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TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN BRITISH AIRWAYS AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS ENGINEERING (NOTE: This document contains only those articles of the Collective Bargaining Agreement that were amended) 2 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN BRITISH AIRWAYS AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS The following Agreement is hereby entered into this (enter DOR) September 12th 2014 and is in full and final settlement of all items covering contract proposals submitted by and between BRITISH AIRWAYS and THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS covering the classifications of: MAINTENANCE REPRESENTATIVE MECHANIC STOCK CLERK ARTICLE II SCOPE OF AGREEMENT (a) The Company hereby recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all classifications covered by this Agreement working within the continental limits of the United States and its possessions. (b) All work performed by the Company, including work of all classifications covered by this Agreement as described in the classification and work requirements in Article IV of this Agreement, is recognized as coming within the jurisdiction of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and is covered by this Agreement. The Company agrees that the making, assembling, erecting, dismantling and repairing of all machinery, mechanical equipment, engines and motors of all descriptions including all work involved in dismantling, overhauling, repairing, fabrication, assembling, welding and erecting all parts of airplanes, airplane engines, radio equipment, electrical systems, heating systems, hydraulic systems and machine tool work in connection therewith, including all maintenance, construction and inspection work in and around all shops, hangars, and buildings, and including the servicing, cleaning and polishing of aircraft parts thereof, the servicing and handling of all ground equipment performed in and about Company shops, Maintenance Bases, Overhaul Bases, Line Service Stations or wherever performed, is recognized as coming within the jurisdiction of the International Association of Machinists, and is covered by this Agreement. It is understood that the Company reserves the right to continue contracting out work historically contracted out and to return to the manufacturer parts and sub-assemblies for repair or replacement that cannot be repaired on the property due to lack of equipment or because of warranties. 5 ARTICLE IV CLASSIFICATION AND WORK REQUIREMENTS The following applies to all classifications: It shall be an objective of employees covered under this agreement to be polite, courteous and project a professional attitude toward the public. All classifications that work in direct contact with the public are expected to maintain a high standard of appearance. Employees will be required to attend training courses provided by the Company relevant to their job description. Where possible, dates convenient to the employee and the Company will be scheduled. Employees will be responsible for familiarizing themselves with all Company rules and regulations pertaining to their duties governed by Article II (c). All employees will participate in on-the-job training of fellow employees when required within their job description. This will not replace formal training. All classifications will be required to drive Company vehicles. All classifications can be required to carry out all and any functions that fall within their scope of Approvals, to support and maintain the operation. All classifications can be used to complete all and any technical data entry, including but not limited to EWS. This includes entries generated regardless of origin. MAINTENANCE REPRESENTATIVE The work of a Maintenance Representative shall consist of, but not limited to, instructing and directly supervising the work of mechanics and related personnel assigned to him, in regard to maintenance, overhaul servicing of aircraft, their components and accessories and ground equipment. In connection with this work, he may be required to be responsible for the administration of established policy and procedures. He will be required to hold current British Airways authorizations and comply with CAA Directives, and such authorization must be endorsed to cover the types of aircraft at the station or stations in question. He will in all cases be given reasonable time and the necessary training to secure such authorizations or extensions. He will certify all aircraft as required. A Maintenance Representative will perform all the work required in the Mechanic classification. In addition, as a working member of the group he will be required to lead and direct the work of Mechanics. Inability to obtain clearance for taxiing because of health reasons will not be a bar to promotion to Maintenance Representative if the employee is otherwise qualified. He may be required to taxi aircraft. He will be required to fly with the aircraft between stations within his eight (8) hour shift for the purpose of carrying out Engineering duties at other stations as and when the need arises. In addition to the above duties, he will assume full supervisory control when detailed by a Station 6 Maintenance Manager and will be replaced on his days off by a Station Maintenance Manager, with the exception of JFK. At JFK, a maintenance representative will assume full supervisory control when detailed by his manager. At stations other than JFK, Station Maintenance Managers will be a full working member of the team in the same manner as the Maintenance Representative. He will function as a Maintenance Representative except when a Maintenance Representative is engaged on the particular job. In these circumstances, responsibility for supervision is vested in the Maintenance Representative. During the absence of a Maintenance Representative for any reason, a SMM can take his place and perform his duties and responsibilities. The SMM will not perform work on overtime while any Maintenance Representative or Mechanic is willing and available to perform the work. When the Maintenance Representative is the senior Engineering staff member on the station, he will be responsible for all day-to-day aspects of aircraft handling and related work. Matters which do not fall within these areas will be referred to Engineering Manager NA.the Area Maintenance Manager (AMM). The Company will not exceed a ratio of five mechanics assigned to one (1) Maintenance Representative within line maintenance. For all stations the technical qualifications for future Maintenance Representatives shall be those Aircraft Approvals relevant to the equipment operated by British Airways to applicable stations. In addition, they will be required to participate in a Leadership development program, which will be the last course scheduled, except by agreement with the staff member concerned and his shop steward. There may be other technical courses considered necessary by British Airways, after discussion with the local committee. MECHANIC A Mechanic, so classified, shall be any employee assigned to Mechanic's work who, with the aid of tools, can repair, erect, assemble, dismantle and maintain aircraft, automotive, and other machinery and mechanical devices or parts in a satisfactory manner. The work of a Mechanic shall include all work generally recognized as mechanic's work performed in and about shops, hangars, offices, or airfields operated and maintained by the Company, including but not limited to dismantling, overhauling, repairing and assembling all parts of airplanes, airplane engines, radio equipment, electrical and he must hold such licenses as are required by law. A Mechanic will also be required to undertake storekeeping duties which consist of routine stockroom work including receiving, shipping, checking, inspecting, classifying, issuing, maintaining an inventory, storing, warehousing, and the distribution of plane parts or any other related stock or material and the preparation and maintenance of required records and reports. 7 The Company shall have the right to hire Temporary Mechanics for the purpose of relieving Mechanics while they are on license or approval courses. Temporary Mechanics shall not accrue seniority and the initial period of employment shall be for the normal 120-day probationary period which may be extended for additional 30-day periods to cover the duration of the course in question. These Temporary Mechanics shall not have any bidding rights to Permanent Mechanic vacancies which may arise during or after their employment. Temporary Mechanics will not be assigned supervisory positions. All Mechanics wishing to undertake authorization courses will be given the opportunity in accordance with system seniority subject to operational requirements. Mechanics will be expected to use their authorizations to the fullest extent. In the absence of a Maintenance Representative and when requested by a Manager, authorized Mechanics will assume supervisory control and will be upgraded for the day to the Maintenance Representative payscale. Mechanics will receive a once off payment of $1,000 per Aircraft Approval when they obtain full authorization. STOCK CLERK A Stock Clerk will be required to undertake storekeeping duties which consist of routine stockroom work including receiving, shipping, checking, inspecting, classifying, issuing, maintaining an inventory, storing, warehousing, and the distribution of plane parts or any other related stock or material and the preparation and maintenance of required records and reports. All stores work will be integrated into the Mechanic and Maintenance Representative classifications who may undertake stores duties at any time. British Airways will maintain a minimum of three Stock Clerks at JFK. If, in the future, there is an operational change at JFK which affects the amount Stock room duties, the company will meet to discuss a reduction in the minimum number. This reduction will not affect apply to the twothree incumbent employees’ currently working in Stores. (At time of ratification) ARTICLE V HOURS OF SERVICE (a) The