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Collective Agreement - Group: Aircraft Operations (AO) - List of Changes


List of Changes to the Agreement
between the Treasury Board and
The Canadian Federal Pilots Association - 
Aircraft Opertions


ARTICLE 2
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS

2.01 For the purpose of this Agreement:

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(a) "Union" means the Canadian Federal Pilots Association;

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(b) "bargaining unit" means all the employees of the Employer in the Aircraft Operations Group, as described in the certificate issued by the Public Service Staff Relations Board on January 18, 2001;

ARTICLE 4
INTERPRETATION OF AGREEMENT

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4.01 The parties agree that, in the event of a dispute arising out of the interpretation of a clause or Article in this Agreement, such dispute shall in the first instance be referred to the parties who will meet within 30 working days and seek to resolve the problem.

ARTICLE 8
RECOGNITION

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8.01 The Employer recognizes the Union as the exclusive bargaining agent for all employees described in the certificate issued by the Public Service Staff Relations Board on January 18, 2001, covering all of the employees of the Employer in the Aircraft Operations Group.

ARTICLE 13
ACCESS

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13.01 The Employer agrees that access to its premises may be allowed to representatives of the Union for the purpose of interviewing a Union member.

ARTICLE 18
HOURS OF WORK

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18.01

(a) The work week of employees shall be thirty seven and one-half (37 1/2) hours consisting of five (5) consecutive days, Monday to Friday inclusive, and the normal scheduled hours of work each day shall be a continuous period of seven and one-half (7 1/2) hours between the hours of 0700 and 1800 exclusive of an unpaid meal break and shall be documented between every employee and their manager. Notwithstanding the above, for shipborne helicopter pilots, the provisions of Article 45 shall apply.

(b) At the request of the employee, the Employer may vary the daily hours of work to make provision for a compressed work week.

(c) The Employer may change an employee's normal scheduled hours of work within 0700 hours and 1800 hours and where less than twelve (12) working days notice is given such changes shall only be made by mutual agreement between the employee and the Employer.

(d) The Employer will endeavor to give at least two (2) weeks notice to helicopter pilots assigned to shipboard operations of sailing dates and times and anticipated crew change dates, and as much notice as possible of any revisions to such dates and times.

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18.02

(a) Flight time and flight duty time limitations for employees will be governed by the Department of Transport Operations Manual when operating (at the controls of) Department of Transport aircraft. When operating other than Department of Transport aircraft, flight time and duty time limitations will be governed by the policies and provisions of the aircraft operator.

(b) For the purposes of the Article, in-flight inspections are considered to be flight duty and flight time is considered to include in-flight inspection time. Flight duty time shall not commence in the event the employee is notified that a flight is delayed or cancelled prior to departure from the employee's residence or place of rest if in travel status.

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18.04 Subject to operational requirements, two (2) fifteen (15) minute rest periods shall be provided during each work day.

ARTICLE 19
OVERTIME

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19.02 When an employee has been required by the Employer to work overtime on his or her normal day of rest, the employee shall be compensated on the basis of:

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(c) except, an employee shall be compensated on the basis of double (2) time for each hour worked on the second and each subsequent day of rest.

Second or subsequent day of rest means the second or subsequent day in an unbroken series of consecutive and contiguous calendar days of rest.

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19.05 An employee who works three (3) or more hours of overtime immediately before or following his or her scheduled hours of work shall be reimbursed his or her expenses for one meal in the amount of ten dollars ($10.00) except when the meal has been provided free to the employee. Reasonable time with pay, to be determined by management, shall be allowed the employee in order that he or she may take a meal break either at or adjacent to his or her place of work.

ARTICLE 20
TRAVELLING TIME

20.01 Where an employee is required to travel to or from his or her headquarters area, as normally defined by the Employer, the employee's method of travel shall be determined by the Employer and the employee shall be compensated in the following manner:

(b) On a normal working day on which the employee travels and works, the employee shall earn:

**

(ii) the applicable overtime rate for additional travel time in excess of seven and one-half (7 1/2) hour period of work and travel, with a maximum payment for such additional travel time not to exceed 12 hours' pay at the applicable overtime rate in any day.

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(c) On a day of rest or on a designated paid holiday, the employee shall be paid at the applicable overtime rate for hours travelled to a maximum of 12 hours' pay at the applicable overtime rate.

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20.03 This Article does not apply to an employee who is required to operate or travel in any type of transport in the performance of duties and/or which also serves as his or her living quarters during a tour of duty. In such circumstances the employee shall be paid in accordance with the relevant provisions of Articles 18, 19, 22 and 45 of this Agreement.

