delta pilot working agreement

JANUARY 2023

DELTA

PILOT WORKING

AGREEMENT

DALMEC

Agreement

Between

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

and

THE AIR LINE PILOTS IN THE SERVICE OF

DELTA AIRLINES, INC.

as Represented by the

AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION,

INTERNATIONAL

Date of Signing: March 2, 2023

Amendable Date: December 31, 2026

Table of Contents PWA 03-02-2023 through 12-31-2026

Contract Sections

1. Scope

2. Definitions and Glossary

3. Compensation

4. Minimum Pay and Credit Guarantees

5. Lodging and Expenses

6. Relocation

7. Vacations

8. Deadheading

9. Miscellaneous Flying

10. Seniority List Instructors, Line Check and Line Validation Pilots

11. Training

12. Hours of Service

13. Leaves of Absence

14. Sick Leave

15. Physical Examinations

16. Crew Augmentation and International Operations

17. Witnesses and Representatives

18. Grievances

19. System Board of Adjustment

20. Seniority

21. Furlough and Recall

Table of Contents PWA 03-02-2023 through 12-31-2026

22. Filling of Vacancies

23. Scheduling

24. General

25. Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, and Other Benefits

26. Retirement and Disability Benefits

27. Union Security and Check-Off

28. Administrative Pilots

29. Duration

LOA

LOA #3 Civil Reserve Air Fleet Operations

LOA #5 Benefit Review Board

LOA #6 Post-Retirement Pilot Hiring

LOA #7 Flight Operational Quality Assurance Program

LOA #9 Compass Flow Through

LOA #11 Pilot Retiree Medical Account (RMA) Program

LOA #12 PWA Carryover Provisions

LOA #13-04 DC Plan Termination and Related Changes

LOA #13-05 NWA MP3 and NWA LTD Changes and Miscellaneous, Clarifications and

Corrections

LOA #14-05 2014 55-Point Voluntary Retirement Program

LOA #15-01 FOQA Crosstalk

LOA # 20-02 2020 Voluntary Early Out Program

Table of Contents PWA 03-02-2023 through 12-31-2026

LOA

LOA # 20-03 Voluntary Scheduling Options

LOA #23-01 One-Time Post-PWA Ratification Payment

MOU

MOU #1 PBS

MOU #2 Neutral Doctor Process Amendment to the D&S Plan

MOU #4 JFK-BOG Overnight Operations

MOU #20-03 Pilot Aviation Safety Action Program Administration

MOU #23-01 Deferred Implementation

MOU #23-02 Miscellaneous Items

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SECTION 1 1

SCOPE 3

A. Recognition 5

1. In accordance with the certification issued by the National Mediation Board in Case No. 7

R-7191, 36 NMB No. 21, January 22, 2009, the Company recognizes the Air Line Pilots 8

Association, International, as the duly designated and authorized representative of the 9

Flight Deck Crewmembers in the service of the Company for the purposes of the Railway 10

Labor Act, as amended. 11

2. Nothing in this PWA will be construed to limit or deny any pilot hereunder any rights or 12

privileges to which such pilot may be entitled under the provisions of the Railway Labor 13

Act, as amended. 14

B. Definitions 16

1. “AF”

or “Air France” means Société Air France. 18

2. “Affiliate” means: 19

a. any subsidiary, parent or division of an entity, 20

b. any other subsidiary, parent or division of either a parent or a subsidiary of an entity, 21

or 22

c. any entity that controls another entity, is controlled by another entity, or is under 23

common control with another entity, in either case, whether directly or indirectly 24

through the control of other entities. 25

3. “Air France/KLM/Alitalia joint venture” or “AF/KL/AZ JV” means the business 26

relationship between Delta, Air France, KLM, and Alitalia in which the costs and 27

revenues of international flights within the AF/KL/AZ JV are shared between or among 28

the air carrier partners, as typified by the business relationship between Air France, KLM, 29

Alitalia, and Delta that is embodied in the AF/KL/AZ JV agreement. 30

4. “Air France/KLM/Alitalia JV agreement” or “AF/KL/AZ JV agreement” means the 31

Transatlantic Joint Venture Agreement made effective as of April 1, 2012 by and among 32

Delta Air Lines, Inc., Societe Air France, Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. and 33

Compagnia Aerea Italiana, S.p.A., as amended from time to time. 34

9. “AZ” or “Alitalia” means Compagnia Aerea Italiana, S.p.A.10. “Bundle 1” means 35

flying on all routes (a) between Europe, on the one hand and North America, on the other 36

hand, (b) between French Polynesia, on the one hand, and North America on the other 37

hand, until such time as Air France/KLM/Alitalia ceases operations on any such routes, 38

and (c) between AMS, on the one hand, and India on the other hand, until such time as 39

the Company ceases operations between AMS and Mumbai. Terms in this definition are 40

as defined in the Air France/KLM/Alitalia JV Agreement. 41

11. “Category A operation” means the operation of a flight segment by a Delta Connection 42

Carrier: 43

a. that is a Company affiliate, or 44

b. using the DL code under an agreement with Delta that is not a prorate agreement. 45

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13. “Category C operation” means the operation of a flight segment by a Delta Connection 1

Carrier under the DL code pursuant to a prorate agreement with Delta. 2

14. “Circumstance over which the Company does not have control,” for the purposes of 3

Section 1 and Section 21, means a circumstance that includes, but is not limited to, a 4

natural disaster; labor dispute involving a work stoppage which impairs Company 5

operations (provided such term does not apply to informational picketing or other lawful 6

activity designed to inform the public); grounding of a substantial number of the 7

Company’s aircraft by a government agency; reduction in flying operations because of a 8

decrease in available fuel supply or other critical materials due to either governmental 9

action or commercial suppliers being unable to provide sufficient fuel or other critical 10

materials for the Company’s operations; revocation of the Company’s operating 11

certificate(s); war emergency; owner’s delay in delivery of aircraft scheduled for 12

delivery; manufacturer’s delay in delivery of new aircraft scheduled for delivery. The 13

term “circumstance over which the Company does not have control” will not include the 14

price of fuel or other supplies; any delay by the manufacturer in the delivery of new 15

aircraft to the Company that is (a) known to the Company when it provides its detailed 16

Fleet and Network Plans to the Association in Q4 of any year prior to the year of the 17

scheduled delivery, or (b) less than 45 days; the price of aircraft; the state of the 18

economy; the financial state of the Company; or the relative profitability or 19

unprofitability of the Company’s then-current operations. 20

Note one: For purposes of this definition, Company refers only to Delta Air Lines, Inc., 21

and not any Company affiliate. 22

Note two: The Company will give ALPA prior written notice of its intent to declare 23

“circumstances over which the Company does not have control,” and its rationale. 24

15. “Code” means the unique two-character designator code assigned to an airline by the 25

International Air Transport Association (IATA). If IATA assigns or has assigned more 26

than one designator code for use by Delta, or Hawaiian or by a subsidiary of Delta, or 27

Hawaiian, then such additional designator code(s) will be included within the DL code, 28

or HA code, respectively. 29

16. “Company” means Delta Air Lines, Inc. 30

17. “Company affiliate” means an affiliate of the Company. 31

18. “Company flying” means all flying reserved under Section 1 C. for performance by 32

pilots. 33

19. “Control” for the purposes of Section 1, will exist by entity A over entity B, only if A, 34

whether directly or indirectly through the control of other entities: 35

a. owns securities that constitute and/or are exchangeable into, exercisable for or 36

convertible into more than: 37

1) 30 percent (49 percent with respect to the combined interest of the Company and 38

Company affiliates in a foreign air carrier) of B’s outstanding common stock, or if 39

stock in addition to common stock has voting power, then 40

2) 30 percent (49 percent with respect to the combined interest of the Company and 41

Company affiliates in a foreign air carrier) of the voting power of all outstanding 42

securities of B entitled to vote generally for the election of members of B’s Board 43

of Directors or similar governing body, or 44

b. has the power or right to manage or direct the management of all or substantially all 45

of B’s air carrier operations, or 46

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c. has the power or right to designate or provide all or substantially all of B’s officers, or 1

d. has the power or right to determine B’s markets or (if B is an air carrier) markets or 2

flight schedules or to provide a majority of the following management services for B: 3

capacity planning, financial planning, strategic planning, market planning, marketing 4

and sales, technical operations, flight operations, and human resources activities, or 5

e. has the power or right to appoint or elect or prevent the appointment or election of a 6

majority of B’s Board of Directors, or other governing body having substantially the 7

powers and duties of a Board of Directors, or 8

f. has the power or right to appoint or elect or to prevent the appointment or election of 9

a minority of B’s Board of Directors or similar governing body, but only if such 10

minority has the power or right to appoint or remove B’s Chief Executive Officer, or 11

President, or Chief Operating Officer, or the majority membership of the Executive 12

Committee or similar committee on B’s Board of Directors, or the majority 13

membership of at least one-half of B’s Board committees. 14

20. “Delta” means the Company. 15

21. “Delta Connection Carrier” means a domestic air carrier that conducts flying under 16

Section 1 D. 17

22. “Delta Connection flying” means flying conducted by a Delta Connection Carrier for the 18

Company. 19

23. “Delta hub” means ATL, CVG, DTW, JFK, LAX, LGA, MSP, SEA, SLC, and any other 20

airport having a monthly average of at least 100 Delta scheduled flight departures per 21

day. 22

24. “DL” means: 23

a. Delta, 24

b. its affiliates, and 25

c. any other carrier to the extent of its category A operations of flight segments using 26

the DL code. 27

25. “Domestic air carrier” means an “air carrier” as defined in 49 U.S.C. Section 40102(a)(2) 28

holding an air carrier certificate issued by the Administrator of the FAA under 14 C.F.R. 29

Section 119.5. 30

26. “EASK” means equivalent available seat kilometers, a measurement of capacity adjusted 31

for an aircraft’s seat density and cargo capacity, as defined and calculated in the 32

AF/KL/AZ JV agreement. 33

27. “Entity” means a natural person, corporation, association, partnership, trust or any other 34

form for conducting business, and any combination or concert of any of the foregoing. 35

28. “Fleet” means aircraft in service, undergoing maintenance, and operational spares. 36

29. “Flight segment,” for the purposes of Section 1, means the operation of an aircraft with 37

one takeoff and one landing. 38

30. “Foreign air carrier” means a “foreign air carrier” as defined in 49 U.S.C. Section 39

40102(a)(21). 40

31. “Fragmentation transaction” means a transaction (other than a successor transaction) in 41

which the Company or a Company affiliate (other than a Company affiliate performing 42

flying only on permitted aircraft types) disposes of aircraft, route authority or slots (net of 43

aircraft, route authority or slots acquired within the 12-month period preceding such 44

transaction or acquired in a related transaction), which produced 10% or more of the 45

operating revenue, block hours or available seat miles of the Company or Company 46

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affiliate as applicable (excluding revenue, block hours or available seat miles of 1

Company affiliates performing flying only on permitted aircraft types) during the 12 2

months immediately prior to the date of the agreement resulting in the fragmentation 3

transaction. 4

32. “Hawaiian” or “HA” means Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. 5

33. “Hawaiian marketing agreement” means the Amended and Restated Codeshare 6

Agreement dated as of August 2, 2010 by and between Delta Air Lines, Inc. and 7

Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., as amended from time to time. 8

35. “Industry standard interline agreement” means an agreement or other arrangement 9

between or among two or more carriers, such as the International Air Transport 10

Association’s “multilateral interline traffic agreements”, or an “interline ticket and 11

baggage agreement”, establishing rights and obligations relating to the acceptance and 12

accommodation of interline passengers and shipments. 13

36. “Interim period” means the period between the closing date of the corporate transaction 14

pursuant to which the Company or any Company affiliate acquires control of the acquired 15

airline (the “closing date”) and the later of the effective date of an integrated seniority list 16

or the effective date of a single collective bargaining agreement covering the pilots and 17

airmen involved. 18

37. “International operation” means a flight segment to or from an airport, or between 19

airports, located outside the contiguous 48 states of the United States. 20

Exception: A flight segment between an airport located in the mainland United States 21

and Alaska will not be considered an international operation. 22

38. “International partner flying” means flying performed by any foreign air carrier (which is 23

not a Company affiliate): 24

a. under or utilizing a designator code, trade name, brand, logo, trademarks, service 25

marks, aircraft livery or aircraft paint scheme currently or in the future utilized by the 26

Company or any Company affiliate, and/or 27

b. on aircraft on which the Company or any Company affiliate has purchased or 28

reserved blocked space or blocked seats for sale or resale to customers of the 29

Company or any Company affiliate. 30

39. “KL” or “KLM” means Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. 31

40. “Mainland United States” means the contiguous 48 states of the United States. 32

41. “Material change” means an amendment to the Hawaiian marketing agreement that: 33

a. affects the codeshare or prorate terms or conditions of the Hawaiian marketing 34

agreement and, 35

b. has or would have an adverse material economic impact on: 36

1) the structure or benefits of the Hawaiian marketing agreement to Delta, or 37

2) a substantial number of the Delta pilots. 38

42. “Month,” for the purposes of Section 1, means calendar month. 39

44. “Northwest” means Northwest Airlines, Inc. 41

45. “Pacific flying” means flying on all routes (a) across the Pacific or Arctic ocean between 42

