FDX PSIT and SAM
 

Settlement announced restoring PSIT and implementing SAM BLG buy-up. What do you think?

I don't get it...What's in it for the senior guys?:rolleyes:

Maybe MD10PLT or Gunter can explain it to me.:D

Ok I'll give, what are you talking about. I checked my email nothing yet. Settlement?

Check the Alpa Website.

Couldn't get the embedded link in the MEC messages to work --- kept leading to an error message.

Also, couldn't find a copy of the specific Settlement Agreement on the Greviance page --- is it posted there and I missed it???

I am looking for specifics beyond the verbiage in the two e-mails the MEC leadership sent out.

Thanks.

I'm in the information highway slow lane again.

Got mine in the email and the links worked. Seems like a good direction for us to go in. Good job on the NC and the MEC. Hopefully we don't find out we've been had once again, though. Consider me cautiously optimistic!

It is on the Negotiating Committee Page.

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE GRIEVANCE 09-03
In order to resolve Grievance 09-03, the Company and ALPA agree as follows:
Definition:
System-wide Average Metric (SAM)
The same credit hour (CH) determination made in Section 25.C.8., as if there were no bid period package published for the applicable group of pilots in a base.
A. The full PSIT shall participate in the facilitation of this Settlement Agreement in conjunction with the performance of their duties as outlined in Section 25.BB.
B. Buy Up Value (BUV)
The Company shall “buy up” any line that is built below the BUV for that bid period. The BUV shall not exceed 68/85 CH. The BUV shall be the following:
1. For the April 2010 bid period, the SAM less 3.5 CH.
2. For the May 2010 bid period, the SAM less 3 CH.
3. For the June and July 2010 bid periods, the SAM less 2 CH.
4. For the August 2010 bid period, the SAM less 1CH.
5. For the September 2010 bid period and thereafter, the SAM.
C. Line Building and Pairing Quality Parameters beginning with the April 2010 bid period
1. All Soft Parameters found in Section 25, Appendix A, that use “SFS” shall also be applicable for “CAN” and “HKG.”
2. New Soft Parameters
a. Remote Sort Facility Critical Departure City Purity Soft Parameter: In IND, AFW, EWR, and OAK, for a scheduled departure occurring in the critical period, at least 60% of the critical departures shall be “city pure,” by locking flight sequences to/from the designated sort facility. The percentage is determined by counting all of the remote sort facility outbound legs during the critical period. A lower percentage each bid period may only be utilized with the written consent of the MEC Scheduling Committee Chairman or if the airline schedule makes the compliance with this parameter a factual impossibility.
b. For domestic trips with TAFB less than 24 hours, total block hours shall not exceed 7:45 without the written consent of the MEC Scheduling Committee Chairman.
3. The above-referenced Soft Parameters shall not be overridden during any bid period in which the minimum bid period guarantee is reduced pursuant to Section 4.A.2.b. 1
4. Reserve Day Removal
The Reserve Day Removal procedure as applied on the date of this Settlement Agreement (see FCIF 09-0200 ADMIN issued 04.17.09) shall be applicable in any bid period in which the Buy Up Value is below the Reserve Day Removal Targets (i.e., 62/79 CH).
D. Defined Exit from Section 4.A.2.b.
1. If SAM meets or exceeds 68/85 CH for two non-peak consecutive bid periods the minimum bid period guarantee shall return to the normal limits set forth in Section 4.A.1. For purposes of this Settlement Agreement, “non-peak consecutive bid periods” shall include any bid period with the exception of the November and December bid periods. October and January shall be considered consecutive bid periods.
2. If the Company hires a pilot(s) and adds the pilot(s) to the Master Seniority List, other than pursuant to a court order or arbitration award, the Company shall exit Section 4.A.2.b. effective with the Date of Hire.
3. Nothing in this Settlement Agreement shall restrict the ability of the Company to otherwise exit Section 4.A.2.b.
E. Restrictions on Re-entry into Section 4.A.2.b.
The following provisions apply to any re-entry into Section 4.A.2.b. (that occurs during the effective period of this Settlement Agreement).
1. Re-entry into Section 4.A.2.b. shall comply with the terms of the CBA. ALPA reserves the right to challenge any such future invocation and its implementation.
2. Upon re-entry into Section 4.A.2.b., this Settlement Agreement shall apply. The BUV shall be re-established as follows:
First three bid periods in 4.A.2.b.
SAM
Fourth bid period and thereafter
SAM less 3 CH
F. Duration
Notwithstanding the status quo provisions of the Railway Labor Act, this Settlement Agreement shall expire on the first day of the January 2012 bid period, unless it is cancelled earlier under the terms of this paragraph. Regardless of any cancellation or expiration, the soft parameters found in paragraph C.1. and 2. shall continue to be soft parameters unless overridden per the CBA.
1. If the System Board of Adjustment rescinds Section 4.A.2.b. or otherwise restricts its use, either party may cancel this Settlement Agreement.
2. If the Company provides the notice required to invoke Section 23, ALPA shall have the ability to cancel this Settlement Agreement.
3. If the SAM is lower than 61/76 CH for three consecutive bid periods, either party may cancel this Settlement Agreement.
4. Any cancellation shall be accomplished by 30 days written notice and shall be effective for the first bid period that starts after the notice period. 2
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G. Grievance 09-03 is withdrawn without prejudice. This Settlement Agreement shall have no effect on Grievances 09-02 or 09-04 and neither party shall reference this Agreement, directly or indirectly, in the remaining arbitration proceedings in those cases.
Agreed this ___ day of February, 2010:
Federal Express Corporation Air Line Pilots Association
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