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20.04 Travel Status Leave

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(c) This leave with pay is deemed to be compensatory leave and is subject to paragraph 19.04(a), (b) and (c).

The provisions of this clause do not apply when the employee travels in connection with courses, training sessions, professional conferences and seminars.

ARTICLE 21
PAY
ADMINISTRATION

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21.03

(a) The rates of pay set forth in Appendix "A" shall become effective on the dates specified.

(b) Where the rates of pay set forth in Appendix "A" have an effective date prior to the date of signing of this Agreement, the following shall apply:

(i) "retroactive period" for the purpose of subparagraphs (ii) to (v) means the period from the effective date of the revision up to and including the day before the collective agreement is signed or when an arbitral award is rendered therefore;

(ii) a retroactive upward revision in rates of pay shall apply to employees, former employees or in the case of death, the estates of former employees who were employees in the group during the retroactive period;

(iii) for initial appointments made during the retroactive period, the rate of pay selected in the revised rates of pay is the rate which is immediately below the rate of pay being received prior to the revision;

(iv) for promotions, demotions, deployments, transfers or acting situations effective during the retroactive period, the rate of pay shall be recalculated, in accordance with the Public Service Terms and Conditions of Employment Regulations, using the revised rates of pay. If the recalculated rate of pay is less than the rate of pay the employee was previously receiving, the revised rate of pay shall be the rate, which is nearest to, but not less than the rate of pay being received prior to the revision. However, where the recalculated rate is at a lower step in the range, the new rate shall be the rate of pay immediately below the rate of pay being received prior to the revision;

(v) no payment or no notification shall be made pursuant to paragraph 21.03(b) for one dollar ($1.00) or less.

ARTICLE 23
VACATION LEAVE

Accumulation of Vacation Leave Credits

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23.02 An employee shall earn vacation leave credits at the following rate for each calendar month during which the employee receives pay for at least ten (10) days:

(a) one and one-quarter (1 1/4) days until the month in which the anniversary of the employee's eighth (8th) year of continuous employment occurs;

(b) one and two-thirds (1 2/3) days commencing with the month in which the employee's eighth (8th) anniversary of continuous employment occurs;

(c) one and ten-twelfths (1 10/12) days commencing with the month in which the employee's sixteenth (16th) anniversary of continuous employment occurs;

(d) one and eleven-twelfths (1 11/12) days commencing with the month in which the employee's seventeen (17th) anniversary of continuous employment occurs;

(e) two and one-twelfth (2 1/12) days commencing with the month in which the employee's eighteenth (18th) anniversary of continuous employment occurs;

(f) two and three-twelfths (2 3/12) days commencing with the month in which the employee's twenty-seventh (27th) anniversary of continuous employment occurs;

(g) two and one-half (2 1/2) days per month commencing with the month in which the employee's twenty-eighth (28th) anniversary of continuous employment occurs.

ARTICLE 25
OTHER LEAVE WITH OR WITHOUT PAY

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25.02 Bereavement Leave With Pay

For the purpose of this clause, immediate family is defined as father, mother (or alternatively stepfather, stepmother, or foster parent), brother, sister, spouse, (including common-law spouse resident with the employee), child (including child of common-law spouse), stepchild or ward of the employee, grandparent, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandchild and relative permanently residing in the employee's household or with whom the employee permanently resides.

(a) When a member of the employee's immediate family dies, an employee shall be entitled to a bereavement period of four (4) consecutive calendar days which must include the day of the funeral. During such period the employee shall be paid for those days which are not regularly scheduled days of rest for that employee. In addition, the employee may be granted up to three (3) days' leave with pay for the purpose of travel related to the death.

(b) An employee is entitled up to one (1) day's bereavement leave with pay for the purpose related to the death of the employee's grandparent, grandchild, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

(c) It is recognized by the parties that the circumstances which call for leave in respect of bereavement are based on individual circumstances. On request, the deputy head of a department may, after considering the particular circumstances involved, grant leave with pay for a period greater than that provided for in sub-clauses 25.02(a) and (b).