North America (including Hawaii), on the one hand and Asia or Oceania, on the other 43

hand, (b) between Asia, on the one hand and Oceania, on the other hand, and (c) to/from 44

points within Asia. 45

46. “Parent” means any entity that controls another entity. 46

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47. “Permitted aircraft type” means: 1

a. an aircraft operated by Delta Private Jets as an affiliate of the Company (or a 2

successor to Delta Private Jets that remains an affiliate of the Company), certificated 3

in the United States for 19 or fewer passenger seats and with a maximum certificated 4

gross takeoff weight in the United States of 65,000 or fewer pounds, 5

Exception: Up to five aircraft certificated in the United States for 19 or fewer 6

passenger seats may have a maximum certificated gross takeoff weight in the United 7

States of 99,900 or fewer pounds, 8

and 9

b. one of up to 125 aircraft (other than the aircraft in Section 1 B. X. a.) certificated for 10

operation in the United States for 50 or fewer passenger seats and with a maximum 11

certificated gross takeoff weight in the United States of 65,000 or fewer pounds (“50-12

seat aircraft”), and 13

c. one of up to 102 aircraft configured with 51-70 passenger seats and certificated in the 14

United States with a maximum gross takeoff weight of 86,000 pounds or less (“70-15

seat aircraft”), and 16

d. one of up to 223 aircraft configured with 71-76 passenger seats and certificated in the 17

United States with a maximum gross takeoff weight of 86,000 pounds or less (“76-18

seat aircraft”). 19

Note: If on January 1, 2014, or any succeeding January 1 thereafter, the number of 20

50-seat aircraft in category A or C operations exceeds the maximum permitted 21

number, the Company will require carriers that engage in category A or C operations 22

to suspend or cease operations on a sufficient number of 50-seat aircraft or 76-seat 23

aircraft to comply with these requirements within 60 days and to remain in 24

compliance thereafter. The Company will be excused from compliance with the 25

provisions of this Note in the event a circumstance over which the Company does not 26

have control is the cause of such non-compliance. 27

Exception one: Up to the 36 EMB-175s that were operated and/or ordered by 28

Northwest prior to October 30, 2008 may continue to be operated with up to a 29

maximum gross takeoff weight of 89,000 pounds. 30

Exception two: In the event the hiring or flow provisions of NWA LOA 2006-10 or 31

LOA #9 cease to be available, either at the feeder carrier affiliate referenced in such 32

LOAs or at another carrier, the number of permitted 76-seat aircraft in Section 1 B. X. 33

d. will be reduced by 35. 34

48. “Pilot” means an employee of Delta Air Lines, Inc. whose name appears on the Delta Air 35

Lines Pilots’ system seniority list. 36

Note: For ease of reading in Section 1, the defined term “pilot” may be modified by the 37

word “Delta.” Such modification does not change the meaning of the defined term 38

“pilot.” 39

49. “Pilot Working Agreement” or “PWA” means the basic collective bargaining agreement 40

between Delta Air Lines, Inc. and the air line pilots in the service of Delta Air Lines, Inc. 41

as represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, International, together with all effective 42

amendments, supplemental agreements, letters of agreement, and letters of understanding 43

between the Company and the Association. 44

50. “Profit/loss sharing agreement” means an agreement or arrangement in which the 45

Company or a Company affiliate shares in the economic performance of one or more 46

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other carriers and/or of its or their affiliate or affiliates, through incremental revenue 1

sharing or the sharing of profits or losses in connection with the Company’s and the other 2

carrier or carriers’ carriage of passengers. An agreement or arrangement that constitutes 3

an industry standard interline agreement, a codeshare agreement with a carrier engaged in 4

international partner flying in which there is no sharing in the economic performance of 5

the carrier’s flying through incremental revenue sharing or the sharing of profits or 6

losses, a prorate agreement, a sales/super commission agreement, the Hawaiian and 7

Alaska marketing agreements, and an arrangement between the Company and any 8

Company affiliate and one or more Delta Connection Carriers is not a profit/loss sharing 9

agreement. 10

51. “Prorate Agreement” means an agreement between the Company or a Company affiliate 11

and another carrier or its affiliate for the proration of interline revenue between them, 12

under a standard interline prorate formula, and in a manner that provides no economic 13

benefit to the Company other than from the carriage of passengers by the Company. The 14

term "economic benefit" does not include the reimbursement of distribution costs or 15

industry standard interline service charges. 16

52. “Scheduled block hour” means an hour of scheduled block time. 17

53. “Subsidiary” means any entity that is controlled by another entity. 18

54. “United States” means the United States and its possessions and territories including but 19

not limited to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 20

58. “VS” or “Virgin Atlantic” means Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited and any controlled 21

foreign air carrier affiliate of Virgin Atlantic Limited. 22

Note one: For purposes of the definition of VS or Virgin Atlantic, control by Virgin 23

Atlantic Limited (as entity A within the definition of control under Section 1 B. 19.) will 24

only exist over a controlled foreign air carrier affiliate (as entity B) under Section 1 B. 25

19. a. 1) and 2) if Virgin Atlantic Limited, whether directly or indirectly through the 26

control of other entities, owns securities that constitute and/or are exchangeable into, 27

exercisable for or convertible into more than 49 percent of B’s outstanding common 28

stock or voting power of all outstanding securities, as provided under Section 1 B. 19. a. 29

Control by Virgin Atlantic Limited (as entity A within the definition of “control” under 30

Section 1 B. 19.) whether directly or indirectly through the control of other entities, over 31

a controlled foreign air carrier affiliate (as entity B) also exists if one or more of the tests 32

under Section 1 B. 19. b. - f. is satisfied. 33

Note two: In the event the owners of Virgin Atlantic Limited form an entity or use an 34

existing entity (“Entity X”) through which they hold their investment in Virgin Atlantic 35

Airways Limited, then that Entity X will replace all references to Virgin Atlantic Limited 36

in Section 1 B. 58., including Note one thereunder and in Section 1 R. 2. a. Note b., for 37

purposes of determining whether there is a controlled foreign air carrier affiliate. For 38

example, if there is any such substitution of Entity X for Virgin Atlantic Limited, Section 39

1 B. 58. would read: “‘VS’ or ‘Virgin Atlantic’ means Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited 40

and any controlled foreign air carrier affiliate of Entity X.” 41

Note three: In the event the Company divests its equity interest in Virgin Atlantic 42

Limited or any entity that controls, directly or indirectly, Virgin Atlantic Airways 43

Limited, Section 1 B. 58. Notes one and two will be null and void and the definition of 44

“VS” or “Virgin Atlantic” and the provisions of Section 1 R. will revert to the versions in 45

effect as of the day prior to December 1, 2016. 46

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Note four: In the event the Company owns its equity interest in Virgin Atlantic Airways 1

Limited directly and not indirectly through Virgin Atlantic Limited or Entity X, then 2

Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited will replace all references to Virgin Atlantic Limited or 3

to Entity X in Section 1 B. 58. and in Section 1 R. 2. a. Note b. If the Company 4

thereafter again owns its equity interest in Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited indirectly 5

through another entity (Entity Y), then Entity Y will be added to Section 1 B. 58. and 6

Section 1 R. 2. a. Note b. as if it were Virgin Atlantic Limited in the foregoing 7

provisions. 8

59. “VS JV” means the business relationship between Delta and Virgin Atlantic as embodied 9

in the Joint Venture Agreement between Delta and Virgin Atlantic as in effect on January 10

1, 2014. 11

C. Scope 13

Except as provided in Sections 1 D., E., and Q.: 15

1. All flying performed by or for the Company or any Company affiliate will be performed 16

by pilots in accordance with the terms and conditions of this PWA. 17

2. Section 1 C. 1. includes without limitation all passenger flying, cargo flying, freight 18

flying, positioning flights, and ferry flights (scheduled and non-scheduled, revenue and 19

non-revenue) and non-scheduled flights as defined in Section 2 of this PWA: 20

a. performed by or for the Company or any Company affiliate on aircraft owned, leased 21

or operated by the Company or any Company affiliate; 22

b. performed on aircraft under the operational control of the Company or any Company 23

affiliate (excluding advisory flight planning and following services provided by the 24

Company on a fee for service basis to other air carriers); 25

c. performed for the Company or any Company affiliate by any Company affiliate or 26

other air carrier; 27

d. performed by any air carrier under or utilizing a designator code, trade name, brand, 28

logo, trademarks, service marks, aircraft livery or aircraft paint scheme currently or in 29

the future utilized by the Company or any Company affiliate, or performed on aircraft 30

on which the Company or any Company affiliate has purchased or reserved blocked 31

space or blocked seats for sale or resale to customers of the Company or any 32

Company affiliate; 33

e. performed by Delta pilots for any other air carrier. 34

3. There will be no contracting or subcontracting of any Company flying to any other air 35

carrier or performance of Company flying by pilots of any other air carrier without the 36

prior written consent of the Delta MEC. 37

4. Nothing in Section 1 C. will be interpreted to cover flying performed by an air carrier 38

other than the Company or a Company affiliate, merely because of its participation in 39

industry standard interline agreements. 40

5. Nothing in Section 1 C. will be interpreted to cover flying performed by an air carrier 41

other than the Company or any Company affiliate, merely because of its participation in 42

the Company’s or any Company affiliate’s frequent flyer miles program under which 43

passengers of such other carrier by frequent travel on board the aircraft of that carrier or 44

its affiliate, may earn travel or other awards. 45

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6. Neither the Company nor any Company affiliate will establish or maintain a pilot base at 1

any point outside the United States unless all Company flying to and from such base is 2

conducted by pilots who continue at all times to be covered in all respects by this PWA 3

and the Railway Labor Act. Bidding and staffing for such base will be governed by the 4

PWA without regard to visa or immigration requirements. The Company and any air 5

carrier affiliate that is controlled by either the Company or a Parent Company (formed as 6

described in Section 1 L. 1. d.) will continue at all times as domestic air carriers and will 7

maintain their headquarters for their senior executive personnel in the fifty United States. 8

7. The Company and its Company affiliates will not train, or contract for training of, 9

persons other than Delta pilots to perform Company flying. 10

8. The Delta name will be prominently displayed on all Company aircraft performing 11

Company flying. 12

9. Minimum of Two Qualified, Type-Rated Pilots on the Aircraft 13

a. No aircraft performing Company flying will operate with fewer than two pilots. 14

b. If the applicable regulatory authority permits a Delta partner to operate a passenger 15

aircraft with fewer than two qualified, type-rated airmen on its flight deck, the 16

Company and the Association will meet for the purposes of negotiating whether such 17

partner will continue performing flying permitted as an exception to Section 1 C. 18

D. Permitted Arrangement with Respect to Category A and C Operations 20

1. Section 1 C. will not apply to category A or C operations on any permitted aircraft type. 22

Exception: If a permitted aircraft type meets the certificated passenger seat requirement 23

of Section 1 B. X. b. when first placed into service by a Delta Connection Carrier but is 24

subsequently certificated for operation in the United States with a maximum passenger 25

seating capacity in excess of 50 passenger seats, this permitted aircraft type may continue 26

to be operated by Delta Connection Carriers as long as all Delta Connection Carriers 27

operate such permitted aircraft type with no more than 50 passenger seats and with a 28

maximum certificated gross takeoff weight in the United States of 65,000 or fewer 29

pounds at all times. 30

2. If a domestic air carrier operates permitted aircraft types and that carrier or its affiliate 31

operates aircraft other than permitted aircraft types, the exemption for that domestic air 32

carrier provided by Section 1 D. 1. will not apply unless: 33

a. the flying on aircraft other than permitted aircraft types is not performed for the 34

Company or a Company affiliate within the meaning of Section 1 C., and 35

b. there is no reduction in the level of the Company’s then existing system scheduled 36

aircraft block hours of flying as the result of the performance of such flying on other 37

than a permitted aircraft type, and 38

c. the aircraft other than a permitted aircraft type, is either: 39

1) a jet aircraft certificated for operation in the United States for 106 or fewer 40

passenger seats and configured with 97 or fewer passenger seats (provided that 41

any jet aircraft configured with between 77 and 97 passenger seats is not flown on 42

a city pair that is served by the Company or a Company affiliate), or 43

2) a propeller driven aircraft configured with 72 or fewer passenger seats, and is 44

operated on its own behalf or pursuant to an agreement with an air carrier(s) other 45

than the Company or an affiliate. 46

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Exception: If a carrier or an affiliate of a carrier that performs category A or C 1

operations acquires an aircraft that would cause the Company to no longer be in 2

compliance with the provisions of Section 1 D. 2. c., the Company will terminate 3

such operations on the date that is the later of the date such aircraft is placed in 4

revenue service, or nine months from the date that the Company first became aware 5

of the potential acquisition. 6

3. Section 1 C. will not apply to flying performed by a Company affiliate on permitted 7

aircraft types. 8

4. At least 85% of all category A and C operations each month will be under 900 statute 9

miles. 10

5. At least 90% of all category A and C operations each month will operate to or from the 11

following airports: Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, 12

Minneapolis, New York Kennedy, New York LaGuardia, Orlando, Salt Lake City, 13

Seattle, and Tampa, regardless of the number of daily departures of Company flying at 14

such airports, and any other airport in a month in which such other airport has a monthly 15

average of more than 50 daily departures of Company flying. 16

6. No more than 6% of category A and C operations each month will be between the 17

airports in Section 1 D. 5. For purposes of Section 1 D. 6., Delta Connection flying 18

operated between FLL and TPA, FLL and MCO, or TPA and MCO will not be 19

considered flying between airports in Section 1 D. 5. 20

7. Delta Connection flying aircraft will only bear the name “Delta” as part of a phrase 21

referencing a Connection-type operation. 22

8. Section 1 C. will not apply to prevent the Company or any Company affiliate from 23

acquiring control of a domestic air carrier that operates aircraft other than permitted 24

aircraft types (a domestic air carrier that the Company or any Company affiliate acquires 25

control of is referred to for purposes of Section 1 D. 8. as an “acquired airline”) and 26

operating such acquired airline pending a merger of the Company and the acquired 27

airline, provided that: 28

a. the Company agrees to operationally merge with the acquired airline and become a 29

single corporation, a single carrier under the Federal Aviation Act and a single 30

transportation system under the Railway Labor Act, with a single air carrier 31

certificate, a single pilot class or craft, not later than six months after the later of: 32

