ARTICLE 5 ‑ RATES OF PAY
5.01 Cabin Personnel will be paid in accordance with the following schedule of hourly rates of pay which will be in effect on the first day of the June block month in each year.
5.02 FLIGHT ATTENDANT
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YEARS OF EFFECTIVE
SERVICE JUNE 1, 2003
1st 6 months 27.51
2nd 6 months 29.54
3rd 6 months 34.63
4th 6 months 36.72
5th 6 months 37.91
6th 6 months 39.21
4th year 42.29
5th year 44.30
6th year 46.28
7th year 48.61
8th year 50.79
YEARS OF EFFECTIVE
SERVICE JULY 1, 2004
0-12 months $21.76
13-18 months $22.76
19-24 months $23.76
25-30 months $24.76
31-36 months $26.59
37-42 months $31.17
43-48 months $33.05
49-54 months $34.12
55-60 months $35.29
6th year $38.06
7th year $39.87
8th year $41.65
9th year $43.75
10th year $45.71
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5.03 ASSISTANT PURSER
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JULY 1, 2004
I (1st year) $45.99
II (2nd year) $46.92
III (3rd year) $49.33
NOTE: The above wage scale will apply to Assistant Purser employees operating as a Flight Attendant on a month to month basis.
- PURSER DC9, B727, A320, A319
B747, B747CFY Prior to January 1, 2003
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I (1st year) |
52.29 |
53.60 |
54.94 |
56.31 |
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II (2nd year) |
56.44 |
57.85 |
59.30 |
60.78 |
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III (3rd year) |
59.47 |
60.96 |
62.48 |
64.04 |
5.04 PURSER DC9, B727, A320, A319
B747, B747CFY
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EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2004
I (1st year) $46.55
II (2nd year) $50.24
III (3rd year) $52.94
NOTE: Effective with the July 2004 block month, Air Canada will staff the CL65
with an In-charge.
5.04.01 PURSER A-321 – $63.23 based on pay rates effective June 1,
2002. This rate will be in effect starting on the date
of ratification.
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5.04.01 PURSER A-321
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EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2004
$54.92
5.04.01.01 In the event the Company decides to use this aircraft on overseas flights, the parties will meet to discuss the wage rates for A321 aircraft on overseas operations.
5.04.02 PURSER B-767, A-330, A340-300 &
A340-500/600 only if two pursers operating the flight
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EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2004
$60.82
5.05 PURSER A-340-500, A340-600
B-747, B-747CFY effective January 1, 2003
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EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2004
$63.05
5.06 RECLASSIFICATION ‑ APPLICATION OF WAGE SCALE
5.06.01 Where a Flight Attendant moves into the In‑Charge classification, s/he will be placed in LEVEL I of the Purser wage scale, as applicable with the following exception:
EXCEPTION: Flight Attendants with more than five (5) years of completed service will be placed in Level II.
5.06.02 Where, due to a change in requirement, a Purser or Assistant Purser moves from one classification to another within these classifications, his/her rate of pay will remain at the same level in the lower or higher classification.
5.06.03 Where an In‑Charge is reclassified to the Flight Attendant classification, s/he will be placed into that wage scale at the LEVEL which is equivalent to his/her total Cabin Personnel seniority.
5.07 PREMIUM PAY
5.07.01 Route Premium ‑ A premium of seventy cents (70¢) per hour will be paid for each hour credited on routes extending beyond the boundaries of Canada and mainland U.S.A. calculated from the last point of departure from Canada or mainland U.S.A. to the first point of arrival on return to Canada or mainland U.S.A..
NOTE: On flights from or through Montreal and flights to or through Montreal, Montreal is considered the route gateway point, regardless of other landings east of Montreal in North America. On flights originating or terminating at Halifax, Halifax is considered the route gateway point.
5.07.02 Language Premium ‑ Where a language other than the official languages is designated as a requirement on any flight, Cabin Personnel on the flight qualified in that language(s) shall be paid thirty cents (30¢) per hour for each hour credited on such flights.
The language premium is paid for the domestic portions of the overseas flights only if the employee involved operates the overseas portion.
NOTE: The language premium is not applicable on deadhead flight time credits.
5.07.03 Purser Premium – Except when paid in accordance with Article 5.05, Pursers on all current aircraft will be paid a premium of thirty cents (30¢) per hour in addition to the rates of pay found in Article 5.
NOTE: The purser premium is not applicable on deadhead flight time credits.
5.07.02 Application ‑ Where a duty period guarantee or trip hour guarantee credit is applicable, the route language and purser premium is paid for the hours credited only where the route language or purser premium was applicable to the last flight in the duty period or trip.
