United pilots contract, Section 2 — Definitions

2-A Active Employment, Active Service, Active Pilot means a Pilot is available for assignment, on sick leave or on vacation for any part of a Bid Period, including any “Pilot in Active Service” within the meaning of Section 24-A-2-a-(1) but excluding Pilots described in Sections 24-A-4 or 24-A-5. Compensation as a result of vacation pay provided by Section 12-I-5 or Section 24-H-7 shall not be considered Active Employment as defined by this Section 2-A.

2-B Actual Operation refers to the performance of a Pilot’s assignment or reassignment as it occurs in the operation. Actual Operation does not refer to the reassignment itself.

2-C Arrival means the time an aircraft comes to rest at the next point of landing or at the point of departure if the Flight returns without becoming airborne. The Arrival time of a Trip is the Arrival time of the last flight in that Trip, or, if the Trip ends with a Surface Deadhead, the end time of that Surface Deadhead

2-D Base means a geographical location designated by the Company where Pilots are based.

2-E Basic Duty Period means a Duty Period that contains no Global Flights.

2-F Basic Flight means a Flight that operates within the fifty (50) United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, that portion of South America which is north of fifteen (15) degrees south latitude (with the exception of Lima, Peru (LIM), which shall be considered a Global Flight), Bermuda, and the Caribbean Islands. Additional Flights that do not satisfy this definition may be considered Basic Flights by mutual agreement between the SSC and the Company.

2-G Basic Reserve means a Reserve in a Category that has only Basic Trips included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing for a Bid Period.

2-H Basic Trip means a Trip that contains no Global Flights.

2-I Bid Period means that for Pilot scheduling and pay purposes the period from the first day of, to and including the last day of each of twelve (12) thirty (30) or thirty-one (31) day periods. In conjunction with each annual vacation bidding period, the Company shall determine the start and end dates of the 30 and 31 day pay and scheduling periods for the upcoming vacation year (i.e., May through April). The Company shall notify the SSC of the designated Bid Periods no later than two weeks prior to the opening of annual vacation bidding.

2-J Captain is a Pilot who meets the applicable regulatory and contractual criteria to hold such Status and who is designated by the Company as Pilot-in-Command (PIC) of the aircraft and its crew while on duty.

2-K Category is a Base, Equipment, and Status combination (e.g. ORD 756 F/O) to which a Pilot is assigned.

2-L Class 1 Crew Rest Facility means a crew rest facility that meets the definition of Class 1, as established by either FAR 117 or an approved FRMS.

2-M Class 2 Crew Rest Facility means a crew rest facility that meets the definition of Class 2, as established by either FAR 117 or an approved FRMS.

2-N Class 3 Crew Rest Facility means a crew rest facility that meets the definition of Class 3, as

established by either FAR 117 or an approved FRMS.

2-O Day means the period of time from 0000 to 2359.

2-P Deadhead Time means the elapsed time from scheduled Departure to scheduled Arrival of a deadhead.

2-Q Departure means the time of the first movement of an aircraft for the purpose of flight. The Departure time of a Trip is the Departure time of the first flight in that Trip, or, if the Trip starts with a Surface Deadhead, the start time of that Surface Deadhead.

2-R Duty Period means the time period that begins when a Pilot is required to report for duty or actually reports for duty, whichever is later, and that ends when he is released from duty. It does not include time spent training, as a Short Call reserve or on Lineholder telephone availability.

2-S Equipment means aircraft or an aircraft grouping.

2-T Equipment-Base refers to a Base at which Pilots who fly specific Equipment are based. For example, IAH 777 and ORD 756 are Equipment-Bases.

2-U Established by FAR. As used throughout this Agreement, the phrases ‘established by FAR’, ‘applicable FAR’, ‘appropriate FAR’, ‘allowable FAR’ and similar such phrases shall include all approved FRMS. However, Sections 5-E-1-b-(2), 5-E-1-c-(2), 5-E-3-a and 5-F-3-a shall not include all approved FRMS. Additionally, when determining the amount of Add Pay to offer for an FAR waiver (see Section 5-F-1-h-(2)), approved FRMS shall not be used (i.e., the FAR Table B or Table C limit shall be used instead).

2-V First Officer is a Pilot who meets the applicable regulatory and contractual criteria to hold such Status and who is designated by the Company as second in command while on duty.

2-W Flight or Flight Segment means either a Flying Flight Segment or a deadhead. It does not include Surface Deadheading.

2-X Flight Time means the elapsed time from scheduled Departure to scheduled Arrival of a Flying Flight Segment.