1) the effective date of issuance of a final and binding integrated pilot seniority list, 33

or 34

2) the effective date of a single bargaining agreement. 35

b. the pilot seniority lists of the Company and the acquired airline will be integrated 36

pursuant to Association merger policy if both groups are represented by the 37

Association, or if the airmen of the acquired airline are not represented by the 38

Association, then pursuant to Sections 3 and 13 of the Allegheny-Mohawk Labor 39

Protective Provisions as provided in Section 117 of Public Law 110-161. 40

1) In the event the pilot seniority lists are integrated pursuant to Association merger 41

policy, the integrated seniority list produced by the Association, including any 42

attendant conditions and restrictions, will be subject to the approval of the 43

Company, and will be submitted to the Company for approval within twelve 44

months of the date the Company or any affiliate acquired control of the acquired 45

airline. The Company will accept the integrated seniority list produced under 46

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Association merger policy, provided that none of the attendant conditions and 1

restrictions therein: 2

a. require a system flush whereby pilots may displace any other pilots from the 3

latter’s position, 4

b. require a pilot to be compensated for flying not performed (e.g. differential 5

pay for a position not flown), 6

c. bar a pilot who, at the time of implementation of an integrated seniority list, is 7

in the process of completing or who has completed qualification training for a 8

new position (e.g., A-350 Captain or A-320 First Officer) from being assigned 9

to the position for which they have been trained, regardless of the pilot’s 10

relative standing on the integrated seniority list; 11

d. significantly increase the Company's costs, or 12

e. provide that a pilot will be displaced from the pilot’s position by a pilot of the 13

other pre-merger pilot group solely as the result of the implementation of, or 14

the expiration of, any condition or restriction. 15

2) The Company will provide the Association with its decision as to approval or 16

disapproval (including its reasons for disapproval based on Section 1 D. 8. b. 1) 17

a) – e)) of the integrated seniority list produced by the Association within two 18

weeks following receipt of the integrated seniority list. If the Association does 19

not without good cause produce and present an integrated seniority list to the 20

Company for approval within twelve months of the date the Company or any 21

affiliate acquired control of the acquired airline, the pilot and airman seniority 22

lists of the Company and the acquired airline, respectively, will be integrated 23

pursuant to the arbitration procedures set forth in Section 1 D. 8. b. 3). 24

3) The Company’s decision to reject a list produced by the Association under 25

Section 1 D. 8. b. 1) is subject to Section 1 M. Any time between such Company 26

decision and the filing of a grievance under Section 1 M. challenging the 27

Company’s failure to approve a list produced under Section 1 D. 8. b. 1) will be 28

excluded from the twelve-month period under Section 1 D. 8. b. 1) and 2). The 29

Association may modify the attendant conditions and restrictions and resubmit it 30

to the Company for approval within three months after the date of such rejection, 31

or the date of an award under Section 1 M., or at the election of the Association, 32

the Association and the Company will submit to an arbitrator mutually selected by 33

the Association and the Company for a final and binding decision, the choice of 34

attendant conditions and restrictions produced by the Association and produced 35

by the Company. If the seniority list integration issue is to be submitted to an 36

arbitrator and the Company and the Association cannot agree on the selection of 37

an arbitrator, the arbitrator will be selected from the list of arbitrators referred to 38

in Section 19, utilizing the alternate strike-off method, with the right to first strike 39

a name from such list determined by the toss of a coin. 40

4) If the Association does not resubmit modified attendant conditions and 41

restrictions within the permitted time period or does so resubmit modified 42

attendant conditions and restrictions list that are again rejected by the Company, 43

then the matter will be decided through the arbitration procedure set forth in the 44

third and fourth sentences of Section 1 D. 8. b. 3). 45

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c. wages and benefits for the airmen of the acquired airline, to be effective upon the 1

integration of the two seniority lists, will be negotiated between the Company and the 2

Association. Nothing herein will entitle either the Company or the Association to 3

negotiate any other provision of this PWA except as this PWA otherwise permits. 4

d. during the interim period the aircraft (including owned aircraft, leased aircraft, and all 5

orders to purchase aircraft) of each pre-merger airline will remain separated. Such 6

pre-merger aircraft of the Company will be operated by pilots in accordance with the 7

terms and conditions of this PWA. Such pre-merger aircraft of the acquired airline 8

will be operated by airmen on its seniority list. Nothing in Section 1 D. 8. d. will 9

apply to prevent the Company from removing any aircraft from the fleet of either 10

airline. In the event aircraft are removed from either fleet prior to the operational 11

merger the Company and its Company affiliates will make reasonable efforts 12

consistent with the then existing financial and operational needs of the service, to 13

ensure that the ratio of the total number of aircraft block hours operated by pilots to 14

the aircraft block hours operated by airmen of the acquired airline (“block hour 15

ratio”) is not reduced below the block hour ratio that existed on the date the Company 16

or any Company affiliate acquired control of the acquired airline. 17

1) during the interim period, any aircraft delivered to the Company which are of an 18

aircraft type operated by pilots in a Delta category (excluding any orders by the 19

acquired carrier, as listed in the most recent 10-K filing of that carrier (or an 20

affiliate of that carrier) preceding the merger announcement date), will be 21

operated by pilots in accordance with the terms and conditions of this PWA. 22

2) during the interim period, no less than X percent of all aircraft delivered to the 23

Company of each type not operated by the Company prior to the closing date 24

(excluding any orders by the acquired carrier, as listed in the most recent 10-K 25

filing of that carrier (or an affiliate of that carrier) preceding the merger 26

announcement date), will be operated by pilots in accordance with the terms and 27

conditions of this PWA. X percent will equal the aggregate number of Company 28

aircraft block hours divided by the combined aircraft block hours of the Company 29

and the acquired carrier in the full twelve-month period prior to the closing date. 30

e. during the interim period, the scheduled pilot block hours in any month will not be 31

less than the scheduled pilot block hours in the same month of the twelve-month 32

period prior to the closing date of the corporate transaction. The Company will be 33

excused from compliance with such minimum scheduled aircraft block hours 34

requirement if either a circumstance over which the Company does not have control, 35

or a governmental agency requirement causing the Company to reduce or cancel 36

service as a condition of approval of the transaction, is the cause of such non-37

compliance. 38

9. The Company will maintain a minimum ratio of revenue block hours of Company flying 39

on all narrowbody aircraft and all B-767-300 (non – ER) aircraft (MBH) to revenue block 40

hours of flying in category A and C operations (DBH) of 1.7. 41

a. The Company’s compliance with the minimum ratio of MBH to DBH will be 42

measured for the first time on July 1, 2014 and then measured again each succeeding 43

July 1 thereafter, in each instance for the preceding 12 months on a weighted basis by 44

the number of 76-seat aircraft in category A or C operations each month. 45

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b. Beginning on July 1, 2013, and continuing on each succeeding January 1 and July 1 1

thereafter, the Company will provide to the Association a projection of scheduled 2

MBH and DBH for the following six-month period commencing on such July 1 or 3

January 1, as applicable. 4

c. The Company will only be excused from compliance with the minimum ratio of 5

MBH to DBH: 6

1) if it was projected to be in compliance with the minimum ratio of MBH to DBH 7

in both of the preceding six-month projection periods (i.e., both the January 1 and 8

July 1 projections of the preceding 12 months), or 9

2) in the event a circumstance over which the Company does not have control is the 10

cause of such noncompliance. 11

d. In the event the Company is excused from compliance with the minimum ratio of 12

MBH to DBH under Section 1 D. 9. e. 1), it must remedy its non-compliance by the 13

following January 1 by achieving the minimum ratio of MBH to DBH as measured 14

for the prior twelve months (i.e., January 1 of the then-current year to December 31 of 15

the then-current year). 16

10. The Company will fill a minimum of 35% of the aggregate of all positions in Delta pilot 17

new-hire classes in each trailing twelve-month period (to the extent airmen are available) 18

with ALPA-represented airmen at Delta Connection Carriers, subject to such airmen 19

meeting the Company’s competitive hiring standards, and subject to the Company’s 20

objectives for diversity and experience among newly hired pilots. Airmen who flow up 21

pursuant to LOA #9 and LOA #10 count toward satisfaction of such minimum 22

percentage. 23

11. The Company will offer preferential interviews for employment to airmen employed by 24

carriers whose airmen were represented by the Association at the time those carriers 25

ceased operations, subject to the Company’s objectives for diversity and experience 26

among newly hired pilots and subject to Section 1 D. 10. 27

E. Permitted Arrangements with Foreign Air Carriers 29

1. Section 1 C. will not apply to international partner flying under Section 1 E. 31

2. Without the consent of the Delta MEC, neither the Company nor any Company affiliate 32

will enter into or maintain an agreement or arrangement with any foreign air carrier 33

performing international partner flying that permits the Company or any Company 34

affiliate to book or ticket under the Company’s or Company affiliate’s designator code, 35

reserve, block, and/or purchase for resale: 36

a. more than 40% of the passenger seats in any month on any pair of flight segments in 37

a city pair (e.g., CDG-ATL-CDG) of such foreign air carrier, 38

b. a monthly average of more than 175 passenger seats per flight segment (e.g., CDG-39

ATL or ATL-CDG) of such foreign air carrier on flying other than flying covered by 40

Section 1 E. 2. c. and d., or 41

c. a monthly average of more than 75 passenger seats per flight segment of such foreign 42

air carrier to and from Mexico, the Caribbean, Canada or Central America, and 43

d. a monthly average of more than 100 passenger seats per flight segment of such 44

foreign air carrier on any Fifth Freedom flight segment between Japan and the 45

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People’s Republic of China (i.e., Mainland China including HKG), the Republic of 1

China (i.e., Taiwan), and the Republic of Korea, and 2

e. passenger seats on any Fifth Freedom flight segment between Japan and Asian cities 3

beyond Japan unless the Company scheduled during the previous rolling 12 month 4

period, measured at the end of each calendar quarter, the greater of: 5

1) 182,750 aircraft block hours of Pacific flying, or 6

2) 85% of the total aircraft block hours of Pacific flying in the previous 7

measurement period. 8

Note: The Company will be excused from compliance with this provision in the 9

event a circumstance over which the Company does not have control is the cause of 10

such non-compliance. 11

3. If the Company’s and a Company affiliate’s combined ownership level (i.e., the 12

percentage of ownership referred to in Section 1 B. X. a.) in a foreign air carrier exceeds 13

25%, the Company flying block hours scheduled in any month between the United States 14

and any country to or from which the foreign air carrier operates from or to the United 15

States, will not be less than the Company flying block hours scheduled between the two 16

countries in the same month of the twelve-month period prior to the month in which the 17

Company’s ownership level first exceeds 25%. The Company will be excused from 18

compliance with this provision in the event a circumstance over which the Company does 19

not have control is the cause of such non-compliance. 20

4. No foreign air carrier will in the performance of international partner flying take on for 21

hire, persons, property or mail at any point within the United States that is destined to be 22

transported by such foreign air carrier to any other point within the United States. 23

5. Neither the Company nor a Company affiliate will place its code on the flight of a foreign 24

air carrier that operates any flights in which it takes on for hire persons, property or mail 25

at any point in the United States that is destined to be transported to any other point 26

within the United States, except for property transported between the state of Alaska and 27

the mainland United States pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41703(e). 28

6. The Company will join the Association in opposing any change in U.S. law that would 29

permit foreign air carriers to take on for hire, persons, property or mail at any point 30

within the United States that is destined to be transported by such foreign air carrier to 31

any other point within the United States, and in opposing any change in U.S. law that 32

would permit persons other than U.S. citizens to increase their ownership above the level 33

permitted as of March 1, 2012, or to acquire control of Delta. 34

7. In addition to all other restrictions specified in Section 1, the Company or a Company 35

affiliate may only enter into or maintain a profit/loss sharing agreement with a foreign air 36

carrier engaged in international partner flying the home country of which is served by at 37

least four Company roundtrips per week between the U.S. and that country. 38

8. In the event the Company or a Company affiliate enters into or maintains a profit/loss 39

sharing agreement with a foreign air carrier, Company flying between the United States 40

and the home country of such foreign air carrier as well as any country to which such 41

foreign air carrier operates nonstop from the United States will, in each rolling three 42

month period, be no less than the Company’s scheduled block hours of Company flying 43

between the United States and any such country in the same three months of the twelve-44

month period prior to the month in which such agreement first became effective. Further, 45

in each trailing twelve-month period measured at the end of each calendar quarter, the 46

