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Term
This offer represents a two-year term effective from 01 April 2007 to 31 March 2009.
Basic Pay Award
A basic pay award for all ranks of 4.8% backdated to 01 April 2007.
Basic pay will then increase by RPI on 01 April 2008.
Trip Pay Award and Review
A trip pay award has been applied to each rank backdated to 01 April 2007.
For FSMs and CSSs, in order to reflect their management responsibilities, trip pay will increase by a flat rate, backdated to 01 April 2007.
A second flat rate increase will be effective from 01 April 2008.
All other ranks trip pay will increase by a flat rate backdated to 01 April 2007.
A second flat rate increase will be effective from 01 April 2008.
Tables taken out, same as last offer
As of April 1st 2009 a new formula for the calculation of trip pay will be introduced. VAA and UNITE agree to develop a better and more equitable distribution of the current trip pay pot. This will include a review of a number of variable elements with the intention of recognising flight duty periods. The review will commence April 1st 2008. Both the existing and the proposed schemes will be put to the cabin crew community for an ‘either/or’ vote and the majority view will prevail. This vote will take place before December 2008.
Variable Elements
Variable Elements will be increased in line with basic pay awards. These elements are: - Working up payment, expertise payment, offline allowance.
Maintenance, Ferry flight, stood down, return to base, deadheading and positioning payments will continue to receive trip under the new trip pay rates.
Crew Down Payments
In an effort to monitor and reduce current sickness levels and to substantially improve current crew down levels, VAA and UNITE agree that:
Should VAA not reduce occurrences of flights operating crew down with 2 or more crew down by 50% by June 2008 (this will be measured by comparing the 3 months April to June 2008 versus April to June 2007), the crew down payments will increase with effect from 1st July 2008.
The new payments will be:
• 1 Down – No Change £5 per crew member down per sector (£10 per return trip)
• 2 Down – Increase to £15 per crew member down per sector (£60 per return trip)
• 3 Down – Increase to £22.50 per crew member down per sector (£135 per return trip)
• 4 Down – Increase to £30 per crew member down per sector (£240 per return trip)
However, if average sickness is above 6.49% (days short term sick / working duties, measured over the 3 month measurement period April to June 2008) the crew down payments will remain unchanged.
Loyalty
In order to recognise and reward experience in their management role, a choice of either 50% or 70% contracts will be available to FSMs who have completed 10 years service in rank.
Consultative Structure
To address the non pay issues raised by staff and the Company in the course of this pay dispute, VAA and UNITE agree to review the consultative structure with a view to putting in place a more efficient and effective system for resolving employment related matters. The review will commence in February 2008 with an implementation date of 31st August 2008.
Monthly Standby (See appendix one)
Appendix One
Monthly Standby
To give extra stability to a monthly standby roster we have agreed the following changes to the monthly standby arrangement. This will also allow monthly standby to continue in a more efficient way for both the crew and the business.
5 Blocks in 3 years
5 blocks of standby in 3 years. One of the five blocks will be a stability block. When on a stability month, crew members can only be called for a duty that fits the confines of the roster block. All rostered days off are protected on a stability block unless of course there is down route disruption.
Requesting days off in a Standby month
All crew will now be able to request two days off via Carmen Interbids in ALL standby months. The granted requested days will be protected. Should crew not request days off or be unsuccessful with their request then two days off during the standby month will be identified and guaranteed in the event of call out.
Swapping of standby months
To increase flexibility crew will now be able to swap their standby months with other crew of the same rank. To facilitate this, there will be a ‘Yearly vision’ when crew members can expect to have a standby month rostered. All crew will be able to know one year ahead when their standby month will be rostered. This also results in a change to the current leave allocation.
Yearly Leave allocation
All cabin crew will be able to bid for their entire annual leave allocation for one calendar year (January – December). This will require a change to the current system of crew bidding for leave twice a year e.g. January – June then July -December. Currently all crew will have been allocated leave for January 08 – June 08 therefore under this agreement, a yearly vision and request for leave will be implemented for July 2008 – June 2009 leave.
The monthly standby arrangements to be reviewed by the Unite/Virgin Atlantic Airways Joint Review Group