2-Y Flown by Operations - (“FBO”) means a Flight or Flights where a Pilot is removed from a Trip or portion thereof for the purpose of management flying, proficiency flying, line checks, or other training.

2-Z Flying Flight Segment means a Flight on which a Pilot is part of the operating crew.

2-AA G-Line – The Pilot at a seniority level in a Category where that Pilot and those senior to him are entitled to be Lineholders and where those Pilots junior to him could all be awarded a reserve schedule.

2-BB Gender Pronouns "He", "Him", "His" - The masculine pronouns used herein shall include the feminine unless specifically excluded.

2-CC Global Duty Period means a Duty Period that contains one or more Global Flights.

2-DD Global Flight means a Flight that is not a Basic Flight.

2-EE Global Trip means a Trip that contains one or more Global Flights.

2-FF Global Reserve means a Reserve in a Category that has one or more Global Trips included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing for a Bid Period.

2-GG Holiday means New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Easter, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas.

2-HH Involuntary Furlough means a Pilot who is on furlough status and who has not been offered recall. A Pilot who has bypassed recall is not on Involuntary Furlough.

2-II Line Credit means the value of a Trip, absence, activity, etc., expressed in hours and minutes, used for constructing schedules in Monthly Schedule Preferencing.

2-JJ Line of Flying means a planned pattern of Trip sequences and intervening days off.

2-KK Line Production Average (LPA): LPA is calculated for each Category and Bid Period, and is equal to the sum of the following items divided by the number of Pilots at and above the G-Line who have availability in the Bid Period.

2-KK-1 The Line Credit value in the Bid Period of all Trips in the pool of Trips available to be awarded.

2-KK-2 All Line Credit value included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing in the schedules of Pilots used in the denominator (e.g., Line Credit for absences, activities, carry-in Trips, vacation, training).

2-LL Lineholder means a Pilot who is awarded a Line of Flying during Monthly Schedule Preferencing for the Bid Period.

2-MM Monthly Schedule Preferencing means the process by which Pilots are awarded a schedule for a Bid Period. Monthly Schedule Preferencing begins when bidding for schedule preferencing first opens and ends for a Category when schedules for that Category (unless stated otherwise) are loaded into the crew management system.

2-NN Off-Duty Period means a time period when a Pilot is not in a Duty Period. A time period spent on ALPA or Company business is neither a Duty Period nor an Off-Duty Period.

2-OO On-Line means flights operated by United Airlines and United Express.

2-PP Open Flying means a flight segment that becomes unassigned after Monthly Schedule Preferencing.

2-QQ Open Trip means a Trip that remains unassigned or becomes unassigned after Monthly Schedule Preferencing.

2-RR Pilot means a Captain or First Officer.

2-SS Preferential Bidding System (PBS) is a comprehensive system that provides for efficient Pilot utilization during the creation of the Pilot lines, taking into consideration Pilot preferences in seniority order.

2-TT Reassignment or Reassigned means a Pilot is given one or more new Flying Flight Segments or deadhead (‘new’ to the Pilot, as measured right before the reassignment). Further, when a Flight Segment is given a new flight number solely due to system limitations, it is considered to be in the

Actual Operation.

2-TT-1 Notwithstanding the above, when a Pilot’s role on a Flight Segment changes from ‘deadhead’ to ‘operating’, it is not considered a reassignment when:

2-TT-1-a Lineholder concurs to the role change; or

2-TT-1-b Reserve concurs to the role change on a Global Flight; or

2-TT-1-c A Reserve’s role is changed on a Basic Flight.

2-TT-2 Any Pilot may be reassigned from a deadhead role to an operating role, provided all reassignment rules are complied with. With his concurrence, a Pilot on deadhead deviation may assume an ‘operating’ role.

2-TT-3 It shall not be considered a reassignment when, after reporting for a Trip, a Pilot's originating segment is delayed and he is given an Off-Duty Period in accordance with Section 5-F- 3 prior to departing on the delayed segment.

2-UU Reserve means a Pilot who is not a Lineholder.

2-VV Schedule Repair means adjusting a Pilot’s schedule or Trip to comply with either a contractual or a regulatory requirement.

2-WW Status means a Pilot's assigned classification as either Captain or First Officer.

2-XX Surface Deadheading means using ground transportation to transport a Pilot between two airports.

2-YY Trip means a series of Flight Segments and/or Surface Deadheads, starting at the report time before the first Departure from the Pilot's Base and ending at the release time after the final Arrival at the Pilot's Base. With his concurrence and provided Sections 20-I and 20-J are complied with, the Company may assign a Pilot to a Trip that starts and/or ends at a location different from his Base.