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Company’s share of revenue block hours flown under the profit/loss sharing agreement 1

will be at least 75% of the Company’s share of revenue subject to the profit/loss sharing 2

agreement and generated by flying conducted on segments subject to the profit/loss 3

sharing agreement in that twelve-month period. The Company will be excused from 4

compliance with either or both of these provisions in the event a circumstance over which 5

the Company does not have control is the cause of such non-compliance. 6

9. Except as approved by the Delta MEC, or as otherwise provided by Section 1 E., a 7

carrier engaged in international partner flying will maintain a separate operating and 8

corporate identity from the Company including, but not limited to, name, trade name, 9

logo, livery, trademarks or service marks. The Delta MEC may, at its option, approve the 10

use by a carrier engaged in international partner flying of a trade name, brand, logo, 11

trademarks, service marks, aircraft livery or aircraft paint scheme currently or in the 12

future utilized by the Company or any Company affiliate. 13

10. The Company will review with the Association any Company plans to amend a 14

profit/loss sharing agreement or enter into a new profit/loss sharing agreement. Before 15

any such amended or new profit/loss sharing agreement is finalized, the parties will meet 16

for the purposes of negotiating terms applicable to such amended or new profit/loss 17

sharing agreement. If the parties reach an agreement on a production balance (i.e., a ratio 18

of block hours, EASKs, frequencies, ASMs, or other parameters, performed by Delta 19

compared to those performed by the other carrier(s) in the agreement) under an amended 20

or new profit/loss sharing agreement, then the provisions of Section 1 E. 2. a. – d. and 21

Section 1 E. 7. and 8. will not apply to Company flying performed under that profit/loss 22

sharing agreement. 23

Note: For purposes of Sections 1 E. 7. and 8., the “home country” means the foreign country 24

from which a foreign air carrier (“carrier A”) in a profit/loss sharing agreement with the 25

Company primarily operates; it also means a foreign country from which a foreign air carrier 26

primarily operates if that air carrier: 27

a. is an affiliate of carrier A, 28

b. operates within the same primary geographical scope of the profit/loss sharing 29

agreement between the Company and carrier A but is not included in such agreement, 30

c. operates four or more weekly roundtrips between the United States and the foreign 31

country from which it primarily operates, and 32

d. is not otherwise subject to terms in the agreement between the Company and carrier A 33

consistent with the provisions of Section 1 P. 7. 34

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F. Company Affiliates and Successors 1

1. The PWA will be binding upon any Company affiliate. The Company will not conclude 3

any agreement or arrangement that establishes or that will establish a Company affiliate 4

unless the entity that will become such Company affiliate agrees in writing as an 5

irrevocable condition of such agreement or arrangement to be bound by the PWA and if 6

the affiliate is an air carrier or parent or subsidiary of an air carrier, to operate as part of a 7

single carrier with the Company under the PWA, unless the affiliate operates only 8

permitted aircraft types. 9

2. The PWA will be binding upon any successor, including without limitation, any merged 10

company or companies (as defined in Section 2. (a) of the Allegheny-Mohawk Labor 11

Protective Provisions), assignee, purchaser, transferee, administrator, receiver, executor 12

and/or trustee of all or substantially all of the equity securities and/or assets of the 13

Company or any affiliate (a “successor”) whether as a result of a single transaction or 14

multi-step transactions (a “successorship transaction”). Neither the Company nor any 15

affiliate will conclude any agreement with a successor for a successorship transaction, or 16

that will result in or create a successor, unless the successor agrees in writing to assume 17

and be bound by the PWA, to recognize the Association as the representative of the pilots 18

consistent with the Railway Labor Act, and to agree that the employment of such pilots 19

will be pursuant to the terms of the PWA. 20

3. If a Company affiliate or successor is an air carrier or controls or is controlled by an air 21

carrier (other than an air carrier that operates only permitted aircraft types), the 22

requirements of Section 1 D. 8. a. – e. will govern the resulting operational merger, 23

provided that the following specific provisions will apply to such Company affiliate or 24

successor if the Company affiliate or successor controls or acquires control of the 25

Company, and provided further that this provision will not affect the relationship between 26

the Company and any of its non air-carrier Company affiliates: 27

a. Subject to Section 1 F. 3. b., c., and d., the provisions of Section 1 D. 8. a. – e. will 28

be construed so that those procedures will apply to Section 1 F. 3. as in the 29

circumstances where the Company is the acquiring entity. 30

b. If a Company affiliate or successor did not employ a pre-existing airmen group (as 31

defined in Section 1 F. 3. d.), the resulting seniority list of the merged operation will 32

consist of the pilot seniority list, followed by airmen hired by the Company affiliate 33

or successor whether before or after the date of the operational merger. 34

c. If a Company affiliate or successor employed a pre-existing airmen group, the pilot 35

and airmen seniority lists of the Company and the Company affiliate or successor will 36

be integrated pursuant to Association merger policy if both groups are represented by 37

the Association (in which case Section 1 D. 8. b. 1) – 4) will apply), or if the airmen 38

of the Company affiliate or successor are not represented by the Association, then 39

pursuant to Sections 3 and 13 of the Allegheny-Mohawk Labor Protective Provisions 40

as provided in Section 117 of Public Law 110-161. 41

d. For purposes of Section 1 F. 3., the phrase “employed a pre-existing airmen group” 42

means that the entity involved (or any entity that it controls or is controlled by) 43

employed airmen continuously from a date at least sixty days prior to the date of the 44

agreement resulting in the entity becoming a Company affiliate or successor. 45

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4. Before concluding any agreement or arrangement which would result in a successorship 1

transaction or establish a Company affiliate, the Company will provide advance notice to 2

the Association (to the extent consistent with the Company’s legal obligations regarding 3

disclosure of information related to the agreement or arrangement) of the successorship 4

transaction or establishment of a Company affiliate. 5

G. Change in Control 7

1. In the event that through a single transaction or multi-step related transactions, any entity 9

acquires control of the Company or any Company affiliate air carrier that operates other 10

than permitted aircraft types (any such transaction, a “change in control”), the 11

Association will have the right in its sole discretion upon written notice to the Company 12

within 60 days of receiving written notice of the change in control, to either: 13

a. serve a Section 6 notice to reopen the PWA in whole or in part, or 14

b. extend the duration of the PWA for one, two or three years, at the Association’s 15

option, past the amendable date with 3% annual wage increases on the amendable 16

date and on the subsequent anniversary date(s) of the amendable dates, if applicable. 17

2. Section 1 G. 1. will not apply if the transaction that constitutes a “change in control” 18

consists solely of a corporate form restructuring that creates a parent holding company of 19

the Company, whose shareholders and Board of Directors at the closing of the transaction 20

are substantially the same as the shareholders and Board of Directors of the Company 21

immediately preceding the transaction. Section 1 G. 1. also will not apply to a 22

transaction during the Company’s Chapter 11 reorganization or to a plan of 23

reorganization resulting in emergence from Chapter 11. 24

Exception: If, as a result of a transaction during the Company’s Chapter 11 25

reorganization or plan of reorganization resulting in emergence from Chapter 11, the 26

acquiring entity is an air carrier or controls or is controlled by an air carrier, the 27

Association will have the right in its sole discretion upon written notice to the Company, 28

within 60 days of receiving written notice of the change in control, to extend the duration 29

of the PWA for one, two or three years, at the Association’s option, past the amendable 30

date, with 3% annual wage increases on the amendable date and on the subsequent 31

anniversary date(s) of the amendable dates, if applicable. 32

3. Section 1 G. 1. will not apply to any entity that is an IRS qualified employee benefit plan 33

of the Company (or a parent), or a trustee or other fiduciary of such plan acting in its 34

capacity as such, provided that the plan is one in which (i) all pilots who meet the general 35

service requirements applicable to all participants are entitled to participate; (ii) stock of 36

the Company or Company affiliate allocated to accounts of participants is voted in 37

accordance with the instructions of the participants if any are given and (iii) the trustee 38

voting unallocated stock is a nationally recognized bank or financial institution. If stock 39

in the plan which is not required to be voted in accordance with directions of the 40

participants is tendered to an entity outside the plan, such stock will be deemed to be no 41

longer owned by the plan for purposes of Section 1 G. 3. 42

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H. Opportunity to Make Competing Proposal 1

In the event the Company receives a proposal for a transaction that would, if completed, 3

result in a successor or change in control, and the Company determines to pursue or facilitate 4

the proposal the Company and/or Company affiliate will in good faith seek to provide the 5

Association with the opportunity to make a competing proposal at such time and under such 6

circumstances as the Board of Directors of the Company and/or Company affiliate 7

reasonably determines to be consistent with their fiduciary duties. 8

I. General Furlough Protection 10

1. No pilot on the seniority list will be placed on furlough with less than 90 days advance 12

written notice. 13

2. No pilot on the seniority list will be placed on furlough if the staffing at the time of notice 14

or at time of furlough is less than the PBS Staffing Formula (Section 22 C.) for any 15

position. 16

3. No pilot will be placed on furlough as the result of the Company or a Company affiliate’s 17

acquisition of control of another air carrier or of another air carrier’s acquisition of 18

control of the Company or a Company affiliate, commencing on the date of 19

consummation of the agreement resulting in the acquisition of control and continuing for 20

24 months following the closing of such agreement between the Company or a Company 21

affiliate and the other air carrier. 22

4. The Company will be excused from compliance with the provisions of Section 1 I. 1., 2., 23

and 3. in the event a circumstance over which the Company does not have control is the 24

cause of such noncompliance. 25

5. A carrier that operates 70- or 76-seat aircraft in category A or C may do so only if that 26

carrier and the Company have agreed that the carrier will make offers of employment to 27

furloughed pilots before any other candidate for hire (subject to a furloughed pilot’s 28

completing the hiring carrier’s standard new-hire airman paper work, meeting the hiring 29

carrier’s standard new-hire airman hiring standards and medical qualifications, satisfying 30

the hiring carrier’s standard background checks, and successfully completing an 31

interview). Such offers will be made in pilot seniority order. A furloughed pilot hired by 32

a Delta Connection Carrier will not be required to resign their Delta seniority number in 33

order to be hired by such carrier. Preferential hiring rights at Delta Connection Carriers 34

for pilots furloughed by the Company provided herein will be in addition to any rights to 35

be hired or to flow down that such furloughed pilots may have pursuant to NWA LOA 36

2006-10 and LOA #9. The provisions of Section 1 I. 5. will apply to carriers that operate 37

70- or 76-seat aircraft for the Company as a result of a merger transaction no later than 38

one year after the closing date of that merger transaction. 39

6. If a pilot on the seniority list with an employment date prior to March 2, 2023 is placed 40

on furlough, the Company will convert all 76-seat aircraft for operation as 70-seat 41

aircraft. The number of such aircraft will continue to be limited by Section 1 B. X. d. as 42

though they were being operated as 76-seat aircraft. The Company may again commence 43

operating such aircraft as 76-seat aircraft effective on the date that the most junior pilot 44

protected by the first sentence of this provision is recalled from furlough. 45

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J. Fragmentation Transaction 1

As a condition of any fragmentation transaction, the Company will, at the request of the 3

Association, require the transferee of assets to: 4

1. employ a certain number of Delta pilots based on the number of crewmembers that will 5

be required by the transferee for the operation of the transferred assets (not counting 6

airmen employed by the transferee); 7

2. offer employment to the Delta pilots selected for the right to transfer according to 8

eligibility criteria determined by agreement between the Company and the Association 9

or, in the absence of such agreement, by a neutral arbitrator; an offer of employment 10

rejected by a pilot will in turn be offered to the next eligible pilot, if any, under the 11

criteria determined under Section 1 J. 2. but will not increase the number of eligible 12

pilots; 13

3. provide that the transferring pilots will be integrated with the transferee’s pilots pursuant 14

to Association Merger Policy if the transferee’s pilots are represented by the Association 15

or, if otherwise, pursuant to Sections 3 and 13 of the Allegheny-Mohawk Labor 16

Protective Provisions. 17

K. Labor Dispute 19

During a labor dispute involving an air carrier (other than the Company): 21

1. the Company will not perform training of airmen for service as employees of the air carrier 22

(replacement airmen) in connection with a labor dispute, 23

2. a Company affiliate will not perform training of airmen for service as employees of the air 24

carrier (replacement airmen) other than itself, and 25

3. the provisions of Section 1 P. 8. as they apply to the AF/KL/AZ JV will apply to each air 26

carrier that engages in international partner flying with the Company and to the affiliates 27

of such air carrier, except that the provisions of Section 1 P. 8. d. and e. will not be 28

triggered during a lawful strike by the airmen of an affiliate of a carrier engaged in 29

international partner flying (as long as the affiliate is not engaged in international partner 30

flying with the Company). 31

L. Pilot Member of the Board of Directors and Information Sharing 33

1. The Delta Master Executive Council (the “Delta MEC”) of the Association will be 35

entitled to appoint a full voting member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Pilot 36