Company may utilize A scheduled shifts will consisting of eight (8) or ten (10) consecutive hours, which shall be inclusive of a thirty (30) minute meal period.s, except as otherwise specifically provided for herein. A workday will begin at the starting time of an employee's shift and extend for twenty-four (24) hours thereafter. The Company will not however force an employee to move to a ten (10) hour shift pattern and an eight (8) hour shift pattern may be maintained if chosen by the employee. (b) An employee’s work week shall consist of five (5) or four (4) consecutive work days, followed by two (2) or three (3) consecutive rostered days off. The first day of the five (5) or four (4) consecutive work days shall begin his work week. Of the employees three (3) rostered days off, 10 after 09:00 and must be completed by 14:00. Employees who, because of the requirements of the service, are requested to start their lunch period outside the "lunch window", will be allowed a lunch period of equal length as close to the regular lunch period as possible and paid for same at straight time rate in additional to their regular time compensation. No lunch will be paid if it falls outside the employee's regular shift, in accordance with Article VI (a). Employees shall be permitted to select shifts according to seniority. To expedite bidding, employees with sufficient seniority who wish to bid a constant shift may file their permanent bid with the Company and this will be entered automatically on all new shift rosters. Bidding by employees to select shifts shall be done as rapidly as possible. In order to accomplish this, the bidding will be done in seniority order and it shall be the responsibility of the employee to place his bid on the designated day prior to the end of his shift. However, if an employee cannot bid on his designated date because he is on vacation, leave of absence, rostered off or otherwise off duty he will be given the option of choosing shifts in sequence of preference prior to his departure, after having been given the opportunity to view the roster being bid. (e) Shift rosters shall be posted twice two times a year. Due to operational requirements, the Company may implement up to two (2) extra shift bids yearly. The Company must advise the Union thirty (30) days in advance if the additional shift bid option will be implemented. Prior to each shift bid, every employee will be given the opportunity to advise whether they want an eight (8) or ten (10) hour shift as described in Article V (a) above. New Rosters shall be posted for one (1) week prior to bidding. The bidding shall be completed within two (2) weeks. The completed roster shall be posted for one (1) week before being implemented. During the periods of schedule time changes due to daylight savings time changes in LHR, there shall be no requirement to run a shift re-bid, but the shifts will be automatically adjusted for the change periods. The change period will start on a Monday and end on a Sunday. (f) The regular starting and stopping times for work shifts will be scheduled and posted at each work unit and shall not be changed with less than five (5) calendar days’ notice to any employee affected by such change. (g) No employee will be called to work, or work or required to report to work for a shift of less than eight (8) or ten (10) hours (as per the shift bid) work or pay therefore, except on a rostered day off where they may be called in for a minimum of four (4) hours. The minimum of four (4) hours may be waived by mutual agreement between the employee and manager. This means 11 that the employee may agree to work an amount of hours less than the four (4) hour minimum. An employee called to work or permitted to come to work when there is temporarily no work due to an Act of God or circumstances over which the Company has no control, including legal strikes involving personnel of the Company, shall receive a minimum of four (4) hours pay at the regular hourly rate, unless notified that there will be no work at the close of the last shift he worked, or sixteen (16) hours before the start of his regular work shift whichever period is the shorter. (h) Except as otherwise provided herein, all employees will be granted a ten (10) minute rest period during the first half of their work shift and a ten (10) minute rest period during the second half of their work shift without loss of time, for the purpose of relaxation or smoking in designated areas. Employees who are working in remote areas away from time clocks and/or lockers will be allowed fifteen (15) minutes as a personal clean-up period prior to quitting time. (i) If the Company establishes a Maintenance Base, the Company and the Union will meet to agree upon the basis for determining shift schedules. (j) When a ten (10) hour shift is bid by an employee, sick time and vacation accruals which are calculated in this Agreement for full time employees based on a five (5) day/ eight (8) hour per day workweek, shall be adjusted to an hour equivalent, and ten (10) hours shall be deducted for each day utilized or paid. For example, each week or day of vacation or sick time shall be considered four (4), ten (10) hour days, each day a ten (10) hour day, and shall deducted from their bank accordingly. (k) Holiday pay shall be paid at the rate of eight (8) hours or ten (10) hours per day (as per the shift bid) when an employee works on that day.  Example: An Employee on a ten (10) hour shift works the Holiday and elects pay. The Employee is paid ten (10) hours at 1.5X (time and one half pay) their rate plus ten (10) hours straight time for the Holiday.  Example: An Employee on an eight (8) hour shift works the Holiday and elects pay. The Employee is paid eight (8) hours at 1.5X (time and one half pay) their rate plus eight (8) hours straight time for the Holiday.  Example: Employee elects to work and bank CTO. Employee banks eight (8) or ten (10) (as per the shift bid) at 1.5X their rate as long as their total CTO bank balance will not exceed twelve (12) weeks (four hundred eighty (480) hours for full-time employees). (l) Holiday pay shall be paid at the rate of eight (8) hours or ten (10) hours per day only (as per the shift bid) where an employee does not work on that day. 12 (m) The days off distribution will be the same for the block of ten (10) hour shifts percentage wise as it is for the eight (8) hour shifts. ARTICLE VI OVERTIME AND HOLIDAYS (a) Overtime rate of time and one-half, computed on an actual minute basis, shall be paid for all work performed either prior to or after an employee's regular scheduled hours, and for the first four (4) hours in excess of eight (8) hours of straight time worked in any regular work day, and for the first eight (8) hours worked on one of two (2) regular scheduled days off, provided an employee has performed work in excess of 40 hours in a regular scheduled work week, Monday - Sunday. The following shall count as time worked for the computation of an employee's forty (40) hour work week: an employee's vacation day(s), Holiday Off, approved CTO time, jury duty, employees released for Union business, workers compensation injury, bereavement and approved military leave. An employee that is short of forty (40) hours would be paid straight time until the forty-hour qualifier is met. Day trades whereby the employee is off and sick days do not count towards the forty (40) hour qualifier. (b) Overtime rate of double the hourly rate shall be paid to an employee for all work performed in excess of twelve (12) hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period measured from the commencement of work, and for all work on the seventh (7th) day worked in his work week and after eight (8) hours on the sixth (6th) day worked in his work week, provided an employee has performed work in excess of 40 hours in a regular scheduled work week, Monday-Sunday, and premium overtime rates were paid on all other overtime hours worked. When an employee works on either a 6th or 7th day, he shall have the option to elect to receive eight (8) hours pay as CTO, provided the forty (40) hour overtime qualifier has been met up to a maximum CTO bank balance of six (6) weeks (two hundred forty hours for full-time staff) after deposit. The balance of his compensation for that day he shall receive as regular wages. If an employee so elects, he must notify the Company before the end of the work week in which His 6th or 7th day off is worked. Such CTO must be applied for in accordance with the provisions of Article VI (m/n). EXAMPLE OF 40 HOUR QUALIFIER 40-Hour Overtime Qualifier Principles (1) Before any premium rates (ie. Time and one-half or double time) are paid, an employee must work 40 hours of straight time in a week. (2) Overtime calculations, whether time and a half or double time, are calculated for an employee on a daily basis as per today's contract language 15 (e) Except in an emergency, no employee shall be expected to work overtime against his wishes. Emergency is defined as an occurrence that is unforeseen and unplanned that has an adverse effect on the operation. The Company will not declare an emergency and force Union Staff to cover a third party (Non- BA) flight. (f) Employees relieved for the day, then called or required to return to duty to perform work not contiguous with a regular scheduled tour of duty will be guaranteed a minimum of four (4) hours_, pay at the applicable overtime rate. This will be known as recall. (g) An employee will be paid two hours pay at straight time rates for performing overtime work contiguous with his regular tour of duty for which he/she is called between the hours of 23:00 and 07:00. Such pay shall be paid in addition to normal overtime for overtime worked. This will be known as call-in pay. The call-in pay shall not apply when an employee was notified at or before the close of his/her last shift that he/she would be required for early duty immediately prior to the commencement of his/her regular shift. (h) For service before and after regular working hours, employees will not be required to work more than two (2) hours without being permitted to go to meals, and such employees required to work more than two (2) hours will be allowed thirty (30) minutes to eat without loss of time. For each additional four (4) hours overtime worked employees will be allowed thirty (30) minutes to eat without loss of time. (i) Employees who have been required to work fourteen (14) consecutive hours will be given a rest period of at least ten (10) hours before being required to report for work again. If called to work or required to work on a regular shift without ten (10) hours rest between working periods, employees will be paid at applicable overtime rates until such time as they have had ten (10) hours rest. (j) If possible, employees on duty shall be given no less than four (4) hours’ notice of contemplated overtime work except in cases of extreme emergency. This is not applicable to part-time workers working a four hour shift. (k) No overtime shall be worked except by direction of the proper management personnel of the Company. (l) There shall be no pyramiding of overtime rates provided in this agreement. (m) The company shall utilize a process to call employees in to work on any of their regular days off. If an employee is called to work on either of the regular days off he shall be guaranteed a minimum of four (4) hours pay at the applicable rates. 