25.08 Maternity Allowance

(a) An employee who has been granted maternity leave without pay shall be paid a maternity allowance in accordance with the terms of the Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan described in paragraph (c) to (j), provided that she:

(iii) has signed an agreement with the Employer stating that:

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(B) following her return to work, as described in section (A), she will work for a period equal to the period she was in receipt of the maternity allowance;

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(C) should she fail to return to work in accordance with section (A), or should she return to work but fail to work for the total period specified in section (B), for reasons other than death, lay-off, early termination due to lack of work or discontinuance of a function of a specified period of employment that would have been sufficient to meet the obligations specified in section (B), or having become disabled as defined in the Public Service Superannuation Act, she will be indebted to the Employer for an amount determined as follows:

(allowance received)

X

(remaining period to be worked following her return to work)

   

[ total period to be
worked as specified in (B)]

however, an employee whose specified period of employment expired and who is rehired by the same department within a period of five days or less is not indebted for the amount if her new period of employment is sufficient to meet the obligations specified in section (B).

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(b) For the purpose of sections (a)(iii)(B), and (C), periods of leave with pay shall count as time worked. Periods of leave without pay during the employee's return to work will not be counted as time worked but shall interrupt the period referred to in section (a)(iii)(B), without activating the recovery provisions described in section (a)(iii)(C).

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25.10 Transitional Provisions

If, on the date of signature of this Agreement, an employee is currently on maternity leave without pay or has requested a period of maternity leave but has not commenced the leave, she shall upon request be entitled to the provisions of this Article. Any application must be received before the termination date of the leave period originally requested.

25.11 Parental Leave Without Pay

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(a) Where an employee has or will have the actual care and custody of a new-born child (including the new-born child of a common-law spouse), the employee shall, upon request, be granted parental leave without pay for a single period of up to thirty-seven (37) consecutive weeks in the fifty-two (52) week period beginning on the day on which the child is born or the day on which the child comes into the employee's care.

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(b) Where an employee commences legal proceedings under the laws of a province to adopt a child or obtains an order under the laws of a province for the adoption of a child, the employee shall, upon request, be granted parental leave without pay for a single period of up to thirty-seven (37) consecutive weeks in the fifty-two week (52) period beginning on the day on which the child comes into the employee's care.

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(f) Parental leave without pay taken by a couple employed in the Public Service shall not exceed a total of thirty-seven (37) weeks for both individuals combined. For the purpose of this paragraph, Public Service means any portion of the Public Service of Canada specified in Part I of Schedule I of the Public Service Staff Relations Act.

25.12 Parental Allowance

(a) An employee who has been granted parental leave without pay, shall be paid a parental allowance in accordance with the terms of the Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan described in paragraphs (c) to (j), providing he or she:

(iii) has signed an agreement with the Employer stating that:

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(B) Following his or her return to work, as described in section (A), the employee will work for a period equal to the period the employee was in receipt of the parental allowance, in addition to the period of time referred to in section 25.08(a)(iii)(B), if applicable;

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(C) should he or she fail to return to work in accordance with section (A) or should he or she return to work but fail to work the total period specified in section (B), for reasons other than death, lay-off, early termination due to lack of work or discontinuance of a function of a specified period of employment that would have been sufficient to meet the obligations specified in section (B), or having become disabled as defined in the Public Service Superannuation Act, he or she will be indebted to the Employer for an amount determined as follows:

(allowance received)

X

(remaining period to be worked
following his/her return to work)

   

[ total period to be
worked as specified in (B)]

however, an employee whose specified period of employment expired and who is rehired by the same department within a period of five days or less is not indebted for the amount if his or her new period of employment is sufficient to meet the obligations specified in section (B).

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(b) For the purpose of sections (a)(iii)(B), and (C), periods of leave with pay shall count as time worked. Periods of leave without pay during the employee's return to work will not be counted as time worked but shall interrupt the period referred to in section (a)(iii)(B), without activating the recovery provisions described in section (a)(iii)(C).

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25.14 Transitional Provisions

If, on the date of signature of this Agreement, an employee is currently on parental leave without pay or has requested a period of such leave without pay but has not commenced the leave, he or she shall upon request be entitled to the provisions of this Article. Any application must be received before the termination date of the leave period originally requested.

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25.20 Personal Leave

Subject to operational requirements as determined by the Employer and with an advance notice of at least five (5) working days, the employee shall be granted, in each fiscal year, one (1) day of leave with pay for reasons of a personal nature.

The leave will be scheduled at times convenient to both the employee and the Employer. Nevertheless, the Employer shall make every reasonable effort to grant the leaves at such times as the employee may request.

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25.21 Volunteer Leave

Subject to operational requirements as determined by the Employer and with an advance notice of at least five (5) working days, the employee shall be granted, in each fiscal year, one (1) day of leave with pay to work as a volunteer for a charitable or community organization or activity, other than for activities related to the Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign.

