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SPIRIT PILOTS’
CONTRACT
COMPARISON
SPIRIT AIRLINES MASTER EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Prepared by the SPA Negotiating Committee
spirit.alpa.org
AUGUST 2021
Spirit Pilots’ Contract Comparison
Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
General
Amendable Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Pilots per Airline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Large-Jet Pilot Retirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
A320/B-737 Model Variant Fleet Counts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Pay
Notes Regarding Pay Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Current Captain Pay Rates—A320 and Similar Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Captain Scales—Rates Effective March 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Current First Officer Rates—A320 and Similar Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
First Officer Scales—Rates Effective March 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Other Pay Components
New-Hire Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Per Diem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
International Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Holiday and Night Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Deadhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Premium Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Profit Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Scope
Spirit Scope Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Spirit Merger Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Spirit Acquisitions (Nonmerger) Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Scope Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Code-Share Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Small-Jet Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Furlough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Furlough Pay Converted to Credit Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Hours of Service
Maximum Duty Period—Scheduled/Actual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Minimum Days Off per Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Rest Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Monthly Guarantees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Average Daily/Duty Period Minimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Trip and Duty Rigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Scheduling
Scheduling Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
PBS Line Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Reserve Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Additional Reserve Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Rescheduling Footprint Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rescheduling Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Vacation
Vacation Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Vacation Week Credit Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vacation Accrual—Hours per Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sick Leave
Sick Leave Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Other
Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Training Pilots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Retirement and Insurance
Defined Contribution Retirement Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Medical Plans—CBA Protections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Annual Seed Money and Healthy Rewards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Medical Plan Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Medical Plan In-Network Effective Deductible & OOP Limit Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Medical Out-of-Pocket Maximum Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Dental Contribution/Deductible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Dental Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Short-Term Disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Long-Term Disability Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Long-Term Disability Health Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Retiree Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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Introduction
This contract comparison is provided to you by your Negotiating Committee in advance of
Section 6 negotiations. It contains a generalized summary of key CBA sections: pay and scope;
work rules, vacation, and sick leave; and retirement and insurance.
To provide the broadest possible view of contracts within our industry, we have selected major
airlines from across the industry to provide a factual comparison between the CBA at Spirit
with contracts at other carriers. The data in this comparison is current through August 2021 and
will be periodically updated as necessary. The carriers included in this comparison are Alaska,
American, Delta, Frontier, JetBlue, Hawaiian, Southwest, and United.
This document represents each pilot group’s current language or metric. It contains
abridgements and paraphrasing from substantially larger and more detailed documents and,
as such, it is not intended to be a primary source for interpretation of contract language. During
the preparation of this comparison, we have reviewed other carriers’ CBAs, conferred with
other Negotiating Committees, and consulted ALPA’s staff subject-matter experts to ensure the
accuracy of the information.
Your Negotiating Committee is coordinating the effort to present this information to Spirit
pilots so you can compare the current provisions in our contract with our peers in the industry
and decide which sections need our most focused attention as we prepare to enter Section 6
negotiations next year.
The purpose of the comparison is to empower you to make informed recommendations,
contributions, assessments, and decisions throughout the Section 6 process—not to establish a
peer group or set expectations. We encourage you to take the time to review this comparison so
that you have the information needed to make informed decisions in upcoming MEC surveys and
polling. This data will be available on the SPA ALPA Negotiating Committee webpage and will be
updated as other pilot groups ratify new agreements.
1 Spirit Pilots’ Contract Comparison | August 2021GENERAL
Amendable Dates
Six out of nine airlines currently in Section 6 bargaining
Alaska
American
Delta
Frontier
Hawaiian
JetBlue
Southwest
Spirit
United
Jan-17 Jan-18 Jan-19 Jan-20 Jan-21 Jan-22 Jan-23 Jan-24 Jan-25
Effective Date to Section 6 Opener Section 6 Opener to Amenable Date
Pilots per Airline
16,000
14,000
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
American United Delta Southwest JetBlue Alaska Spirit Frontier Hawaiian
Source: ALPA Membership Inventory June 2021, APC
2 Spirit Pilots’ Contract Comparison | August 2021GENERAL
Large-Jet Pilot Retirements
7,000
6,000
Estimated number of pilots
turning 65 or retired early
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032
*Includes: AMR, DAL, UAL, SWA, FDX, UPS, JBU, ALA, SPA, and HAL
A320/B-737 Model Variant Fleet Counts
1,400
1,200
1,000
Number of Aircraft
800
600
400
200
0
Alaska American Delta Frontier Hawaiian JetBlue Southwest United Spirit
In Service On Option On Order
Source: CAPA Fleet Database as of June 30, 2021
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PAY
Notes Regarding Pay Charts
Hourly rates shown are effective as of March 2022
— Frontier has a 3% increase in March 2023
— United could realize a 5% increase in pay rates if they record a positive adjusted pretax margin
for 12 consecutive months based on quarterly results
The rate for Spirit includes the A321 override
— The adjustment rate for Spirit is calculated based on the historical average proportion of A321
block hours to total block hours and is approximately 2.2%; actual adjustments will be different
Only rates for A320 and B-737 variants are shown
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Current Captain Pay Rates—A320 and Similar Models
Effective
Captain Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12
Date
Spirit A319 / A320 / A321* 3/1/2022 $199.21 $215.61 $218.96 $223.43 $225.66 $227.88 $231.43 $238.32 $244.26 $250.38 $255.37 $265.32
Alaska A319/ A320 / A321
4/1/2019 $225.82 $227.36 $229.61 $231.86 $234.05 $236.40 $239.24 $244.34 $249.65 $256.83 $260.74 $266.29
/ B-737
American Group II** 1/1/2019 $255.63 $257.66 $259.71 $261.82 $263.95 $266.05 $268.14 $270.24 $272.36 $274.46 $276.63 $278.77
Delta A321 / B-737-900 1/1/2019 $261.89 $263.95 $266.02 $268.18 $270.36 $272.52 $274.66 $276.81 $279.02 $281.09 $283.30 $285.50
Delta B-737-700/800 1/1/2019 $260.75 $262.79 $264.85 $267.00 $269.15 $271.27 $273.38 $275.52 $277.67 $279.77 $281.92 $284.01
Delta A319 / A320 1/1/2019 $251.28 $253.36 $255.40 $257.47 $259.55 $261.64 $263.70 $265.76 $267.81 $269.89 $271.98 $274.06
Frontier A319 / A320 / A321 3/2/2022 $196.86 $213.08 $216.39 $220.81 $223.01 $225.22 $228.71 $235.52 $241.40 $247.45 $252.37 $262.21
Hawaiian A321 12/1/2021 $253.07 $255.12 $257.21 $259.28 $261.35 $263.42 $265.49 $267.56 $269.63 $271.69 $273.76 $275.83
JetBlue A320 / A321 5/1/2021 $239.38 $242.38 $245.42 $248.56 $251.70 $254.90 $258.10 $261.36 $264.68 $268.04 $271.44 $274.86
Southwest B-737*** 9/1/2020 $248.74 $251.77 $254.84 $257.87 $260.74 $263.98 $267.01 $270.06 $273.12 $276.15 $279.20 $282.25
United A320 / A321 /
1/1/2019 $259.97 $261.97 $264.06 $266.21 $268.33 $270.46 $272.58 $274.70 $276.81 $278.94 $281.08 $283.20
B-737-800/900
United A319 /
1/1/2019 $225.82 $227.36 $229.61 $231.86 $234.05 $236.40 $239.24 $244.34 $249.65 $256.83 $260.74 $266.29
B-737-500/700
* Spirit override based on historical average of A321 block hours to total block hours; actual override may vary.
