Appendix I – Variable pay top up
The objective of the crew top up scheme is to provide greater security of variable earnings for current crew in Heathrow Worldwide and Heathrow Eurofleet. It is designed to mitigate the concerns over the pace and mix of work transfer to the new ‘Mixed Fleet’. All existing variable pay will continue to be paid as now e.g. all box payments, all back to backs, destination payments, excess time premiums, short turnaround payments etc.
The crew variable top up scheme means that everyone at Heathrow will be paid at least the average amount of variable pay that was earned by their grade and fleet during the 2009-2010 schedule, regardless of their roster. If crew were to earn less than this, the difference will be topped up to the amounts shown below on an annual basis.
The minimum amount of variable pay shown below would be increased in line with any base pay uplift that is applied.
The minimum variable pay full time crew would receive per annum (effective from 1St November 2010)
FLEET
Worldwide
Worldwide
Worldwide
GRADE
CSD
Purser
Main crew
ANNUAL EQUIVALENT (£)
7,917
7,575
6,616
Eurofleet
Eurofleet
Eurofleet
CSD
Purser
Main crew
1,894
1,894
1,737
Part time crew will receive a pro-rata amount of the above sums.
Allowances included within the minimum variable pay
Worldwide
Eurofleet
Long Range Premium (LRP) /Box Payment
Back to Back (B2B)
Destination Payment (DES)
Excess Time Premium (ETP)
Long Range Diversion Payment (DIV)
Long Day Payments (LDP)
Excess Time Premium (ETP)
Base Early Report Payment (BER)
Block Payment (BLK)
Short Turnaround Payment (CAT)
The following categories of allowance will also continue to be paid in the same way as they are today but do not form part of the crew top up scheme
Meal Allowances
Nightly Incidental Allowance (NIA)
Line Trainer Payments
Rest Day Working
Exception payments from WW Disruption Agreement (One Down and Zone Closure)
Daily Overseas Allowance (DOA)
Time Away Allowance (TAA)
Willing to Work
Appendix I – Variable pay top up
Deductions from the minimum variable pay
As now variable pay flying allowances will not be paid when you carry out non flying duties. A daily amount (1/365 of the full time amount shown) will be deducted from the annual minimum variable pay for each non flying day from the following list.
Sickness
Trade Union Activities and duties
Line Trainer Duties (*)
Unpaid Leave
Grounded Maternity (**)
(*) Current Line Trainer payments will continue to apply
(**) Current Grounded maternity Allowance payments will continue to be made
Signatories to the offer
Tony Woodley
Joint General Secretary, Unite
Derek Simpson
Joint General Secretary, Unite
Tony McCarthy
Director P&OE, British Airways