The leave will be scheduled at times convenient both to the employee and the Employer. Nevertheless, the Employer shall make every reasonable effort to grant the leaves at such times as the employee may request.

ARTICLE 26
DISCRIMINATION

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26.01 It is agreed that there shall be no discrimination with respect to an employee by reason of age, race, creed, colour, national origin, political or religious affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, membership or activity in the Union.

**ARTICLE 29
EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE REVIEW

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29.01 An employee shall be given an opportunity to sign any formal review of his or her performance, and shall also be given an opportunity to sign all adverse reports pertaining to the performance of his or her duties and shall be provided a copy of the report.

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29.03 Twice per year, upon written request by an employee, the personnel file(s) of that employee shall be made available within ten (10) working days for his/her examination in the presence of an authorized representative of the Employer.

**ARTICLE 34
AVIATION AIRCREW ALLOWANCE (AAA)

34.01 Preamble

In an effort to resolve recruitment and/or retention problems, the Employer will provide an allowance for the performance of duties to incumbents of positions in the Aircraft Operations bargaining unit.

34.02 Eligibility

Employees who are incumbents of positions (either on a substantive basis or acting appointment basis) in the Aircraft Operations bargaining unit shall be entitled to an Aviation Aircrew Allowance (AAA).

34.03 Application

A.

(i) Incumbents of positions identified above shall be eligible to receive an annualized Aviation Aircrew Allowance of $4,800 to be paid biweekly.

(ii) The Allowance specified above does not form part of an employee's salary.

(iii) An employee shall be paid the Allowance for each calendar month for which the employee receives at least ten (10) days' pay as an incumbent of a position in the AO bargaining unit.

(iv) When an employee is required by the Employer to perform the duties of another position within the AO bargaining unit in accordance with clause 21.04, and where the amount of the Allowance differs between the two positions, the Allowance payable shall be proportionate to the time at each position.

B. Part-time employees shall be entitled to the Allowance on a pro rata basis.

C. The parties agree that disputes arising from the application of this Article may be subject to consultation.

ARTICLE 40
LOSS OF LICENCE

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40.01 The Employer agrees, where an employee permanently loses his or her Flight Crew Licence due to medical or proficiency reasons, to continue the present practice of making every reasonable effort to find suitable employment either within the department or elsewhere in the Public Service.

ARTICLE 46
EXTRA DUTY ALLOWANCE

46.01

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(a) Subject to clause (b) of this Article, all employees in the bargaining unit shall be paid an Extra Duty Allowance of $6,800 annualized.

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(b) The requirements for eligibility to receive Extra Duty Allowance and the timing of payments shall be the same as those contained in Transport Canada's Professional Aviation Currency Program for Civil Aviation Inspectors (formerly referred to as the Professional Currency Programs for Civil Aviation Inspectors) and the TSB Policy on CAI Professional Aviation Currency.

**ARTICLE 47
PROFESSIONAL AVIATION CURRENCY

47.01 The parties agree that the maintenance of Professional Aviation Currency is necessary for the Employer to fulfil its mandate and for employees to carry out their duties.

47.02 The Employer shall provide each medically fit Civil Aviation Inspector (CAI) with the opportunity to maintain his/her Professional Aviation Currency through the use of Departmental aircraft or an approved alternate professional currency program.

47.03 Professional Aviation Currency is deemed to have been met as a minimum, by the possession and maintenance of the Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) and Group 1 or Group 4 Instrument Rating/Pilot Proficiency Check or a Commercial Helicopter Pilot Licence and Group 4 Instrument Rating/Pilot Proficiency Check.

47.04 The Employer shall assign each employee in accordance with the criteria and procedures established between the Employer and the Union to a Professional Aviation Currency Program.

47.05 With the exception of 47.04 above all changes to the Transport Canada Professional Aviation Currency Policy for Civil Aviation Inspectors and the TSB policy on CAI Professional Aviation Currency shall be accomplished by means of mutual agreement between the parties.

**ARTICLE 48
AVIATION OCCURRENCE INVESTIGATION

48.01 Where an employee is involved in an accident or incident related to the operation of an aircraft while performing his duties, the employee may be removed from flying status and assigned alternate duties pending the outcome of any investigation into the accident or incident undertaken by the Employer or the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board (CTAISB) or both.

48.02 If after seven (7) days the employee has not been returned to all duties, including flying status, written notification must be provided along with the reasons therefore, to the employee with a copy to the Union.

