodations.

 

5.            
Jumpseat Committee

 

The Union will establish a Jumpseat Committee for the
purpose of facilitating reciprocal jumpseat agreements, subject to applicable
laws and regulations; provided, however, that final authority for

 

22.3

 

jumpseat agreements lies with the Company.  The
Company will make available a list of all reciprocal jumpseat agreements to the
pilots.

 

K.           
Travel Privileges

 

1.            
Employee Travel
Manual

 

The Company will publish all Company-related travel
benefits and privileges, including travel benefits and privileges associated
with each code share partner.  The Company will endeavor to negotiate
travel benefits and privileges for each code share partner.  All travel
benefits and privileges related to a code sharing partner will be made
available to all crewmembers.

 

2.            
Buddy/Companion
Passes

 

Pilots will receive buddy passes over the lines of the
Company.  Station Managers who are employees of the Company, or their
designees, shall have the authority to issue buddy pass tickets.

 

L.            
Pass, Interline/Code
Share, and Jumpseat Policies.

 

1.            
Pilots on the active
payroll of the Company and pilots retired from the Company with ten (10) or
more years of active service shall be entitled to all the provisions of the
Company’s pass policy accorded other Company employees.

 

2.            
A Pilot who abuses
the Company’s pass policy shall be subject to loss of privileges.

 

3.            
The Company shall
endeavor to negotiate favorable interline/code share agreements (inclusive of
jump seat privileges).

 

4.            
The Company will
issue documentation necessary to enable any person entitled to pass privileges
to exercise those privileges, as efficiently as reasonably possible.  In
those stations where the Company has direct control over the pass policies,
Chautauqua employee travel cards will be used if issued by the Company.

 

5.            
In the event of the
death of a pilot, the surviving spouse will be entitled to pass privileges for
a period of one (1) year, to the extent permitted by law and travel code
sharing agreements.

 

6.            
The Company shall
make available to each Pilot an Airline Interline/Code Share Agreement List,
updated when there are

 

22.4

 

substantial changes.  The Travel Pass Policies
for the Pilots will be no less favorable than those afforded to all other
employees of the Company not covered by this Agreement.

 

7.            
Designated Union
business representatives will be provided space available travel on the
Company’s system for the purpose of administering this Agreement.  The
Company will furnish the Union a copy of the Pass policy.

 

8.            
The Company will
furnish the Union a copy of the Pass policy.

 

M.          
Payment for Equipment
and Training.

 

1.            
Except for initial
new hire training, or any training agreement associated with such initial new
hire training, all training of pilots at the Company shall be at Company
expense.  Ground school, simulator and flight training, training
facilities, training aids, written training materials and equipment utilized
for such training will be provided at no cost to the pilot.

 

2.            
Pilots will not be
required to pay for the use of any equipment required in scheduled
operations.  The Company will provide Jeppesen Charts or other approved
D.O.T. charts (with current revisions) to all pilots or alternatively, two sets
per aircraft, for all FAA approved destinations and alternates in the Company’s
operations specifications.

 

3.            
Manuals issued to
Pilots by the Company will be paid for by the Company.  Each Pilot must
maintain his manual in good condition at all times.  Any Pilot who
transitions to another aircraft-type or terminates employment shall return
previously issued manuals in current, good condition, normal wear and tear
excepted.  If a Company-provided manual is lost or negligently damaged,
the pilot shall reimburse the Company for the cost of replacement.

 

N.           
Notices to Pilots

 

All notices to pilots involving base assignments,
promotions, demotions, furloughs, recalls, and leaves of absence shall be
published by the Company at each base.  Copies of furloughs, recalls and
leaves of absence will be sent to the Union.

 

O.           
LOA Distribution

 

The Company will publish and distribute to all pilots
any and all Letters of Agreement between the Company and the Union.  Said
letters shall be the same size and format as the Collective Bargaining
Agreement.

 

22.5

 

P.            
Personal Information
Change

 

A pilot will immediately notify the Company of any
change of address or telephone contact number.

 

Q.           
ID Cards

 

The Company will furnish an identification card to
each pilot.  Pilots will bear the cost of replacement if lost.

 

R.           
Commuter Policy

 

1.            
A pilot must list on
at least two (2) flights with available seats, no more than forty-eight (48)
hours in advance, on line, on code sharing partners, or off line with
acceptable documentation, all of which would position the pilot in time for his
assignment.

 

2.            
If a pilot has
performed paragraph R.1. above and through no fault of the pilot, does not
arrive in time for his trip pairing and notifies the Company as soon as practicable,
then the Company will take no disciplinary action against the pilot, subject to
paragraph R.5 below.

 

3.            
The pilot shall
report in his domicile as soon as possible and shall be subject to reassignment
or reserve duty for the remainder of the trip pairing for that day.  The
Company will attempt to place the pilot back on his original trip as soon as
practicable as long as the trip has not been awarded to a pilot on his day
off.  If assigned to another trip, such trip must be scheduled for
completion no more than two (2) hours later than the original trip hour period,
unless the pilot agrees to a later schedule completion.

 

4.            
The pilot’s guarantee
will be reduced by the amount of flight time of the missed trips.  From
the point that the pilot was able to fly the trip pairing, the pilot shall be
paid the greater of actual flight time or his scheduled flight time.

 

5.            
A pilot may use the
commuter policy protection no more than two (2) times in any six (6) month period.

 

S.            
Alcohol/Drug Testing

 

1.            
The Company will
maintain and administer drug and alcohol testing programs in accordance with
applicable laws and regulations.

 

2.            
All pilots will be
provided with a copy of the Company’s FAA-approved drug and alcohol program.

 

22.6

 

ARTICLE
23

HOURS OF
SERVICE

 

A.           
Rest Periods

 

1.            
Scheduled Rest

 

a.            
In domicile, a pilot
will be scheduled with a minimum of ten (10) hours of rest between duty periods
(from release time until next report time).

 

b.            
When away from
domicile, a pilot will not be scheduled for less than eight and one half (8.5)
hours of rest (from release time until next report time).

 

2.            
Actual Rest

 

a.            
A pilot will receive
no less than eight (8) hours between duty periods (from release time until next
report time)

 

b.            
If a pilot’s
scheduled or actual rest is nine (9) hours or less and the hotel transportation
has not arrived thirty (30) minutes after the block in time, the crew may use a
taxi to get to the hotel.  A pilot using a taxi pursuant to this paragraph
must contact Crew Scheduling, if possible, to advise them of the circumstances
prior to calling for the taxi.