16 The minimum of four (4) hours may be waived by mutual agreement between the employee and the manager. This means that the employee may agree to work an numberamount of hours, which is less than the four (4) hour minimum. The employee will be advised at the time of the call in that he/she is being called in for a four (4) overtime shift. If after arriving at work the employee is requested to stay longer than four hours, the decision to do so will be voluntary made by such employee. The employee is only obligated to stay for the four hours he/she was originally called in for. If dDuring the call in process, the company will ask each employee if they are interested in the four (4) hour overtime shift. If the answer from the employee is “no”, the company would then ask that same employee if they would come in for more than four (4) hours. If the answer is still “no”, they would then move on to the next person. If the answer is “yes” to the more than four (4) hour query, the answer will be noted, and the next person will be called in succession. This will continue until 1) no one accepts either a four (4) hour or greater than four (4) hour shift, or 2) an employee accepts the four (4) hour shift, or 3) no one accepts the four (4) hour shift but the first person who accepted the greater than four (4) hour offer in succession is awarded the overtime.decides it is going to increase the number of overtime hours being offered for work, they must go back to the beginning of the overtime list and start over. Example: The first four employees in low hour order are offered a four (4) hour RDO shift and they all decline. The fifth employee called in is offered a six (6) hour RDO and accepts. This is not allowed. 6 Employees on RDO Example Example 1 OT List Four Hours? More than Four? Award Employee 1 No No x Employee 2 No No x Employee 3 No No x Employee 4 No No x Employee 5 No No x Employee 6 No No x Note- when no volunteers see Article IV, page 8 & 9, "Maintenance Representative", and Article IV, sub-paragraph e, page 16. Example 2 OT List Four Hours? More than Four? Award Employee 1 No No x Employee 2 No No x Employee 3 No No x Employee 4 No No x Employee 5 Yes x  17 Employee 6 x x x Example 3 OT List Four Hours? More than Four? Award Employee 1 No No x Employee 2 No No x Employee 3 No No x Employee 4 No Yes  Employee 5 No Yes x Employee 6 No Yes x Example 4 OT List Four Hours? More than Four? Award Employee 1 No No x Employee 2 No Yes x Employee 3 No No x Employee 4 Yes No  Employee 5 No No x Employee 6 No No x Note- In any case of the above example, there are only 7 possible phone calls being made as opposed to the possible 12 calls being made. (n) Compensatory Time Off may be taken for all holidays worked up to a maximum CTO bank balance of four hundred eight (480) hours. Up to ten (10) CTO days may be taken in conjunction with vacation and the balance on an individual basis provided the employee can be released and that where possible fourteen days’ notice is given. Accrued CTO days must be taken by December 31st of the year following the year in which they were earned. When bidding for vacation, and CTO days are to be included as part of the vacation, they must be bid as a single unit of five days. However, when the vacation is taken, if the employee has less than five CTO days earned, he may take the number of days that he has. Five (5) (one full week) of the ten (10) CTO days may be taken independent of their normal vacation bid. After normal vacation and seventh week vacation bids have taken place, staff may bid an independent CTO week from the remaining available weeks on the vacation roster. By October 1st, staff must advise whether five (5) CTO days will be taken in conjunction with vacation as well as the number of vacation weeks to be used in the next vacation year. (o) Upon thirty (30) days’ notice to his Section Head, an employee of certain Religious conviction, may celebrate a Religious Holiday or Holidays, as it may be, and charge the days against his accumulated CTO, earned by working other contract-covered Holidays. Such granting of days off will always be subject to the Company work requirements. Example: Employees of Jewish faith may choose to work Good Friday, Christmas, and New Year’s Day and prefer to take off Yom 20 such temporary transfer, and they shall receive necessary and reasonable expenses in accordance with the Company's subsistence rates. (f) When an employee is away from his home station filling a temporary vacancy he shall be paid straight time and overtime in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement based on the shifts as scheduled at the location of the temporary vacancy, but in no event shall he receive less than eight (8) hours pay for each day. However, the Company may schedule him to take his regular days off without compensation, except for the reasonable and necessary expenses provided for in this Article. (g) Employees called from home for emergency field service after completing their regular shift assignment, or on a regular day off, will be paid at the applicable rate after reporting to the engineering office at their base station. If the employee is to depart from another airport, they will be paid at the applicable rate from the time he would have arrived at their base station and for the applicable mileage rate from their base station to the departure airport. The employee will be reimbursed for the cost of the cab fare to/from his home to his base station up to sixty (60.00) dollars. (g) If there is a manager on shift, and a qualified maintenance representative is not available, and there is an unplanned need to perform work that is covered by the engineering collective bargaining agreement, it shall not be deemed a violation of the agreement if he does so, provided the manager makes an attempt to cover the work with overtime. In cases where there is no maintenance representatives on duty and there is an operational aircraft on ground (AOG) situation, the manager may perform work covered by the collective bargaining agreement until a maintenance representative arrives at work so long as there has been an attempt to cover the work with overtime. This language is intended to keep the operation fluid and is not intended to eliminate overtime opportunities in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement. This language is not intended to infringe upon any provisions contained in Article XIX. (h) When an employee covered by this Agreement receives a special assignment, which must be in writing, to attend training classes pertaining to his work, or to fulfill other special assignments not constituting emergency field service or the filling of temporary vacancies, he shall receive compensation at straight time rates for all time spent in travelling or waiting. However, in no event shall any employee receive less than eight (8) hours pay at straight time rate for any twenty-four (24) hour period while away from his base station; provided, however, that the Company may schedule him to take his regular days off without compensation except for the reasonable and necessary expense provided for in this Article. If such special assignment involves travelling after completion of his regular work for the day, he shall receive the applicable overtime rate for the first succeeding eight (8) hours of travelling and waiting. (i) When the training course or assignment is in the same city or metropolitan area which is the employee's normal base, travel time will not be paid, but staff may claim mileage for any travel in excess of their journey from home to their normal work location. 21 Accommodation for training courses will be at the company's discretion. When attending a training course at London Heathrow, the company will pay a travel allowance, for the period of training, to cover a zone one to zone six monthly / weekly travel card. Travel allowances for all other training venues will be agreed in advance of the employee’s start of travel. When employees are required to be on duty in the UK, the Company will pay for the cost of hotel accommodations which it obtains for the employee plus allowances in Sterling in accordance with the Company's current regulation which will be advised to the employee before leaving his station. In addition, the Company will pay the reasonable cost of public transportation from the employee's hotel to the training school or other place of work. Where an employee is attending an extended training course of 3 months or more, he elect to make his own accommodation' arrangements and may claim allowances in accordance with Company regulations. The only accounting in this case will be an expense claims showing the number of days in the UK multiplied by the daily rate. The cost of transportation (Mileage at applicable company rates) to and from the airport within the U.S.A. or when an employee is moved at the Company's request will be allowed in addition to the daily allowance quoted above. (j) Deleted (k) Employees proceeding to training courses in the UK will be allowed the following travel time: East Coast Stations Ten Hours Miami and Midwest Stations Ten Hours West Coast Stations Ten Hours Travel time for courses to the UK from all stations to be paid at ten (10) hours straight time unless required to travel on an RDO which will be paid at premium rates. Where training courses are held outside of your arrival airport additional travel time will be allowed and agreed in advance of the employees start of travel. (l) Travel allowance for trips to the UK of up to 5 days will be £45 per day, which includes allowance for laundry and telephone. Travel to the UK for more than 5 days £53 per day fully inclusive In the event that employees in the UK are unable to access a BA or similar reduced rate lunch facility, the above UK rate will be reviewed. 