**American Group II includes A319neo, B-737-700, B-737-7MAX, MD80, B-737-800, B-737-8MAX, B-737-900, B-737-9MAX, A320, A320neo, A321, A321neo.
*** Southwest pay rates are per SWAPA calculations (1.149 conversion per SWAPA). Official rates may contain slight differences due to rounding.
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Captain Scales—Rates Effective March 2022
$290
$280
$270
$260
$250
$240
$230
$220
$210
$200
$190
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12
Spirit A319 / A320 / A321* Alaska A319 / A320 / A321 / B-737 American Group II**
Delta A321 / B-737-900 Delta B-737-700/800 Delta A319 / A320
Frontier A319 / A320 / A321 Hawaiian A321 JetBlue A320 / A321
Southwest B-737*** United A320 / A321 / B-737-800/900 United A319 / B-737-500/700 / CS 300
*Spirit override based on historical average of A321 block hours to total block hours; actual override may vary.
**American Group II includes A319neo, B-737-700, B-737-7MAX, MD80, B-737-800, B-737-8MAX, B-737-900, B-737-9MAX, A320, A320neo, A321, A321neo.
** *Southwest pay rates are per SWAPA calculations (1.149 conversion per SWAPA). Official rates may contain slight differences due to rounding.
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Current First Officer Rates—A320 and Similar Models
Effective
First Officers Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12
Date
Spirit A319 / A320 /
3/1/2022 $62.50 $116.65 $125.30 $132.41 $140.45 $146.25 $152.94 $157.52 $163.86 $167.96 $172.02 $176.11
A321*
Alaska A319 / A320 /
4/1/2019 $92.58 $129.60 $142.36 $153.02 $156.81 $158.31 $161.15 $164.04 $167.63 $172.76 $175.04 $178.95
A321 / B-737
American Group II** 1/1/2019 $90.93 $137.85 $161.29 $165.20 $169.19 $173.46 $178.30 $182.42 $184.39 $186.91 $188.66 $190.41
Delta A321 /
1/1/2019 $91.81 $141.19 $165.21 $169.21 $173.28 $177.69 $182.66 $186.87 $188.88 $191.45 $193.20 $195.00
B-737-900
Delta B-737-700/800 1/1/2019 $91.81 $140.60 $164.48 $168.48 $172.53 $176.85 $181.78 $185.98 $187.97 $190.51 $192.26 $193.98
Delta A319 / A320 1/1/2019 $91.81 $135.55 $158.62 $162.46 $166.37 $170.58 $175.35 $179.39 $181.33 $183.81 $185.50 $187.19
Frontier A319 / A320
3/2/2022 $61.77 $115.28 $123.84 $130.85 $138.81 $144.54 $151.14 $155.67 $161.95 $165.98 $170.01 $174.04
/ A321
Hawaiian A321 12/1/2021 $36.00 $127.56 $146.61 $155.57 $162.04 $169.92 $176.83 $180.62 $184.71 $187.21 $190.00 $192.54
JetBlue A320 / A321 5/1/2021 $91.70 $124.36 $145.84 $157.32 $161.56 $163.10 $166.04 $169.02 $172.72 $178.00 $180.34 $184.38
Southwest B-737*** 9/1/2020 $87.06 $125.89 $140.17 $154.72 $169.46 $176.87 $181.57 $186.34 $188.45 $193.31 $195.43 $197.56
United A320 / A321 /
1/1/2019 $91.29 $140.16 $163.97 $168.00 $172.02 $176.35 $181.29 $185.44 $187.40 $189.95 $191.68 $193.44
B-737-800/900
United A319 /
1/1/2019 $91.29 $134.34 $157.17 $161.01 $164.91 $169.07 $173.80 $177.80 $179.72 $182.18 $183.84 $185.52
B-737-500/700
*Spirit override based on historical average of A321 block hours to total block hours; actual override may vary.
**American Group II includes A319neo, B-737-700, B-737-7MAX, MD80, B-737-800, B-737-8MAX, B-737-900, B-737-9MAX, A320, A320neo, A321, A321neo.
** *Southwest pay rates are per SWAPA calculations (1.149 conversion per SWAPA). Official rates may contain slight differences due to rounding.
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First Officer Scales—Rates Effective March 2022
$200
$150
$100
$50
$0
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12
Spirit A319 / A320 / A321* Alaska A319 / A320 / A321 / B-737 American Group II**
Delta A319 / A320 Delta A321 / B-737-900 Delta A321 / B-737-900
Frontier A319 / A320 / A321 Hawaiian A321 JetBlue A320 / A321
Southwest B-737*** United A320 / A321 / B-737-800/900 United A319 / B-737-500/700 / CS 300
*Spirit override based on historical average of A321 block hours to total block hours; actual override may vary.
**American Group II includes A319neo, B-737-700, B-737-7MAX, MD80, B-737-800, B-737-8MAX, B-737-900, B-737-9MAX, A320, A320neo, A321, A321neo.
** *Southwest pay rates are per SWAPA calculations (1.149 conversion per SWAPA). Official rates may contain slight differences due to rounding.
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COMPONENTS
New-Hire Information
Lodging/ Moving Allowance/ Vacation/
Airline Pay Schedule Uniforms
Expenses Relocation Sick Leave
The company shall Ground training up to six days per week
provide comfortable with one day off and no more than 50
$1,000/month + hours of instruction during any seven- Upon successful completion of
and adequate single-
Spirit $750 expenses day period. No No initial new-hire training, a pilot shall
occupancy lodging for
per month receive 33 hours of sick-leave credit
pilots attending new- Ground training for no more than 10
hire training hours of instruction per day.
One day of vacation per month.
Ground school: Shall be scheduled for New hire pilots will be advanced 66
No hotels; Airbus pilots Five consecutive days hours of sick leave as of their date
five days of training and two consecutive
Alaska 75 hours/month get per diem during No free of duty after of hire and will accrue no additional
days free of all company duty in each
training in SFO release to the line. sick leave during their first 12
seven consecutive days.
months of employment. Thereafter,
normal accrual will begin.