 

B.           
Duty Time Limitations

 

1.            
A pilot will not be
scheduled or rescheduled for a duty period in excess of fourteen (14) hours,
including deadhead (except for a deadhead on the last leg of a duty period),
unless by consent of the pilot, except that a CDO may be scheduled for up to
fifteen (15) hours.  Actual duty time shall not exceed sixteen (16) hours.

 

2.            
A pilot scheduled for
a reduced rest overnight will be scheduled for no more than ten (10) hours of
duty in his next duty period.

 

3.            
A pilot’s duty time
for a flight, trip or trip pairing shall commence at the later of the pilot’s
scheduled report time or actual report time.  Report time shall be
scheduled for forty-five (45) minutes prior to departure time of the first
flight of the day at the pilot’s base and thirty (30) minutes at field stations
but may be extended to forty-five (45) minutes at the Company’s
discretion.  Check-in may be reduced with the pilot’s concurrence. 
Duty time will end fifteen (15) minutes after block in or upon completion of
any duty assigned by

 

23.1

 

the Company, whichever is later.  If clearing
customs, repositioning an aircraft, or a combination thereof, duty time will
end thirty (30) minutes after block in time.

 

4.            
Duty time for
multiple day trip pairings will begin and end at a pilot’s domicile.

 

5.            
Trip pairings will
not be scheduled in excess of five (5) consecutive days and if scheduled for
five (5) days, the fifth day may only be one leg returning the pilot to
domicile.

 

6.            
A duty period will
contain a maximum of nine (9) flying legs.  This may be extended to ten
(10) with the Scheduling Committee’s concurrence on a bid month basis.

 

7.            
Except in unusual
circumstances, a duty period will contain a maximum of three (3) scheduled
consecutive round trips to the same destination.

 

C.           
Flight Time
Limitations

 

A pilot will not be scheduled for more than:

 

1.            
Eight (8) hours of
block time in a duty period.

 

2.            
Thirty (30) hours of
block time in any seven (7) day period.

 

3.            
One hundred (100)
hours of block time in a calendar month.

 

D.           
Days Off

 

1.            
The Company will
schedule lineholders with at least twelve (12) days off in domicile per bid
period.  A pilot holding a reserve line will be scheduled for at least
eleven (11) days off in domicile per bid period.  A pilot in training will
be scheduled for days off during such training in accordance with Articles 6 and
10 (Scheduling/Training).

 

2.            
Regular, composite
and reserve lines will be scheduled with one (1) period of at least three (3)
consecutive days off.  All other periods of days off will be scheduled as
groups of at least two (2) days, except for the first and last day of the
month, which can be a single day off.

 

3.            
If a pilot is
unavailable for flight duty for a part of a bid period, his minimum scheduled
days off will be prorated.  A pilot is unavailable if he cannot perform flight
duty because, e.g., of lack of current qualification or leaves, excluding sick
leave and bereavement leave.

 

23.2

 

4.            
A pilot will not be
scheduled/rescheduled to perform any duty, including ground school, for more
than six (6) consecutive days without a calendar day off.

 

5.            
In no case will any
pilot be reduced below his minimum days off in domicile without receiving a
replacement day off in the same month or in the following month.

 

6.            
Hard line and buildup
line holders may waive the requirements of this Article voluntarily in the
construction of their lines.

 

7.            
A pilot who
voluntarily reduced his days off will not be entitled to replacement day(s)
off.

 

E.            
Notification

 

1.            
The Company will
maintain a standard method of notifying a pilot if scheduled departure time
will be appreciably delayed (more than one (1) hour) or canceled.  A pilot
will be notified as far in advance as is practicable.

 

2.            
The Company will not
contact an off duty pilot between 2200 and 0600 local domicile time.  The
following exceptions apply:

 

a.            
If there is a change
in the pilot’s schedule, the pilot may be called one (1) hour prior to the
original or revised report time, whichever is earlier, provided the call is
made to minimize the disruption to the pilot’s rest.  No more than one (1)
personal contact will be made during that period by the Company for this
reason.

 

b.            
A pilot on reserve
may be contacted during his period of reserve availability.

 

c.            
A pilot off duty may
be contacted when the operational requirements dictate.

 

3.            
Pilots on layovers
will be notified following the procedures of Article 6 (Scheduling).

 

4.            
A pilot who is unable
to report for duty will notify Crew Scheduling as far in advance as
practicable.

 

5.            
A pilot will not be
required to keep the Company notified of his whereabouts on his days off.

 

23.3

 

F.            
Fatigue

 

Even though a pilot may be legal under the FARs, he
has the obligation to advise the Company that, in his honest opinion, safety
will be compromised due to fatigue if he operates as scheduled or
rescheduled.  This advisement must be furnished to Crew Scheduling at the
earliest possible time to allow for the least possible disruption to service.

 

23.4

 

ARTICLE
24

MISSING,
INTERNMENT, HOSTAGE OR PRISONER OF WAR BENEFITS

 

A.           
Any pilot who, while
in the performance of duties for the Company, through no fault of his own
becomes missing, is illegally interned, is held as a prisoner of war, is
hijacked or is held hostage shall accrue seniority and longevity credit, and
shall receive the following benefits until he/she returns to active employment
with the Company or as otherwise provided in this article:

 

1.            
The average monthly
compensation he received during the highest paid three (3) months of the last
six (6) full months he worked with the Company, less legally mandated
deductions and deductions previously authorized by the pilot. Where such pilot
would be entitled to longevity raises, the pilot shall be paid in accordance
with those raises.

 

2.            
Continuation of
travel benefits for dependents of said pilot.

 

3.            
Contributions that
were being paid by the pilot and deducted from his wages will continue to be
deducted from wages paid under this internment benefit.

 

4.            
Full accrual of
vacation and sick leave credit.

 

B.           
In cases in which it
is not apparent whether the pilot is involuntarily or unlawfully detained, the
above benefits will be paid retroactively if such status is later confirmed.

 

C.           
In the event that the
Union has concerns regarding the security of pilots in foreign locations, the
parties shall promptly meet and confer regarding appropriate security measures
to be taken in light of the risk reasonably expected to be incurred. Any
security measures reasonably required shall be promptly implemented.