22 (m) When Kennedy based Mechanics or Representatives are on temporary assignment at a station outside New York, they shall be reimbursed for the reasonable cost of public transportation from the airport into the city. They shall be entitled to one round trip on each rostered day off. (n) Employees attending training or special assignment shall be entitled to stay at hotels that are currently listed in our intranet guide which ensures that all employees are treated consistently. Please note that where free public transportation is offered, employees will not be reimbursed for the transport costs between the airport and their hotel upon arrival and departure and the hotel and the location of their training unless specifically approved in advance. Please see the attached link. https://baplc.sharepoint.com/travel/Pages/Duty-travel-hotels.aspx. ARTICLE VIII SENIORITY This entire article will be read in conjunction with the job protection language agreement in Article II (c). (a) Seniority shall be by work classification over the system and shall accrue from the date of entering the classification. The work classifications to be recognized for seniority purposes shall be those listed at the beginning of this Agreement. The names of all supervisory employees of the Company who have been or who are promoted from classifications covered by this Agreement shall be maintained on the seniority list at the point from which promoted. However, an employee shall not accrue classification seniority in any position of a temporary nature. As an exception to the general statement in VIII (a) that seniority shall be by work classification on the system, it is agreed that Maintenance Representatives shall continue to accrue seniority on the Mechanics seniority list. In the event of a reduction in force, classification seniority will determine who is downgraded to the lower classification and work unit seniority will determine who will be laid off. Any employee covered under the job security provision contained within Article II and who has exhausted the appropriate provisions of Article VIII, under his/her Collective Bargaining Agreement, will be guaranteed a position under the BA/IAM agreements regardless of having established any previous classification seniority. The seniority of each supervisory employee regularly assigned and actively employed as such on the effective date of this Agreement will be established as of a date to be determined by giving consideration to all time spent in continuous service in the Company in the classification covered by the scope of this Agreement in which he had been regularly assigned. (b) Seniority plus the ability to satisfactorily perform the work required for the job in question shall govern all employees covered by this Agreement in preference of shifts, in case of lay-off, re-employment after lay-offs, and in all demotions or transfers within the classifications covered by this agreement. 25 Any disputes as to the reasonableness of action taken by the Company relating to seniority are to be handled in accordance with the grievance procedure outlined in Article XIII. (h) Employees will lose their seniority status and their names will be removed from seniority lists under the following conditions: 1. He quits or resigns from the Company or accepts a position within the Company, which is not under the jurisdiction of the IAMAW for a period in excess of six (6) months. A waiver of this six-month provision may be granted by mutual agreement. 2. He is discharged for just cause. 3. He is absent from work for three (3) consecutive work days without properly notifying the Company of the reason for his absence, and not then if a satisfactory reason is given for not so notifying the Company. 4. He does not inform the Company in Registered Mail, or email with return receipt, copying in Chairman of Shop Stewards, of his intention to return to service within seven (7) days of receipt of a notice offering to re-employ him. 5. He does not return to the service on or before a date specified in the notice from the Company after a layoff, which date should not be prior to fifteen (15) days after sending such notice, which shall be sent by Registered Mail (return receipt requested) to the employee at the last address filed by him with the Company. 6. Subdivisions (4) and (5) of this paragraph shall not apply to offers of temporary work. 7. He is not recalled from lay-off within four (4) years from the date of his lay-off. When it becomes necessary to reduce the working force, seniority plus ability as per paragraph (b) of this Article and the job security language spelled out in Article II (c) will govern. In the event of reduction in force, employees shall receive ten (10) work days' notice or ten,(l 0 ) work days pay, in lieu thereof. If an employee fails to work out his notice when requested to do so, he shall be paid only for such period of his notice that he has worked. A list of employees to be laid off will be furnished the local Committee and International Union prior to notifying the employee affected. When it becomes necessary to lay off employees covered by this Agreement who must sever their connection with the Company because of insufficient seniority exercised in another classification, unless covered by the job security clause spelled out in Article II (c), they should be given ten (10) workdays' notice of same, or at the option of the employee two (2) weeks' salary in lieu thereof. (i) Employees laid off on account of a force reduction will be given preference according to system seniority, and the job security language spelled out in Article II (c), to transfer to any other point on the system with-in the continental limits of the United States of America, where men are 26 needed, with privilege of returning to their home station when the force is increased. Such transfers shall be made without expense to the Company but, space available, free transportation will be furnished to the employee and his dependents to the extent permitted by law. (j) Employees laid off in a reduction of force who desire to seek employment with another company elsewhere will, on one occasion, and upon application within sixty (60) days after lay- off, be furnished with a space available return pass to any point desired within the continental limits of the United States of America to the extent that the company has an agreement with the ticketed carrier. (k) Employees who have grown old in the service of the Company and become unable to follow their regular work to advantage, shall be given preference of such light work, as they are able to handle in their work classification.Employees of the Company working under this agreement shall be afforded all rights unimpaired as provided for by all applicable local, state or federal laws. (l) All employees promoted to supervisory positions in classifications covered by this Agreement will continue to accrue seniority for a period of six (6) months in the classification from which they were promoted and shall retain all seniority so accumulated. (m) All employees who are, or who have been, promoted to positions outside of the scope of this Agreement shall continue to accrue seniority in classifications for a period of six (6) months and shall retain all seniority so accumulated. (n) The senior employee within a classification will be given preference in the choice of shifts, but after selection or assignment will not enjoy such further preference except to fill vacancies or new positions or in the exercise of seniority after a reduction in force. Any employee covered under the job security provision contained within Article II (c) and who has exhausted the appropriate provisions of Article VIII, under his/her Collective Bargaining Agreement, will be guaranteed a position under the BA/IAM agreements regardless of having established any previous classification seniority. (o) Any employee covered by this Agreement with one (1) or more years of service and who is laid off shall receive severance pay as provided in paragraph (p) of his Article, subject to the limitations set forth herein. Severance pay shall NOT be paid in the event: (i) An employee is dismissed for cause. (ii) An employee resigns. (iii) An employee refuses to work out his notice if requested to do so. (iv) A National Emergency arises which results in cessation of operations. (v) A strike or picketing of the Company's premises causing a temporary lay-off of the employees. 