A pilot in initial A pilot who is assigned to a training
training for an program involving five or more days of
entire month training shall be given one period of 1.75 days of vacation per month.
American will be paid the Yes—hotels 48 consecutive hours free from all duty Yes No
minimum average with the company at the base at which Five hours of sick leave per month.
line value for the undergoing training following each five
pilot’s bid status. consecutive days of such training.
Vacation: Prorated schedule
The classroom schedule for training will based on hire date
Per diem and lodging not exceed eight hours (excluding lunch
Delta $5,091.20/month No No Sick leave: Eligible after completion
while doing indoc only break) per day and five days during any
consecutive seven-day period. of initial OE and prorated per
month after June
Vacation and sick accrual starts
Ground training shall not exceed eight first day of class. Vacation accrual is
hours in a calendar day (except for meal prorated based on the pilot’s date
Frontier 75 hours/month None No No
breaks). Pilots require one calendar day of hire (.577 calendar days per pay
off in each seven-calendar-day period. period). Sick accrual is one day per
month.
continued
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OTHER PAY
COMPONENTS
New-Hire Information (continued)
Lodging/ Moving Allowance/ Vacation/
Airline Pay Schedule Uniforms
Expenses Relocation Sick Leave
Ground school shall be scheduled
Three hours per between 0800 and 1800 local time. 3.75 hours of pay and credit vacation
Hawaiian day during the None Classroom study shall be limited to Yes No allowance for each calendar month
training period eight hours of instructional time per day, of service.
excluding meal and other breaks.
Ground school shall begin no earlier
$2,000/month than 0700 and end no later than 2300
A new hire’s pay Single-occupancy ET except for briefings and validations A new-hire pilot shall begin to
for their status hotel rooms shall be immediately prior to or after FFS/FTD accrue PTO and V-PTO on a
JetBlue training. Yes No
shall be effective provided to each pilot prorated basis beginning on the first
upon completion when in training Maximum scheduled training duty day of initial training class.
of LOE period will be no greater than 10 hours.
Actual duty shall not exceed 12 hours.
31 day bid period One and one sixth (1 1/6) vacation
Single occupancy
= 89.0 TFP days for each month of credited
accommodations, Classroom training will not exceed nine
service.
30 day bid period including new hire hours in any calendar day.
Southwest = 87.0 TFP training, will be No No Each pilot will accrue one TFP
The company will not schedule a pilot
provided by the of sick-leave credit for each 10
28/29 day bid in excess of six days without a day free
Company. straight-time TFP cumulative up to
period from duty.
a maximum 1,600 TFP of sick-leave
= 85.0 TFP No per diem
credit.
A new-hire pilot shall
receive on-line NRPS
travel for themselves
No duty for more than eight hours per and their immediate New-hire pilots accrue one and
day. Training shall begin no earlier than family from old one sixth (1 1/6) days of vacation for
While in training, 0700 and terminate no later than 2200. A residence to new base. each bid period.
new-hire pilots shall be pilot shall have no more than five A new-hire pilot is No later than completion of initial
United 2.8 hours per day Yes
provided lodging and training days in any seven consecutive entitled to three training, a new-hire pilot will accrue
expenses days and shall be scheduled for at least transfer days (five if all sick leave that they would
one period of at least two consecutive transferring to/from otherwise accrue during their first
days off every two weeks. outside United States). 12 months.
New-hire pilots may
ship up to 2,000 lbs. via
NRSA freight.
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OTHER PAY
COMPONENTS
Per Diem
DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL
Airline Notes
2021 2022 2023 2021 2022 2023
Spirit $2.31 $2.33 $2.33 $2.31 $2.33 $2.33
Alaska $2.15 $2.15 $2.15 $2.15 $2.15 $2.15
American $2.30 $2.30 $2.30 $2.80 $2.80 $2.80
Delta $2.45 $2.45 $2.45 $2.90 $2.90 $2.90
Frontier $2.10 $2.15 $2.20 $2.10 $2.15 $2.20
Hawaiian international per diem is greater of what is shown
Hawaiian $2.00 $2.00 $2.00 $2.50 $2.50 $2.50 or 70% of the U.S. State Department’s “Max Travel Per Diem
Allowances for Foreign Areas.”
JetBlue $2.45 $2.45 $2.45 $2.70 $2.70 $2.70
Southwest $2.35 $2.35 $2.35 $2.85 $2.85 $2.85
United $2.55 $2.60 $2.65 $3.00 $3.05 $3.10 $0.05 increase each January 1.
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OTHER PAY
COMPONENTS
International Override
Airline Captain First Officer International Relief Officer International Trigger
8% for hours Flying outside the contiguous 48 U.S. States, Alaska,
Spirit 8% for hours flown or credited No language
flown or credited Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean
Alaska $5.00 $4.00 No language All flying other than domestic, including ETOPS
Based on a variable percent of the
All areas except contiguous 48 U.S. States and
American $6.00 captain’s international override pay No language
Canada
based on YOS; currently $4.14
All areas except contiguous 48 U.S. States, Alaska,
Delta $6.50 $4.50 No language
and Canada
Frontier No language No language No language No language
IRO crew: $3.00
Extended range crew: $3.00
Hawaiian IRO crew: $5.00 IRO Crew: $4.00 Any flying other than interisland
F/O “type rated”: 15% hourly pay
premium
International override applies to operating segments
JetBlue $5.00 $4.00 No language that depart or arrive outside of CONUS, Alaska,
Canada, and San Juan
International flights requiring
a special airport qualification All flying outside the 48 contiguous U.S. States
Southwest 3% of leg credit 3% of leg credit
and/or ETOPS flights will pay except for San Juan
5% of leg credit
All flying outside the contiguous 48 U.S. States,
United $6.50 $4.50 No language
Alaska, and Canada
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OTHER PAY
COMPONENTS
Holiday and Night Pay
Spirit Alaska American Delta Frontier Hawaiian JetBlue Southwest United
200% for July
4th, MLK,
$75 150%
Memorial
Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving,
Day,
Holiday Pay Christmas, No No No No No Christmas, No
Thanksgiving,
New Years, and New
Christmas,
July 4th Years
and New
Years
3% override
for red-
eye flying
CA: $13 scheduled
FO: $13 or operated
between
Night Pay No No No No No No Pays if flight 01:00 and No
touches 0100 04:00 local
to 05:00 domicile time;
(base time) excludes
charters but
includes
deadheads
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OTHER PAY
COMPONENTS
Deadhead
Airline Pay Credit Seat Location
(1) Window or aisle, (2) middle
Spirit 100% 100%
Premium seat upgrade if available. Allowed to board in the first boarding zone.