 

D.           
If death is
established, or if there is sufficient presumption of death, all benefits set
forth in A. above shall cease and death and survivor benefits shall be paid.

 

E.            
If the parties are
unable to confirm whether a pilot who is interned or unlawfully detained is
alive or dead, compensation and other benefits shall continue to be paid by the
Company to the beneficiaries (or trust account) indicated in the pilot’s letter
of instruction to the Company for a period of eighteen (18) months, after such
pilot was last known to be alive.  At the end of that eighteen (18) month
period, if the pilot’s status is still unconfirmed, death and survivor benefits
shall be paid.

 

F.            
If a pilot who has
been paid death/survivor benefits pursuant to this Article

 

24.1

 

is later found to be alive, he shall receive
retroactively the difference in pay between the total compensation (including
death benefits) paid by the Company under this section and the monthly
amounts he would have been due under this section had the Company known he
was alive.  If the pilot remains interned or imprisoned, monthly payments
shall then be resumed for the duration of internment or imprisonment.  If
the death/survivor benefits are greater than the benefits provided pursuant to
this section, the pilot shall reimburse the Company for the excess received.

 

G.           
The monthly
compensation set forth in Paragraph A. above, will be credited to such pilot on
the books of the Company and will be distributed according to written
directions from the pilot.  The Company will require each pilot to execute
and deliver to the Company a written direction in the form set forth in
Paragraph I. below.

 

H.           
If a pilot due
compensation under this Article has not completed a direction per
Paragraph G. above, or the written direction does not cover the situation, such
compensation will be held in an interest bearing account at a federally-insured
financial institution until the pilot is found or released and is able to claim
the compensation.  In the event of the pilot’s death, the proceeds of said
account will be paid to the legal representative of the pilot’s estate.

 

24.2

 

Form of Written Direction

 

WRITTEN DIRECTION FOR DISBURSEMENT OF BENEFITS

 

TO:         Chautauqua Airlines, Inc.

 

DATE:

 

In the event payment directly to me is not possible,
you are hereby directed to pay all monthly compensation due me and any other
benefits stipulated in the Agreement as follows:

 

$        or
        % per month to (name)
                        ,
(address)
                                                                ,
as long as living, and thereafter to (name)
                                        ,
(address)
                                                        . 
The balance, if any amounts accruing after the death of the persons named above
shall be held for me and distributed as stipulated in Article 24,
Paragraph D. of the Agreement.

 

The foregoing directions may be modified from time to
time by letter addressed to the Company and signed by the undersigned. 
Any such modification shall become effective as of the postmarked date of the
letter.

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  (Signature)

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   (Print name)

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   (Employee number)

  	
   

  

 

24.3

 

ARTICLE
25

DURATION

 

This Agreement shall be come effective on the date of signing and shall
continue in full force and effect until October 17, 2007 and shall
renew itself without change until each succeeding October 17th
thereafter unless written notice of an intended change is served in accordance
with Section 6, Title 1, of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, by either
party hereto at least 30 days, but not more than 180 days, prior to October 17,
2007 or any October 17th of any subsequent year.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed this Agreement on
the 17th day of October, 2003.

 

	
  FOR CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES

  	
   

  	
  FOR THE INTERNATIONAL

  BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS

  LOCAL 747

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/ Bryan Bedford

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ E.E. Sowell

  	
   

  
	
  Bryan Bedford

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  E.E. Sowell, General Counsel

  	
   

  
	
  Chief Executive Officer

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  IBT Local 747

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/ Wayne Heller

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Don Treichler

  	
   

  
	
  Wayne Heller

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Don Treichler, Director

  	
   

  
	
  Chief Operating Officer

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Airline Division

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/ Paul Kinstedt

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Tiffany Moline

  	
   

  
	
  Paul Kinstedt

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Tiffany Moline

  	
   

  
	
  Director of Systems Operations

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Business Agent

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Timothy M. Maloney

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Captain Tim Maloney

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Negotiating Team Member

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Daniel Sneddon

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Captain Dan Sneddon

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Negotiating Team Member

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Anthony Campo

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Captain Anthony Campo

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Negotiating Team Member

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Stuart Currie

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Captain Stuart Currie

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Negotiating Team Member

  	
   

  

 

25.1

 

Hours of Service D.2.

 

LETTER OF AGREEMENT #1

between

CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES, INC.

and

The Pilots in the service
of

CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES, INC.

as represented by

THE INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 747

 

This LETTER OF AGREEMENT is made and entered into in
accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, by and
between CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), and the
pilots in the service of the Company, as represented by THE INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 747 (hereinafter referred to as the “Union”).

 

The parties agree as follows:

 

At any time
until         days after execution of
the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Company and the Union (the
“Agreement”), if the Union or the Company desires to amend Article 23.D.2.
of the Agreement because such paragraph is determined to be unsatisfactory as
applied in a PBS environment, either the Union or the Company may request to
meet and confer regarding possible revisions to Article 23.D.2. of the
Agreement.  Upon such request, the parties will meet and confer within
thirty (30) days of the receipt of such request.  Such negotiations shall
not extend for more than thirty (30) days after they have begun.  The
parties may mutually agree to amend Article 23.D.2. of the
Agreement.  In the absence of a mutual agreement to amend
Article 23.D.2. within the timeframe specified above, Article 23.D.2.
of the Agreement will remain unchanged.  Such conference shall not
constitute negotiations pursuant to Section 6 of the Railway Labor Act.

 

1

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have signed this Letter of

Agreement this 17th day of October, 2003.

 

	
  FOR CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES

  	
   

  	
  FOR THE INTERNATIONAL

  BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS

  LOCAL 747

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/ Bryan Bedford

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ E.E. Sowell

  	
   

  
	
  Bryan Bedford

  	
   

  	
  E.E. Sowell, General Counsel

  	
   

  
	
  Chief Executive Officer

  	
   

  	
  Secretary-Treasurer

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  IBT Local 747

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/ Wayne Heller

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Don Treichler

  	
   

  
	
  Wayne Heller

  	
   

  	
  Don Treichler, Director

  	
   

  
	
  Chief Operating Officer

  	
   

  	
  Airline Division

  	
   

  

 

2

 

Signing Bonus

 

LETTER OF AGREEMENT #2

between

CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES, INC.

and

The Pilots in the service
of

CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES, INC.

as represented by

THE INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 747

 

This LETTER OF AGREEMENT is made and entered into in
accordance with Title II of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, by and between
CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), and the pilots
in the service of the Company, as represented by THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD
OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 747 (hereinafter referred to as the “Union”).

