United pilots contract, LOA 12-01 — Guam Flying
A Terms When used in this Letter of Agreement, "Guam Flying” means all flying conducted by Guam based Pilots including but not limited to flying conducted from the Guam Base. Definitions used herein are those in the Agreement except as otherwise stated.
B Foreign Base Allowance
B-1 Pilots staffed to flying positions in the Guam Base shall receive, in addition to all other compensation, a Foreign Base Allowance in the amount of $3,500 for each month of Active Service.
B-1-a A Pilot is eligible for the Foreign Base Allowance for each Bid Period which their name appears on the Guam staffing report. A new-hire Pilot who receives a flying position in the Guam Base shall, in their first Bid Period, receive a prorated Foreign Base Allowance, based on their date of hire.
B-1-b At their option, a Pilot assigned to Guam who is in their first year of employment shall receive an eighteen (18) month Base freeze and be paid using the second-year pay rate (in Status), or no Base freeze and be paid using the first-year pay rate. If the Pilot elects to receive the second-year pay rate, that pay rate shall apply to Bid Periods which their name appears on the Guam staffing report.
B-1-c A Pilot on Company-paid TDY to the Guam Base shall not be eligible for the Foreign Base Allowance.
C COMAT
A Pilot based in GUM shall be entitled to fee-waived COMAT shipments of up to 3,000 pounds per each rolling twelve month period. In addition, such Pilot shall be entitled to a seventy-five percent (75%) discount on all COMAT shipments in excess of the 3,000 pound limitation above.
C-1 A Pilot shall be permitted to designate one additional person as a known shipper who may send COMAT on the Pilot’s behalf. The Company shall not be responsible for any additional costs associated with the COMAT shipments of such designated known shipper, nor shall the Company bear any responsibility or cost associated with seeking regulatory approval of any prospective known shipper. All fee-waived COMAT shipments from a known shipper shall be considered as being shipped by the Pilot for the purpose of complying with the 3,000 pound limitation above.
C-2 A Pilot based in GUM shall be reimbursed for reasonable losses or damage incurred to a Pilot’s property shipped through COMAT via United Cargo. Any such claim must be supported by appropriate documentation. This obligation shall terminate if the Company makes available reasonable shipping insurance for COMAT shipping by United Cargo.
D Scheduling
D-1 The terms of the Agreement shall apply to the scheduling of Guam-based Pilots, except to the extent modified by this Letter of Agreement.
D-2 For Trips that start and end in Guam, a flight scheduled for eight (8) hours or less shall be considered a Basic Flight and a flight scheduled for more than eight (8) hours shall be considered a Global Flight.
D-3 When any flying flight segment in a single-augmented duty period is conducted on an aircraft having Class 3 Crew Rest Facilities, the Scheduled Duty Limitation (Section 5-E-1 of the Agreement) is thirteen hours and thirty minutes (13:30) and the Actual Duty Limitation (Section 5-F-1 of the Agreement) is fifteen hours and thirty minutes (15:30).
D-4 The crew rest configuration described in Section 5-J-1-i of the Agreement may be used for double-augmented flights; the single premium seat grouping described in Section 5-J-1-i of the Agreement shall be the crew rest facility for both augmenting crew members.
D-5 The All Night Flying (ANF) restrictions in Sections 5-E-10, 5-E-11, 5-F-6 and 5-F-7 of the Agreement shall not apply to flights scheduled with an augmented crew.
D-6 The ANF restrictions in Sections 5-E-10-g and 5-F-6-d of the Agreement shall not apply to unaugmented duty periods that contain ANF, except as described in Paragraph D-7 below.