(1) First class, (2) exit row aisle or window, (3) aisle or window
Alaska 100% 50%
(preference stated by pilot)
American 100% 100% Business class for transoceanic international flights and flights from or to Hawaii/Alaska
International: business class; ocean crossing >5:15: first class; domestic: 10 hr. FDP: some seat provisions based on availability at time of booking
50% – Scheduled 50% – Scheduled Assigned a window or aisle; DH pilot will be assigned a stretch (more space) or exit row if
Frontier
100% – Unscheduled 100% – Unscheduled available at check-in
Aisle-seat deadheads during duty periods of 10 hours or greater:
Hawaiian 100% 100% first or business class.
Upgrades: Captain first then all other crewmembers in company longevity order.
For primary pairings, the company shall book a window or aisle seat for each pilot
JetBlue 100% 100% deadhead. For secondary pairings, the company shall book a window or aisle seat, if
available (excluding Mint or equivalent).
Southwest 100% 100%
Economy plus seating for all flights. Business class and first-class seating for specified
United 100% 100%
deadheads ranging from three to eight hours.
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OTHER PAY
COMPONENTS
Premium Pay
Company Junior Man/
Airline Designated Move-Up Involuntary Notes/Other
Premium Trip Assignment
Spirit 200% 1.5 hour pay per duty period above guarantee 200% X/Y list trips paid at 200%
Sim training during 0100–0500 paid at 150%;
Alaska 150% 150%
SIO paid at 150%
American 150% *If reserve, pays on top of guarantee
200% above the
Delta lesser of ALV or 200% *Reserve into a day off
75 hours
Frontier 150% 150%
* Must be picked up through online scheduling
Hawaiian 150%
on a red day
JetBlue 150% 150%* * Emergency Assignment (EA)
Southwest 150% 150% 200%* * On a day off
One hour above guarantee if reserve fulfills
Company choice
between 1.5– 2.25 callout; two-hour pay above
United of 150%, 175%, or 200% Add pay events stack
guarantee if reserve fulfill callout in less than
200%
1.5 hours
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OTHER PAY
COMPONENTS
Profit Sharing
Airline Profit Sharing Pensionable Performance Incentive
Spirit None None
Performance based annual targeted payout of 5% of wages. Payout
Alaska None No capped at 10% of eligible earnings. Monthly incentive pay for
performance.
5% pretax profit, divided among all eligible employees $50 to $150 based on company-wide operational performance
American Yes
based on their earnings each month
10% of pretax income levels up to and including $2.5B
Delta Yes $25–$100 per month
and 20% over $2.5B
Frontier None None
Hawaiian 5% of adjusted pretax $150 quarterly performance plan
10% of pretax profit up to a pretax margin of 18%, plus
JetBlue 20% of pretax profit in excess of a pretax margin of
18%
15% of EBIT; SWAPA BOD determines annual qualified
Southwest deferral percentage, then rest in cash bonus. Four No
choices: 5%, 7.5%, 10%, or 100% into current plan.
10% of pretax profit up to a pretax margin of 6.9%,
United plus 20% of pretax profit in excess of a pretax margin No Up to $1,500 per year
of 6.9%
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Spirit Scope Provisions
Subcontracting
— 90-day maximum
— No furlough
— Only if “necessary” and otherwise insufficient aircraft/pilots
Agreements for code-share, marketing, interline, pro-rate, block space, revenue sharing, or
joint venture
— No block-hour reductions (based on rolling previous 12 months)
— No furloughs due to such agreements
— Spirit pilots must perform portion of flying to extent permissible/accessible (revenue sharing/
joint venture)
“Alter ego” prohibited
Foreign domicile protections
Spirit Merger Provisions
Requires “Transition and Process Agreement” which shall include at a minimum:
— Separate operations until operational merger date (OMD)
No block-hour reductions (compared to rolling previous 12 months) for Spirit pilots until
OMD
Spirit pilots operate Spirit aircraft, and no aircraft transfers, until OMD
— Association merger policy applies, to include joint CBA and seniority list integration
Fence (separate pilot groups) until seniority list integration
— Provisions for single carrier/single CBA
— No furlough from announced proposed merger through 12 months post-OMD
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Spirit Acquisitions (Nonmerger) Provisions
Spirit pilots have right to operate all aircraft on hand or under firm order (fence)
No furlough for current pilots (as of acquisition date)
Block hours shall not fall below 95% of systemwide scheduled block hours that existed in the 12
months previous to date of acquisition (floor)
Block-hour ratio (between Spirit and acquired carrier) shall not be diminished by more than 5%
based on 12 months previous to date of acquisition (if other carrier grows, Spirit must grow)
— Does not apply to acquisition of (1) foreign air carrier, or (2) fleet composed wholly of regional
aircraft (MGTOW 86,000 lbs. and operated with 76 or fewer passenger seats)
No whipsawing
Scope Summary
X indicates language is present relating to that subject
Merger Fragmentation/ Alter Ego/ Domestic and Express
Successor- Sub-
Airline and Labor Transfer Change in International Requirement
ship contracting
Protections of Assets Control Code Share Small Jet
Spirit X X X X X See above
X (no pilot
Alaska X X X
protections)
American X X X X X X X
Delta X X X X X X X
Frontier X X X X X
Hawaiian X X X X X X X
JetBlue X X X X X X X
Southwest X X X X X X
X (no alter
United X X X X X X
ego)
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SCOPE
Code-Share Summary
DOMESTIC RULES INTERNATIONAL RULES
Capacity
Codeshare Codeshare Purchase Codeshare Codeshare
Airline Hub-to-Hub Joint Venture Joint Venture Limitations
Allowed Limitations Agreements Allowed Limitations
Allowed
SPA pilots must perform
Spirit Yes Block hours Yes No language Yes Block hours Yes portion of flying in a joint
venture
Alaska No language
American Yes ASMs No No Yes Block hour Yes Block hour
Delta Yes ASMs Yes Yes Yes ASMs Yes ASMs
Frontier Yes Block hours Yes No language Yes Block hours No language
Hawaiian Yes Seats No Limited Yes Association Yes ASMs
JetBlue No Regionals Block hours No No Yes Block hours Yes ASMs
Southwest Prohibited Yes Passengers Prohibited
Yes, with
United Yes ASMs Yes Yes ASMs Yes Block hours
limits
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Small-Jet Specifications
Maximum Number of Maximum Number of
Airline MGTW (lbs.) Notes
Allowed Seats Allowed Aircraft
Spirit refers to small jet definitions only in regard to acquisitions not involving mergers.
Spirit
See page 19 for further information.