27 (p) An employee recalled to work under the terms of this Article after lay-off, and who is again laid off under the conditions that would entitle him to severance pay shall be entitled to the amount specified for his accumulated period of compensated service with the Company calculated from the date of first recall and in accordance with paragraph (q) of this Article, provided that severance pay shall not be paid twice for the same period of compensated service. (q) Severance pay shall be calculated as follows: Employees who have five (5) years of service or less one (1) week’s pay for each completed year of service. Employees who have between six (6) and ten (10) years of service - one (1) week's pay for each completed year of service up to five (5) years, plus two (2) weeks’ pay for each completed year of service between six (6) and ten (10) years. Employees who have eleven (11) years of service and more - one (1) week's pay for each completed year of service up to five (5) years, plus two (2) weeks’ pay for each completed year of service between six (6) and ten (10) years, plus three (3) weeks’ pay for each completed year of service beyond ten (10) years. Total severance pay will be capped at 52 weeks. (22 years of service or more earns 52 weeks) (r) From the date of ratification (May 13, 1999) forward, part-time seniority earned will be calculated for full-time credit for the bidding of full-time vacancies only. All part-time seniority will be converted into 50% of full-time seniority credit. (s) (1) Employees laid off from their location and remain with the company by exercising their seniority rights or who remain with the company by exercising their contractual rights under Article II will retain unlimited recall rights to the station or stations from which they are laid off. (2) All employees who are on lay-off as described in paragraph (1) above, shall have the right to bid on all job openings and promotions that are up for bid system wide, covered under their contract and still maintain their unlimited recall rights to the station or stations from which they were laid off. (3) Employees laid off who are unable to exercise their seniority, in any classification at any location and are laid off to the street will have recall rights to the station or stations from which they were laid off for a period of four (4) years. These employees will have the opportunity to bid any/all unbid openings within their work unit system wide, seniority permitting. It is the employee's responsibility to contact the appropriate phone numbers supplied at the time of lay- off, and ascertain the positions/locations available and bid for the available position(s), within the required time limits. 30 (2). Temporary Union Positions (a) In the case of Union position vacancies not expected to exceed sixty (60) days, the Company may upgrade the most senior qualified employee to fill such vacancies on a temporary basis without bulletining the job so long as the operation is not adversely affected, however, cutback employees from such classifications will have preference in accordance with their seniority in filling such vacancies. The company will also offer overtime to fill the position to station Union employees as applicable. If there are no volunteers, the most suitable junior employee will be assigned by the company. If there is no Union employee available or qualified to be assigned on station, then an on station manager may be assigned to the position. (b) If the job continues for more than sixty (60) days, then a temporary position will be bulletined immediately, at a station where appropriate manpower can be made available, at or before the expiration of said sixty (60) days. The temporary position will be awarded to the senior qualified employee to fill the vacancy. If the successful bidder for the bulletined job is located at some station other than the station where the bulletined job is to be filled, the Company will transfer the employee to the new location at subsistence rates in accordance with the provisions set forth in paragraph (e) of Article VII and will furnish transportation for him. If the position is later posted as a permanent position, the employee who has worked temporarily on the job, if he is the successful bidder for the permanent position after bulletining, shall have his seniority accrue from the date of such temporary assignment, providing that no other permanent vacancy has been filled in the interim. If no union employee can fulfil the temporary position in its entirety, the Union and management will meet to agree on fulfilment in Calendar Month blocks (Monthly temporary bids), Managers may be used to fill the vacancies if no other suitable arrangement can be found. (3) An employee under this Agreement assigned to a temporary job shall, upon discontinuance of such temporary job, be returned to his former job and status. (4) Shift vacancies will not be bulletined, however, the Company will assign the senior employee desiring such vacancies. (5) It is agreed that the Company will normally promote its own staff to Maintenance Representative positions in accordance with paragraph (e) and only when competent employees cannot be found in the ranks will the Company vary from this provision. (6) In the event that there is no bidder for a posted Maintenance Representatives vacancy, the company will staff the position under provisions of paragraph (b) until a new union position is recruited and trained. The Company will endeavor to fill the position as quickly as reasonably possible. 31 (7) To complement the technical qualifications all Maintenance Representatives may be required to participate in a Leadership development program. This will be the last course scheduled except by agreement with the staff member concerned and his shop steward. (8) No employee will be given a permanent transfer against his wishes. All transfers of ten (10) days or longer will be given in writing to copies with the Local Committee and General Chairman. (9) The Company will not hire anyone in the classification of Mechanic or higher classification hereunder if there are employees covered by this agreement available who are qualified and willing to fill such positions. (10) Whenever an employee is appointed to a higher classification as a relief, he shall be paid at the next highest point on the new scale to his current rate. (11) An employee may not transfer to a vacancy in his classification unless he has been at the station from which he is seeking to transfer for at least one year. However, an employee who has accepted a promotion at another station or a part-time employee accepting a permanent full- time job at another station, may return to his original station whenever a vacancy in his new NEW classification arises. This is the only exception to the one-year rule. A vacancy in their previous position, does not qualify, even if the result is the company hires externally. (12) For informational purposes only, the Company will advertise throughout the system all full- time jobs in excess of 30 days prior to hiring from the outside if the particular position has not been filled through the normal bidding process. (13) All stations shall be self-relieving for a period of up to sixty (60) days or until a Temporary Position is filled. Union positions will be covered in the following order 1. Overtime 2. On Station Manager 3. Posted union bid for coverage 4. BA 3rd party on station Manager 5. Off station BA Manager Manager Positions will be covered in the following order 1. On Station BA Manager (Within a 40-hour week) 2. Overtime for union engineering staff 3. On Station BA Manager (working additional hours beyond 40) 4. On Station BA Third Party Manager 5. Off Station Manager 32 (14) Training will be carried out by seniority, apart from new Maintenance Representatives who will receive any training first until they have achieved two (2) B1 approvals. If there are no bidders for training, the most junior Maintenance Representative may be required to attend. From the date the first training is scheduled for all new aircraft arriving on a station, training for the new aircraft at that station is exempt from the above new Maintenance Representative restrictions and will be scheduled and assigned solely by seniority for the period of one year provided that at least three courses for that aircraft type are offered in seniority order. The courses should be offered to the Maintenance Representatives first before management, on a 1 for 1 basis. After the one-year period, training for the new aircraft will be as per the above paragraph. (14) Regular Training New Maintenance Representatives will receive training available until they have achieved two (2) B1 approval. After all on station have achieved two B1 approvals, training will be assigned at management discretion. When training if offered, and there are no bidders for this training, the most junior Maintenance Representative may be required to attend. (15) New Aircraft type Training Training for all new aircraft planned to operate to the station will be based on seniority for a period of one year from the date of operation to the station or two courses and then will be offered at Management discretion. (16) Vacation bidding at stations not currently manned by IAMAW staff will be by USA company seniority.In the event a station not currently manned by IAMAW staff should become manned, vacation bids at that station will include all staff at that station (non-union and union) and bidding will be by USA company seniority. ARTICLE XI VACATIONS WITH PAY Vacation entitlement for current staff will not exceed 25* days. Current staff with a vacation entitlement that exceeds 25 days will maintain but not be able to exceed their current level of vacation entitlement. *Staff with 23 years or more of service at date of ratification will proceed to 30 days’ vacation entitlement in the year of the 25th anniversary of continuous service. Staff with 28 years of service or more at the date of ratification will proceed to the 35 day vacation accrual entitlement. Vacation entitlement for new starters will not exceed 15 days. shall be entitled to defer such vacation until the succeeding year. However, as an exception, an employee may be allowed to combine one year's vacation with the next, providing it is taken at the end of December in conjunction with the next year’s vacation on the First of January. (h) Employees will not be paid in lieu of accrued vacation except upon termination of employment. (i) Vacation pay shall not accrue during leaves of absence. (j) Vacation shall be scheduled to commence after the close of the workweek and will end previous to and in conjunction with the next two (2) scheduled days off. (k) The Company may employ a vacation relief roster for all Sections or Departments. Inclusion on the roster will be on a bid basis and employees who bid will be used as vacation relief for other staff in their classification. Employees will be paid the night shift differential when on vacation relief regardless of the actual relief shift worked. (1) The maximum number of employees permitted to be on vacation at any one time will be equal to the number of employees on the vacation relief roster. In no event however, shall the number of employees on the vacation relief rosters exceed 20% of the total number of employees in each classification on the vacation roster. There will be two methods of implementing this procedure. Each classification will be free to select the method to be used and once selected it will not be changed until the next roster change. An employee on the vacation relief roster may select the vacation week he wishes to work from those required to be covered by the Company. The employee on vacation relief will be used exclusively to cover vacations and CTOs bid five (5) days at a time and in conjunction with their vacation, and will not be used to cover any other absences. 