D-7 A Pilot may be scheduled for duty in consecutive unaugmented WOCL periods, provided both unaugmented duty periods containing the WOCL periods comply with Sections 5-E-10-g and 5-F-6-d of the Agreement. Further, a Pilot may be scheduled for duty in an augmented WOCL period followed by an unaugmented WOCL period, provided the unaugmented duty period containing the WOCL period complies with Sections 5-E-10-g and 5-F-6-d of the Agreement. Section 20-K-3-c-(11) of the Agreement shall not apply. If a Pilot is scheduled for more than two consecutive WOCL periods, any unaugmented WOCL period can only be the first or second WOCL period in the sequence. For example, a Pilot can be assigned three consecutive WOCL periods if
all are augmented, or if the first and/or second WOCL period is unaugmented. But he cannot be assigned two augmented WOCL periods followed by an unaugmented WOCL period.
D-8 During Monthly Schedule Preferencing, a Pilot may:
D-8-a waive the twelve (12) hour minimum free from duty requirement in Sections 5-E-10-d and 5-F-6-b of the Agreement. In conjunction, the minimum scheduled off-duty time (12:45) in Section 5-E-3-e is also deemed to be waived, but only to the extent necessary for this Paragraph D-8-a to be administered; however, such minimum scheduled off-duty time shall not be less than 10:45 (or greater, if buffered by the Company);
D-8-b notwithstanding Paragraph D-7 of this Letter of Agreement, concur to be scheduled for duty in up to three (3) consecutive WOCL periods, none of which need comply with Sections 5-E-10-g and 5-F-6-d. A Reserve shall be deemed to have waived Section 20-K-3-c-(11) of the Agreement.
D-8-c If a Pilot exercises either or both of the options described in Paragraphs D-8-a and D-8-b above, such option or options shall remain in effect for the entire Bid Period. A Pilot may also exercise either or both of the options described in Paragraphs D-8-a and D-8-b above after Monthly Schedule Preferencing.
D-9 In Monthly Schedule Preferencing a Reserve may bid to have his days off scheduled in a single period of days off (a “Compressed Line”). A Reserve who is not bidding for a Compressed Line shall have his bid group denied, if such denial is necessary to award a Compressed Line to a more-junior Pilot who is bidding for a Compressed Line. The following shall apply to Compressed Lines:
D-9-a A Reserve bidding for a Compressed Line is deemed to have waived the minimum one (1) day off in each seven (7) day period requirement of Section 5-E-7-f of the Agreement. The Company shall not apply Section 5-E-8-b of the Agreement to Compressed Lines.
D-9-b The first day off shall be an FDO and all subsequent days off shall be HDOs.
D-9-c The Company may allow Pilots awarded compressed lines in accordance with Paragraph D to also be awarded VEC Lines in accordance with Section 20-K-1-f-(2).
D-10 The scheduled off-duty period of at least twenty-four (24) consecutive hours described in Section 5-E-3-h of the Agreement may be satisfied at either GUM or HNL. Section 5-E-3-h of the Agreement shall not apply to Reserves with compressed lines.
D-11 Guam-based Pilots and Guam Trips are not eligible for out-of-base pick-up.
D-12 A Reserve whose number of reserve days before their next scheduled unavailable days is more than six (6) shall be treated as if their number of reserve days before their next scheduled unavailable days is six (6).
D-13 In lieu of Section 20-A-4 of the Agreement, call-out time shall be:
D-13-a A Reserve in a Short Call window or a Lineholder in a telephone availability window must be able to report for duty (call-out time) no more than two hours (2:00) after the Company’s initial attempt at contact.
D-13-b If a Pilot accepts and fulfills a call-out time requirement that is from one hour (1:00) to one hour thirty minutes (1:30) of the Company’s initial attempt at contact, he shall receive one (1) hour of Add Pay. If a Pilot accepts and fulfills a call-out time requirement that is less than one hour (1:00) of the Company’s initial attempt at contact, he shall receive two (2) hours of Add Pay.