Alaska No language No language No language
76 seats (79-80) = 76
former USAir)
CRJ9/E175 Grandfathered former USAir
89,000 (EMB-175) 223 (71–76 Seats) If a pilot on the seniority list as of July 1,
Delta 76 (RJ and turboprop) 86,000 (51–76 seats) 102 (51–70 Seats) 2012, is furloughed, max # of 71–76 seat
65,000 (50 seats) 125 (0–50 Seats) aircraft is reduced to 0
Frontier No language No language No language
For interisland operations: The company
69 seats (and must be a No pilot may be furloughed if such
Hawaiian 69,000 lbs. will not operate fewer than 29,000 hours of
turboprop) operations occur
turbojet block hours
Not allowed/ Not allowed/ Not allowed/
JetBlue
no provision no provision no provision
Not allowed/ Not allowed/ Not allowed/
Southwest
no provision no provision no provision
Unlimited = Turboprop < 38 seats *Max combined number of 70 and 76
504 = 50-seat less than 90% of NB fleet seaters is 255. If the company adds
United 76 86,000 lbs.
102 = 70-seat* C100/EMB190/EMB195, limits on
153 = 76-seat* 50/70/76 seaters change.
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SCOPE
Furlough
Spirit Alaska American Delta Frontier Hawaiian JetBlue Southwest United
Does not
Length of expire if opt
No less than 6
service + 4 3 years after to return
Seniority years and no
10 years years (min. 5 last pilot 10 years 5 years within 3 years 10 years 10 Years
Retention more than 10
years, max. 10 offered recall of most junior
years
years) pilot being
recalled
Continues Continues Continues for
Longevity
1 year Continues Continues until pilot Frozen Frozen until pilot a maximum of Continues
Accrual
bypasses bypasses 3 years
May bypass 2 years or
until every until most
Until most 3 years after Until most
Until all junior involuntarily junior pilot Until all junior
Bypass 10 years junior pilot most junior junior pilot 10 Years
pilots recalled furloughed recalled, pilots recalled
recalled pilot recalled recalled
pilot has been whichever is
offered recall first
Meet and
Furlough
discuss
Mitigation Yes Yes No None Yes None Yes Yes
with the
Programs
Association
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SCOPE
Furlough Pay Converted to Credit Hours
YOS23
HOURS OF SERVICE
Maximum Duty Period—Scheduled/Actual
Airline Scheduled Duty Time Maximum Actual Duty Time
14:00 FAR 117 Table B (16:00 with tail-end DH)
Spirit
11:30 (duty that touches 0100–0400 LDT) 12:30 (duty that touches 0100–0400 LDT)
12:30 14:00
Alaska
10:00 (duty that touches 0200–0459 LDT) 11:00 (duty that touches 0200–0459 LDT)
American 15 or 30 minutes more restrictive than FAR 117 Table B FAR 117 Table B
Delta 30 minutes more restrictive than FAR 117 Table B FAR 117 Table B
14:00 FAR 117 Table B (16:00 with tail-end DH)
Frontier
10:30 (duty that touches 0100–0429 LT) 12:00 (duty that touches 0100–0429 LT)
14:00 (16:00 with tail-end DH)
12:00 (duty that touches 0100–0500 LDT)
JetBlue 10:00* (duty that touches 0100–0500 LDT)
14:00 (16:00 with tail-end DH)
* Red-eye turns shall not exceed 11:30 scheduled
12:00 (interisland for duty starting 0500–2159) 14:00 (interisland for duty starting 0500–2159)
Hawaiian 10:00 (interisland for duty starting 2200–0459) 12:00 (interisland for duty starting 2200–0459)
14:00 (international) 16:00 (international)
Maximum Duty Period Maximum Duty Period
Report Time
Scheduled Actual
0200–0359 10 hours 12 hours
0400–0559 12 hours 14 hours
Southwest See adjacent chart 0600–1059 13 hours 15 hours
1100–1459 12 hours 14 hours
1500–1959 11 hours 13 hours
2000–0159 9 hours 11 hours
United 30 minutes more restrictive than FAR 117 Table B FAR 117 Table B
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HOURS OF SERVICE
Minimum Days Off per Month
Airline Lineholders Reserves
12 in 30-day bid period
Spirit 13 days
13 in 31-day bid period
Alaska Guarantee is four 48 consecutive-hour periods off 12 days
12 in 30-day bid period
American 10 days
13 in 31-day bid period
12 in 30-day bid period
12–14 in 30-day bid period*
13 in 31-day bid period
Delta 13–15 in 31-day bid period*
(A pilot’s initial line of time will not exceed 18 days in
*Based on reserve guarantee and staffing
which a pilot is on a rotation without their consent.)
Frontier 12 days 12 days
12 in 30-day bid period
Hawaiian 12 days
13 in 31-day bid period
SCR: 13 in 30-day bid period, 14 in 31-day bid period
JetBlue 12 days LCR: 12 in 30-day bid period, 13 in 31-day bid period
(13/14 in Feb.; 14 in May/Sept./Oct.)
15 days in a 30-day bid period 14 days in a 30-day bid period
Southwest
16 days in a 31-day bid period 15 days in a 31-day bid period
12 in 30-day bid period
United 12 days
13 in 31-day bid period
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HOURS OF SERVICE
Rest Rules
Airline Domestic Flying International Flying
IN DOMICILE OUT OF DOMICILE IN DOMICILE OUT OF DOMICILE
10 hours
Spirit 10 hours 10 hours 10 hours
LCR = 18 hours if day/night shift
10 hour 10 hours
10 hours 10 hours
Add 30 min for each landing made in Add 30 min for each landing made
Alaska Add 30 min for each landing made Add 30 min for each landing made in
excess of 4 landings; in excess of 4 landings;
in excess of 4 landings excess of 4 landings
14 hours if transoceanic 14 hours if transoceanic
10 hours 10 hours 10 hours 10 hours
American
(12 hours for WOCL infringement) (12 hours for WOCL infringement) (12 hours for WOCL infringement) (12 hours for WOCL infringement)
1) 9 hours if surrounding duty period 1) 9 hours if surrounding duty period
1) 13 hours
is 20 hours
Frontier 11 hours scheduled; 10 hours actual 10 hours 11 hours scheduled; 10 hours actual 10 hours
Hawaiian 12 hours 10 hours 11 hours 2 times preceding duty period
16 hours following a duty period 16 hours following a duty period
containing an augmented flight containing an augmented flight
10 hours 10 hours segment greater than 8 hours or segment greater than 8 hours or
JetBlue 11 hours if before or after a segment 11 hours if before or after a segment containing an ocean crossing or containing an ocean crossing or
touching a red-eye period touching a red-eye period takeoff/landing at an airport south of takeoff/landing at an airport south
15 degrees south latitude to/from an of 15 degrees south latitude to/from
airport in the CONUS an airport in the CONUS
Southwest 11 hours 11 hours 11 hours 11 hours
1) 30 min. more than applicable FAR 1) 30 min. more than applicable FAR
1) 30 min. more than applicable FAR 1) 30 min. more than applicable FAR
117 if hotel is > 15 min away 117 if hotel is > 15 min away
117 if hotel is > 15 min away 117 if hotel is > 15 min away
2) 11 hours if duty period > 11 hours 2) 11 hours if duty period > 11 hours
2) 11 hours if duty period > 11 hours 2) 11 hours if duty period > 11 hours
United 3) 18 hours if basic duty period 3) 18 hours if basic duty period
3) 18 hours if global duty period 3) 18 hours if basic duty period
contains a flight segment > 8 hours contains a flight segment > 8 hours
contains a flight segment > 8 hours contains a flight segment > 8 hours
4) 12.75 hours after a trip 4) 12.75 hours after a trip
4) 24 hours after a global trip 4) 24 hours after a global trip
5) 24 hours after a global trip 5) 24 hours after a global trip
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HOURS OF SERVICE
Monthly Guarantees
Airline Lineholder Hours Notes Reserve Hours Notes
Spirit 72 72
75* *Long-call reserve 75 hours
Alaska 75
79** **Short-call reserve 79 hours
Monthly guarantee is the lower limit 73* *Long-call reserve 73 hours
American 77*
of the ALV 76** **Short-call reserve 76 hours
*Guarantee is variable from 72–80
Delta 65 72-80*
based on ALV
Frontier 75 75
Hawaiian 75 75
JetBlue 70 75
30-day line guarantee is shown.
