From: Dear AFA (January 22, 2013)

We recently reported on the settlement of MEC 5-12 and have agreed to resolve the Contract violation reducing the Reserve guarantee resulting from the improper application of vacation to Reserve schedules. Reserve Flight Attendants who were on vacation beginning April 2012 through January 2013 and whose Reserve Line showed a reduced Reserve minimum guarantee due to the company reducing their guarantee as a result of applying vacation should have received an adjustment.

In making the determination of how individuals were impacted, the company was able to go back and compare the original value of the Reserve minimum (78) to the reduced value of the Reserve minimum after vacation was applied to the schedule for the specific month involved. This difference represents the number of hours for which Flight Attendant were paid as a result of the settlement. This value (or difference) was calculated for each month in which a Flight Attendant was on Reserve and had a vacation.

In determining the amount of money to be paid, the monthly difference was multiplied by the applicable hourly rate of pay for the schedule month involved. For those Flight Attendants still progressing through the pay scale, the hourly rate of pay might be different between months.

In addition, the cumulative total of the hours for all of the months involved was multiplied by $1.93 – the rate of pay for Reserve override.

Following discussions with United Payroll, the company has determined that payments will be processed in the following manner:

• Reserves who had vacation in April 2012 to November 2012 were paid a lump sum by a separate paycheck on January 3, 2013.
• While we were originally told Reserves who had vacation in December 2012 would be paid via a separate paycheck to be issued mid-January, we are learning that this difference may have been included in the January 16 paycheck.
• Reserves who have vacation in January 2013 Reserve lines will be adjusted to reflect a Reserve minimum guarantee (78) unreduced by the application of vacation. (As a clarification, the 78 hour Reserve minimum can be reduced by without pay absences including ANP, GWOP and DAT.)

In the event you believe you have not been paid the correct number of hours based on the reduction to your Reserve minimum guarantee following the application of vacation, please contact your Local Council Office for assistance. Please be prepared to provide specific information that supports your assertion that an error has been made. Research will be conducted to determine if an error was made and any necessary corrections will be made by the company.