1. Any provision in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding vacation will be deemed to consist of 5 work days with 2RDO's falling on Saturday and Sunday. In order to accomplish this, all affected employees will change RDO’s in the week preceding their vacation as in the following example: M T W TH F S S Week 1 X X X Off Off X X Week 2 X X X X X Off Off Week 3 Vacation Off Off Week 4 Vacation Off Off Week 5 X X X Off Off X X 2. Vacations will begin after an employee’s RDO's. In this case, employees bidding on the vacation, relief roster will select the shifts they are to work on a block basis i.e. they will select these relief shifts for the entire seasonal roster. (1) Vacation rosters will be permanently displayed on Notice Boards and Department Heads and/or Deputies shall not appear on such rosters, nor compete with employees hereunder for vacation dates. An employee's vacation shall not be changed or affected by an employee being posted on special training courses. The Company will have the right to reschedule an employee's vacation due to temporary duty away from base station through voluntary agreement of the employee affected. (m) Vacations will be bid so that neither Maintenance Representatives nor the Station Maintenance Manager will be on vacation or CTO at the same time. ARTICLE XII SICK LEAVE AND SPECIAL LEAVES THE EMPLOYEES COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT AND THE UNION RECOGNIZE THEIR OBLIGATION OF BEING TRUTHFUL AND HONEST IN PREVENTING UNNECESSARY ABSENCES OR OTHER ABUSES OF SICK LEAVE PRIVILEGES. (a) All Employees with more than three (3) months service with the Company shall be credited with sick leave credit at the rate of twelve (12) days per calendar year from date of signing, pro-rated for any part year of employment, e.g. year of joining or any year in which the employee is off the payroll. Any part of a month for which any employee is paid shall be counted as a complete month for accrual of sick leave An employee may use from his accrued sick time up to twelve (12) excused hours per year for the purpose of pre-planned/pre-approved medical procedures. These hours must be taken in four (4) hour increments and notice must be provided one week in advance. For employees hired after ratification of this Agreement, employees with more than (3) months service with the Company shall be credited with sick leave credit at the rate of nine (9) days per calendar year, pro-rated for any part year of employment, e.g. year of joining or any year in which the employee is off the payroll. Any part of a month for which any employee is paid shall be considered as a complete month for accrual of sick leave. (b) For the first three years of active employment, an employee shall be allowed three (3) occasions per year of medically certificated absence, drawing up to his unused sick leave credit. Any absence other than the two occasions described above shall be unpaid. All accrued and unused sick leave shall be credited to the employee's record. (c) Sick leave shall be credited to each employee at the beginning of each calendar year. All employees will be credited with sick leave based upon length of service with the Company from the date of engagement, less any sick leave paid by the Company since that date. In the case of actual sickness, employees shall be paid for time lost up to the number of days to his personal credit, provided that in case of continuous absence of over three (3) days the employee will furnish to the Company a medical certificate in support of such absence. If the period of absence is on both sides of rostered days off, the days off shall be counted in the three day period, and a medical certificate shall be required. (d) After one week’s absence, employees are required to file for short-term disability benefits. Staff who are being paid full sick pay benefits from their accrued sick bank will have disability payments revert to the Company. Sick leave credit will be reduced at the rate of one day for each day the employee is absent from work. If after an employee exhausts his sick bank and remains unable to work due to illness or injury, an employee will receive a disability benefit from the insurance carrier. (e) Employees on sick leave shall receive their sick leave compensation for the time accrued to their personal sick leave credit, on the next established pay day. (f) It is the responsibility of the employee absent from work because of sickness to immediately report such absence and reasons therefore to the Company designated telephone number at least two (2) hours before his scheduled starting time. To ensure adequate staffing on AM shifts, all staff reporting sick are required to report such absence to the Company at the earliest opportunity, but no later than the two (2) hours mentioned above. In relation to AM shifts, for a second sick day or more, the employee is required to report such absence the night prior during operational hours. (g) Where an employee has been absent from work due to sickness, unsupported by medical certificates, on five occasions during any period of six months, he will be required to produce medical certificates for all future absences before being permitted to return to work. If his attendance thereafter improves to a satisfactory level during the next six months, the requirement to produce medical certificates shall be discontinued. This requirement shall be without prejudice to the Company's right to take other action whenever abuse of sick leave is indicated. (h) If the Company, at any time at its discretion, grants additional sick leave or assistance to any employee, it shall not constitute a precedent requiring additional sick leave assistance in any other case. (i) Sick leave credit will not accrue during a lay-off or leave of absence. (j) Personal emergency leave for death in immediate family of five (5) days with pay at straight-time rates will be extended to employees. Where the death in the family occurs outside the USA, five (5) days leave will be granted under the same conditions. The immediate family is understood to consist of mother, father, sister, brother, husband, wife, child, blended family (step family) living in the same household, and companion living in the same household. In the event of death of the employee's mother-in-law or father-in-law, and grandparents, the employee will be given two (2) days personal emergency leave with pay and may take additional time not exceeding five (5) days as CTO earned or as leave of absence without pay. (k) Employees called for jury duty shall receive, in accordance with Company Regulations, their regular straight-time rate less the fee for jury services, providing notice of jury duty has been shown to the Department Head upon receipt, and statement of jury fee paid is presented to the Timekeeper as soon as it is received by the employee. Employees called for jury duty will be assigned to the day shift with Saturday and Sunday off for the period in question. (h) The IAM Negotiating Committee may consist of two employee representatives per contract. The President and Directing General Chairperson of District 142 will be the one who determines whether it will be one or two representatives per contract. British Airways will pay the wages of (1) one union representative per contract during negotiations, but not overtime. Expenses will be the responsibility of the IAM. When Shop Stewards or other employees wish to undertake union activities at the request of the IAMAW, the Company, subject to operational requirements and without pay, will endeavor to release them. (i) Should there be any change during the life of this Agreement in license requirements or Company approvals, all employees shall be given at least six (6) months from the date of change to obtain such license without change in status or pay. (j) Any employee leaving the service of the Company will, on request, be furnished with a letter setting forth the individual's qualifications and length of service. (k) If new equipment is put into service by the Company, employees covered by this Agreement shall be given appropriate familiarization training on the new equipment without change of classification. (l) Employees covered by this Agreement shall not be required to work on aircraft outside of hangars during inclement weather when hangar space is available to the Company. This clause shall not apply to emergency work on aircraft for immediate service or work of short duration. Suitable rain suits or protective outer garments shall be kept available at all shops or points by the Company. (m) Insurance will be provided without cost to the employees against loss by fire or theft, of the entire tool kit up to a maximum of $3,250 and including a $50 deductible clause. It is understood that it is the employee's responsibility to keep an updated tool kit list on file with Engineering Management and to ensure that the kit is locked in a designated area. Management may, at any time inspect an employee's tool kit in order to ensure that the tools remain on the premises and verify that the tool kit list on file is accurate. (n) Whenever hand tools are required for use on foreign aircraft not in general service, the Company