Guarantee is variable;
Southwest 75.7 Different monthly line guarantees 78.3
90 trip pay shown
for a 29-day and 31-day bid period
73* *Long-call reserve 73 hours
United 70
76** **Short-call reserve 76 hours
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HOURS OF SERVICE
Average Daily/Duty Period Minimum
Airlines Duty Period Average Average Daily Guarantee Notes
Spirit 5:00
Alaska 5:00
American 5:15 New day triggers when pairings end 0200 local or later
Delta 5:15 New day triggers when pairings end 0200 local or later
Frontier 5:00 CDO: 6 hours of pay credit
Hawaiian 4:10
New day triggers when pairings end 0100 local or later
JetBlue 5:00 5:00
(excluding red-eye turns)
New day triggers when pairings end 0300 local or later
Southwest 4:21* 5:39** *Based on 5 TFPs
**Based on 6.5 TFPs
United 5:00 New day triggers when pairings end 0400 local or later
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HOURS OF SERVICE
Trip and Duty Rigs
Airline Duty-Time Ratio Duty-Hour Exceptions Trip-Hour Ratio
Spirit 1 for 2 N/A 1 for 3.5
1 for 2
Alaska *22:00–06:00 1 for 3.5
1 for 1.75*
1 for 2
American *22:00–03:59 1 for 3.5
1 for 1.5*
1 for 2 *22:00 to release from
Delta 1 for 3.5
1 for 1.75* duty period
Greater of 1 for 6 or
Frontier Continuous duty overnights 1 for 3.75
actual block hours
Hawaiian 1 for 1.66 Interisland only 1 for 3.5
1 for 2
JetBlue *0100-0500 1 for 3.5
1 for 1.75*
Southwest 1 for 1.55 N/A 1 for 3.45
1 for 2
United *22:00–05:59 1 for 3.5
1 for 1.75*
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SCHEDULING
Scheduling Summary
Spirit Alaska American Delta Frontier Hawaiian JetBlue Southwest United
PBS/Paper Lines PBS Traditional PBS PBS PBS PBS PBS Traditional PBS
4th
Bid Packages
7th 4th–9th* 8th 4th 3rd 6th 1st 17th 6th
Available
(secondary)
9th
CA: 8th CA: 13th CA: 6th
Bid Window Close 12th 11th–13th 13th 11th 19th 12th
FO: 9th FO: 15th FO: 9th
(secondary)
11th–13th,
posted by 9th
CA: 14th CA: 8th CA: 14th CA: 8th CA: 15th
Bid Awards 22:00, the 16th 17th 19th
FO: 15th FO: 9th FO: 16th FO: 11th FO: 17th
same day as (secondary)
bid closing
*Bid lines posted on Friday preceding the first Tuesday of the month
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SCHEDULING
PBS Line Values
Airline ALV (Credit Window) Notes
Spirit 72:00–84:00 (+/- 7 Hours) Not to exceed 90 credit hours at bid award
Alaska N/A Line bidding. Scheduling cap of 85 hours, flex to 88, 6 months per year.
American 84 (+/- 7 Hours)
Delta 72–84 (+/- 7.5 Hours)
Frontier 75–87 (+/- 7 Hours)
Hawaiian 75–90 (+/- 7.5 Hours)
JetBlue 74–86 (+/- 7 Hours)
Southwest N/A Line bidding. Scheduling cap of 95 hours.
United 72–84* *Credit window ranges from 67–90 and is a function of ALV.
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SCHEDULING
Reserve Summary
Reserve
Short-Call Airport Short-Call Conversions Long-Call
Airline Availability Notes
Response Time Standby to Long Call Response Time
Period
* Additional 1 hr. pay for each of the first
No more than 4; then
Spirit 14:00 3:00 N 14:00 4 conversions. Additional 2 hrs. pay for
with pilot consent*
each subsequent conversion
No more than 4; then * 2 hrs. pay for first conversion; 1 hr. pay
with pilot consent* for all subsequent
Alaska 14:00 2:00 N Convert from long call 12:30** ** 13:30 hours if flying starts or goes
to short call pilot must into WOCL; with pilot concurrence
be given 12:30 report time may be reduced to 10 hours
No more than 5 * 30 minutes pay for each conversion
American FARs “Promptly” N 12:00
assignments* above guarantee
Delta 12:00 “Promptly” N 6–7* 12:00 * Based on reserve guarantee
“A”: 10.5 hrs.
6 per month*;
“B”: 10.5 hrs. * Additional 1 hr. pay for each
2:00 or as soon as not more than 2
Frontier “C”: 10.5 hrs. N 12:00; 8:00** occurrence above 6
possible consecutive; upon
“D”: 7.0 hrs. **Medium-call reserve
return from assignment
“E”: 7.0 hrs.
