Read article 40 d. and friend. and article 41 b. the way it reads is no one goes through progression twice unless you've never had driving duties. This should help. Article 40
Air Operation
Section 6. Wages
All hourly wages for employees covered under Article 40 will be determined in accordance with this
Section, Article 22 and Article 41 where specified.
b. Full-time air drivers will be paid as follows:
Start $13.50
Seniority $14.50
Seniority Date plus 12 months $15.00
Seniority Date plus 18 months $15.50
Seniority Date plus 24 months Top rate
1. Effective August 1, 2008, the prior $22.62 twenty-four (24) month (top) rate will change on August
1st and February 1st of each year of the Agreement to reflect the agreed upon general wage
increases. as follows:
2. All full-time air drivers in progression on August 1, 2002 the effective date of this Agreement will
be slotted into the full-time progression in paragraph b. above. Seniority full-time employees entering a
full-time air driver job will be slotted based on their Company seniority.
c. All new hire full-time or part-time air drivers will be placed in the applicable progression in
paragraphs a. or b. above.
d. All current full-time or part-time air drivers who are out of progression shall receive the general wage
increases provided for in accordance with the split dates provided in Article 41 on each contract
anniversary date, or the Top Rate provided in paragraphs a. or b. above, whichever is greater.
friend. Employees who are in existing full-time combination jobs or who hereafter enter a full-time
combination job shall be paid the appropriate full-time air rate for air driver work and appropriate inside
part-time rate for the hours worked in other classifications. If an employee has no established inside
rate, that employee will be paid the appropriate part-time rate in accordance with his Company seniority.
ARTICLE 41
FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES
Section 1. Full-time Wage Increases
All full-time employees who have attained seniority as of August 1, 2002 2008 will receive the
following general wage increases for each contract year. In each of the years, the increase shall be
paid in two (2) equal installments. The first-half of the increase shall become effective on August 1
of the specified year. The second half of the increase shall become effective on February 1 of the
following calendar year. The total wage increase for the year will be as follows:
2008 seventy cents ($0.70)
2009 seventy-five cents ($0.75)
2010 seventy-five cents ($0.75)
2011 eighty-five cents ($0.85)
2012 ninety –five cents ($0.95)
Full-time employees still in progression on the effective date of this Master Agreement shall receive the
above contractual increases. They will be paid no less than what they are entitled to in accordance with
Article 41, Section 2 below.
Section 2. Full-time Wage Progression
a. All Supplements, Riders or Addenda will contain the following wage progression schedule to cover
all full-time employees, except apprentices, who are in the progression as of August 1, 2002 2008. or
who enter a full-time job after August 1,2002 other than package, feeder, air or one covered by Section 3
below. This two (2) year progression will also remain in effect from the date this Agreement
becomes effective until August 1, 2008 for those employees entering during this period a full-time
job other than package, feeder, air or one covered by Section 3 below.
The rate in effect on July 31, 2002 will be used to calculate the progression rates for the life of this
Agreement.
Rate in Effect
on July 31, 2002
Start 70%
Seniority 75%
Seniority Date plus one (1) year 80%
Seniority Date plus eighteen (18) months 90%
Seniority Date plus two (2) years Top Rate
Part-time employees on the payroll as of July 31, 2002, who subsequently are promoted to full-time
employment under this progression, will be red circled until such time as the calculated progression rate
exceeds that rate. The transfer date will become his/her full-time start date for purposes of applying the
above progression.
When a part-time employee bids to a full-time classification under this progression where the top rate of
the full-time classification is less than his/her current rate, the employee shall be placed at the top rate of
the new classification immediately.
b. No employee shall be required to complete a full-time progression more than one time even if he or
she transfers between full-time jobs except as set forth in this paragraph. The sole exception is when an
employee is awarded a package car or feeder driver job and has not previously held a full-time job
which includes driving duties. In such event, the employee will have a break-in rate equal to the
employee’s current wage rate until six (6) months from the date the employee entered the job. The
employee will then go to the prevailing top rate. A part-time air driver who has completed the Article
40 progression, bids a full-time inside job and then a driver job within two (2) years shall have the same
break-in period.
This Sub-section shall supersede any provision to the contrary in any Supplement, Rider or Addendum.
Article 41 Section 2 (c) of the prior Agreement shall remain in effect for all employees in that
progression as of the date of the ratification and those who enter the progression between the date
of ratification and August 1, 2008.
Section 3. Full-time Inside Wages
The top pay rates for full-time inside only jobs created under Article 22, Section 3 under the prior or the
current Agreement shall be as follows:
August 1, 2002 $18.25
August 1, 2003 $19.00
August 1, 2004 $19.80
August 1, 2005 $20.60
August 1, 2006 $21.50
August 1, 2007 $22.50
These rates in this Section shall not apply to any full-time inside jobs guaranteed in Article 22, Section
2 created prior to August 1, 1997.
Part-time employees whose rates are higher than those set forth above below who bid into a full-time
inside job covered by this Section shall be paid their current inside wage rate plus the general wage
increases.
Other part-time employees who bid into a full-time inside job covered by this Section will be red circled
at their current wage rate until such time as the calculated progression rate set forth below exceeds that
rate. The transfer date will become his/her full-time start date for purposes of applying the progression
set forth below. A part-time employee shall not lose the red circle protection provided by this
paragraph as a result of transferring from one full-time inside job to another full-time inside job.
Start $13.50 14.00
Seniority $14.50 15.00
Seniority plus one year $15.00 15.50
Seniority plus 18 months $15.50 16.00
Seniority plus 24 months Top Rate $16.50
Seniority plus 36 months Top Rate
The Top Rate shall be $22.62 plus the general wage increases provided in Section 1 above.
For those employees who are currently in the above progression as of the date of ratification or who
enter a job covered by this Section prior to August 1, 2002 2008, Article 41, Section 3 of the prior
Agreement shall continue to apply. When the progression is completed, the employee shall be
placed at the then current top rate and shall thereafter be eligible to receive the general wage
increases beginning on the next date specified in Article 41, Section 1. shall be slotted into the above
progression or continue at their red circled rate until the new progression exceeds that rate.
Full-time employees who bid into a full-time inside job covered by this Section will be paid in
accordance with their full-time seniority date. Full-time employees with two (2) three (3) or more years
of full-time seniority who bid into a full-time inside job will be paid the top current rate of the
classification.
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