Member”) to attend and participate in all regular and special meetings of the Company’s 37

Board of Directors in accordance with Section 1 L. 1. 38

a. The Company agrees that at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of Delta at 39

which directors of Delta are to be elected, and at which the seat held by a Qualified 40

ALPA Member (as defined below) is subject to election, Delta will renominate the 41

Pilot Member, or nominate another Qualified ALPA Member (the “Pilot Nominee”) 42

designated by the Delta MEC to be elected to the Board of Directors of Delta (the 43

“Delta Board”), and will use its reasonable best efforts to cause such person to be 44

elected to such position (it being understood that efforts consistent with, and no less 45

extensive than, in all material respects, the efforts used by Delta to solicit proxies in 46

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favor of the election of the rest of the director nominees of the Delta Board shall be 1

deemed reasonable best efforts). The Delta MEC will notify Delta of its proposed 2

Pilot Nominee to the Delta Board, in writing, no later than 60 days prior to the first 3

anniversary of the mailing of the proxy statement related to the previous year’s 4

annual meeting of stockholders, together with all information concerning such Pilot 5

Nominee reasonably requested by Delta. In the event of the death, disability, 6

disqualification, resignation, removal or failure to be elected of the Pilot Member or 7

Nominee, the Delta Board will promptly elect to the Delta Board a replacement 8

Qualified ALPA Member designated by the Delta MEC to fill the resulting vacancy, 9

which individual will then be deemed a Pilot Nominee for all purposes hereunder. 10

For purposes of Section 1 L. 1., “Qualified ALPA Member” means an individual 11

who, at the time of nomination and at all times thereafter until such individual’s 12

service on the Delta Board ceases, (a) will be a Delta pilot, (b) will meet any 13

applicable requirements or qualifications under applicable law or stock exchange 14

rules to be a member of the Delta Board, (c) will not be a member or an officer of the 15

Delta MEC or an officer of the Association and (d) will, prior to being nominated, 16

agree to comply with the requirements of Section 1 L. 1. b. In accordance with 17

Delta’s corporate governance policy with respect to the compensation of directors 18

who are employees of Delta, the Pilot Member will not be compensated for their 19

service on the Delta Board. The Pilot Member will have the same powers, rights and 20

duties as the other members of the Delta Board, and Delta will indemnify the Pilot 21

Member to the same extent it provides indemnification to other members of the Delta 22

Board, including the provision of directors and officers liability insurance. Nothing 23

herein will be deemed to require that any party hereto, or any affiliate thereof, act or 24

be in violation of any applicable provision of law, legal duty or requirement or stock 25

exchange or stock market rule. 26

b. Each of the Association and the Delta MEC acknowledge that, under applicable law, 27

all members of the Delta Board are required to act in accordance with their fiduciary 28

duties to Delta and to its stockholders and accordingly acknowledge that (1) the Pilot 29

Member’s fiduciary responsibilities may require that they be excused from time to 30

time from portions of meetings of the Delta Board or committees thereof and be 31

recused from voting upon certain matters presented to the Delta Board for 32

consideration in accordance with the policies and practices of the Delta Board 33

applicable to all members of the Delta Board and (2) the Pilot Member will be bound 34

by the confidentiality obligations of the members of the Delta Board with respect to 35

all discussions, deliberations and decisions of the Delta Board and any committees 36

thereof in accordance with the policies of the Delta Board applicable to all members 37

of the Delta Board, provided that, the Pilot Member may from time to time, with the 38

knowledge of the Chairman of the Delta Board or Chief Executive Officer of Delta, 39

exercise their reasonable discretion to provide such information to the Delta MEC, its 40

officers, relevant committees, and advisors who have executed confidentiality 41

agreements approved by Delta for that purpose. Delta and the Delta MEC hereby 42

acknowledge that, at any time, for any reason, at the request of the Delta MEC, the 43

Pilot Member will resign from the Delta Board to be replaced by a replacement 44

Qualified ALPA Member designated by the Delta MEC, that the Pilot Member has 45

agreed with the Delta MEC to so resign, and that if, under such circumstances, the 46

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Pilot Member fails promptly to so resign, the Delta Board may remove the Pilot 1

Member from their position on the Delta Board (to be replaced by a replacement 2

Qualified ALPA Member designated by the Delta MEC). 3

c. All obligations of Delta hereunder shall terminate, and the Delta MEC will cause the 4

Delta MEC’s Pilot Member to resign from the Delta Board and any committees 5

thereof immediately upon the date on which the Association (or any successor by 6

reorganization of the Association) ceases to be the authorized representative of the 7

Delta Pilot Group or the pilots of a successor to Delta for purposes of collective 8

bargaining. At any time that the Pilot Nominee does not satisfy the conditions set 9

forth in the “Qualified ALPA Member” definition, the Delta MEC will cause such 10

individual to resign from the Delta Board and any committees thereof. 11

d. Delta hereby agrees that if, at any time, a publicly-held parent company of Delta were 12

to be formed (the “Parent Company”), the rights of the Delta MEC hereunder to 13

appoint a Pilot Member to the Delta Board, and the corresponding obligations of 14

Delta hereunder, will apply, mutatis mutandis, to the right of the Delta MEC to 15

appoint a Pilot Director to the board of directors of the Parent Company, and the 16

corresponding obligations of the Parent Company, but without affecting the rights and 17

obligations of the Delta MEC with respect to appointment of the Pilot Director to the 18

Delta Board and the corresponding obligations of Delta hereunder. 19

e. Section 1 L. 1. became effective on April 14, 2008, and will remain in effect until and 20

unless changed by written agreement of the parties. Section 1 L. 1. will not be 21

subject to the grievance and/or System Board of Adjustment procedures of Sections 22

18 and 19 and will be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, and each of the 23

parties knowingly waives, relinquishes, and agrees that it will not assert any claim or 24

argument (whether in court or elsewhere) that the terms of Section 1 L. 1. may be 25

modified or in any way set aside (except by written agreement of the parties hereto) 26

during any period after the amendable date of the PWA or of any successor PWA, 27

including any period during which Delta and the Association have been released to 28

engage in lawful self-help pursuant to the Railway Labor Act, as amended. 29

2. The Company will provide the Association on a periodic basis and, in addition, at its 30

reasonable request, with detailed historical operating and financial information on the 31

Company and its Company affiliates and detailed projected operating and financial 32

information on the Company and its Company affiliates. 33

a. Access to, use and distribution of, information provided to the Association under 34

Section 1 L. 2. will be conditioned upon and governed by reasonable confidentiality 35

agreements deemed appropriate by the Company and Association. 36

b. Information provided to the Association under Section 1 L. 2., will include all 37

information reasonably necessary to enable the Association to monitor Delta’s 38

compliance with the terms of Section 1 (including copies of all codeshare and prorate 39

agreements between Delta and Delta Connection Carriers, and the number and type of 40

aircraft in Category A operations will be provided to the Association at the scheduled 41

quarterly financial update), as well as Delta’s compliance with the terms of the 42

Company’s Profit Sharing Plan and the Company’s Monthly Performance Incentive 43

Program. The Company will also provide all operational and financial information, 44

historical and projected, concerning all joint ventures, and copies of all codeshare 45

agreements and profit/loss sharing agreements. Information related to codeshare and 46

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joint venture limitations (i.e., Section 1 D. 4. – 6., Section 1 E. 2., Section 1 E. 7. and 1

8., and Section 1 P. 4.) will be provided within 30 days after the conclusion of the 2

applicable measurement period. 3

c. Delta will also provide to the Association documentation of each flight segment that 4

has been published by the Company (in print or electronically as of the first day of the 5

current month) bearing both the DL code and one or more of AS or HA code for each 6

of the two months following the current month. Such documentation will be provided 7

to the Association, in electronic form, by the end of each such current month. 8

d. The detailed historical operating information referenced in Section 1 L. 2. will be 9

provided to the Association concurrent with the Section 1 D. 4. – 6., Section 1 E. 2., 10

Section 1 E. 7. and 8., and Section 1 P. 4. (when applicable) information, at the end 11

of each month, for the prior month. 12

3. The Company will not make any contribution to any employee grantor trust established 13

by a Delta employee in connection with the 2002 Delta Excess Benefit Plan or the 2002 14

Delta Supplemental Excess Benefit Plan or contribute to any employee grantor trust 15

established in the future in connection with such plans or any successor plans. 16

M. Remedies 18

The Company at the written request of the Association will arbitrate any grievance filed by 20

the Association alleging a violation of Section 1 on an expedited basis directly before the 21

Five Member System Board of Adjustment. Such expedited arbitration hearing before such 22

Board will be completed no later than 60 days following the filing date of the grievance and 23

the grievance will be decided by the System Board no later than 90 days after the filing of 24

the grievance, unless the parties agree otherwise in writing. 25

N. [Reserved] 28

O. [Reserved for Global Scope, if LOA ratified] 30

P. Delta / Air France / KLM / Alitalia Joint Venture 32

1. Delta, Air France, KLM, and Alitalia are partners in a series of agreements establishing a 34

long-term alliance between them, linking their route networks, and enabling them to 35

market globally integrated air transportation services. The U.S. Department of 36

Transportation has granted certain of these agreements immunity from the U.S. antitrust 37

laws, subject to certain conditions, to facilitate the integration of the DL, AF, KL, and AZ 38

route networks. 39

2. Full implementation of the AF/KL/AZ JV commenced on April 1, 2010. 40

3. Each party’s economic share of the AF/KL/AZ JV will be determined in accordance with 41

the formula delineated in the AF/KL/AZ JV agreement. 42

4. Effective with the one-year measurement period beginning January 1, 2016, and 43

continuing for each 12-month measurement period thereafter, the baseline EASK share 44

for Bundle 1 is 47.5% for DL and 52.5% for AF/KL/AZ. For each successive two 45

measurement periods combined (a “two calendar-year period”; such two calendar-year 46

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period would be January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017 and January 1, 2018 to December 1

31, 2019, etc.), the Company’s Bundle 1 EASKs flown in accordance with the provisions 2

of the AF/KL/AZ JV agreement in the first year of a two calendar-year period and in the 3

second year of the same two calendar-year period will on average be no less than 46.5% 4

of the Bundle 1 EASKs flown in accordance with the provisions of the AF/KL/AZ JV 5

agreement. 6

Example one: 8

If the Company, in the first measurement period of a two calendar-year period, maintains 9

45.5% of the Bundle 1 EASKs flown in accordance with the provisions of the AF/KL/AZ 10

JV agreement, then in the second measurement period in the same two calendar-year 11

period, the Company will maintain no less than 47.5% of the Bundle 1 EASKs flown in 12

accordance with the provisions of the AF/KL/AZ JV agreement. 13

Example two: 15

If the Company, in the first measurement period of a two calendar-year period, maintains 16

47.5% of the Bundle 1 EASKs flown in accordance with the provisions of the AF/KL/AZ 17

JV agreement, then in the second measurement period in the same two calendar-year 18

period, the Company will maintain no less than 45.5% of the Bundle 1 EASKs flown in 19

accordance with the provisions of the AF/KL/AZ JV agreement. 20

Note one: The Company’s baseline EASK share and the Company’s minimum EASK 22

share in Section 1 P. 4. will be adjusted accordingly in the event the parties to the 23

AF/KL/AZ JV agreement reset or adjust the baseline EASK allocation as a result of: 24

a. capacity adjusted as a result of the inclusion of a third party carrier or new 25

competing operations (using the methodology in the AF/KL/AZ JV agreement), 26

b. capacity added by a party to the AF/KL/AZ JV agreement in response to competing 27

operations that are not included in the AF/KL/AZ JV agreement (using the 28

methodology in the AF/KL/AZ JV agreement), or 29

c. a change in the scope of flying included in Bundle 1. Any adjustment to the 30

Company’s baseline EASK share as a result of a change in the scope of flying 31

included in Bundle 1 will: 32

1) be from the baseline EASK share, and 33

2) reflect the parties’ respective shares of EASKs attributable to the change in the 34

scope of the flying included in Bundle 1, using the Company’s proportionate 35

level of flying to the country(ies) included/excluded from Bundle 1. The 36

adjustment will be no greater than the larger of: 37

a) the actual change in EASK capacity in the 12-month period ending March 38

31, 2009, or 39

b) the actual change in EASK capacity in the 12-month period preceding the 40

change in the scope of Bundle 1 flying. 41

Note two: The parties will meet and confer regarding how the Company’s baseline 42

EASK share and minimum EASK share will be adjusted for purposes of Section 1 P. 4. 43

