Agreement Between Air Canada and the Air Canada Pilots Association As Follows
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN AIR CANADA AND THE AIR CANADA PILOTS ASSOCIATION Effective September 30, 2017 – September 29, 2020 13230 (06) Amendments Amendment Date Articles Amended ORIGINAL July 30, 2012 - 1 December 5, 2012 Article 20, LOU 74 & LOU 75 2 September 30, 2014 Articles 1-3, 5, 7, 10-14, 16- 21 & 23-32 LOUs 72, 74, 75 & 78-83 LOCs 56, 61-64 Appendix B 3 September 30, 2016 Articles 3, 12 & LOU 74 4 September 30, 2017 Articles 1-3, 5, 7 & 10-33 LOUs 74, 84 and 85 LOCs 60, 65 – 72 Appendix G Amendments i Page intentionally left blank. Amendments ii Table of Contents ARTICLE 1 – Recognition & Scope .................................................................................... 1 1.01 Recognition ......................................................................................................... 1 1.02 Scope .................................................................................................................. 1 1.03 Definitions ........................................................................................................... 1 1.04 Employment Security ........................................................................................... 3 1.05 Merger or Change of Control ............................................................................... 4 1.06 Divestiture and Successorship ............................................................................. 5 1.07 Single Employer Obligations / Separate Entities .................................................. 5 1.08 Codesharing ........................................................................................................ 5 1.09 Joint Ventures ..................................................................................................... 7 1.10 Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA) Tier 2 and Tier 3 Carriers.......................... 9 1.11 Specialty Companies ......................................................................................... 11 1.12 Wet Leasing ...................................................................................................... 11 1.13 Franchise Arrangements ................................................................................... 12 1.14 Pilot Crew Interchange ...................................................................................... 12 1.15 Realignment of Routes and Aircraft Purchase ................................................... 12 1.16 Scope Committee and Information..................................................................... 12 1.17 Interpretation ..................................................................................................... 13 ARTICLE 2 – Definitions ................................................................................................... 14 2.01 General Interpretations ...................................................................................... 14 ARTICLE 3 – Duration and Effective Date ........................................................................ 17 ARTICLE 4 – Seniority....................................................................................................... 18 4.01 Establishing Seniority Date ................................................................................ 18 4.02 Application of Seniority ...................................................................................... 18 4.03 Pilots’ System Seniority List ............................................................................... 18 4.04 Management Pilots ............................................................................................ 19 ARTICLE 5 – Probation ..................................................................................................... 20 5.01 General ............................................................................................................. 20 5.02 Captain Upgrade ............................................................................................... 20 5.03 Probationary Pilots – Training General .............................................................. 20 5.04 Probationary Pilots – Training and Checking – Failure Handling Procedures ........................................................................................................ 21 ARTICLE 6 – Flight Safety ................................................................................................ 22 6.01 Accident and Incident Investigation .................................................................... 22 6.02 Representation During Accident Investigation .................................................... 22 6.03 Aircraft Electronic Recording & Reporting Devices ............................................ 22 6.04 Flight Data Analysis (FDA) ................................................................................ 23 6.05 Voyage Report Distribution ................................................................................ 24 ARTICLE 7 – Dispute Resolution ...................................................................................... 25 7.01 ACPA Representation ....................................................................................... 25 7.02 Personnel Records ............................................................................................ 25 7.03 Grievance Procedure – General, Discipline or Discharge .................................. 25 7.04 Grievance Procedure – Discipline or Dismissal .................................................. 26 7.05 Grievance Procedure – Process ........................................................................ 26 7.06 Grievance Procedure – Time Limits ................................................................... 26 7.07 Grievance Procedure – Rights and Obligations ................................................. 26 7.08 Arbitration – General ......................................................................................... 27 7.09 Arbitrator’s Jurisdiction and Procedures Authority .............................................. 27 Table of Contents i 7.10 Arbitrator’s Authority .......................................................................................... 27 7.11 Obligations ........................................................................................................ 27 7.12 Expedited Arbitration ......................................................................................... 28 7.13 Pay Claims Procedures ..................................................................................... 28 7.14 Pay Claims Awarded to ACPA ........................................................................... 28 7.15 Flight Awarding Error ......................................................................................... 28 7.16 Joint Onerous Pairing Evaluation Committee (JOPEC) ...................................... 29 7.17 Onerous Pairing Resolution Procedure .............................................................. 29 7.18 Window of Circadian Low (WOCL) .................................................................... 30 7.19 Disputed Pairing Resolution Procedure ............................................................. 30 ARTICLE 8 – Leave of Absence ........................................................................................ 31 8.01 General ............................................................................................................. 31 8.02 Bereavement Leave/Leave for Compassionate Care ......................................... 31 8.03 Residual Rights from Special Leave of Absence Programs (LOU 68) ................ 31 8.04 Voluntary Block Reduction (VBR) ...................................................................... 31 ARTICLE 9 – Furlough and Severance ............................................................................. 33 9.01 Furlough ............................................................................................................ 33 9.02 Furlough Pay ..................................................................................................... 33 9.03 Recall ................................................................................................................ 33 9.04 Severance Pay .................................................................................................. 34 ARTICLE 10 – Administration and Company/Association Interaction ........................... 35 10.01 Issuance of Agreement ...................................................................................... 35 10.02 Check-off ACPA Dues ....................................................................................... 35 10.03 Pilot Information ................................................................................................ 36 10.04 Personnel Records ............................................................................................ 36 10.05 Hold-Harmless Clause ....................................................................................... 36 10.06 Liability for Costs ............................................................................................... 36 10.07 Communication with the Company .................................................................... 36 10.08 Telephone Monitoring System ........................................................................... 36 10.09 ACPA Duty Release .......................................................................................... 37 10.10 ACPA / Management Headquarters