D-14 The Minimum Pay Value provision of Section 5-G-2 of the Agreement shall not apply to Trips consisting of a single duty period that is scheduled to release on the day after it is scheduled to report. Instead, such Trips shall have an additional Minimum Pay Value provision that pays the greater of:
D-14-a seven hours and forty-five minutes (7:45) pay value; or
D-14-b one (1) hour pay value for each one and one-half (1.5) hours of duty time.
D-14-c Any such Trip shall contain no more than three (3) Flights in the Duty Period.
D-14-d The parties agree to IT improvements to resolve minimum day off conflicts caused by specific Trips that utilize the waiver of Section 5-G-2 provided in this Paragraph D-14.
D-15 For a Trip consisting of a single duty period that is scheduled to release on the day after it is scheduled to report, if during trip-trading a trade involving such a Trip fails solely due to its characterization as a two-day Trip, then such Trip shall be treated as a one-day Trip for that trade, provided both of the following are true:
D-15-a For the day on which the Trip reports, no previous trades have been successfully executed that utilize this provision; and
D-15-b The number of Reserves that are available on the day the Trip releases is, net of projected assignments, at least one (1).
D-16 In the application of Section 20-G-3, the specified time shall be 0001 Guam Time.
D-17 When a Pilot is scheduled to operate or is operating a Guam Island Hopper “IHOP” (FRMS CALA-002) Trip and is reassigned, the reassigned Trip must have a scheduled release time within forty-eight (48) hours of their original release time.
D-18 In the event of a significant change to flight schedules to/from Guam, the Association and Company will meet and discuss appropriate Trip mix parameters. Section 5-E-12-e, Trip Mix for Basic Trips does not apply to Guam.
E TDY
E-1 Section 8-G of the Agreement applies to TDY to and from Guam, except that Section 8-G-6 of the Agreement does not apply to TDY to Guam.
E-2 For both voluntarily-awarded and involuntarily-assigned Pilots, positioning travel to and from Guam shall be treated as a work day but shall not carry Line Credit; the Pilot shall be paid the Flight Time of the positioning travel as Add Pay.
E-3 A TDY offered to and from Guam may be advertised and voluntarily awarded before Monthly Schedule Preferencing, for up to two (2) consecutive Bid Periods at a time (i.e., Pilots
volunteering for the full period shall be awarded first). Pilots shall receive a minimum of seven (7) day’s notice prior to necessary training
F Vacancy and Displacement Awards
A Pilot shall be provided at least thirty (30) days notice of activation to a Category outside of Guam. A Pilot shall not be activated to a Guam based position sooner than thirty (30) days after the close of a vacancy or displacement bid unless he agrees otherwise, and shall receive as much notice of the specific report date in Guam as circumstances allow.
G Training
G-1 A Pilot assigned to the Guam Base who is scheduled for recurrent training on the U.S. mainland shall be scheduled to commence such training between the hours of 1300 and 2100 at the location of where the training shall occur, unless the Pilot agrees otherwise.
G-1-a Notwithstanding the above, a classroom-only training event may commence between 1200 and 2100.
G-1-b In addition to pay for the training itself, a Pilot who is scheduled for a training event on the U.S. mainland shall be paid for two (2) travel days to travel to the training and (2) travel days to return from the training. If such training is conducted in Asia the Pilot shall be paid one (1) day of travel, and if it is conducted in Australia, for two (2) days of travel. All travel days shall be paid in accordance with Section 3-E-1 and shall be scheduled in accordance with the duty limitations of Section 5 (as amended by this LOA) of the Agreement, unless the Pilot agrees otherwise.
G-1-c When applying the duty period limits of Section 5-E-1-d-(2) to travel to/from training on the U.S. mainland, a First Class seat on a GUM737 operating NRT-GUM shall be considered a ‘near lie-flat’ seat (if no other On-Line ‘lie-flat’ seat is available between NRT-GUM).
G-2 A Pilot who was available to attend a required training event offered on Guam and who did not attend shall travel to the U.S. mainland at his own expense to make up the requirement. Ground training schedules shall be published on a quarterly basis in advance in the bid package.