 

The parties agree as follows:

 

1.            
As a signing bonus,
the Company will pay each pilot four percent (4%) of W2 wages from
November 1, 2001 to September 30, 2003.

 

2.            
Such payment will be
made to pilots on the seniority list as of September 30, 2003.

 

3.            
Fifty percent (50%)
of the signing bonus will be paid no later than ninety (90) days from date of
ratification.  The remaining payment will be made no later than
March 31, 2004.

 

4.            
The pilot may elect
to contribute his bonus to his 401(k) in accordance with the limitations of the
current plan and IRS plan limitations.

 

This LETTER OF AGREEMENT will become effective on the
date of its ratification and will run concurrently with the Agreement.

 

3

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have signed this Letter of

Agreement this 17th day of October, 2003.

 

	
  FOR CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES

  	
   

  	
  FOR THE INTERNATIONAL

  BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS

  LOCAL 747

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/ Bryan Bedford

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ E.E. Sowell

  	
   

  
	
  Bryan Bedford

  	
   

  	
  E.E. Sowell, General Counsel

  	
   

  
	
  Chief Executive Officer

  	
   

  	
  Secretary-Treasurer

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  IBT Local 747

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/ Wayne Heller

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Don Treichler

  	
   

  
	
  Wayne Heller

  	
   

  	
  Don Treichler, Director

  	
   

  
	
  Chief Operating Officer

  	
   

  	
  Airline Division

  	
   

  

 

4

 

Scheduling agreement
prior to PBS

 

LETTER OF AGREEMENT #3

between

CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES, INC.

and

The Pilots in the service
of

CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES, INC.

as represented by

THE INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 747

 

THIS LETTER OF AGREEMENT is made and entered into in
accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, by and
between CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES, INC., (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”)
and the INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS (hereinafter referred to as the
“Union”).

 

WHEREAS the Company and the Union have agreed to the
implementation of a Preferential Bid System (PBS), and the Scheduling
Article of the Basic Agreement is designed for the application of PBS; and

 

WHEREAS it will be necessary first to select a vendor
for PBS, followed by actual design and implementation of the system,

 

NOW, THEREFORE the Parties agree to the following
interim provisions pending full PBS implementaion:

 

1.            
Until full PBS
implementation, the schedule construction, bid and award procedures contained
in Article 6.B, 6.C and 6.D of the Agreement dated November 17, 1998,
shall remain in effect.

 

2.            
Until full PBS
implementation, the provisions of Article 6.C, 6.F.1, 6.F.2, 6.F.3, 6.F.4,
6.F.6, 6.F.8 and 6.F.9 of the new Basic Agreement shall not be in effect.

 

3.            
Full PBS
implementation shall occur no later than the first bid period commencing after
9 months following ratification of the new Basic Agreement.

 

5

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have signed this Letter of

Agreement this 17th day of October, 2003.

 

	
  FOR CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES

  	
   

  	
  FOR THE INTERNATIONAL

  BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS

  LOCAL 747

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/ Bryan Bedford

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ E.E. Sowell

  	
   

  
	
  Bryan Bedford

  	
   

  	
  E.E. Sowell, General Counsel

  	
   

  
	
  Chief Executive Officer

  	
   

  	
  Secretary-Treasurer

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  IBT Local 747

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/ Wayne Heller

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Don Treichler

  	
   

  
	
  Wayne Heller

  	
   

  	
  Don Treichler, Director

  	
   

  
	
  Chief Operating Officer

  	
   

  	
  Airline Division

  	
   

  

 

6

 

Jets for Jobs

 

LETTER OF AGREEMENT #4

between

CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES, INC.

and

The Pilots in the service
of

CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES, INC.

as represented by

THE INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 747

 

THIS LETTER OF AGREEMENT is made and entered into in
accordance with Title 11 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, by and between
Chautauqua Airlines, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) and the
airline pilots in the employ of Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., as represented by
the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 747 (hereinafter referred to
as the “Union”).

 

Except as otherwise provided herein, the basic
Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Company and the Union (the
“Agreement) will apply and govern the terms and conditions of employment of
pilots covered by the Agreement.

 

WHEREAS US Airways, Inc. and the airline pilots in the
service of US Airways, Inc., as represented by The Air Line Pilots Association
(ALPA), have executed the attached Letter of Agreement #81 (with attachments B,
B-1 and B-3) entitled “Immediate Small Jets”, as modified by Letter of
Agreement #83 entitled “Accelerated Small Jets”, and by Attachment A to Letter
of Agreement #84, entitled “Supplementary Cost Reductions”, wherein ALPA and US
Airways have agreed to an exception to the basic scope provision contained in
the parties’ Collective Bargaining Agreement to allow carriers other than US
Airways, Inc. operating under US Airways designator code, name, logo or marketing
agreement (hereinafter referred to as “Affiliate Carriers”) to operate
additional small jets; and

 

WHEREAS US Airways, Inc. has agreed with the ALPA, as
an irrevocable condition for affiliate carriers to operate the additional small
jets, that the Affiliate Carrier must agree to staff at least fifty percent
(50%) of the new vacancies and one hundred percent (100%) of the backfill
positions (Captain and First Officers) with US Airways pilots who have been or
may be furloughed in addition to other provisions of LOA #81, LOA #83 and LOA
#84 and all attachments thereto; and

 

WHEREAS the Company and the Union (the “Parties”) have
agreed, subject to ratification by the pilots of Chautauqua Airlines, Inc.,
upon certain modifications to the Agreement for the acquisition and operation
of immediate and/or accelerated small jet aircraft.

 

7

 

NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

 

A.           
US Airways Jets for
Jobs

 

The terms of LOA #81 (Immediate Small Jets), including
Attachment B (Small Jets), Attachment B-1 (Affected Pilot List), and Attachment
B-3 (Jets for Jobs Protocol) as modified by LOA #83 (Accelerated Small Jets),
and Attachment A to LOA #84 (Supplementary Cost Reductions) that are relevant
to and modify the parties’ current Collective Bargaining Agreement and are not
inconsistent with this Letter of Agreement and are agreed to and incorporated
herein by reference.