Note one if and when a partner carrier is removed from the JV. 44

5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1 P. 4., in each calendar year, the Company 45

will either: 46

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a. maintain at least 48.5% of the Bundle 1 EASKs flown in accordance with the 1

provisions of the AF/KL/AZ JV agreement, or 2

b. schedule no fewer than 650,000 aircraft block hours of international operations on 3

widebody aircraft (excluding B-767-300 (non-ER) aircraft) and on B-757 aircraft on 4

ocean crossings across the Atlantic Ocean. 5

6. If AF, KL, or AZ establish, acquire control of or implement any contract or agreement for 6

the establishment of competing operations and, within twelve months of the acquisition, 7

either no agreement is reached on terms to include such competing operations within the 8

AF/KL/AZ JV agreement or AF, KL, or AZ has not definitively discontinued, divested or 9

otherwise definitively ceased to operate such competing operations, then the competing 10

operations’ capacity will not be increased above its capacity on the date of the acquisition 11

consistent with the terms of the AF/KL/AZ JV agreement. The terms “competing 12

operations” and “acquisition” will have the same meaning as in the AF/KL/AZ JV 13

Agreement. 14

7. Labor Disputes 15

a. There will be no increased use of the DL code (i.e., an increase over and above that 16

which was loaded in Deltamatic in the 90-day period prior to the commencement of 17

the cooling off period) by AF, KLM, or AZ during a cooling off period (under 18

Section 5, 6, or 10 of the Railway Labor Act) applicable to Delta pilots. In the event 19

of a lawful primary strike against Delta by the Delta pilots, the DL code will not be 20

used by AF, KLM, or AZ at any time during such strike. 21

b. There will be no payments other than those payments occurring during the ordinary 22

course of business to Delta from AF, KLM, or AZ during a cooling off period (under 23

Section 5, 6, or 10 of the Railway Labor Act) applicable to Delta pilots or a lawful 24

strike by Delta pilots. 25

c. No airman trained by AF, KLM, or AZ in the prior 12 months will be hired to serve 26

as a Delta pilot during a cooling off period (under Section 5, 6, or 10 of the Railway 27

Labor Act) applicable to Delta pilots or a lawful strike by Delta pilots. 28

d. There will be no increased use of the AF, KLM, and/or AZ code (i.e., an increase 29

over and above that which was loaded in Deltamatic in the 90-day period prior to the 30

commencement of the strike) by Delta during a lawful strike by the AF, KLM, and/or 31

AZ airmen. 32

e. Without the consent of the Delta MEC Chairman, there will be no increase of gauge 33

on any Delta route which carries the AF, KLM, and/or AZ code (i.e., an increase over 34

and above that which was loaded in Deltamatic in the 90-day period prior to the 35

commencement of the strike) during a lawful strike by the AF, KLM, and/or AZ 36

airmen. 37

8. Definitions for the terms EASK, acquisition, and competing operations contained in the 38

AF/KL/AZ JV agreement that are incorporated by reference into the PWA will not be 39

amended without the consent of the Delta MEC. The baseline EASK share, the Bundle 1 40

definition, and the competing operations capacity limit may not be changed except as 41

provided in Section 1 P. 4. and Section 1 P. 6., respectively. 42

Q. Permitted Arrangements Pursuant to the Hawaiian Marketing Agreement 44

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1. Section 1 C. will not apply to flying performed by Hawaiian under the DL code under 1

Section 1 Q., provided that the DL code may only be placed on Hawaiian flight 2

segments: 3

a. for the sole purpose of passenger service, and 4

b. pursuant to the Hawaiian marketing agreement, and 5

c. within the state of Hawaii, and 6

d. under a prorate agreement, and 7

e. consistent with the terms of Section 1 Q.

2. Delta will not purchase or reserve seats on HA on a block space basis (i.e., on the basis of 9

the purchase or reservation by Delta of a block of seats on aircraft operated by HA, at a 10

contractually agreed price, that are then available for resale by Delta to its customers). 11

3. The Association will have the right to terminate Section 1 Q. upon 60 days written notice 12

to the Company, if Hawaiian, without the prior written approval of the Association, 13

acquires control of Delta, either directly or through another individual, entity or trust, or 14

as part of a group. 15

4. There will be no direct or indirect transfer to Hawaiian of any aircraft owned, leased, 16

operated or on order or option by or on behalf of Delta or an Company affiliate, other 17

than in the normal course of business (e.g., lease returns or sale of aircraft, orders or 18

options on arm’s length market terms). 19

5. Delta will maintain a separate operating and corporate identity from Hawaiian, including, 20

but not limited to, name, trade name, logo, livery, trademarks or service marks, but 21

permitting (in addition to the separate name, trade name, logo, livery, trademarks or 22

service marks) the use of designator codes, frequent flyer program information, and other 23

name, trademarks, trade name, logo, livery or service marks that reflect the alliance 24

relationship. The foregoing will not preclude Delta from acquiring and integrating 25

Hawaiian in accordance with Section 1 D. 8., but will apply until the closing date of any 26

corporate transaction pursuant to which Delta or any Company affiliate acquires control 27

of Hawaiian. 28

6. To the extent that any of the terms of Section 1 Q. are inconsistent with any of the terms 29

of the Hawaiian marketing agreement, the terms of Section 1 Q. will take precedence and 30

will remain in full force and effect. Delta will not be excused from compliance with any 31

of the terms of Section 1 Q. based on its obligations under the Hawaiian marketing 32

agreement. 33

7. Amendments to the Hawaiian marketing agreement 34

a. No amendment to the Hawaiian marketing agreement (other than a termination) that 35

constitutes a material change will be made without the written consent of the Delta 36

MEC Chairman. 37

b. A copy of each amendment to the Hawaiian marketing agreement will be promptly 38

delivered to the office of the Delta MEC Chairman. A copy of each such amendment 39

that affects a codeshare or prorate term or condition will be delivered to the office of 40

the Delta MEC Chairman, for their review and comment, at least 30 days prior to 41

implementation. 42

1) If the Delta MEC Chairman believes that the amendment is a material change, 43

they may dispute such amendment by submitting a grievance to the Company for 44

expedited determination under Section 1 M. To be valid, such grievance must be 45

so submitted within 30 days of the date of delivery of the amendment to the office 46

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of the Delta MEC Chairman. 1

2) If the System Board of Adjustment determines that the amendment is a material 2

change, then at the written request of the Delta MEC Chairman, Delta will cancel 3

or void the disputed amendment to the Hawaiian marketing agreement and will 4

take all other action necessary to restore the status quo that existed prior to such 5

amendment within 30 days of receipt of such written request by the Company. In 6

addition, the System Board may award such other and further relief as appropriate 7

to provide a make-whole remedy to pilots harmed by such material change. 8

3) If Delta does not comply with such request within such 30 day period, the Delta 9

MEC Chairman will have the right to terminate Section 1 Q. upon 60 days 10

advance written notice to the Company. 11

8. Termination 12

a. In the event that the Hawaiian marketing agreement is terminated in whole, for any 13

reason, Delta and the Delta MEC Chairman, each, will have the right to declare 14

Section 1 Q. null and void upon 30 days advance written notice to the other. 15

b. If Delta or Hawaiian serves a notice of termination of its participation in the Alaska 16

marketing agreement, and such notice of termination of participation is accepted by 17

the other party, the Delta MEC Chairman will have the right to terminate Section 1 Q. 18

upon 60 days advance written notice to the Company, with such termination to be 19

effective upon the date of termination of such party’s participation in the Hawaiian 20

marketing agreement. 21

9. Rulings of Government Authority 22

If, as a result of any action or rulings of any governmental authority, or in response 23

thereto, any amendment that is a material change is required to be made to the Hawaiian 24

marketing agreement, and is made without the written consent of the Delta MEC 25

Chairman, then the Delta MEC will have the right to terminate Section 1 Q. upon 60 days 26

advance written notice to the Company. 27

10. Labor Disputes 28

a. There will be no increased use of the DL code (i.e., an increase over and above that 29

which was loaded in Deltamatic in the 90 day period prior to the commencement of 30

the cooling off period) by Hawaiian during a cooling off period (under Sections 5, 6, 31

or 10 of the Railway Labor Act) applicable to Delta pilots. In the event of a lawful 32

primary strike against Delta by the Delta pilots, the DL code will not be used by 33

Hawaiian at any time during such strike. 34

b. There will be no payments other than those payments occurring during the ordinary 35

course of business to Delta from Hawaiian during a cooling off period (under 36

Sections 5, 6, or 10 of the Railway Labor Act) applicable to Delta pilots or a lawful 37

strike by Delta pilots. 38

c. No airman trained by Hawaiian in the prior 12 months will be hired to serve as a 39

Delta pilot during a cooling off period (under Sections 5, 6, or 10 of the Railway 40

Labor Act) applicable to Delta pilots or a lawful strike by Delta pilots. 41

Note: For ease of reading in Section 1 Q. 10., the defined term “pilot” is modified by 42

the word “Delta.” Such modification does not change the meaning of the defined term 43

“pilot.” 44

11. The provisions of Section 1 Q. 6. – 10. will be effective in all respects without regard to 45

whether the parties are then engaged in collective bargaining pursuant to Section 6 of the 46

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Railway Labor Act. Delta expressly waives any and all rights whatsoever to argue that 1

the Association’s rights under these provisions or exercise of such rights should be 2

affected in any way by virtue of the status quo provisions of the Railway Labor Act. 3

12. Transactions between Delta and Hawaiian will be at arm’s length (as would be conducted 4

by independent, unaffiliated parties). 5

R. Virgin Atlantic Joint Venture 7

1. Beginning with the 12-month period ending December 31, 2014, and measured on 9

January 1, 2015 and on each January 1 for each measurement period thereafter (each 12-10

month period, a “measurement period”), until December 31, 2020, the Company will 11

schedule no fewer than 5,860 international operations of Company flying between the 12

United States and London Heathrow (LHR). 13

Note: In the event the Company acquires and operates an incremental LHR slot between 14

January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2020 and still controls and operates either such slot or 15

an equivalent incremental slot as of the Summer 2021 IATA season, the minimum 16

scheduled international operations of Company flying between the United States and 17

LHR will remain 5,860. If the Company does not acquire and operate such an 18

incremental LHR slot or equivalent incremental slot, the minimum scheduled 19

international operations of Company flying between the United States and LHR will 20

thereafter be 5,550. 21

2. Beginning with the 12-month period ending December 31, 2014, and measured on 22

January 1, 2015 and on each January 1 for each measurement period thereafter, the 23

Company’s minimum scheduled international twin aisle ASKs will be as follows: 24

a. 25

Scheduled DL international

twin aisle ASKs

DL’s minimum % of

combined DL and VS

international twin aisle ASKs

Less than 113,919,597,035

69.46%

Between 113,919,597,035 and

146,468,053,331

68.02%

Greater than 146,468,053,331

66.57%

Note: For purposes of Section 1 R., “international twin aisle ASKs” means: 27

a. for the Company, all scheduled flying in international operations on twin aisle 28

aircraft except any domestically configured and equipped 767-300, 29

b. for VS, all of Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited’s scheduled flying on twin aisle 30

aircraft. In addition, all scheduled flying on twin aisle aircraft of each controlled 31

foreign air carrier affiliate of Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited or Virgin Atlantic 32

Limited will be included in “international twin aisle ASKs” for VS in accordance 33

with the following: 34

1) For each such controlled foreign air carrier affiliate, all of its twin aisle aircraft 35

flying scheduled to be conducted on or after the Affiliation Date on any route 36

that Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited scheduled flights on during the 12 full 37

calendar months immediately preceding the Affiliation Date for that affiliate 38

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will be included in “international twin aisle ASKs” for VS commencing on the 1

Affiliation Date for that affiliate. 2

2) For each such controlled foreign air carrier affiliate, all of its twin aisle aircraft 3

flying scheduled to be conducted on or after the 366

day after the Affiliation 4

Date on any route that Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited did not schedule flights 5

on during the 12 full calendar months immediately preceding the Affiliation 6

Date for that affiliate will be included in “international twin aisle ASKs” for VS 7

commencing on the 366

day after the Affiliation Date for that affiliate. 8

Note: For purposes of Section 1 R. 2. Note b., “Affiliation Date” for any controlled 9

foreign air carrier affiliate of Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited or Virgin Atlantic 10

Limited means the date the entity became a controlled foreign air carrier affiliate of 11

Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited or Virgin Atlantic Limited. 12

3. If the Company is not in compliance with the minimum international operation 13

requirement (under Section 1 R. 1.) or the minimum ASK requirement (under Section 1 14

R. 2.) in any measurement period, the Company will cure any such breach by complying 15

with the minimum international operation or ASK requirement, as applicable, in the 16

subsequent measurement period. 17

4. The Company will be excused from compliance with the provisions of Section 1 R. 1., 2., 18

or 3. in the event a circumstance over which the Company does not have control is the 19

cause of such non-compliance. 20

5. Pursuant to Section 1 E. 10., the provisions of Section 1 E. 2. a. – d. and Section 1 E. 7. 21

and 8. do not apply to Company flying performed under the VS JV. Moreover, the 22

provisions of Section 1 E. 3. will not apply to the Company’s ownership level in VS. 23

6. Labor Disputes 24

a. There will be no increased use of the Delta code (i.e., an increase over and above that 25

which was loaded in Deltamatic in the 90-day period prior to the commencement of 26

the cooling off period) by VS during a cooling off period (under Section 5, 6, or 10 of 27

the Railway Labor Act) applicable to Delta pilots. In the event of a lawful primary 28

strike against Delta by the Delta pilots, the Delta code will not be used by VS at any 29

time during such strike. 30

b. There will be no payments other than those payments occurring during the ordinary 31

course of business to Delta from VS during a cooling off period (under Section 5, 6, 32

or 10 of the Railway Labor Act) applicable to Delta pilots or a lawful strike by Delta 33

pilots. 34

c. No airman trained by VS in the prior 12 months will be hired to serve as a Delta pilot 35

during a cooling off period (under Section 5, 6, or 10 of the Railway Labor Act) 36

applicable to Delta pilots or a lawful strike by Delta pilots. 37

d. There will be no increased use of the VS code (i.e., an increase over and above that 38

which was loaded in Deltamatic in the 90-day period prior to the commencement of 39

the strike) by Delta during a lawful strike by the VS airmen. 40

e. Without the consent of the Delta MEC Chairman, there will be no increase of gauge 41

on any Delta route which carries the VS code (i.e., an increase over and above that 42

which was loaded in Deltamatic in the 90-day period prior to the commencement of 43

the strike) during a lawful strike by the VS airmen. 44

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SECTION 2

DEFINITIONS AND GLOSSARY

A. Definitions

Note: Unless expressly noted in the body of a definition, each definition will apply

throughout the PWA.