G-3 A Pilot may travel to scheduled training up to fifteen (15) days before the start of training and may return up to fifteen (15) days after training ends. The Pilot shall be provided PS5T positive-space authorization for travel to and from the training location, except that PS0T authorization shall be provided for travel to training that originates within seventy-two (72) hours of training event. If, prior to the Pilot’s departure to attend training, the training event is cancelled or the Pilot is unable to attend the training, the travel authorization shall be revoked.
G-4 A Pilot based in Guam who is remaining in the Guam Base, and who is assigned to training in excess of thirty (30) days (i.e., to change Equipment and/or Status) shall have one period of ten (10) consecutive days in the training cycle free from all duty. This provision can be waived at the Pilot’s discretion. A PS-5 pass shall be provided for travel during this period to and from Guam. A Pilot who elects to take this break must notify Training Scheduling at least fourteen (14) days in advance of training.
G-5 Guam based Pilots shall conduct recurrent training/checking events exclusively on Equipment utilized in Guam Flying. Further, Guam based Pilots shall conduct recurrent training/checking events exclusively with flight simulators and other training devices that are exclusive to the Equipment utilized in Guam Flying. For example, if Guam Flying is conducted using B-737 NG Equipment, the Guam Pilots shall conduct recurrent training/checking events in a B-737 NG flight simulator and utilize training devices that reflect the B-737 NG. (For purposes of this paragraph, B-737 NG is understood to be B-737-700, B-737-800 and/or B-737-900 Equipment.)
G-6 When a Pilot is utilizing PS5 travel on days off within the training footprint, the provisions of Section 5-D-1-a shall apply.
H Moving Expenses
H-1 Within one year of initial activation in Guam (i.e., the first time a Pilot is based at Guam), a Pilot is entitled to be provided with up to ten (10) unpaid days free from duty for the purpose of familiarization of his family to Guam. To be eligible for the unpaid days as provided above, a Pilot must notify the Company no later than seventy-two (72) hours prior to the time that bidding for Monthly Schedule Preferencing closes for the Bid Period in which the days shall be taken. During the ten (10) day familiarization period, the Pilot shall be provided a rental car and a hotel room. An extra hotel room shall be provided for families with more than one (1) child, and a van shall be provided in lieu of an automobile for families with more than three (3) children. Round trip PS-5 (must ride) passes on United Airlines to Guam shall be provided for the Pilot and his immediate family. With Company concurrence, the Pilot may elect to split the ten (10) days into more than one time period.
H-2 Pilots transferring or assigned to the Guam Base shall be entitled to a paid move to Guam, provided they remain in Guam for a minimum of eighteen (18) months of Active Service. Should a Pilot leave the Guam Base for any reason other than being displaced or initial Status upgrade prior to providing eighteen (18) months of Active Service, he shall be responsible to reimburse the Company for the paid move to Guam. This reimbursement provision shall not apply to a Pilot who was involuntarily displaced from his previous Base into Guam, and leaves the Guam Base prior to providing eighteen (18) months of Active Service.
H-3 A Pilot who has provided thirty-six (36) months of Active Service on Guam shall be entitled to a paid move from Guam, including a Pilot who came to Guam via a base trade, notwithstanding Section 8-I-4-h-(1). If a Pilot who received a paid move to Guam has a Base change after providing eighteen (18) months of service, but prior to completing thirty-six (36) months of Active Service on Guam, he shall be responsible for a pro rata share of the paid move from Guam (if he has not completed eighteen (18) months of service, he is not eligible for a Company-paid move). A Pilot who did not receive a paid move to Guam shall be entitled to a fully paid move from Guam upon providing eighteen (18) months of active service on Guam. A Pilot who did not receive a paid move to Guam shall be responsible for a pro-rata share of the paid move if he does not provide eighteen (18) months active service on Guam. A move from Guam shall be company paid if the Pilot: is furloughed and elects to return to the U.S.; is displaced out of GUM; is awarded an initial Status upgrade; is granted a permanent hardship transfer back to the U.S. Mainland; retires and elects to return to the U.S. Mainland; or is terminated due to loss of
medical or failure to meet standards. The thirty-six (36) or eighteen month clock (as applicable) shall also begin on the date of activation in Guam.
