JDMcCool wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:23 pm
March 15, 2021
Information on Agreements with Jazz
Fellow Pilots;
Late last night, we reached tentative agreements with the Company on terms to incorporate the E175 fleet type and Pilots from Sky Regional Airlines, along with several other related items. The MEC subsequently met in-person in Kingston ON, to review the agreements and voted unanimously that the agreements would be accepted and implemented via MEC ratification.
In the coming days, there will be an informational campaign including a Negotiating Committee presentation, supporting documents, e-mail inbox where Pilots can submit questions, and a "Contact" Q&A. Thank you for your patience while we prepare and schedule these things. In the interim, the agreements are summarized below:
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT - Respecting the Integration of Pilots from Sky Regional Airlines Inc. into the Jazz Aviation LP Bargaining Unit
This agreement addresses the integration of Pilots from Sky Regional Airlines and fleet addition of the E175 aircraft. To highlight:
Nothing changes in the immediate term for any current active members; current active JAZ (635+41) and SKV Pilots (123) remain actively employed and protected from layoff until bid 2022-02 or September 30, 2022 (whichever is later); current inactive JAZ Pilots remain inactive; current inactive SKV Pilots remain inactive.
SKV Pilots added to JAZ Seniority List by date of hire (DOH) for all purposes except recall. For clarity, SKV Pilots will assume their DOH for all purposes once recalled
Secures future employment for laid off SKV Pilots; Creation of a Recall List (ordered all inactive JAZ Pilots first, then all laid off SKV Pilots)
104 JAZ Pilots will be recalled (see MOS-6)
If E175 Captains are required to be upgraded for summer flying, temporarily downgraded JAZ Captains will be reinstated or will be paid bypass pay on 1-for-1 basis
Provisions for E175 recalls of laid off SKV Pilots out of recall order to cover flying until September 2022, with associated recalls and Captain reinstatement to protect JAZ Pilots who are impacted.
Current active SKV Pilots protected in E175 positions until all Pilots recalled (except in the event of a future reduction/displacement Position Bid)
Inactive SKV Pilots able to access Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING No. 49 – One Time Special Separation Package (SSP)
This agreement enables the Company to reduce short-term costs, long-term pension obligations, and provide cost reductions for the next fleet discussions in 2025 by offering Pilots separation agreements based upon the following:
Prorated at a daily rate to your age on date of separation:
62-63 (Per ERP eligibility)
61 ($175,000)
60 ($200,000)
59 ($275,000)
58 ($300,000)
57 ($350,000)
56 ($375,000)
55-50 ($400,000)
Pilot applicants who, on the date of separation, have attained their 50th birthday and on January 1, 2021 they had not reached their 63rd birthday, are eligible
Separation date between June 1 to September 15 at Company discretion, considering Pilot requests
Payout terms: various lump-sum options; or, semi-monthly for 12, 24 or 36 months
Pension buyback: currently working out details
Application period March 31 to April 23; irrevocable once your agreement is signed
Current ERP Pilots considered as applying for SSP unless requested otherwise
MEMORANDUM OF SETTLEMENT No. 6 – For Modifications to Collective Agreement No. 5
This agreement provides for permanent changes to the Collective Agreement. In short:
Air Canada flow language (3-14) amended:
While any Pilot on the Pilot System Seniority List is laid off, Air Canada shall endeavor to increase their offers of employment to Pilots on the Pilot System Seniority List above the sixty percent (60%) as per Section 3-14, if operationally feasible.
When Pilot hiring at Air Canada is planned to be less than one hundred (100) Pilots per Year, Air Canada shall offer no less than seventy percent (70%) of its new hire Positions to Pilots on the Pilot System Seniority List who have applied. This shall remain in effect until December 31, 2025.
Pilots on the Pilot System Seniority List that were previously interviewed at Air Canada shall be able to re-apply to enter the Air Canada recruitment process. If these Pilots are not successful in securing an offer from Air Canada, they shall not count towards the ten percent (10%) turn down ratio.
