This information is no longer current - it is for reference only. It is an archive review of events that took place during United Airline's Chapter 11 Bankruptcy from December 9, 2002 - February 1, 2006.

Work Rule Modifications

Page updated: April 8, 2003

Hour Maximums
  • Effective with the August 2003 schedule monthly maximums will increase to 92/184/261 and ability to opt to 97/194/276
Line of Flying Averages
  • Increase lines of flying averages to 84/168/252 for both International and Domestic
  • Delete 80 hour cap on Domestic lines
Domestic Flying
  • The definition of domestic flying includes all of Canada
Flight Segments
  • A maximum of eight (8) segments per duty period
Minimum Rest
  • Modify International rest at home minimums, no change except:

Flt/Dhd Time   Lineholder   Reserve
Over 12:00     36:00        48:00

  • Modify International layover rest minimums
    (Up to 10:00 hours no change):

Flt/Dhd Time   Block to Block   Place of Lodging
10:01-1400     22:00            20:00
Over 14:00     33:00            30:00

  • Minimum legal rest for flights between U.S. and Japan:

Block to Block    Place of Lodging
22:00             20:00

Duty Times
  • Duty time revisions as follows:

                          Scheduled     Actual
05:00 - 18:59       13:00           14:30
19:00 - 04:59       11:30           13:00

West Coast to Hawaii
  • A Flight Attendant may be scheduled or rescheduled to work both flights in one duty period round trip between the West Coast and Hawai’i and may not exceed fourteen and one half (14:30) hours on duty (scheduled and actual)
Reassignment Rights
  • Errors in lines of flying; reassignment must depart same day and return no more than 6 hours later than originally scheduled

Domestic:

  • Line guarantee reassignment to return no more than twenty-four (24) hours later than originally scheduled

International:

  • Line guarantee reassignment to return no more than twenty-four (24) hours later than originally scheduled return for a 4-day or less ID
  • No more than 36 hours later than originally scheduled return for IDs in excess of four (4) days

Both Operations:

  • Priority will be given to reassigning Flight Attendants to IDs in the same operation and same number of days
  • If the number of reserves available is equal to or greater than the projected number of flights attendants needed for the specified time period of the reassignment, a Flight Attendant will have the option to decline the reassignment
  • If the assignment is declined, her/his projection and line guarantee will be reduced
Reserve Days Off
  • Eleven (11) days off per month
Personal Time Off
  • If a PTO day would cause an inability for a reserve to be assigned on the remaining days of availability, the RSV will be placed on PTO for the day requested and non-disciplinary DNF for the remaining days on
Bid Positions
  • Positions other than premium pay positions will be awarded in seniority order to lineholders with no E/Y/V designator
  • Cabin work assignments for remaining positions will be filled in seniority order in briefing
RDO Trades
  • Effective May 1, 2003, Flight Attendant may increase hours by using the RDO process to ninety-seven (97) hours the first month of the quarter, one hundred ninety-four (194) hours for the first two months of the quarter and two hundred seventy-six (276) hours for the full quarter
Combined Reserve Pool
  • Establish a single reserve pool at each domicile
  • Reserve guarantee will be based on Domestic rates of pay at locations with both International and Domestic flying; however, International IDs will be paid at International rates of pay and Domestic Ids at Domestic rates of pay
  • Move up lines will be constructed with either pure international or pure domestic IDs. Flight Attendants can preference type of move up line.
Layover Hotels
  • "Downtown or downtown-like" lodging requirement for layovers of 20 hours or more
Last Quarter Maximum
  • Reserve maximum hours in the last month of the quarter will be increased to 80 hours from the current 77/Domestic and 75/International effective May 1, 2003
  • The reserve maximum hours in the last month of the quarter will be increased to 87 hours effective with the August 2003 schedule month
Duty Rigs
  • Minimum average of pay and credit of five (5) hours per day for multi-day IDs. (e.g. 5/10/15/20)
  • Eliminate 4 hour minimum
Scheduling Restrictions
  • A 2 segment, 1 duty period ID may be scheduled up to 8:30 in a 24 hour period
Bulk Scheduling
  • Eliminate the "bulk scheduling"
Preferential Bidding System
  • A preferential bidding system will be developed
The following items were inadvertently left out of the Tentative Agreement Summary that is being sent to each AFA Member’s home:
 
Airplane Tidying Section 4.K., Onboard policies and procedures to provide that Flight Attendants will be required to perform additional responsibilities beyond tidying such as trash pick-up and maintaining a neat cabin appearance throughout the trip sequence. Such duties may include picking up supplies or depositing trash on the boarding device (e.g. jet bridge). Flight Attendants will not be required to perform such duties at the termination of a duty day.
 
Open-Flying Trade Allocations Section 9.G.4.b. will be revised to increase the daily allocation to not be less than four percent (4%) and eliminate 70 position cap.

Return to Restructuring Agreement

top of page