* Interisland in excess of DRASE has 3 hr.
report; international in excess of DRASE
2:00—Interisland has 4 hr. report
Hawaiian 12:00 or less Y** No long call N/A
3:00—International* ** Not more than one interisland
grouping a day; Standby is from 1000 to
1800; 5 hrs. credit per day
JetBlue 10:00 2:30 N 5* 14:00 * $100 per conversion
Southwest 15:00 2:00 N No long call N/A
*1 hr. pay for each airport standby not
United 14:00 2:30 Y* 7 12:00
flown
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SCHEDULING
Additional Reserve Rules
Spirit Alaska American Delta Frontier Hawaiian JetBlue Southwest United
Long Call
Long Call and Long Call
LC >= 20% Long call Short call and
Short Call Short Call: 5
SC >= 30% Short Call long call
Reserve Short call and specific RAPs Short
RAPs must be only via All short call All short call
Bidding long call No more than that must call; RAPs Pure short-
the same conversion
35% of RAPs be the same determined call lines are
throughout from
before 7 a.m. throughout by daily bid voluntary only
the month Long Call
the month
SC and LC
SC: 6 hours going into a
Short call: 11 LC no later
after start of SC: 11 a.m– 5 7 hours after flexible day
Release on 6 hours prior a.m. SC and LC: 12 than 10 LDT Company
RAP p.m. start of RAP off: 3 p.m. LC
Last Day to end of RAP Long call: 1 p.m. SC company discretion
LC: 10 a.m. LC: 8 a.m. on last day not going into
p.m. discretion a flexible day
HBT
off: 10 a.m.
Aggressive
No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Pickup
Reserves
Pickup
cannot
During X/Y lists only Yes Not allowed Not allowed Yes Not allowed Yes Not allowed
pickup during
Vacation
vacation
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SCHEDULING
Rescheduling Footprint Protection
Spirit Alaska American Delta Frontier Hawaiian JetBlue Southwest United
Reschedule Reschedule Domestic: Reschedule In-domicile: Reschedule Reschedule Reschedule Original release
within original within Reschedule within original Reschedule within must overlap within original within original 00:00 to 12:00:
footprint + 4 original within original footprint + 4 original footprint original footprint + footprint reschedule release,
hours footprint + 5 footprint + 4 hours, same Out-of-domicile: footprint the earlier of 6 next day by 12:00
hours hours or 01:59, calendar day Reschedule hours or end of Original release
Flying may not
whichever is for ocean within footprint calendar day 12:00 to 23:59:
be added to
later crossings of original trip Can reassign reschedule release
the end of a
trip that would International: except when from operating next day by 23:59
result in RTD Reschedule reschedule occurs trip to another International:
beyond original within original during last duty trip twice per reschedule footprint
footprint footprint + 30 period. In that rolling 12 + 48 hours
hours case, RTD as soon months
TAJ reschedule International double
as practical.
restricted augmentation:
to original reschedule footprint
footprint + 60 hours
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SCHEDULING
Rescheduling Pay
Spirit Alaska American Delta Frontier Hawaiian JetBlue Southwest United
Sit pay: EOTHP+5, trip 150%* 200% for Legs after Inter-island 200% for legs 150% for all 225%:
1:2 minutes pays 150% *Reassignment additional EOTHP+3, pays one (min. 2 hrs. pay) legs block-in Untriggered
after 2 hours premium for duty periods 150% minute of flight reassigned 200% for duty reassignment
actual flight extending Additional pay per minute between periods on a 150%: Line
EOTHP+4,
time outside into days off flying added of duty outside original day off after an holder late pay
200% of RTD
original for reasons within original of original footprint and 2 overnight that
duty period 150%: Reserve
sequence within company footprint pays sequence hours results from a
if operating reassigned into
footprint control 150% footprint 200% for legs reschedule
or 1 for 2 if nonflexible day
deadhead RTD (min. 5 hrs. pay) off, paid above
reassigned guarantee
RTD duty
beyond 2 hours
period on day 150% :
of original
off, 200% Lineholder
footprint
RTD into reassigned
Emergency into day off (in
second or assignment
subsequent day addition to late
200% for legs pay)
off, entire trip outside original
pays 200% footprint (min. 5 5:00: Pay above
hrs. pay) guarantee for
involuntary
Emergency assignments
assignment over a holiday
150% for legs that was
reassigned originally a day
inside original off
footprint
outside original 30 minutes: If
covering for
another crew,
paid above
guarantee
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VACATION
Vacation Rules
Spirit Alaska American Delta Frontier Hawaiian JetBlue Southwest United
Min. number Evenly
of slots distributed
No period Jan.–May:
available: within bid
has more than min. of 6%
40% below Jan. 4–June month
Min. of 3% 30: 10% June–Aug.:
Allotments for three bid Min. of 5% and no more 7% minimum, min. of 26.3%
Min. of 1% per Min. of 6% per
Distribution are jointly periods per bid than 35% July 1–Sept. 6% allowed
week Sept.–Oct.: bid period
constructed period above the 15: 5% for 3 non-
Rest evenly annualized consecutive min. of 6%
Sept. 16–Dec.
weekly 19: 0.1 bid months Nov.–Dec.:
average 19% company min. of 8.8%
Dec. 20–Jan.
3: 5% discretion
Vacation
Jan.–Dec. Jan.–Dec. Mar.–Feb. Apr.–Mar. Jan.–Dec. Jan.–Dec. Jan.–Dec. Jan.–Dec. May.–Apr.