 

B.           
Seniority

 

The names of any U pilot accepting employment with
Chautauqua Airlines, Inc. will be attached to the bottom of the Chautauqua
Airlines Pilots System Seniority List in effect at such time of commencement of
employment with the Company in accordance with the Collective Bargaining
Agreement.

 

C.           
Restrictions

 

1.            
Any U pilot, as
defined in LOA #81, who voluntarily bids for flying outside the aircraft
covered by the Jets for Jobs terms and conditions will cease to be a U pilot
covered by LOA #81/#83/#84 and will no longer be afforded the protections of
LOA #81/#83/#84, or any subsequent small jet agreement reached between US
Airways and ALPA, so long as he remains in the employ of the Company.

 

2.            
In the event of a
reduction of the number of aircraft flown by the Company under code sharing
agreement with US Airways, Jets for Jobs aircraft shall be eliminated first
before a reduction in the number of US Airways non-Jets for Jobs aircraft.

 

3.            
Any new pilot base
created because of the acquisition of any immediate small jet under LOA #81 or
LOA #83 must be staffed at least fifty percent (50%) by non-U pilots.

 

D.           
Thirty-Two (32)
Accelerated Small Jet Limit

 

The Company shall operate no more than thirty-two (32)
additional small jets under the terms of LOA #81, LOA #83 or any subsequent
ALPA/US Airways Jet for Jobs Agreement without the express written agreement
with the IBT.

 

8

 

E.            
Access to Information

 

The Company will provide the Union with the following
information to allow the Union to monitor compliance with LOA #81 and LOA #83
and the terms of this Agreement:

 

1.            
After the Company and
US Airways reach a commercial agreement pursuant to LOA #81 and LOA #83, the
Company will provide information on the Company’s expected aircraft delivery
schedule and pilot hiring schedules associated with that agreement.

 

2.            
All information in
paragraph 6, Attachment A (the Protocol) to LOA #81, required to be furnished
to the ALPA by US Airways, as such information relates to Chautauqua, shall
also be sent to the Secretary/Treasurer of IBT Local 747.

 

F.            
Conflict

 

In the event of any conflict between this Letter of
Agreement and the terms of LOA #81/#83/#84, the terms of LOA #81/#83/#84 shall
apply.

 

G.           
Duration of Letter of
Agreement

 

This Letter of Agreement will become effective on the
date of its signing and will remain in full force and effect concurrent with
the Agreement and any amendments thereto provided, however, this Letter of
Agreement will become null and void under either of the following
circumstances:

 

1.            
LOA #81 or LOA #83 is
rendered null and void; or

 

2.            
Chautauqua Airlines,
Inc. does not acquire any additional small jets in conformity with LOA #81 and
LOA #83.

 

G.           
Expedited Board of Adjustment
Procedures

 

Should any dispute arise over the interpretation of
this Agreement or over compliance with its terms, such dispute shall be
resolved on an expedited basis directly before a neutral arbitrator mutually
agreeable to both parties.  If a mutually agreed upon arbitrator cannot be
selected within ten (10) days of the grievance filing, either party may request
the National Mediation Board to provide the parties with a panel of seven (7)
neutrals who are members of the National Academy of Arbitrators with aviation
arbitration experience.  The parties shall, by the alternate strike
method, select an arbitrator from the panel within fifteen (15) calendar days
of receipt of the panel.  The party who requested the neutrals shall have
first strike from the National Mediation Board panel.  The dispute shall
be heard no later than thirty (30) days after selection of the arbitrator
(subject to the availability of the arbitrator) and shall be decided no later
than thirty (30) days following the hearing, unless the parties agree otherwise
in writing.

 

9

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties have
signed this Letter of Agreement this 17th day of October, 2003.

 

	
  FOR CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES

  	
   

  	
  FOR THE INTERNATIONAL

  BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS

  LOCAL 747

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/ Bryan Bedford

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ E.E. Sowell

  	
   

  
	
  Bryan Bedford

  	
   

  	
  E.E. Sowell, General Counsel

  	
   

  
	
  Chief Executive Officer

  	
   

  	
  Secretary-Treasurer

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  IBT Local 747

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/ Wayne Heller

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Don Treichler

  	
   

  
	
  Wayne Heller

  	
   

  	
  Don Treichler, Director

  	
   

  
	
  Chief Operating Officer

  	
   

  	
  Airline Division

  	
   

  

 

10

 

Binding of Parent

 

LETTER OF AGREEMENT #5

between

REPUBLIC AIRWAYS
HOLDINGS, INC.

and

The Pilots in the service
of

CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES, INC.

as represented by

THE INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 747

 

This LETTER OF AGREEMENT is made and entered into in
accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, by and
between REPUBLIC AIRWAYS HOLDINGS, INC. (hereinafter referred to as the “Parent
of the Company”) (Chautauqua Airlines, Inc. and any other Subsidiary of the
Parent), and the pilots in the service of the Company, as represented by THE
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 747 (hereinafter referred to as
the “Union”).

 

In consideration for the promises and inducements
contained in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Company and the
Union dated October 17, 2003, the Parent hereby agrees to be bound
by the terms applicable to it as set out in Article 1 or any other related
section of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Company and the
Union.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed
this Letter of Agreement this 17th day of October, 2003.

 

	
  FOR REPUBLIC AIRWAYS HOLDINGS, INC.

  	
   

  	
  FOR THE INTERNATIONAL

  BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS

  LOCAL 747

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/ Bryan Bedford

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ E.E. Sowell

  	
   

  
	
  Bryan Bedford

  	
   

  	
  E.E. Sowell, General Counsel

  	
   

  
	
  Chief Executive Officer

  	
   

  	
  Secretary-Treasurer

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  IBT Local 747

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Don Treichler

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Don Treichler, Director

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Airline Division

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

11

 

Appendix A

 

	
  AmericanConn.