NOTE: Notwithstanding the above, the following will apply:
5.07.02.01 Route Premium will be applicable to the trip hour guarantee where the trip terminates with a domestic operation within the same duty period or where a layover follows the overseas portion of the trip and one (1) only domestic leg is operated to home base during the next duty day.
5.07.04.02 Purser Premium will be applicable to the trip hour guarantee where only the last leg of the trip is operated with a B747 or L1011 aircraft.
5.07.05 Night Flying Premium ‑ A night flying premium of one dollar ($1.00) per hour shall be paid for each hour flown between the hours of 2200 and 0800, Local Standard Time.
NOTE: The night flying premium is not applicable on deadhead
flight time credits.
- Draft Premium if Flight Not Operated ‑ A draft premium
equivalent to one (1) hour of flight time credit for each calendar day drafted will be paid. The employee will be paid two (2) hours of flight time credit per calendar day for the second and each subsequent draft in that month. The draft premium will be for pay purposes only and will be paid at the aircraft rate applicable to the scheduled aircraft assigned during the draft.
5.08 GROUND DUTY ‑ PRE/POST PERIOD ‑ Where an employee is required to report for duty prior to or remain on duty following the termination of a Duty Period under Article B5.03, s/he shall be paid at one‑half (½) of the hourly rate of pay for his/her classification applicable to the duty period involved.
5.09 GROUND DUTY ‑ SERVICE TO PASSENGERS ‑ Where an employee is required by the Company to provide meal, bar or beverage service to passengers on the ground whether scheduled or non‑scheduled and whether the flight operates or not and provided that no duty period guarantee or trip hour guarantee credits are credited on that duty period or trip, s/he shall be paid one‑half (½) of the hourly rate of pay for his/her classification applicable to the duty period involved.
Compensation under this Article shall be calculated to the nearest minute but no entitlement will exist for less than thirty (30) minutes.
5.10 GROUND DUTIES ‑ DAYS OFF ONLY ‑ An employee shall be paid at one‑ half (½) of his/her minimum monthly guarantee rate for that month where required to report on his/her days off for the following duties:
Emergency Examinations
Grooming Lectures
Language Re‑tests
Investigation of Passenger Complaints
Formal Annual Performance Appraisal Meeting
Compensation for sessions under this Article shall be calculated to the nearest minute, commencing at the scheduled reporting time and terminating at the actual time released from that specific session with a minimum guaranteed entitlement of one (1) hour.
NOTE: For training pay and credits, refer to Article 6.04.
5.11 MINIMUM MONTHLY GUARANTEE ‑ Where an employee is available for duty for a full month, s/he shall receive a minimum monthly guarantee as follows:
5.11.01 Purser ‑ Regular Blockholder ‑ sixty‑five (65) hours at the applicable jet aircraft hourly rate.
Purser – Reserve Blockholder ‑ seventy (70) hours at the applicable jet aircraft hourly rate.
NOTE: Where a Purser operates both other jet aircraft and B767 aircraft in a month, the minimum monthly guarantee will be prorated between the applicable other jet aircraft and B767 aircraft hourly rates on the basis of hours credited on each aircraft in that month.
EXAMPLE
Flight Time Credits: 60 hours
20 hours on B767
40 hours on other jet aircraft
Ratio: 1/3
Minimum Monthly Guarantee Paid:
33‑1/3% at B767 rates
66‑2/3% at other jet aircraft rates
5.11.03 Flight Attendant/Assistant Purser ‑ Regular Blockholders ‑ sixty‑five (65) hours at the applicable jet aircraft hourly rate.
5.11.03.02 Flight Attendant/Assistant Purser ‑ Reserve Blockholders ‑ seventy (70) hours at the applicable jet aircraft hourly rate.
5.11.03.03 Annual Recurrent Training for Reserves – Reserve Blockholders will not have their Minimum Monthly Guarantee reduced for the days that they attend Annual Recurrent Training.
5.11.04 Minimum Monthly Guarantee Exceptions
5.11.04.01 Where a Regular Blockholder fails to report for flight duty, s/he will not be paid for the flight missed and will not be removed from the payroll, but his/her minimum monthly guarantee will not apply for that month. The employee will be permitted to bid open flying up to the maximum monthly limitation.
5.11.04.02 Where a Reserve Blockholder fails to report for an assigned flight or standby duty or is unavailable while on reserve duty, s/he will be removed from the payroll on the day(s) involved if not flown on those days. The removal will continue until the next scheduled duty day and his/her minimum monthly guarantee will be reduced by two hours and ten minutes (2:10) for each such day.
5.11.04.03 Where a Regular Blockholder chooses to take a personal leave of absence without pay, minimum monthly guarantee will not apply for that month and s/he will be paid only for flight time credits earned.
