Aircraft Operations (AO) 401 (Archived)

**APPENDIX "A"

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

A) Effective October 26, 1998
B) Effective October 26, 1999
C) Effective October 26, 1999

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PAY NOTES

1. Except as provided in Pay Note 2, an employee who is paid in the present scale of rates shall, on the relevant effective date, be paid at the rate immediately below that rate in the scale of rates.

2. Effective October 26^th, 1999, prior to any other pay revision which occurs on that date, an employee shall be paid in the "B" line at the rate of pay which is immediately higher than the employee's rate of pay as of October 25^th, 1999.

3. Employees at levels CAI-4 and CAI-5 who have been at the maximum rate of pay for their level for more than twelve (12) months on October 26, 1999, will move to the new maximum rate of pay effective October 26, 1999.

4. Where an employee is performing acting duties on October 26, 1999, and is paid acting pay pursuant to clause 21.04, the employee's acting rate of pay will be adjusted effective October 26, 1999, 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 Pay Note 2.

5. Notwithstanding Pay Note 1, an employee who was appointed from outside the Public Service above the minimum rate during a period when a pay increase becomes retroactive and who was notified in writing prior to his or her appointment that a negotiated retroactive pay increase would not apply to him or her, shall, effective the date of his or her appointment, have his or her rate of pay on appointment altered to the rate in the new scale of rates for his or her classification level which is nearest to but not less than the rate at which he or she was appointed. Changes in the employee's rate of pay which took place during the retroactive period will be recalculated based on that new rate.

6. 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.

7. Subject to Pay Note 8, 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.

8. 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.

LETTER OF AGREEMENT (99-1)

The following conditions will apply to employees assigned to in-flight inspection duties (Air Carrier Inspectors):

(a) Duty hours during authorized in-flight inspections will be calculated from the published Airline Schedule departure time to the final arrival (block time) plus one and one-half (1 1/2) hours (for accounting purposes the one and one-half (1 1/2) hours will be added to the final destination arrival time and applied once only in a twenty-four (24) hour period). However, duty hours shall not be claimed in the event of notification that a flight is delayed or cancelled prior to departure from the employee's residence or hotel. In the latter case and where the employee resumes his or her journey, duty time shall commence at the actual time of departure of the delayed flight or substitute flight.

(b) Time used in recording duty hours will be the legal local time of the time zone in which the employee's headquarters is located.

(c) Duty hours shall be continuous unless broken by a rest period of at least eight (8) hours at a place where sleeping accommodation can be obtained.

(d) When an employee is scheduled to work on a day of rest, he or she shall be compensated for duty hours at the appropriate overtime rate.

In the event that the duty hours are less than seven and one-half (7 1/2) hours, he or she shall be entitled to compensatory leave on an hour-for-hour basis for the balance of the difference between seven and one-half (7 1/2) hours and the duty time involved.

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LETTER OF AGREEMENT (99-2)

Re: Developmental Seminars

It is recognized by the parties to this Agreement that attendance at certain developmental seminars, symposiums and conferences represents opportunities for development to the employee beyond that which the Employer requires of the employee to simply maintain current operations.

Many of these developmental opportunities do not readily associate themselves with the normal hours of work, overtime and travelling time provisions of this Collective Agreement and as such, in these circumstances these provisions will not apply.

Accordingly, the parties agree that when such a developmental situation is to be arranged by the Employer and an employee is to be 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.

If the employee wishes to be given the opportunity to attend and is permitted to do so, the employee shall be entitled to normal travel expenses incurred and shall suffer no loss of regular salary as a result of attendance at such activity.

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**LETTER OF AGREEMENT (99-3)

This is to confirm an understanding reached during the current negotiations in respect of the provision of a retention bonus.

A one-time lump sum payment of $750 shall be paid to all employees in the bargaining unit on October 1, 1999.

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**LETTER OF AGREEMENT (99-4)

Re: Aircraft Operations Group
Recruitment and Retention Allowance

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.

Eligibility

Employees in Group A and Group B, as defined below, who are incumbents of positions (either on a substantive basis or acting appointment basis) in the Aircraft Operations bargaining unit shall be entitled to a Recruitment and Retention Allowance as shown below:

(a) Group A, which comprises:

(i) Employees in the Engineering Test Pilot Subgroup

(ii) Employees in the Civil Aviation Inspector Subgroup who are incumbents of CAI positions in:

Commercial and Business Aviation at Transport Canada

Maintenance and Manufacturing at Transport Canada

The Transportation Safety Board, employed as Senior Investigators, Team Leaders and Managers

(b) Group B, which comprises all other employees in the Aircraft Operations Group who are incumbents of positions in the bargaining unit.

Application

1.

(a) Commencing October 26, 1999 and ending January 25, 2001, incumbents of positions identified above shall be eligible to receive a Recruitment and Retention Allowance in the following amounts:

Group A: an annualized amount of $4,200 to be paid biweekly

Group B: an annualized amount of $1,800 to be paid biweekly

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

(c) 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.

(d) 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.

(e) The Allowance shall not be paid to or in respect of a person who ceased to be a member of the bargaining unit prior to the date of signing of this Agreement.

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

3. The parties agree that disputes arising from the application of this Memorandum of Understanding may be subject to consultation.

4. This Memorandum of Understanding expires on January 25, 2001.

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