  City Pair

  	
   

  	
  Avg
  Block

  Minutes

  	
   

  	
  DeltaConn

  City Pair

  	
   

  	
  Avg
  Block

  Minutes

  	
   

  	
  USExp

  City Pair

  	
   

  	
  Avg
  Block

  Minutes

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  BNA-STL

  	
   

  	
  70

  	
   

  	
  BHM-DFW

  	
   

  	
  122

  	
   

  	
  ALB-DCA

  	
   

  	
  71

  	
   

  
	
  STL-BNA

  	
   

  	
  70

  	
   

  	
  DFW-BMH

  	
   

  	
  110

  	
   

  	
  DCA-ALB

  	
   

  	
  82

  	
   

  
	
  CID-STL

  	
   

  	
  58

  	
   

  	
  BMH-MCO

  	
   

  	
  90

  	
   

  	
  ALB-PHL

  	
   

  	
  71

  	
   

  
	
  STL-CID

  	
   

  	
  63

  	
   

  	
  MCO-BMH

  	
   

  	
  95

  	
   

  	
  PHL-ALB

  	
   

  	
  67

  	
   

  
	
  CLT-STL

  	
   

  	
  124

  	
   

  	
  BNA-FLL

  	
   

  	
  135

  	
   

  	
  BDL-DCA

  	
   

  	
  84

  	
   

  
	
  STL-CLT

  	
   

  	
  99

  	
   

  	
  FLL-BNA

  	
   

  	
  130

  	
   

  	
  DCA-BDL

  	
   

  	
  74

  	
   

  
	
  CMH-CVG

  	
   

  	
  45

  	
   

  	
  BNA-MCO

  	
   

  	
  104

  	
   

  	
  BGR-LGA

  	
   

  	
  85

  	
   

  
	
  CVG-CMH

  	
   

  	
  40

  	
   

  	
  MCO-BNA

  	
   

  	
  115

  	
   

  	
  LGA-BGR

  	
   

  	
  86

  	
   

  
	
  CMH-DAY

  	
   

  	
  40

  	
   

  	
  BOS-CMH

  	
   

  	
  124

  	
   

  	
  BGR-PIT

  	
   

  	
  124

  	
   

  
	
  DAY-CMH

  	
   

  	
  40

  	
   

  	
  CMH-BOS

  	
   

  	
  110

  	
   

  	
  PIT-BGR

  	
   

  	
  111

  	
   

  
	
  CMH-PIT

  	
   

  	
  50

  	
   

  	
  CAE-MCO

  	
   

  	
  72

  	
   

  	
  BNA-PHL

  	
   

  	
  134

  	
   

  
	
  PIT-CMH

  	
   

  	
  45

  	
   

  	
  MCO-CAE

  	
   

  	
  75

  	
   

  	
  PHL-BNA

  	
   

  	
  132

  	
   

  
	
  CVG-IND

  	
   

  	
  40

  	
   

  	
  CMH-DFW

  	
   

  	
  170

  	
   

  	
  BOS-BUF

  	
   

  	
  94

  	
   

  
	
  IND-CVG

  	
   

  	
  42

  	
   

  	
  DFW-CMH

  	
   

  	
  144

  	
   

  	
  BUF-BOS

  	
   

  	
  84

  	
   

  
	
  CVG-STL

  	
   

  	
  83

  	
   

  	
  CMH-FLL

  	
   

  	
  150

  	
   

  	
  BOS-GSO

  	
   

  	
  125

  	
   

  
	
  STL-CVG

  	
   

  	
  79

  	
   

  	
  FLL-CMH

  	
   

  	
  162

  	
   

  	
  GSO-BOS

  	
   

  	
  116

  	
   

  
	
  DAY-STL

  	
   

  	
  84

  	
   

  	
  CMH-JFK

  	
   

  	
  110

  	
   

  	
  BOS-IND

  	
   

  	
  158

  	
   

  
	
  STL-DAY

  	
   

  	
  77

  	
   

  	
  JFK-CMH

  	
   

  	
  106

  	
   

  	
  IND-BOS

  	
   

  	
  134

  	
   

  
	
  DSM-STL

  	
   

  	
  60

  	
   

  	
  CMH-LGA

  	
   

  	
  96

  	
   

  	
  BOS-MYR

  	
   

  	
  142

  	
   

  
	
  STL-DSM

  	
   

  	
  70

  	
   

  	
  LGA-CMH

  	
   

  	
  111

  	
   

  	
  MYR-BOS

  	
   

  	
  123

  	
   

  
	
  FSD-STL

  	
   

  	
  89

  	
   

  	
  CMH-MCO

  	
   

  	
  135

  	
   

  	
  BOS-PIT

  	
   

  	
  108

  	
   

  
	
  STL-FSD

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  MCO-CMH

  	
   

  	
  130

  	
   

  	
  PIT-BOS

  	
   

  	
  99

  	
   

  
	
  IAH-STL

  	
   

  	
  135

  	
   

  	
  CMH-RSW

  	
   

  	
  145

  	
   

  	
  BOS-ROC

  	
   

  	
  90

  	
   

  
	
  STL-IAH

  	
   

  	
  125

  	
   

  	
  RSW-CMH

  	
   

  	
  150

  	
   

  	
  ROC-BOS

  	
   

  	
  78

  	
   

  
	
  IST-STL

  	
   

  	
  77

  	
   

  	
  CMH-TPA

  	
   

  	
  136

  	
   

  	
  BTV-DCA

  	
   

  	
  94

  	
   

  
	
  STL-ICT

  	
   

  	
  93

  	
   

  	
  TPA-CMH

  	
   

  	
  140

  	
   

  	
  DCA-BTV

  	
   

  	
  89

  	
   

  
	
  IND-MKE

  	
   

  	
  70

  	
   

  	
  DFW-ELP

  	
   

  	
  110

  	
   

  	
  BTV-PHL

  	
   

  	
  0

  	
   

  
	
  MKE-IND

  	
   

  	
  70

  	
   

  	
  ELP-DFW

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  PHL-BTV

  	
   

  	
  80

  	
   

  
	
  IND-STL

  	
   

  	
  65

  	
   

  	
  DFW-IAH

  	
   

  	
  68

  	
   

  	
  BTV-PIT

  	
   

  	
  103

  	
   

  
	
  STL-IND

  	
   

  	
  65

  	
   

  	
  IAH-DFW

  	
   

  	
  66

  	
   

  	
  PIT-BTV

  	
   

  	
  84

  	
   

  
	
  JAX-STL

  	
   

  	
  140

  	
   

  	
  DFW-ICT

  	
   

  	
  82

  	
   

  	
  BUF-DCA

  	
   

  	
  74

  	
   

  
	
  STL-JAX

  	
   

  	
  130

  	
   

  	
  ICT-DFW

  	
   

  	
  75

  	
   

  	
  DCA-BUF

  	
   

  	
  74

  	
   

  
	
  LNK-STL

  	
   

  	
  75

  	
   

  	
  DFW-IND

  	
   