Employee Share Ownership Plan (10-10) amended:
From January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2025, Pilots electing to participate in the Company’s employee share ownership plan (“ESOP”) shall receive an additional thirty percent (30%) of their contribution over and above the Company’s stated employer match, up to a maximum of seventy percent (70%). [Currently 20% to a max of 60%]
Pilot Recalls
104 Pilots recalled on May 1, 2020, on the following terms:
Pilots shall be recalled to their original Equipment and Base as First Officers.
Pilots may request a Temporary Base change on the same Equipment.
All recalled Pilots shall be returned to the RECALL LIST for the purpose of a Pilot Position Bid.
Recalled Dash 8 Pilots may, in order of seniority in their Base, be offered training on Q400 or CRJ Equipment at the discretion of the Company. Pilots completing an initial course on either the Q400 or CRJ shall not be considered as Frozen unless a Pilot Position Bid results in the Pilot being awarded the same Equipment.
Captain Downgrade protection
All active Captains as of March 14, 2021, shall remain protected as Captains until September 2022 or bid 2022-02 (whichever is later)
Jazz Pilot Assistance
All Jazz Pilots on CEWS, voluntary CEWS or layoff as of May 1, 2021 shall receive a payment from the Company of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1500) by May 25, 2021.
Sky Regional Pilot Assistance
Each Sky Regional Pilot upon recall, shall be credited with fifteen (15) time bank Credits. These time bank Credits may only be used for time off.
Collective Agreement accruals commence 1-for-1 upon recall of a junior JAZ pilot.
TB2 for delayed ops beyond 4-hour delay
FOSAP implementation penalty (eTRIP commuting cost) after September 1, 2021
Over the last 14 days, the JAZ MEC met nine times for briefings and decisions as this agreement came together, culminating in an in-person meeting in Kingston ON. Those meetings included consultations with ALPA Representation, external legal counsel Denis Ellickson, and our advisors Ken Rosenberg and Lily Harmer (Bankruptcy and Insolvency Counsel from Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP) and Andrew Lokan (Labour Relations Counsel from Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP).
Several factors were considered in the MEC's decision to implement the agreement via MEC ratification, and those factors will be discussed further in the upcoming information campaign.
This was not a merger by ALPA policy or law. Notwithstanding, several principles and methodologies in ALPA policy and case law for the creation of Integrated Seniority Lists were modeled in order to ensure fairness and equity and eliminate any possibility of reversal by an administrative tribunal or court. ISLs alone cannot be subject to member ratification, especially when the prevailing party is larger or has more control. Also, the terms of LOU 49 and MOS-6 did not affect the pay, working conditions, retirement, or career security of member Pilots in a negative manner (only positive or voluntary changes). Additionally, the MEC was privy to confidential material and non-public information related to the CPA amendments that could not be shared with the Pilot group at large. As a result, Pilots would have to vote on incomplete information. We will share this information with you as soon as we are able. Finally, a complete roadshow, open house, information campaign, and voting window was not possible due to the pandemic and timelines required to stand-up the E175 operation for the summer. In order to ensure adequate staffing for the summer, if an agreement had not been finalized this weekend, the integration would need to be delayed until this fall. The MEC was unwilling to risk a delay and possibly lose the opportunity to absorb the E175 flying.
Since Jazz has no E175 initial course approved, Sky Regional pilots are a critical part of the fleet addition. The first CIT/CRM course of 20 active SKV Pilots will commence Wednesday morning, with the class composed of Management, Training and an initial group of line pilots. CIT/CRM will be followed with a very short simulator program. Jazz E175 ground schools will continue for 20 SKV Pilots every two weeks until all 123 are complete for the summer. The Company is developing an initial course and future vacancies on the fleet type will be available in the next Position Bid as flying increases.
We have said this several times, but again thank everyone for their patience as this process played out in an unusually public manner. In addition to travelling home and resuming virtual work, we will endeavor to prepare and publish information as quickly as possible.
This agreement is the culmination of a 10-year goal of the JAZ MEC to reach successive agreements with Jazz that enabled reconsolidation of the Air Canada Express fleet. We must learn from events of the past in order to continue advancing our profession. We are stronger together and look forward to welcoming our Sky Regional colleagues.
More to come in the following days.
In solidarity,
JAZ MEC
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