However, where a leave of absence is taken for maternity or child care, minimum monthly guarantee will be prorated, except in the case of a Reserve Blockholder, where minimum guarantee will only be prorated if s/he is available for fourteen (14) or more days in that block month.
5.11.05 Additional Credits ‑ Pay credits applicable under the following Articles shall be credited in addition to the minimum monthly guarantee.
Article 5.07 ‑ Premium Pay
Article 5.08 ‑ Ground Duty ‑ Pre/Post Duty Period
Article 5.09 ‑ Ground Duty ‑ Service to Passengers
Article 5.10 ‑ Ground Duties ‑ Days Off Only
Article 6.04 ‑ Training Credits ‑ Scheduled Days Off
5.11.06 Minimum Monthly Guarantee: Where an employee has utilized Family Care Leave during a block month and as a consequence falls below his/her minimum monthly guarantee, the minimum monthly guarantee will not apply.
5.12 RECLASSIFICATION ‑ Where an employee is assigned to operate a flight or flight sequence in another classification, the following shall be applicable:
NOTE: Non‑qualified employees will be reclassified only after the provisions of Article B9 ‑ Draft of a qualified employee, have been exhausted.
5.12.01 Higher Classification ‑ Where assigned to a higher classification, s/he shall be credited at the highest hourly rate in the higher classification. Where the hours credited in a block month exceed twenty‑five (25) hours in the higher classification, s/he will be paid all hours in that month at the highest hourly rate in the higher classification for the aircraft operated.
5.12.02 Lower Classification ‑ Where assigned in a lower classification, s/he shall be credited at the lowest aircraft rate within his/her regular classification.
5.12.03 Assignment Procedure ‑ On Flight or Flight Sequence ‑ Where an employee is assigned to operate in another classification, the following shall be applicable:
Purser ‑ Move up Assistant Purser to Purser. If no Assistant Purser, move up most senior volunteer Flight Attendant to Purser. When there are no volunteers, move-up the most senior Flight Attendant to Purser. The senior Flight Attendant will be responsible to communicate to the Crew Resource Centre which employee will operate as Purser.
NOTE: An Assistant Purser who is part of the crew complement may be moved up to Purser prior to the application of draft procedures.
NOTE: When there are two Pursers on the same pairing, the senior
Purser shall be the In-Charge.
Where an employee is moved up to a higher classification, s/he must contact the Crew Resource Centre on his/her return to Home Base to arrange for payment under Article 5.12.01.
5.12.04 Assignment Procedure ‑ Regular/Reserve Block Vacancy ‑ Where an In‑Charge vacancy occurs on a Regular or Reserve Block during a month, the following move‑up procedure shall be applicable:
Purser Vacancy ‑ Move up Senior Assistant Purser.
NOTE: Block vacancies within classification created by the above move‑up procedure will be filled in accordance with Article B4.06 ‑ Long Term Block Vacancies.
5.13 PAY PROGRESSION ‑ For the purpose of progression within the schedule of hourly rates of pay:
5.13.01 Each 6 month period = 26 calendar weeks
Each 1 year period = 52 calendar weeks
5.13.02 An employee placed at a higher level in the schedule on his/her assignment to line duty shall progress through the schedule on that basis.
5.13.03 An increase within a schedule shall become effective with the commencement of the first pay period following the completion of the required period of service.
5.13.04 Absence from the payroll for up to fifteen (15) calendar days will not retard an increase, but an absence of between sixteen (16) and thirty (30) calendar days will retard such increase by one (1) full pay period and thereafter by one (1) pay period for each additional thirty (30) calendar days or major portion thereof.
EXCEPTION: Absences covered by Workers’ Compensation or account maternity will not retard an increase.
5.14 PAY CHEQUES/DISTRIBUTION ‑ Pay cheques will normally be distributed on the 17th day of each month, or earlier in accordance with Company Regulations, and will include the flying pay earned in the preceding block month.
- A pay cheque constituting a cash advance in the amounts as set out below will be applied against the earnings for the pay cheque provided for in Article 5.14, will normally be distributed on the
1st; day of each month, or earlier, in accordance with Company Regulations.
Flight Attendants – $ 800.00
In-Charge – $1,500.005.14.01.01 A cash advance in the amount of seven hundred dollars ($700)
will be distributed to new employees on their first (1st) day of
assignment to their home base. This cash advance shall be
deducted in equal amounts from the next three (3) pay periods.5.14.02 Employees may voluntarily elect to have their pay cheques, provided for in Article 5.14 and Article 5.14.01, deposited directly by the Company through the Automated Payroll Distribution System to any recognised financial institution within the territorial limits of Canada.
5.14.03 Under payments on a pay cheque resulting from an error which are in excess of fifty dollars ($50.00) will be reimbursed on a
separate cheque within fourteen (14) days of the Company receiving advice of such underpayment.