  	
  130

  	
   

  	
  BUF-LGA

  	
   

  	
  79

  	
   

  
	
  STL-LNK

  	
   

  	
  86

  	
   

  	
  IND-DFW

  	
   

  	
  139

  	
   

  	
  LGA-BUF

  	
   

  	
  81

  	
   

  
	
  MKE-STL

  	
   

  	
  80

  	
   

  	
  DFW-LFT

  	
   

  	
  80

  	
   

  	
  BUF-PHL

  	
   

  	
  78

  	
   

  
	
  STL-MKE

  	
   

  	
  78

  	
   

  	
  LFT-DFW

  	
   

  	
  85

  	
   

  	
  PHL-BUF

  	
   

  	
  75

  	
   

  
	
  OMA-STL

  	
   

  	
  72

  	
   

  	
  DFW-LIT

  	
   

  	
  72

  	
   

  	
  BUF-PIT

  	
   

  	
  60

  	
   

  
	
  STL-OMA

  	
   

  	
  87

  	
   

  	
  LIT-DFW

  	
   

  	
  70

  	
   

  	
  PIT-BUF

  	
   

  	
  55

  	
   

  
	
  PIT-STL

  	
   

  	
  115

  	
   

  	
  DFW-MCO

  	
   

  	
  160

  	
   

  	
  CAE-LGA

  	
   

  	
  114

  	
   

  
	
  STL-PIT

  	
   

  	
  102

  	
   

  	
  MCO-DFW

  	
   

  	
  170

  	
   

  	
  LGA-CAE

  	
   

  	
  125

  	
   

  
	
  SGF-STL

  	
   

  	
  59

  	
   

  	
  DFW-MSY

  	
   

  	
  98

  	
   

  	
  CHA-LGA

  	
   

  	
  122

  	
   

  
	
  STL-SGF

  	
   

  	
  60

  	
   

  	
  MSY-DFW

  	
   

  	
  99

  	
   

  	
  LGA-CHA

  	
   

  	
  146

  	
   

  
	
  SHV-STL

  	
   

  	
  93

  	
   

  	
  DFW-OKC

  	
   

  	
  60

  	
   

  	
  CHS-DCA

  	
   

  	
  84

  	
   

  
	
  STL-SHV

  	
   

  	
  96

  	
   

  	
  OKC-DFW

  	
   

  	
  55

  	
   

  	
  DCA-CHS

  	
   

  	
  91

  	
   

  
	
  STL-XNA

  	
   

  	
  74

  	
   

  	
  DFW-PNS

  	
   

  	
  114

  	
   

  	
  CHS-LGA

  	
   

  	
  117

  	
   

  
	
  XNA-STL

  	
   

  	
  68

  	
   

  	
  PNS-DFW

  	
   

  	
  120

  	
   

  	
  LGA-CHS

  	
   

  	
  138

  	
   

  
	
  STL-YYZ

  	
   

  	
  120

  	
   

  	
  DFW-TUL

  	
   

  	
  67

  	
   

  	
  CHS-PHL

  	
   

  	
  110

  	
   

  
	
  YYZ-STL

  	
   

  	
  135

  	
   

  	
  TUL-DFW

  	
   

  	
  68

  	
   

  	
  PHL-CHS

  	
   

  	
  127

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  EYW-MCO

  	
   

  	
  66

  	
   

  	
  CLE-PHL

  	
   

  	
  89

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MCO-EYW

  	
   

  	
  60

  	
   

  	
  PHL-CLE

  	
   

  	
  108

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  FLL-MCO

  	
   

  	
  59

  	
   

  	
  CMH-DCA

  	
   

  	
  71

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MCO-FLL

  	
   

  	
  58

  	
   

  	
  DCA-CMH

  	
   

  	
  77

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  FLL-RDU

  	
   

  	
  120

  	
   

  	
  CMH-LGA

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  RDU-FLL

  	
   

  	
  125

  	
   

  	
  LGA-CMH

  	
   

  	
  111

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  FLL-TLH

  	
   

  	
  80

  	
   

  	
  CMH-PHL

  	
   

  	
  91

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  TLH-FLL

  	
   

  	
  80

  	
   

  	
  PHL-CMH

  	
   

  	
  97

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  GSO-MCO

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  CMH-PIT

  	
   

  	
  54

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MCO-GSO

  	
   

  	
  97

  	
   

  	
  PIT-CMH

  	
   

  	
  54

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  GSP-MCO

  	
   

  	
  85

  	
   

  	
  CVG-PHL

  	
   

  	
  102

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MCO-GSP

  	
   

  	
  85

  	
   

  	
  PHL-CVG

  	
   

  	
  119

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  HSV-MCO

  	
   

  	
  90

  	
   

  	
  DAY-LGA

  	
   

  	
  110

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MCO-HSV

  	
   

  	
  105

  	
   

  	
  LGA-DAY

  	
   

  	
  121

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  IND-JFK

  	
   

  	
  122

  	
   

  	
  DCA-HSV

  	
   

  	
  114

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  JFK-IND

  	
   

  	
  135

  	
   

  	
  HSV-DCA

  	
   

  	
  109

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  IND-LGA

  	
   

  	
  125

  	
   

  	
  DCA-IND

  	
   

  	
  107

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  LGA-IND

  	
   

  	
  135

  	
   

  	
  IND-DCA

  	
   

  	
  91

  	
   

  

 

12

 

	
  AmericanConn.

  City Pair

  	
   

  	
  Avg
  Block

  Minutes

  	
   

  	
  DeltaConn

  City Pair

  	
   

  	
  Avg
  Block

  Minutes

  	
   

  	
  USExp

  City Pair

  	
   

  	
  Avg
  Block

  Minutes

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  IND-MCO

  	
   

  	
  135

  	
   

  	
  DCA-PHL

  	
   

  	
  55

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MCO-IND

  	
   

  	
  145

  	
   

  	
  PHL-DCA

  	
   

  	
  60

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  IND-TPA

  	
   

  	
  135

  	
   

  	
  DCA-PIT

  	
   

  	
  65

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  TPA-IND

  	
   

  	
  145

  	
   

  	
  PIT-DCA

  	
   

  	
  63

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MCO-MIA

  	
   

  	
  62

  	
   

  	
  DCA-RDU

  	
   

  	
  65

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MIA-MCO

  	
   

  	
  60

  	
   