will purchase and supply same at no cost to the employee. (o) Any charter flights operated by BA to manned on-line stations will be handled by employees covered by this Agreement. Flights into locations not manned by BA shall be handled at the Company's discretion. (p) At JFK only, towing and headset for technical reasons and light GSE maintenance (e.g. checking fluids, checking tire pressure, changing if required) will fall under the Maintenance Representative/Mechanic job description. A Maintenance Representative/Mechanic(s) will be assigned, by management, to perform desk duties, including EWS and signaling. Management will have the right to perform these duties if there is a requirement for the Maintenance Representative/Mechanic assigned the desk function to work on aircraft. It will be at the company’s discretion to determine whether the work of, post de-icing inspection and associated paperwork, will continue to be performed by the Maintenance Representative/Mechanic or some other party. This will not be done on an ad hoc basis. The Company will notify the Union prior to the start of the winter season (October 1st) who will handle this work throughout the upcoming winter season. (q) Full-time employees will be permitted to engage in an outside profession, trade, or business while employed by British Airways. Full-time employees who wish to engage in outside profession, trade or business while employed by British Airways will be required to: (1) Provide to the People Department written notice of their secondary employer details (name of secondary employer/company, address and telephone contact, and number of hours regularly scheduled to work) prior to starting the new job/occupation. (2) Employees who are absent from work due to illness, short or long term disability or occupational injury may not engage in a secondary occupation without permission from the People Department. (r) The Company will be free to determine who performs the functions of all non-technical work including towing and push backs, head set operation, technical manual revisions and storage, ground service connections (air conditioning, electrical, fuelling, lavatory), opening and closing of panels for ground service connections, opening of cabin doors, vehicle maintenance, ground equipment maintenance, wing-walking, marshalling. re-fueling and de- icing of airplanes including associated company paperwork, removing and replacing chocks, and sending required messages. In emergency situations, management may assign British Airways Mechanics and/or Maintenance Representatives to perform any of the above functions. (s) At JFK, if there is a manager on shift and there is an unplanned need for him to perform work that is covered by the engineering collective bargaining agreement, then it shall not be deemed a violation of the agreement if he does so, provided the manager notifies the senior maintenance representative on duty. This paragraph is not intended to eliminate overtime opportunities in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement. A separate Letter of Agreement to follow with examples of such agreed situations. (ts) Non-normal maintenance, such as the type carried out by small specialist AOG teams, can be carried out by such. The engineering staff will match, as far as staff can be made available from the operation, man for man, for the compliment of AOG team members working on said aircraft. For engineering major repairs that require specialized manufacturers repair teams that consist of over SIX (6) persons, the Company and Union will meet to discuss limited staffing. (ut) It is hereby mutually agreed and understood that the Company agrees to continue its present practice of paying the cost of parking at Airports where employees covered in this Agreement are located. It is also agreed that where at any airport the parking facilities available to employees are drastically changed the Company will negotiate the changed circumstances with representatives of I.A.M. ARTICLE XVII WAGE RULES (a) The minimum hourly rates set forth in Appendix A attached hereto and made a part of this Agreement shall prevail after the date of Agreement, with the exception of pay rates and longevity provisions set forth in Appendix A which became effective after the date of this Agreement. (b) No employee paid by the hour or week shall suffer any reduction in hourly rate or weekly take home pay for a standard 40-hour work week as a result of making this Agreement effective, and nothing in this Agreement shall be considered as preventing increases in individual rates or classifications over and above the minimum established. (c) All employees will be paid through direct deposit, weekly. Staff will be required to fill out the necessary forms and file the needed information with the Payroll Unit. Staff paid by electronic funds transfer will have their pay available to them no later than Friday. (d) Pay checks will include a statement of all wages and deductions made for the pay period. The employee's statement shall include the number of hours worked and the overtime pay shall be listed separately from straight time. (e) Should the regular payday fall on a holiday, or days when the shop or facility is closed down, employees will be paid on the preceding day. (f) Employees recalled to work from a lay-off shall be returned to their former position, if the job still exists, and shall not be paid a lower rate than they were receiving prior to the lay-off, unless a new contract as to wages shall at the time of recall be in effect between the Company and the Union, provided that if the job does not exist, the recalled employee shall receive the rate of the job accepted. (g) If an employee is assigned to a supervisory capacity for a period of one day or more, he shall be paid the equivalent daily rate of the minimum base rate for the job classification in which he substitutes. It is understood that this will be full and final payment for services provided on these days regardless of the hours involved. (h) Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Company from paying to an individual employee, a higher rate of compensation than the rate established in Appendix A of this Agreement. When a new employee is hired in any mechanical classification under this Agreement the Company may recognize his previous experience in the type of work for which he is hired by awarding him a starting rate higher than the minimum for the classification. will be subject to existing vacation provisions for outstations. Relief, where necessary, will be provided by Representatives or Mechanics covered by this Agreement from any station in the system where release would not affect the operational requirements of that station. The Company will be free to determine the means of aircraft pushback work outside JFK. (i) British Airways will put its own Engineering staff at ATL and SAN when the flight schedule goes to more than twelve flights per week to/from the UK. (j) Deleted (jk) Stations may be supplemented by agency supplied staff. EFFECTIVE DATE AND DURATION With the exception of those items specifically indicated to become effective at a different date, this Agreement shall become effective on the date of ratification (insert DOR date) and shall remain in full force and effect for a period of four (4) years from DOR and thereafter shall renew itself without change until each succeeding (insert DOR date) unless written notice of intended change is served by either party in accordance with the provisions of Section 6, Title I of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, at least ninety days prior to (insert DOR date) or (insert DOR date)of any year thereafter. Written notice may be served as early as (six (6) months before [insert DOR date]). Once a party serves written notice, both parties agree to enter in to contractual negotiations. Signed at New York this (enter DOR) FOR BRITISH AIRWAYS: Brian Pinchbeck Senior Vice President North America Airports FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS: James M. Samuel District 142 With the exception of those items specifically indicated to become effective at a different date, this Agreement shall become effective on the date of signing and shall remain in full force and effect until September 30, 2017 December 31 2023 and thereafter shall renew itself without change until each succeeding September 3 0 t h December 31st unless written notice of intended change is served by either party in accordance with the provisions of Section 6, Title I of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, at least ninety days prior to September 30, 2017December 31 2023 or September 3 0 t h of any year thereafter. Written notice may be served as early as January 1, 20172023. Once a party serves written notice, both parties agree to enter in to contractual negotiations. Signed at New York this 12th day of September 2014 December 31st 2019. FOR BRITISH AIRWAYS: Michelle Ehrlich Senior Vice President People, Americas FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS: Michael ManzoJames M. Samuel District 142 APPENDIX ‘A’ RATES OF PAY 1. Base wage scales of employees covered by the agreements, will be increased by 2.0% from date of ratification of the contract. The retroactive period will be from October 1, 2007 until the date of ratification. In addition base wages of employees covered by the agreements, will be increased by 2.0% from April 1, 2011. 1. All general wage increases shall be in accordance with the scales below, all part-time Mechanics will move to their corresponding seniority on the Mechanics scale and all Stores Clerks will move to their corresponding seniority on the Stores Clerk’s scale shown below effective upon the date of ratification of this agreement. A signing bonus will be calculated based on the current rate and DOR rate difference and multiplied by four thousand one hundred and sixty (4160) hours. The signing bonus will be paid in two installments each equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total amount. The first installment will be paid to the employee no later than thirty (30) days after the DOR. The second installment will be paid to the employee at DOR+12 months. 