Air Canada retirement
Following is specific for retired employees:
Eligibility for Travel Privileges
In order to be eligible for full retiree travel privileges, any one of following service criteria must be met:
· 25 years of continuous* or qualifying** service
· Factor 80 (age + continuous or qualifying service = 80)
· Age 65 (or age 60 for pilots) with a minimum of 10 years of continuous service ***
* Continuous Service means the date marking the start of the last continuous employment with the company, also called last date of hire (includes the number of years of continuous service on record at Canadian Airlines at time of integration in 2000). Continuous Service does not include any period where the employment was terminated and employee was later rehired.
**Qualifying Service represents a period of service as a member of a defined benefit pension (DB) plan sponsored by the Company and as defined in the pension plan rules. It is the period of employment, while a member of the pension plan, for which compensation is paid (includes any period during which the member receives indemnity from an approved disability plan; any period of leave - such as maternity/parental leave or special leave; any period of previous employment, or period of pre-employment military service that the member elected to buy back in the pension plan, if the pension plan rules so permit.
Eligible Persons
§ Retired employee of AC/Fasco/AC Jazz/Air Georgian
§ Spouse – Legal and registered Common-law partner
§ Dependent children as per travel profile.
§ Parents
Programs Available from the Employee Travel Website
§ Valid for travel on AC, AC Jazz, Air Georgian, Air Canada Vacations
§ Access to partner passes as per travel profile.
§ Access to partner Star Alliance as per travel profile.
§ Access to Service Award as per travel profile.
§ Access to C1/J10 as per travel profile.
§ ZED fares on other airlines as per individual airline.
Priority
§ Boarding in accordance with priority & length of service.
Service Charge
§ Applicable as per service charge chart
§ Subject to applicable taxes and fees
Family Affair Program
Retirees must contact AC General Reservations
Limitation
§ Advance seat selection not permitted
§ Frequent flyer mileage accumulation not permitted
§ Denied boarding compensation is not applicable
§ Online/Interline protection & interim expenses for delay, cancellation & disruption of service (IROP/SK CH) not permitted
§ Subject to AC Non Revenue Dress Code & baggage policy
§ Subject to AC code of conduct
*** Travel Privileges for Retired Employees with less than 10 years of Service
Permanent full-time or part-time employees who retire from the company at age 65 with less than 10 years of service will be eligible for limited personal passes. The retiree, spouse and children under 21 years of age will receive 2 priority C3/Y10 passes per year of service. The validity period will be equal to their length of service attained on retirement. Travel is valid on AC network only. Not valid on OAL and code-share flights. The Travel Profile will be inactivated once the employee's allotment is depleted or when the validity period is attained, whichever comes first.
RVSD 29 JAN 2008