The most important "Get" in scope that is industry leading and no one else has is the block hour ratio between all UEX flying (except block hours by 37 seat turbo prop aircraft) and UAL single isle aircraft. This provision starts at DOS. It starts at 120% and if the company exceeds 153 76 seaters after 1/1/16 it can ratchets down to 68%.

What does this mean? While it does provide for upward growth of mainline aircraft if the UEX fleet grows. It's real power and protections of jobs is if there is downsizing at main line. With this provision if UAL delays or cancels 737's they will have to park UEX flying to stay in compliance.

If UAL had this provision in the current contract they couldn't have parked the 737's or furloughed 1437 pilots.

Many think current CAL scope is better because of the 50 seat restriction and that is simply not true. Current CAL scope caps 50 seaters at 274. Above that there is a ratio to provide limited growth to CAL but no downward protection at all. This is exactly what happened after 9/11 (while that was under Contract 97 this scope provision was the same). CAL Mainline shrank significantly and Continental Express grew three fold.

1-C-1-f-(1) In any Rolling Twelve-Month Period ending the first full calendar month following date of signing of this Agreement or later, the Company shall not Schedule or permit the Scheduling of aircraft block hours of United Express Flying (excluding block hours operated by 37-Seat Turboprop Aircraft) exceeding the maximum percentage of Scheduled aircraft block hours of Company Flying on single-aisle Company Aircraft (“Max. % of UAXBH to SBH”) set forth in the following chart. Cells 1 to 8 state the number of 76-Seat Aircraft operated in United Express Flying (cells 2 through 8 show an
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increase in the number of such 76-Seat Aircraft if added under Section 1-C-1-g). Cells 9 through 16 state the Max. % of UAXBH to SBH that the Company must maintain based on the number of 76-Seat Aircraft in cells 1 through 8. The measurement for the twelve (12) months in any Rolling Twelve-Month Period shall be made on a weighted basis by the number of 76-Seat Aircraft in United Express Flying in each month.
Number of 76-Seat Aircraft Operated In United Express Flying


See TA page 4 under 1C1F to view sliding block hour ratio protection. I couldn't copy and paste it wouldn't format correctly.

Remember the Q400's count as 76 seat aircraft.

Jayson Baron
Council 170 Chairman