48.03 In cases involving aircraft accidents or incidents the employee will not be required to commit orally or in writing to the Employer for a period of twenty-four (24) hours following the accident or incident unless the employee has the opportunity to be represented by the Union and has been afforded the opportunity of a medical examination by a medical examiner approved by the Union and the Employer.

48.04 Where an investigation is undertaken by the Employer, pursuant to the above, every effort shall be made to issue a formal report within three (3) months.

48.05 Both the employee involved and the Union will be informed on a regular basis of the course of such an investigation and will be provided with a copy of any interim or final report resulting therefrom.

48.06 Where an employee provides information or evidence to an investigation for the purposes of determining the circumstances and/or cause of an aviation accident or incident such information will be used exclusively for the purposes of flight safety and shall not be used against any person in any legal or disciplinary proceedings except as provided for in accordance with the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board (CTAISB) Act.

48.07 Where disciplinary action is considered following the issuance of an accident or incident investigation report, the provisions of Article 35.09 shall be applicable from the date of issue of such report.

**ARTICLE 49
STANDARDS OF DISCIPLINE

49.01 An employee shall be notified in writing of any investigation that may result in disciplinary action being taken against the employee by the Employer. Such notice shall contain a description of the allegations and make known the office and/or individuals that will be carrying out such investigation.

49.02 When an employee is required to attend a meeting, the purpose of which is to conduct a disciplinary hearing concerning him or her or to render a disciplinary decision concerning him or her, the employee is entitled to have, at his or her request, a representative of the Canadian Federal Pilots Association (CFPA) attend the meeting. The employee shall be advised by the Employer of his or her right to union representation. The employee shall receive a minimum of one (1) day's notice of such a meeting.

49.03 The Employer shall notify the local representative of the CFPA as soon as possible that such suspension or termination has occurred.

49.04 The Employer agrees not to introduce as evidence in a hearing relating to disciplinary action any document from the file of an employee the content of which the employee was not aware of at the time of filing or within a reasonable period thereafter.

49.05 Subject to the Access to Information Act andPrivacy Act, the Employer will provide the employee access to the information used during the disciplinary investigation.

**ARTICLE 50
DEVELOPMENT TRAINING OR EDUCATION

50.01 Developmental training or education, including attendance at certain seminars, symposiums and conferences, represents opportunities for development to the employee beyond that which the Employer requires of the employee to maintain the employee's competency in the employee's current position. Specifically, developmental training and education is employee requested not Employer required.

50.02 Where developmental training or education is arranged by the Employer and an employee is given the opportunity to attend, the employee shall be informed in advance of what is likely to be involved in respect of the employee's personal time above and beyond the employee's normal hours of work both in respect of travel and attendance at such activities.

50.03 Developmental training or education opportunities do not always associate themselves with the normal hours of work. If the employee wishes to be given the opportunity to attend and is permitted to do so, the employee shall only be entitled to normal travel expenses incurred and regular salary and in these circumstances the overtime and traveling time provisions of the collective agreement will not apply.

**ARTICLE 51
EMPLOYEES ON PREMISES OF OTHER EMPLOYERS

51.01 If employees are prevented from performing their duties because of a strike or lock-out on the premises of another employer, the employees shall report the matter to the Employer, and the Employer will make reasonable efforts to ensure that such employees are employed elsewhere, so that they shall receive their regular pay and benefits to which they would normally be entitled.

ARTICLE 54
DURATION AND RENEWAL

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54.01 The duration of this Collective Agreement shall be from the date it is signed to January 25, 2004.

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54.03 Notwithstanding clause 54.02, the provisions of Article 34 Aviation Aircrew Allowance and Article 46 Extra Duty Allowance, shall become effective January 26, 2001.

SIGNED AT OTTAWA, this 30th day of the month of July, 2003.


**APPENDIX "A"

AO - AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS GROUP
ANNUAL RATES OF PAY
(in dollars)

A) Effective January 26, 2001 (Restructure)
B) Effective January 26, 2001
C) Effective January 26, 2002 (Restructure)
D) Effective January 26, 2002
E) Effective January 26, 2003 (Restructure)
F) Effective January 26, 2003

CIVIL AVIATION INSPECTORS SUB-GROUP (CAI)

CAI-1

From:

$

54269

55814

57405

59042

60725

To:

A

55814

57405

59042

60725

62456

B

57600

59242

60931

62668

64455

D

59213

60901

62637

64423

66260

F

60693

62424

64203

66034

67917

CAI-2

From:

$

56650

58263

59923

61630

63390

65196

To:

A

58263

59923

61630

63390

65196

67054

B

60127

61841

63602

65418

67282

69200

C

61841

63602

65418

67282

69200

71172

D

63573

65383

67250

69166

71138

73165

F

65162

67018

68931

70895

72916

74994

CAI-3

From:

$

62352

64128

65955

67836

69770

71758

To:

A

64128

65955

67836

69770

71758

73803

B

66180

68066

70007

72003

74054

76165

D

68033

69972

71967

74019

76128

78298

E

68033

69972

71967

74019

76128

78298

80529

F

69734

71721

73766

75869

78031

80255

82542

CAI-4

From:

$

66342

68233

70178

72177

74234

76349

78525

To:

A

68233

70178

72177

74234

76349

78525

80763

B

70416

72424

74487

76609

78792

81038

83347

D

72388

74452

76573

78754

80998

83307

85681

F

74198

76313

78487

80723

83023

85390

87823

CAI-5

From:

$

71649

73691

75790

77952

80174

82459

84809

To:

A

73691

75790

77952

80174

82459

84809

87226

B

76049

78215

80446

82740

85098

87523

90017

D

78178

80405

82698

85057

87481

89974

92537

F

80132

82415

84765

87183

89668

92223

94850

ENGINEERING TEST PILOTS SUB-GROUP (ETP)

ETP-1

From:

$

77681

79903

82178

84521

86915

89393

To:

A

79903

82178

84521

86915

89393

91941

B

82460

84808

87226

89696

92254

94883

D

84769

87183

89668

92207

94837

97540

F

86888

89363

91910

94512

97208

99979

HELICOPTER PILOT AND SUPERVISORS SUB-GROUP (HPS)

HPS-1

From:

$

59816

61561

62995

64837

66679

To:

A

61561

62995

64837

66679

68579

B

63531

65011

66912

68813

70774

D

65310

66831

68786

70740

72756

F

66943

68502

70506

72509

74575

HPS-2

From:

$

62663

64379

66098

68061

70023

To:

A

64379

66098

68061

70023

72019

B

66439

68213

70239

72264

74324

D

68299

70123

72206

74287

76405

F

70006

71876

74011

76144

78315

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PAY NOTES

1. Effective January 26, 2001, prior to any other pay revision which occurs on that date, an employee shall be paid in the "A" scale of rates at the rate of pay which is immediately higher than the employee's rate of pay as of January 25, 2001.

2. Effective January 26, 2002, prior to any other pay revision which occurs on that date, an employee at level CAI-2 shall be paid in the "C" scale of rates at the rate of pay which is immediately higher than the employee's rate of pay as of January 25, 2002.

3. Effective January 26, 2003, prior to any other pay revision which occurs on that date, an employee at level CAI-3 shall be paid in the "E" scale of rates which is immediately below the employee's former rate of pay.

4. Notwithstanding Pay Note 3 an employee at level CAI-3 who have been at the maximum of the salary range for twelve (12) months or more on January 26, 2003, will move to the new maximum rate of pay effective January 26, 2003.

5. Where an employee is performing acting duties on January 26, 2001, and is paid acting pay pursuant to clause 21.04, the employee's acting rate of pay will be adjusted effective January 26, 2001, in accordance with Pay Note 1. Upon termination of the acting assignment, the employee's substantive rate of pay will then be adjusted in accordance with Pay Note 1.

6. Where an employee at the CAI-2 level is performing acting duties on January 26, 2002, and is paid acting pay pursuant to clause 21.04, the employee's acting rate of pay will be adjusted effective January 26, 2002, in accordance with Pay Note 2. Upon termination of the acting assignment, the employee's substantive rate of pay will then be adjusted in accordance with the Pay Note 2.

7. The pay increment period for employees in these scales of rates is one (1) year and a pay increment shall be the next rate in the scale of rates.

8. Subject to Pay Note 9, the pay increment date for an employee appointed to a position in the bargaining unit on promotion, demotion or from outside the Public Service after February 22, 1982, shall be the anniversary date of such appointment. The anniversary date for an employee who was appointed to a position in the bargaining unit prior to February 22, 1982 remains unchanged.

9. Part-time employees shall be eligible to receive a pay increment when the employee has worked a total of nineteen hundred and fifty (1950) hours at the hourly rate of pay during a period of employment provided that the maximum rate for the employee's level is not exceeded. The pay increment date shall be the first working day following completion of the hours specified in this paragraph. 

 

 
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