H-4 Expense reimbursement to/from the gateway city to a U.S. destination shall be governed by Section 10 of the Agreement.
H-5 Moving expenses to and from Guam for moves which qualify as Company-paid moves shall be governed by Section 10 of the Agreement, except for the following:
H-5-a In addition to the shipping of up to two (2) automobiles, any additional automobiles at the time of the Pilot’s move shall be arranged for shipment at the Company's rate at the Pilot’s expense.
H-5-b A PS-5 must-ride pass for each immediate family member for travel in connection with the move to/from Guam.
H-5-c If the Pilot elects to stay at a Company sponsored hotel (a crew layover hotel) the hotel charges shall be paid by the Company.
H-5-d The transportation costs for two (2) animals, not to exceed a total of 200 pounds.
H-5-e The phrase “new primary residence” in Section 10-E-1 of the Agreement shall be substituted with the phrase “designated shipping port” and the phrase “new Base” in Section 10-G-1 of the Agreement shall be substituted with the phrase “designated shipping port.” The phrase “Three (3) days” shall be substituted with the phrase “Five (5) days” in Sections 10-E-1 and 10-G-1 of the Agreement. Further, the entitlements derived from the above substitution of phrases shall be equally applied for moves to and from GUM.
H-5-e-(1) A rental car, as well as hotel room and meal allowances as set forth in Section 10 shall be provided in Guam for the Pilot and his immediate family members from the time the Pilot’s goods are received for shipment until the shipping agent issues notice that the goods are available for delivery in Guam, plus four (4) days. A Pilot shall not be required to wait until the end of this period to submit expenses for reimbursement. Families with more than one (1) child shall receive an additional paid hotel room if requested. Families with more than three (3) children shall receive a rental van instead of a car. A Pilot returning from Guam shall be provided these same rental car and hotel room benefits in his new Base until his household goods arrive from Guam in his new Base plus one (1) day. A Pilot who is based in Guam may, within twelve (12) months prior to his retirement date, or within three (3) months after his retirement date, elect to exercise his Company paid move to the U.S. mainland.
H-5-e-(2) A Guam based Pilot who has been awarded a position at a Base on the U.S. mainland and is moving to the U.S. mainland from Guam and would be entitled to a Company-paid move to his new Base, but chooses not to do so, may, at his option and with prior notice to the Company, arrange to have his household goods and automobile(s), etc. transported from the U.S. Port of Entry to his residence. In such case, the Company’s responsibility for the paid move shall end when the Pilot’s household goods, automobile(s), etc. arrive at the U.S. Port of Entry on the west coast. In connection with the transportation of the Pilot’s household goods, automobile(s), etc. from the Port of Entry to
his residence, the Pilot shall not be entitled to receive any temporary lodging, days off (paid or unpaid), storage or other benefits specified in Section 10 of the Agreement to which he otherwise would have been entitled had he moved to his new Base.
H-5-f A Pilot eligible for a Company paid move to or from Guam shall be provided Commuter Passes in accordance with Section 10-D-2 of the Agreement.
H-5-g Shipping one (1) or more automobiles to or from Guam is permitted only under a paid move entitlement to or from Guam and if exercised, is considered as “receiving a paid move” to or from Guam.
I Medical
I-1 The Company shall provide, at no cost to the Pilot, all vaccinations recommended by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) for the region(s) visited while on Company duty.