1. “13 B. 3. pilot” means a former pilot removed from the seniority list under Section 13 B.

3., on or after June 1, 2006, who is receiving disability benefits from the D&S Plan.

Upon cessation of disability benefits, termination, or retirement, such former pilot will

cease to be a 13 B. 3. pilot.

X. “401(k) participant” means a person who is receiving or is entitled to receive benefits

under the 401(k) Plan.

X. "401(k) Plan" means the “Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots,” as amended and

restated January 1, 2014, as amended, (formerly called the “Delta Pilots Savings Plan”).

2. “Acclimated” means a condition in which a flightcrew member has been in a theater for

72 hours or has been given at least 36 consecutive hours free from duty in such theater, as

defined or amended under FAR 117.

3. “Accrued vacation” means the vacation time (i.e., the number of weeks or days) a pilot is

accumulating in a vacation year for use in the next vacation year. The accrual rate for

such vacation is determined by the number of years of continuous employment the pilot

completed before April 1

of the vacation year.

Example: Assume that on October 1

, (i.e., at the completion of 50% of the vacation

year) a pilot has not been on leave or furlough in excess of 30 days since the beginning of

the vacation year. Such pilot will have accrued 50% of the vacation time to which the

pilot will be entitled on the next April 1

4. “Active payroll status” means the status of a pilot who is not on inactive payroll status.

5. “Adjustable run time values” means values of elements (e.g., graphics, reading rates, and

keystrokes) that are assigned specific values to be used by the automated run time testing

program.

6. “Administrative pilot” means a pilot who is removed from a category for the purpose of

performing managerial, supervisory and/or administrative duties for the Company (e.g., a

pilot in a payroll department other than 030 or 031).

Exception: An instructor who does not perform managerial or supervisory duties (i.e., an

instructor in payroll department 052) is not an administrative pilot.

7. “Advanced Qualification Program” (AQP) means the Company administered and FAA

approved programs for all indoctrination, qualification, requalification, or continuing

qualification training at Delta Air Lines.

8. “Advance entitlement” (AE) means an award (or, with respect to an entry level pilot, an

award or assignment) to a category that is anticipated to become effective on a

subsequent conversion date.

9. “AF” or “Air France” means Société Air France.

10. “Affiliate” means:

a. any subsidiary, parent or division of an entity,

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b. any other subsidiary, parent or division of either a parent or a subsidiary of an entity,

c. any entity that controls another entity or is controlled by another entity, or is under

common control with another entity, in either case, whether directly or indirectly

through the control of other entities.

11. “Aggregate service” means all time starting from a pilot’s date of employment with the

Company as a pilot, with the exception of the following:

a. periods of furlough, or

b. unpaid leave in excess of 60 cumulative days.

12. “Aircraft model” means an aircraft (e.g., B-737-800, A-330-900) within an aircraft type.

13. “Aircraft type” means one of the following groupings:

a. B-777

g. A-321N/321/320/319

b. A-350

h. B-737-900/800/700

c. B-787

i. A-220-300/100

d. A-330-900/300/200

j. B-717

e. B-767-400ER

k. EMB-195/190

f. B-767 (all except B-767-

400ER)/B-757

l. CRJ-900

14. “Aircrew program designee” (APD) means a pilot who is designated by the FAA to

administer type rating evaluations.

15. “Air France/KLM/Alitalia joint venture” or “AF/KL/AZ JV” means the business

relationship between Delta, Air France, KLM, and Alitalia in which the costs and

revenues of international flights within the AF/KL/AZ JV are shared between or among

the air carrier partners, as typified by the business relationship between Air France, KLM,

Alitalia, and Delta that is embodied in the AF/KL JV agreement.

16. “Air France/KLM/Alitalia JV agreement” or “AF/KL/AZ JV agreement” means the

Transatlantic Joint Venture Agreement made effective as of April 1, 2012 by and among

Delta Air Lines, Inc., Societe Air France, Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. and

Compagnia Aerea Italiana, S.p.A. as amended from time to time.

17. “Airman” means a person:

a. whose name does not appear on the Delta Pilots’ System Seniority List, and

b. who is certified to operate the controls, and/or assist in the operation of the controls of

a commercial aircraft at a cockpit position.

21. “ALPA Aeromedical Advisor” is a doctor from ALPA’s Aeromedical Office (Aviation

Medicine Advisory Service).

22. “Annual compensation” for purposes of the profit sharing plan, means an employee’s

gross earnings during the profit sharing plan year, including any sick and vacation pay

(whether paid by the Company or from a disability and survivor trust), but excluding: a)

expense reimbursements, b) expense allowances, c) income required to be imputed to the

employee for any reason pursuant to federal, state or local law, d) profit sharing awards,

e) earnings from any other incentive compensation program, f) Company contributions to

a retirement plan, g) disability payments, h) income from the grant, vesting, exercise or

sale of Delta stock or Delta stock options, i) income relating to, or resulting from,

bankruptcy claims, notes, or other securities, j) medical plan payments and k) severance

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payments. In addition, annual compensation for the purposes of the profit sharing plan

includes pilot furlough pay.

23. “Applicable rate” means, for the purposes of Section 8, the composite hourly rate plus

international pay, if applicable, for the position held by the pilot at the time of the

deadhead.

Exception one: If a pilot holds a position with more than one rate when deadheading by

air transportation to a flight segment(s), the applicable rate will be the rate for the aircraft

model used on the first non-deadhead segment after the deadhead on which the pilot

performed, or was scheduled to perform, duty as a crew member.

Exception two: If a pilot holds a position with more than one rate when deadheading by

air transportation on the last flight segment(s) of their rotation, the applicable rate will be

the rate for the aircraft model used on the last non-deadhead segment before the deadhead

on which the pilot performed, or was scheduled to perform, duty as a crew member.

X. “ARCOS” means any automated notification system that offers and awards WS, GS, or

GSWC under Sections 23 N. and O.

25. “Asterisk rotation” means a rotation that:

a. is published in the bid package,

b. is scheduled to begin in one bid period and end in another,

c. includes:

1) a duty period that begins in the second bid period, and/or

2) a flight segment in the second bid period with a different flight number than the

last flight segment in the first bid period, and

d. is subject to change or removal from a pilot’s line.

Note one: An asterisk rotation may not be changed such that it is scheduled to release

more than one day after its originally scheduled release.

Note two: If an asterisk rotation that is on a pilot’s line is changed such that it is

scheduled to release one day after its originally scheduled release, and provided that

such rotation remains on such pilot’s line, such pilot will receive single pay and credit

for the rotation as flown, plus single pay, no credit for the last duty period of the

rotation.

26. “Attrition” means the number of pilots who leave the active service of the Company due

to retirement, medical leave, any leave in excess of 30 days, disability, death, or

termination.

27 “Augmented Operation” means a flight segment that utilizes a relief First Officer, relief

Captain, or relief crew.

28. “Automated run time testing program” (Crawler) means a computer program which

counts and converts significant elements of distributed training content structure to time

values according to the schedule in the Automated Run Time Testing Design Document,

incorporated by reference herein, as may be amended by the ARTT under Section 11 B.

29. “Average Line Value” (ALV) means a number of hours established by the Company that

is the projected average of all regular line values, for a position, for a bid period and is:

a. between 72 and 84 hours (inclusive) for a narrowbody position and a B-767/B-757

position.

b. between 71 and 85 hours (inclusive) for a widebody position other than a B-767/B-

757 position.

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30. “AZ” or “Alitalia” means Compagnia Aerea Italiana, S.p.A.

31. “Base” means a location to which a pilot is assigned.

32. “Base premium” means the premium developed each year separately for each of the

options offered under the DPMP, for retirees and survivors, from the combined

experience of a population composed of all retirees and survivors (pilot retirees and

survivors and other retirees and survivors) participating in the DPMP and the Delta

Health Plan, excluding HMOs and fully insured options. In the case of the premium

attributable to children of pilot retirees, such base premium will be based on the

combined experience of all dependents participating in the DPMP and the Delta Health

Plan excluding HMOs and fully insured options. Such base premium will be developed

by the Company’s actuary using reasonable actuarial assumptions and methods that are

designed to determine such base premium in the actuary's best professional judgment.

The Company’s calculation of the DPMP base premium will be subject to review by the

Association. The Company will provide to the Association by June 15

of each year,

data, assumptions and methodologies used to determine such costs and base premium.

The Association may provide comments on such analysis under the DPMP by July 7

and the Company's actuary will consider such comments in making its final

determination of the base premium. The methodology for determining the base premium

will be applied separately to develop pre-Medicare eligibility age and post-Medicare

eligibility age premiums.

33. “Bid period” means one of the following time periods:

a. January 1

through January 30

(the “January bid period”)

b. January 31

through March 1

(the “February bid period”)

c. March 2

through March 31

(the “March bid period”)

d. April 1

through May 1

(the “April bid period”)

e. May 2

through June 1

(the “May bid period”)

f. June 2

through July 1

(the “June bid period”)

g. July 2

through July 31

(the “July bid period”)

h. August 1

through August 30

(the “August bid period”)

i. August 31

through September 30

(the “September bid period”)

j. October 1

through October 31

(the “October bid period”)

k. November 1

through November 30

(the “November bid period”)

l. December 1

through December 31

(the “December bid period”)

Note: The start and/or end dates of a bid period may be altered by mutual agreement

between the Director – Crew Resources and the MEC Scheduling Committee Chairman.

34. “Block time” means the time beginning when an aircraft first moves for the purpose of

flight or repositioning and ending when the aircraft comes to a stop at the next destination

or at the point of departure.

35. “Board” means the Delta Pilots’ System Board of Adjustment.

36. “Break-in-duty” means a rest period (measured from release to report) that is sufficient to

break a pilot’s duty period under Section 12 G.

37. “Bundle 1” means flying on all routes (a) between Europe, on the one hand and North

America, on the other hand, (b) between French Polynesia, on the one hand, and North

America on the other hand, until such time as Air France/KLM/Alitalia ceases operations

on any such routes, and (c) between AMS, on the one hand, and India on the other hand,

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until such time as the Company ceases operations between AMS and Mumbai. Terms in

this definition are as defined in the Air France/KLM/Alitalia JV Agreement.

38. “Business day” means each day from Monday through Friday, except for Company

holidays.

39. “Captain” means a pilot who is in command and who is responsible for the manipulation

of, or who manipulates, the flight controls of an aircraft while under way, including

takeoff and landing of such aircraft; who is properly qualified to serve as and holds

currently effective airman’s certificates authorizing him to serve as such pilot.

40. “Carry-over rate” means the dollar value of a pilot’s accumulated credit for a bid period

divided by such accumulated credit, expressed in dollars per minute.

41. “Category” means the combination of a pilot’s position and base.

42. “Category A operation” means the operation of a flight segment by a Delta Connection

Carrier:

a. that is a Company affiliate, or

b. using the DL code under an agreement with Delta that is not a prorate agreement.

44. “Category C operation” means the operation of a flight segment by a Delta Connection

Carrier under the DL code pursuant to a prorate agreement with Delta.

45. “Category freeze” means a period of time

a. that is determined under Section 22 G.,

b. that commences on the date of a pilot’s award of an AE or VD for which qualification

training is required or on an entry level pilot’s date of employment with the Company

as a pilot, and

c. during which the pilot will (unless declared eligible by the Company) be ineligible to

be awarded another AE with an earliest conversion date falling within the freeze

period (other than to a new or reestablished category) for which qualification training

is required.