Year
Vacation
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Drops
Pick up flying
over vacation,
including
Fly on
X/Y lists only Yes No No Yes No premium Yes No
Vacation
open
time if
available
Yes, if
Yes, up to Yes, in
company
Sell Back 8 hrs. per Yes No Yes prorated No Yes Yes
cancels and
month months
pilot agrees
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VACATION
Vacation Week Credit Hours
Spirit At pilot option, value can be between 12 and 44 hours for 7–9 days
Frontier At pilot option, value can be between 15 and 40 hours for 7–9 days
Hawaiian 21:00
United 22:45
Southwest 22:52
Alaska 24:30
American 25:36
Delta 24:30
JetBlue 35:00
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VACATION
Vacation Accrual—Hours per Year
160
140
Vaca�on Annual Accrual Hours
120
100
80
60
40 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Spirit 56 56 56 56 84 84 84 84 84 98 98 98 98 98 112 112 112 112 112 126 126 126 126 126
Alaska 53 53 53 74 74 74 74 84 84 84 84 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 123 123 123 123 123 140
American 77 77 77 77 81 84 88 92 95 99 103 106 110 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114
Delta 53 53 53 53 77 77 77 77 77 77 102 102 102 102 102 102 102 126 126 126 126 126 126 126
Fron�er 75 75 75 75 105 105 105 105 105 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140
Hawaiian 45 48 48 63 63 63 63 63 69 69 81 81 81 87 87 87 87 99 99 99 99 99 99 114
JetBlue 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 140 140 140 140 140 140
Southwest 46 46 46 69 69 69 69 69 92 92 92 92 92 92 92 92 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114
United 46 46 46 68 68 68 68 68 68 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 137
Pilot Longevity Year
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SICK LEAVE
Sick Leave Summary
Spirit Alaska American Delta Frontier Hawaiian JetBlue Southwest United
Pilot does not
call in sick:
No monthly 7:30
50 hours in Pilot calls in
first year; sick: 5:39* 1 TFP sick
Monthly Sick increases 1 day per
5 hours 5.5 hours 5 hours 6 hours per 10 TFP 5 hours
Time Accrual annually to month *0 accrual if
pay credit
270 hours at the pilot group
20 years and exceeds 5.5%
thereafter sick paid hours
in previous 12
months
1,080 hours*
1,392
Max Accrual 700 hours 1,000 hours 1,000 hours N/A 120 days *No limit after 510 hours 1,300 hours
(1,600 TFP)
59th birthday
7 hours per
month after
11 hours per
7.5 hours per 10 hours per rapid use
month, after
Rapid month after month after (> 255 in
N/A 60 days of N/A N/A N/A N/A
Reaccrual 30 days of sick 270 sick hours single event),
sick leave
leave used used until equal to
used
amount used
is made up
4:03 long call,
4:13 short call 5:00*
4:14–4:26 or 4:00 or trips
Reserve Day Sick if needed; *4:45 in a 5:13
4:00 2:50 trip missed if missed if on 4:12 4:03
Value sick not charged 31-day bid (6.0 TFP)
on a trip a trip
until junior period
manned
continued
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SICK LEAVE
Sick Leave Summary (continued)
Spirit Alaska American Delta Frontier Hawaiian JetBlue Southwest United
Yes
> 470 hours
long-term sick
balance: 50% of
annual accrual
remaining in Allowed to
short-term sick sell back
Sellback
No No is paid out No No No accrual in No No
Annually
excess of
< 470 hours
100 hours
but >235
hours: 25% of
annual accrual
remaining in
short-term sick
is paid out
Pilot paid a
lump sum for
Full payout Can trade
unused sick
at 100% of for retiree
leave in the
hourly rate at May be used Full payout medical
Sellback at primary sick Yes, to fund
25 YOS and No No as credit at 100% of coverage at No
Retirement leave bank retiree medical
mandatory toward DB hourly rate 10 TFP per
at 25% of the
retirement month until
pilot’s hourly
age Medicare
rate of pay at
retirement
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OTHER
Training
Spirit Alaska American Delta Frontier Hawaiian JetBlue Southwest United
6 hours or
3:45,
4:00 in less = 3.5
4:00* including
domicile hours pay and 4:00 (5:00 Greater of
Pay/Credit 4:10 per travel days
credit per day * 4:03 4:00 per CQ for non-FAA- 5:40 (6.5
Value of a Out-of- 4:30 recurrent
LC/4:13 SC Training Day required TFP) or trips 5 hours for
Training Day domicile Greater than training day
if on reserve training) dropped reserves, not
training paid 6 hours = 4.67
available day included in
as a trip hours pay and
monthly bid
credit per day
4:00 per day
85- (5:00 for non-
hour monthly FAA-required
Greater of
4:00 per day guarantee if training)
1/30 or 1/31
in domicile unable to bid 75:00:00 for 3:00 per day Greater of 3:00 per day
of ALV or trips 80:00
Long-Term Out-of- > 15 days dropped* entire bid for entire guarantee
4:21 (5 TFP) for entire
4:00 per day
Training Pay domicile training, period of period of if training
per day or period
*For entire training training trips dropped of training
training paid 2:50 per day footprint >
period of
as a trip for entire 15 days in a
training
period bid period
of training (including
OE)
5:00 per day;
not to exceed
Distance 2 days and 58% of hourly 50% pay 0:39 per hour
1 for 2 1 for 2 1 for 2 1 for 2 1 for 4
Learning training not rate credit (.75 TFP)
more than 9
hrs.
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OTHER
Training Pilots
Spirit Alaska American Delta Frontier Hawaiian JetBlue Southwest United
75% must
be seniority-
list pilots
or JetBlue
Non- retired pilots
Limited Not allowed Not allowed Not allowed Retired pilots Only allowed Not allowed Only allowed
Seniority-
to ground to perform to perform to perform may perform for ground Only to perform for ground
List
training evaluations evaluations type rides evaluations school seniority-list evaluations school
Instructors
and retired
JetBlue pilots
perform
evaluations
90:00/mo.
Hourly 85:00/mo.
overrides: Instructor: CA
CA
instructor:
LCA/OE: instructor: $3,500/mo.
highest-held
$27.50 highest-held and $230/day
CA status +
CA status over 15 days
Simulator $1,215/mo.
Pay rate of FO Check
instructor: 12-year CA in 90:00/mo. FO
Instructor $20 instructor: airman:
Noncontractual highest-held Noncontractual Noncontractual instructor:
Pay highest-held $4,500/mo. LCA, 10% for
Simulator status, highest-held
FO status and $300/day all flying
check FO status +
90:57/mo. LCA override: over 15 days
airman: $810/mo.
$27.50 15% of the APD:
LCA override:
rate of the $5,000/mo.
Designated $1,350/mo.+
highest- and $333/day
examiner: $27 while
paying over 15 days
$50 performing
aircraft
training
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OTHER
Hotels
Spirit Alaska American Delta Frontier Hawaiian JetBlue Southwest United
Yes*
New Hire Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
*indoc only
For upgrade
Training in
at pilot No Yes Yes Yes No No Multi-day only Yes
Base
request
Disrupted
Trip with
Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Overnight in
Base
5+ hours,
single
occupancy
Scheduled > 4 hours, > 4 hours > 5 hours > 5 hours > 4 hours > 4 hours > 5 hours > 4 hours > 4 hours
Day Rooms double
occupancy
or crew rest
facility
Long Layover
16:45 No Yes 12:00 18:00 No 15:00 No 14:00
Distinction
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RETIREMENT AND
INSURANCE
Defined Contribution Retirement Plans
Company Contribution
Airline Treatment of Amounts Exceeding IRS Limits
(No Pilot Funding Required)
Spirit 14%, 15% (2022) 415(c) and 401(a)17 excesses paid in cash
Alaska 15.50% 415(c) and 401(a)17 excesses paid in cash
American 16% 415(c) and 401(a)17 excesses paid in cash
Delta 16% 415(c) and 401(a)17 excesses paid in cash
Frontier 14%, 15% (2022) 415(c) and 401(a)17 excesses paid in cash
Hawaiian 15% 415(c) excess contributed to Retiree HRA; 401(a)17 excess paid in cash
JetBlue 16% 415(c) excess contributed to Retiree HRA; 401(a)17 excess paid in cash
Southwest 15% Nonqualified plan for 415(c) and 401(a)17 excesses
United 16% 415(c) and 401(a)17 excesses contributed to Retiree HRA
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