2.Any employee covered under this agreement who transfers to another position covered under another IAM agreement, whose wage scale is identical, will be guaranteed their current hourly rate and will continue to progress on said scale. The employee’s salary review date will not be adjusted. 4/1/2011 1/1/2015 1/1/2016 1/1/2017 1/12018 4/1/2011 1/1/2015 1/1/2016 1/1/2017 1/12018 2.00% 2.00% 2.00% 1.50% 2.00% 2.00% 2.00% 1.50% Steps Steps 1st 6 mos $11.96 $12.20 $12.44 $12.69 $12.88 1st Year $19.62 $20.01 $20.41 $20.82 $21.13 2nd 6 mos $13.13 $13.39 $13.66 $13.93 $14.14 2nd Year $20.42 $20.83 $21.24 $21.67 $21.99 3rd 6 mos $14.28 $14.57 $14.86 $15.15 $15.38 3rd Year $21.20 $21.62 $22.06 $22.50 $22.84 4th 6 mos $15.44 $15.75 $16.06 $16.39 $16.63 4th Year $22.02 $22.46 $22.91 $23.37 $23.72 5th 6 mos $16.54 $16.87 $17.21 $17.55 $17.82 4.5 Year $22.81 $23.27 $23.73 $24.21 $24.57 6th 6 mos $17.70 $18.05 $18.42 $18.78 $19.07 5th Year $23.63 $24.10 $24.58 $25.08 $25.45 7th 6 mos $18.85 $19.23 $19.61 $20.00 $20.30 5.5 Year $24.43 $24.92 $25.42 $25.93 $26.31 8th 6 mos $20.01 $20.41 $20.82 $21.23 $21.55 6th Year $25.22 $25.72 $26.24 $26.76 $27.17 9th 6 mos $21.15 $21.57 $22.00 $22.44 $22.78 6.5 Year $26.03 $26.55 $27.08 $27.62 $28.04 10th 6 mos $22.29 $22.74 $23.19 $23.65 $24.01 7th Year $26.83 $27.37 $27.91 $28.47 $28.90 11th 6 mos $25.35 $25.86 $26.37 $26.90 $27.31 7.5 Year $27.60 $28.15 $28.72 $29.29 $29.73 8th Year $29.38 $29.97 $30.57 $31.18 $31.65 Base Scale Base Scale Stock Clerk (Hired Prior to May 13, 1999) Part-Time Mechanic 4/1/2011 1/1/2015 1/1/2016 1/1/2017 1/12018 2.00% 2.00% 2.00% 1.50% 4/1/2011 1/1/2015 1/1/2016 1/1/2017 1/12018 Steps 2.00% 2.00% 2.00% 1.50% 1st Year $10.90 $11.12 $11.34 $11.57 $11.74 Steps 2nd Year $11.24 $11.46 $11.69 $11.93 $12.11 1st 6 mos $20.01 $20.41 $20.82 $21.23 $21.55 3rd Year $12.33 $12.58 $12.83 $13.08 $13.28 2nd 6 mos $20.83 $21.25 $21.67 $22.10 $22.44 4th Year $13.36 $13.63 $13.90 $14.18 $14.39 3rd 6 mos $21.63 $22.06 $22.50 $22.95 $23.30 5th Year $14.25 $14.54 $14.83 $15.12 $15.35 4th 6 mos $22.46 $22.91 $23.37 $23.83 $24.19 6th Year $15.33 $15.64 $15.95 $16.27 $16.51 5th 6 mos $23.28 $23.75 $24.22 $24.70 $25.08 7th Year $16.44 $16.77 $17.10 $17.45 $17.71 6th 6 mos $24.10 $24.58 $25.07 $25.58 $25.96 8th Year $17.88 $18.24 $18.60 $18.97 $19.26 7th 6 mos $24.93 $25.43 $25.94 $26.46 $26.85 9th Year $18.99 $19.37 $19.76 $20.15 $20.45 8th 6 mos $25.72 $26.23 $26.76 $27.29 $27.70 10th Year $20.33 $20.74 $21.15 $21.57 $21.90 9th 6 mos $26.55 $27.08 $27.62 $28.18 $28.60 11th Year $22.00 $22.44 $22.89 $23.35 $23.70 10th 6 mos $27.38 $27.93 $28.49 $29.06 $29.49 12th Year $25.04 $25.54 $26.05 $26.57 $26.97 11th 6 mos $29.98 $30.58 $31.19 $31.82 $32.29 Base Scale Base Scale Mechanic Stock Clerk (Hired After May 13, 1999) Stores Clerk 3% 3% 3% 3% Steps Current Rate DOR DOR+12 DOR+24 DOR+36 1st 6 mos 12.88$ 13.27$ 13.66$ 14.07$ 14.50$ 2nd 6 mos 14.14$ 14.56$ 15.00$ 15.45$ 15.91$ 3rd 6 mos 15.38$ 15.84$ 16.32$ 16.81$ 17.31$ 4th 6 mos 16.63$ 17.13$ 17.64$ 18.17$ 18.72$ 5th 6 mos 17.82$ 18.35$ 18.91$ 19.47$ 20.06$ 6th 6 mos 19.07$ 19.64$ 20.23$ 20.84$ 21.46$ 7th 6 mos 20.30$ 20.91$ 21.54$ 22.18$ 22.85$ 8th 6 mos 21.55$ 22.20$ 22.86$ 23.55$ 24.25$ 9th 6 mos 22.78$ 23.46$ 24.17$ 24.89$ 25.64$ 10th 6 mos 24.01$ 24.73$ 25.47$ 26.24$ 27.02$ 11th 6 mos 27.31$ 28.13$ 28.97$ 29.84$ 30.74$ All Mechanics 7% 4% 4% 4% Steps Current Rate DOR DOR+12 DOR+24 DOR+36 1st 6 mos 21.55$ 23.06$ 23.98$ 24.94$ 25.94$ 2nd 6 mos 22.44$ 24.01$ 24.97$ 25.97$ 27.01$ 3rd 6 mos 23.30$ 24.93$ 25.93$ 26.97$ 28.04$ 4th 6 mos 24.19$ 25.88$ 26.92$ 28.00$ 29.12$ 5th 6 mos 25.08$ 26.84$ 27.91$ 29.03$ 30.19$ 6th 6 mos 25.96$ 27.78$ 28.89$ 30.04$ 31.25$ 7th 6 mos 26.85$ 28.73$ 29.88$ 31.07$ 32.32$ 8th 6 mos 27.70$ 29.64$ 30.82$ 32.06$ 33.34$ 9th 6 mos 28.60$ 30.60$ 31.83$ 33.10$ 34.42$ 10th 6 mos 29.49$ 31.55$ 32.82$ 34.13$ 35.49$ 11th 6 mos 32.29$ 34.55$ 35.93$ 37.37$ 38.86$ All Agreements (continued) Appendix C, Medical Section (2nd of 2 pages) 3. Plan Design: The managed healthcare plan design is outlined below: In-network: 2014 Post contract ratification 1/1/2015 1/1/2016 1/1/2017 1/1/2020 Post contract Deductible $150 single $300 family $500 single $1,000 family $600 single $1,200 family $700 single $1,400 family Coinsurance 20% 20% 20% 20% **Out-of-pocket maximum (includes copays, deductible and coinsurance) $1,150 single $2,300 family $2,000 single $4,000 family $2,500 single $5,000 family $2,500 single $5,000 family PCP office visit $25 copay $25 copay $30 copay $30 copay Specialist visit $40 copay $40 copay $50 copay $50 copay Emergency Room visit $100 copay $100 copay $120 copay $120 copay Preventive care Covered at 100% Covered at 100% Covered at 100% Covered at 100% Prescription drugs (Retail) $10/$30/$50 copays $11/$31/$51 copays $12/$32/$52 copays $13/$33/$53 copays Prescription drugs (Mail order - 3 months supply) $20/$60/$100 copays $22/$62/$102 copays $24/$64/$104 copays $26/$36/$106 copays Out-of-network: 2014 Post-contract ratification 1/1/2015 1/1/2016 1/1/202017 Post contract ratification Deductible $550 single $1,100 family $1,200 single $2,400 family $1,300 single $2,600 family $1,400 single $2,800 family Coinsurance 40% 40% 40% 40% **Out-of-pocket maximum (includes copays, deductibles and coinsurance) $2,500 single $5,000 family $4,750 single $9,500 family $5,000 single $10,000 family $5,000 single $10,000 family Hospital admittance pre-certification is required. The company may request a meeting with the IAM representatives to discuss and agree possible plan provision adjustments to the plan, such as tiered provider networks and mandatory mail order for maintenance drugs. ** Out of pocket maximums shall include all copays including drug prescription copays, all deductibles & all coinsurance payments in its calculations.. 4. The company may introduce a wellness program that provides for financial incentives consistent with program goals and objectives. 5. Chapter 12Q of the San Francisco Administrative Code, the Health Care Accountability Ordinance ("HCAO"), is expressly waived in its entirety with respect to employees covered by this Agreement. 6. Full-time employees receiving Long Term Disability Benefits may continue to participate in the Company's group health insurance plans subject to the same conditions as active unit employees, as such plans and conditions may change from time to time, for up to two and a half (2.5) years following their first becoming eligible for Long Term Disability Benefits. At the date of ratification, current employees who are receiving Long Term Disability Benefits shall continue with active medical coverage. DENTAL 1 Pay basic services at 100%. 2 Base benefit year on calendar year. 3 Increase schedule by 20% in 1994. 4. Single part-time employees will pay the same premium as single full-time employees. If part-time employees elect coverage for eligible dependents they will pay 50% of the regular premium British Airways pays. After March 15, 1994 dependents of future full-time and part- time employees will be eligible to participate in the dental plan after completing 180 days of active service. 5. Employee monthly contribution increased to $4.00 for single coverage and $9.00 for coverage with eligible dependents. 6. Maximum benefit of $2,000 per year. LIFE INSURANCE l. Basic Life Insurance schedule as per September 6, 1990 increase. See attached schedule. (No change in Supplemental Life Insurance - one year’s basic salary up to a maximum of $80,000) LONG TERM DISABILITY 1. Benefit to 65% of base salary up to a maximum of $6,000. Full-time employees receiving Long Term Disability Benefits may continue to participate in the Company's group health insurance plans subject to the same conditions as active unit employees, as such plans and conditions may change from time to time, for up to two and a half (2.5) years following their first becoming eligible for Long Term Disability Benefits. Employees who are receiving Long Term Disability Benefits as at September 12, 2014 shall continue with active medical coverage. B.A. PENSION (benefit frozen effective 9/30/2003) 1. Use outstanding sick leave to increase credited service using following schedule: Accrued Sick Leave Balance Increase in Credited Service 22-43 days l month 44-65 days 2 months 66-87 days 3 months 88-109 days 4 months 110-131 days 5 months 132-153 days 6 months 154-175 days 7 months 176-197 days 8 months 198-219 days 9 months 220-241 days 10 months 242-263 days ll months 264 + days 12 months 2. Increase benefit rate from 1.3% to 1.6%. 3. Joint and 100% option (post retirement) will be provided to employees without a reduction in benefits; 50% Pre-Retirement surviving spouse coverage will be provided to employees without a reduction in benefits; and 5 year Sum Certain option will be provided to single employees without a reduction in benefits. 4. The COLA adjustment for benefits accruing after the date of ratification (May 13, 1999) will be eliminated from the pension plan. 5. The collective bargaining agreements reference accrued sick leave balance for “increase in credited service” purposes. Effective September 30, 2003 each employees prior accrued sick leave bank will be frozen for credited service pension purposes. When an eligible employee receives a pension from the British Airways Plc. Pension Plan (USA) at a future date, the frozen accrued sick leave balance will be credited to an individual employees credited service calculation. 6. Employees who remain employed with British Airways until retirement date and become in receipt of a pension from the British Airway Pension Plan USA will be eligible for the following sick leave pay-out provision. For accrued sick leave balances at the date of retirement greater than the “frozen” amount referenced above, the Company will pay an employee one days pay at the applicable amount (based on a 8 hour, 6 hour or 4 hour day) for each six days accrued over the frozen amount. For accrued sick leave pay-out, an employee may not exceed 264 days (i.e frozen balance on September 30, 2003 is 200 days; at retirement accrued sick leave balance is 300 days; 264 - 200 = 64 days eligible for pay-out