I-2 If a medical emergency exists requiring evacuation/transportation from Guam or any downline station, the Company shall provide the following transportation to the Pilot and/or the Pilot’s spouse and children (or any other person approved by the Guam Chief Pilot or his designee). In the event that the Chief Pilot or designee is unavailable, the Pilot may declare to Crew Scheduling that a medical emergency exists and Scheduling shall provide appropriate travel arrangements as follows:
I-2-a Positive Space (must-ride) service-charge-waived on-line passes for the patient and the Pilot’s spouse and children (or any other person approved by the Guam Chief Pilot or his designee) to Honolulu, (or other United city deemed medically necessary by the treating physician in the event of a life-threatening medical emergency); and
I-2-b Positive Space (must-ride) service-charge-waived on-line passes for required medical attendants, and medical equipment necessary for the transfer (stretcher, medical oxygen, etc.); and
I-2-c PS-5 passes, or if required and authorized by the Guam Chief Pilot, positive space (must- ride) service charge waived on-line passes for the return to Guam for the Pilot, the medical attendant, and the Pilot’s spouse and children (or any other person approved by the Guam Chief Pilot or his designee); and
I-3 PS-5 passes for the Pilot and/or the Pilot’s spouse and children (or any other person approved by the Guam Chief Pilot or his designee) if a physician deems it necessary to receive a treatment that is not available on Guam. The PS-5 passes provided for by this Paragraph are only intended to apply in cases of unique medical events and not for recurring care of a chronic condition.
I-4 In the event of death or serious medical emergency in the immediate family (as defined for ELA in Section 12 of the Agreement), a Pilot may use his accumulated sick leave up to ten (10) consecutive days. The Company shall provide, round trip passes (PS-5 (must ride) outbound and PS-5 return) from Guam or downline station to a United Airlines U.S. mainland station of the Pilot’s choice for the Pilot and his immediate family.
I-5 If fewer than two (2) Aviation Medical Examiners (“AMEs”) maintain availability on Guam, the Company shall provide round trip positive space travel to Pilots who maintain their primary
residence in Guam to Manila, Tokyo or Hawaii for required appointments to obtain their medical certification.
J General
J-1 If a Pilot is adversely affected by a disaster in which a Disaster Declaration is issued for Guam by the Governor of Guam or the President of the United States, the Company, upon request, shall provide the Pilot a hotel room for up to ten (10) days.
J-2 A Pilot in the Guam Base shall be charged international pass travel rates between Guam, Hawaii and any US gateway city used for the Pilot, designated travel companion, family and dependent(s). Travel for individuals using the Pilot’s Buddy Passes shall be allowed unescorted to and from GUM (e.g., IAH-HNL-GUM), with the appropriate documentation provided by his Chief Pilot or his designee.
K Duration
This Letter of Agreement shall be effective upon signing and shall run concurrently with the provisions of Section 25 of the Agreement.
AGREED, this 18th day of December, 2012.
For United Airlines, Inc.: For the Air Line Pilots Association, International:
Captain Fred Abbott Captain Donald L. Moak Senior Vice President President Flight Operations Air Line Pilots Association, International
P. Douglas McKeen Captain Jay Heppner Senior Vice President Chairman UAL MEC Labor Relations Captain Jay Pierce Chairman CAL MEC
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed this Agreement this 29th day of September, 2023.
FOR UNITED AIRLINES, INC. FOR THE AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, INT’L
Z. Michael Jones, Vice President Captain Jason Ambrosi, President Labor Relations Air Line Pilots Association, Intl
Captain Marc Champion Captain Garth Thompson, Chair Vice President Flight Operations United Master Executive Council
Mike Hansen, Managing Director Captain Phil Otis, Chair LR & Labor Economics UAL MEC Negotiating Committee
Captain Mary Ann Schaffer, Captain Andy Riggs, Vice-Chair Managing Director Aviation Safety UAL MEC Negotiating Committee
Captain David Zullo, Director Captain Adrian Rivero, Member Pilot Contract Administration UAL MEC Negotiating Committee
Sarah Nau, Director Labor Relations