  	
  RDU-DCA

  	
   

  	
  0

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MCO-MOB

  	
   

  	
  90

  	
   

  	
  DCA-SAV

  	
   

  	
  106

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MOB-MCO

  	
   

  	
  85

  	
   

  	
  SAV-DCA

  	
   

  	
  93

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MCO-MSY

  	
   

  	
  112

  	
   

  	
  DCA-SDF

  	
   

  	
  104

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MSY-MCO

  	
   

  	
  110

  	
   

  	
  SDF-DCA

  	
   

  	
  95

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MCO-NAS

  	
   

  	
  75

  	
   

  	
  DCA-TYS

  	
   

  	
  91

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  NAS-MCO

  	
   

  	
  80

  	
   

  	
  TYS-DCA

  	
   

  	
  84

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MCO-PBI

  	
   

  	
  50

  	
   

  	
  DTW-PHL

  	
   

  	
  94

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PBI-MCO

  	
   

  	
  42

  	
   

  	
  PHL-DTW

  	
   

  	
  113

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MCO-PNS

  	
   

  	
  80

  	
   

  	
  DTW-PIT

  	
   

  	
  63

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PNS-MCO

  	
   

  	
  75

  	
   

  	
  PIT-DTW

  	
   

  	
  70

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MCO-RDU

  	
   

  	
  98

  	
   

  	
  ERI-PIT

  	
   

  	
  50

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  RDU-MCO

  	
   

  	
  102

  	
   

  	
  PIT-ERI

  	
   

  	
  44

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MCO-RIC

  	
   

  	
  114

  	
   

  	
  GSO-LGA

  	
   

  	
  94

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  RIC-MCO

  	
   

  	
  124

  	
   

  	
  LGA-GSO

  	
   

  	
  111

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MCO-RSW

  	
   

  	
  45

  	
   

  	
  GSO-PHL

  	
   

  	
  82

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  RSW-MCO

  	
   

  	
  48

  	
   

  	
  PHL-GSO

  	
   

  	
  103

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MCO-SDF

  	
   

  	
  130

  	
   

  	
  GSO-PIT

  	
   

  	
  76

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  SDF-MCO

  	
   

  	
  125

  	
   

  	
  PIT-GSO

  	
   

  	
  71

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MCO-TLH

  	
   

  	
  60

  	
   

  	
  GSP-LGA

  	
   

  	
  112

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  TLH-MCO

  	
   

  	
  57

  	
   

  	
  LGA-GSP

  	
   

  	
  131

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MIA-TLH

  	
   

  	
  85

  	
   

  	
  GSP-PHL

  	
   

  	
  101

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  TLH-MIA

  	
   

  	
  78

  	
   

  	
  PHL-GSP

  	
   

  	
  116

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PBI-TLH

  	
   

  	
  83

  	
   

  	
  HSV-LGA

  	
   

  	
  132

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  TLH-PBI

  	
   

  	
  75

  	
   

  	
  LGA-HSV

  	
   

  	
  155

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  ILM-LGA

  	
   

  	
  93

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  LGA-ILM

  	
   

  	
  113

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  IND-LGA

  	
   

  	
  119

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  LGA-IND

  	
   

  	
  142

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  IND-PHL

  	
   

  	
  111

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PHL-IND

  	
   

  	
  130

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  IND-PIT

  	
   

  	
  72

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PIT-IND

  	
   

  	
  79

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  LGA-MYR

  	
   

  	
  118

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MYR-LGA

  	
   

  	
  104

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  LGA-PHL

  	
   

  	
  71

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PHL-LGA

  	
   

  	
  67

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  LGA-PIT

  	
   

  	
  0

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PIT-LGA

  	
   

  	
  80

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  LGA-RDU

  	
   

  	
  107

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  RDU-LGA

  	
   

  	
  94

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  LGA-RIC

  	
   

  	
  88

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  RIC-LGA

  	
   

  	
  75

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  LGA-SAV

  	
   

  	
  143

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  SAV-LGA

  	
   

  	
  130

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  LGA-SDF

  	
   

  	
  142

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  SDF-LGA

  	
   

  	
  122

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  LGA-TYS

  	
   

  	
  136

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  TYS-LGA

  	
   

  	
  112

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MKE-PHL

  	
   

  	
  128

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PHL-MKE

  	
   

  	
  138

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MKE-PIT

  	
   

  	
  88

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PIT-MKE

  	
   

  	
  97

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MSP-PIT

  	
   

  	
  126

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PIT-MSP

  	
   

  	
  134

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  MYR-PHL

  	
   

  	
  93

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PHL-MYR

  	
   

  	
  105

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  ORF-PIT

  	
   

  	
  89

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PIT-ORF

  	
   

  	
  82

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PHL-PWM

  	
   

  	
  84

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PWM-PHL

  	
   

  	
  96

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PHL-RDU

  	
   

  	
  95

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  RDU-PHL

  	
   

  	
  77

  	
   

  

 

13

 

	
  AmericanConn.

  City Pair

  	
   

  	
  Avg
  Block

  Minutes

  	
   

  	
  DeltaConn

  City Pair

  	
   

  	
  Avg
  Block

  Minutes

  	
   

  	
  USExp

  City Pair

  	
   

  	
  Avg
  Block

  Minutes

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PHL-RIC

  	
   

  	
  69

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  RIC-PHL

  	
   

  	
  65

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PHL-ROC

  	
   

  	
  73

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  ROC-PHL

  	
   

  	
  79

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PHL-YUL

  	
   

  	
  96

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  YUL-PHL

  	
   

  	
  0

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PIT-PWM

  	
   

  	
  96

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PWM-PIT

  	
   

  	
  113

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PIT-RDU

  	
   

  	
  77

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  RDU-PIT

  	
   

  	
  85

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PIT-ROC

  	
   

  	
  67

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  ROC-PIT

  	
   

  	
  62

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PIT-SDF

  	
   

  	
  86

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  SDF-PIT

  	
   

  	
  75

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PIT-YUL

  	
   

  	
  0

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  YUL-PIT

  	
   

  	
  115

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  YUL-PIT

  	
   

  	
  115

  	
   

  

 

14

Source: [{"source": "alea-institute/alea-institute/kl3m-data-edgar-agreements/train-00063-of-00352.parquet"}, [{"source": "alea-institute/alea-institute/kl3m-data-edgar-agreements/train-00063-of-00352.parquet"}]]