46. “Circumstance over which the Company does not have control,” for the purposes of

Section 1 and Section 21, means a circumstance that includes, but is not limited to, a

natural disaster; labor dispute involving a work stoppage which impairs Company

operations (provided such term does not apply to informational picketing or other lawful

activity designed to inform the public); grounding of a substantial number of the

Company’s aircraft by a government agency; reduction in flying operations because of a

decrease in available fuel supply or other critical materials due to either governmental

action or commercial suppliers being unable to provide sufficient fuel or other critical

materials for the Company’s operations; revocation of the Company’s operating

certificate(s); war emergency; owner’s delay in delivery of aircraft scheduled for

delivery; manufacturer’s delay in delivery of new aircraft scheduled for delivery. The

term “circumstance over which the Company does not have control” will not include the

price of fuel or other supplies; any delay by the manufacturer in the delivery of new

aircraft to the Company that is (a) known to the Company when it provides its detailed

Fleet and Network Plans to the Association in Q4 of any year prior to the year of the

scheduled delivery, or (b) less than 45 days; the price of aircraft; the state of the

economy; the financial state of the Company; or the relative profitability or

unprofitability of the Company’s then-current operations.

Note one: For purposes of this definition, Company refers only to Delta Air Lines, Inc.,

and not any Company affiliate.

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Note two: The Company will give ALPA prior written notice of its intent to declare

“circumstances over which the Company does not have control,” and its rationale.

47. “Code” means the unique two-character designator code assigned to an airline by the

International Air Transport Association (IATA). If IATA assigns or has assigned more

than one designator code for use by Delta or Hawaiian or by a subsidiary of Delta then

such additional designator code(s) will be included within the DL code or HA code,

respectively.

48. “Company” means Delta Air Lines, Inc.

49. “Company affiliate” means an affiliate of the Company.

50. “Company flying” means all flying reserved under Section 1 C. for performance by

pilots.

51 “Company-provided electronic tablet device” (“tablet”) means an electronic tablet device

provided by the Company to a pilot for their use on the flight deck, and containing

electronic versions of aircraft operating manuals, flight operations manuals, bulletins, and

other information.

52. “Composite hourly rate” means the basic hourly rate of pay set forth in the pay tables of

Section 3 for each aircraft model, status and longevity step, computed with the traditional

factors of speed, mileage, and gross weight taken into account.

53. “Contingent displacement” means a displacement from a pilot’s new category that is

caused by the pilot’s displacement into that category.

54. “Contingent vacancy” means a vacancy in a pilot’s former category that is caused by the

pilot’s award to a different category pursuant to an advance entitlement.

55. “Continuing qualification training” (CQ) means training necessary to maintain position

qualification under FAR 121.427 and the Company’s advanced qualification program

(AQP) standards.

56. “Continuous training” means the combination of:

a. training, and

b. associated periods of interruption of training of three consecutive days or less.

57. “Control” for the purposes of Section 1, will exist by entity A over entity B, only if A,

whether directly or indirectly through the control of other entities:

a. owns securities that constitute and/or are exchangeable into, exercisable for or

convertible into more than:

1) 30 percent (49 percent with respect to the combined interest of the Company and

Company affiliates in a foreign air carrier) of B’s outstanding common stock, or if

stock in addition to common stock has voting power, then

2) 30 percent (49 percent with respect to the combined interest of the Company and

Company affiliates in a foreign air carrier) of the voting power of all outstanding

securities of B entitled to vote generally for the election of members of B’s Board

of Directors or similar governing body, or

b. has the power or right to manage or direct the management of all or substantially all

of B’s air carrier operations, or

c. has the power or right to designate or provide all or substantially all of B’s officers, or

d. has the power or right to determine B’s markets or (if B is an air carrier) markets or

flight schedules or to provide a majority of the following management services for B:

capacity planning, financial planning, strategic planning, market planning, marketing

and sales, technical operations, flight operations, and human resources activities, or

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e. has the power or right to appoint or elect or prevent the appointment or election of a

majority of B’s Board of Directors, or other governing body having substantially the

powers and duties of a Board of Directors, or

f. has the power or right to appoint or elect or to prevent the appointment or election of

a minority of B’s Board of Directors or similar governing body, but only if such

minority has the power or right to appoint or remove B’s Chief Executive Officer, or

President, or Chief Operating Officer, or the majority membership of the Executive

Committee or similar committee on B’s Board of Directors, or the majority

membership of at least one-half of B’s Board committees.

58. “Conversion date” means the date on which the award or assignment of a pilot to a

different category becomes effective.

59. “Co-terminal” means the following airport combinations:

a. DCA/IAD

b. DFW/DAL

c. IAH/HOU

d. JFK/EWR/LGA

e. LAX/BUR/LGB/ONT/SNA

f. MIA/FLL

g. ORD/MDW

h. SFO/OAK/SJC

60. “CQ eligibility period” means a series of three consecutive calendar months in which a

pilot is eligible for CQ training.

a. “CQ early month” means the first calendar month in a pilot’s CQ eligibility period.

b. “CQ base month” means the second calendar month in a pilot’s CQ eligibility period.

c. “CQ grace month” means the third calendar month in a pilot’s CQ eligibility period.

61. “CQ golden days” means a block of five consecutive days during which a pilot will not

be scheduled for CQ.

62. “Credit” means the time attributed to a pilot for PWA flight time limitations purposes.

63. “Credited reserve on-call day” (CROC day) means a day on which a reserve pilot:

a. is on a rotation,

b. receives pay and credit under Section 4 H.,

c. is on airport standby duty, or

d. is on sick leave on an on-call day.

64. “D&S Plan” means the Delta Pilots Disability and Survivorship Plan, as Amended and

Restated, Effective January 1, 2011, as amended. A reference in the PWA to the D&S

Plan will exclude the NWA LTD Plan unless such reference in the PWA states otherwise.

65. “D&S Plan participant” means a person who is receiving or is entitled to receive benefits

under the D&S Plan.

66. “Date of furlough” means the date on which a pilot’s furlough begins.

67. “Date of recall” means the date a pilot is scheduled to report to duty in conjunction with a

recall.

68. “Day” means calendar day.

69. “DBMS” means a computerized crew scheduling system operated by Flight Operations.

70. “Deadhead” means the surface or air transportation of a pilot between airports at the

instruction of the Company.

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Exception one: Surface transportation to or from an airport for the sole purpose of

lodging is not a deadhead.

Exception two: Travel to and from training is not a deadhead.

71. “Delta” means the Company.

72. “Delta Connection Carrier” means a domestic air carrier that conducts flying under

Section 1 D.

73. “Delta Connection flying” means flying conducted by a Delta Connection Carrier for the

Company.

74. “Delta Health Plan” means the non-collectively bargained medical and dental plan

offered to flight attendants and ground employees and to retirees until age 65 (including

HMOs, if applicable, and the no coverage option).

75. “Delta hub” means ATL, CVG, DTW, JFK, LAX, LGA, MSP, SEA, SLC, and any other

airport having a monthly average of at least 100 Delta scheduled flight departures per

day.

X. “Delta Pilots High Deductible Health Plan” (DP-HDHP) means the collectively

bargained medical plan available to pilots under Section 25. The DP-HDHP offers the

options enumerated in Section 25 R.

76. “Delta Pilots’ Medical Plan” (DPMP) means the collectively bargained medical and

dental plan available to pilots, 13 B. 3. pilots, and pilot retirees under Section 25. The

DPMP offers the options enumerated in Section 25 F. 1.

77. “Delta Pilots’ Retirement Plan” means the Delta Pilots Retirement Plan as Amended and

Restated, Effective July 1, 1996, as amended.

79. “Director – Health Services” (DHS) means an Aviation Medical Examiner designated by

the Company to conduct the medical review of a pilot under Section 14 G. 3. and Section

15 B. If the designated DHS becomes unavailable, the Company will promptly designate

another Aviation Medical Examiner as the DHS.

80. “Disability status,” “disability,” or “disablement” means being eligible for and receiving

disability benefits from the D&S Plan.

Note one: A 13. B. 3. pilot is considered in disability status, disability, or disablement

until cessation of disability benefits, retirement or termination.

Note two: A pilot (or 13 B. 3. pilot) who has reached the maximum period of disability

under the D&S Plan for alcoholism and/or drug abuse is not on disability status, disability

or disablement after the end of that period of disability.

Exception: This definition does not apply to a NWA disabled pilot.

81. “Displacement” means an award (voluntary displacement or VD) or assignment

(mandatory displacement or MD) that is anticipated to become effective on a later

conversion date to eliminate a surplus from a category.

82. “Distributed training” means training that is accomplished without a classroom, instructor

in a classroom, flight training device, flight simulator or airplane. Distributed training

includes training material the Company requires a pilot to complete that cannot be

completed in conjunction with the normal course of preparing for flight. Examples of

informational materials that are not distributed training include, but are not limited to,

manuals updates (e.g., updates to FOM, Operations Manual 1 and 2, QRH, FCTM,

Airway Manual), flight crew bulletins, and flight operations bulletins.

83. “DL” means:

a. Delta,

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b. its affiliates, and

c. any other carrier to the extent of its category A operations of flight segments using

the DL code.

84. “Doctor” means a medical professional who holds one of the following degrees:

a. M.D.,

b. D.O.,

c. D.D.S.,

d. D.M.D., or

e. D.P.M.

85. “Doctor’s certificate” means written verification from a doctor with whom a pilot has a

bona fide patient relationship, indicating in general terms the nature of the pilot’s

sickness.

86. “Domestic air carrier” means an “air carrier” as defined in 49 U.S.C. Section 40102(a)(2)

holding an air carrier certificate issued by the Administrator of the FAA under 14 C.F.R.

Section 119.5.

87. “Domestic operation” means a flight segment to and from an airport, or between airports,

located inside the contiguous 48 states of the United States, or a flight segment between

an airport located in the Mainland United States and Alaska.

88. “Domestic per diem” means the hourly meal allowance applicable to a pilot

a. for time away from base while engaged in domestic operations, or

b.while assigned to training within the contiguous 48 states of the United States in which

the pilot is entitled to lodging under Section 5 E.

89. "DPMA" means Delta Pilots Mutual Aid.

90. "DPMA disability benefit" means the optional supplemental disability benefit payable by

DPMA to an eligible DPMA participant.

91. "DPMA dues" means the dollar amount of dues charged by DPMA for membership in

DPMA.

92. "DPMA equivalent disability benefit" means the optional supplemental disability benefit

described in Section 26 N. 3. b.

94. “Duty period” means the elapsed time from report to release (for a break-in-duty).

95. “Earned vacation” means the vacation time (i.e., the number of weeks or days) a pilot is

entitled to use in a vacation year.

96. "Earnings" means, for the purposes of a retirement or welfare benefit plan under Section

26, the amount of a participant's remuneration that forms the basis for contributions or

benefits under that plan.

98. "Eligible family member," for the purposes of Section 6, means:

a. a relative who:

1) resides in an eligible pilot's household,

2) is dependent on the pilot for livelihood, and

3) is claimed on the pilot's federal tax return as a dependent.

b. an eligible pilot’s spouse (including a person who is a domestic partner under the

Delta Domestic Partner Program).

99. “Eligible family member,” for the purposes of Section 25, means eligible family member

as defined in the DPMP. An eligible family member is not eligible for the DPMP, DP-

HDHP, or Delta Health Plan upon reaching Medicare eligibility age.

Exception: An eligible family member described in Section 25 B. 1. Note will remain

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eligible for the DPMP, DP-HDHP, or Delta Health Plan upon reaching Medicare

eligibility age.

100. “Eligible move” means the actual movement of all of an eligible pilot's household goods

and personal effects from their former permanent residence to, and the establishment of,

their new permanent residence at, a location that is:

a. within the United States, and

b. more than 50 straight line statute miles from:

1) their former permanent residence, and

2) the greater metropolitan area of their former base, as described in the then most

recently published U.S. Census Bureau Metropolitan Areas Definition (See

www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metrodef.html).

Exception: An eligible move will not include a move by a pilot whose permanent

residence, on the award date of their related conversion or the date of their recall from

furlough, is located in, or located within 50 miles of, the greater metropolitan area of their

new base.

101. "Eligible pilot" for the purposes of Section 6, means a pilot who intends to complete or

completes an eligible move and:

a. converts into a position at another base via an MD or VD, or

b. converts into a position at a new or re-established base within 12 months of the first

pilot conversion at such base, or

c. transfers from a closed base within the 12 months preceding the base closing, or

d. is recalled from furlough to a base other than their furlough base, or

e. otherwise transfers to a base at Company request,

f. provided:

1) they actually move their household goods and personal effects to a new

permanent residence that is within a 125 straight-line statute mile radius of the

airfield reference point at their new base or of any co-terminal airport at their new

base, and

2) their current permanent residence is not within such radius, and

3) they actually establish their home at their new permanent residence, and

4) their new permanent residence is at least 50 straight-line statute miles closer to the

airfield reference point at their new base than is the permanent residence address

from which they are relocating, and

5) they agree to repay the Company for such relocation benefits if, within 12 months

of the conversion that entitled them to receive such relocation benefit, they

convert into a position at another base as the result of an advance entitlement.

102. “Employment year” means a one-year period beginning on a pilot’s employment

anniversary date.

103. “Enhanced disability benefit” means the additional disability benefit payable to a

pilot with hours in their enhanced disability account under Section 26 K. 5.

104. “Entity” means a natural person, corporation, association, partnership, trust or any other

form for conducting business, and any combination or concert of any of the foregoing.

105. “Entry level pilot” means a pilot who has not completed their initial OE at the Company.

106. “Entry level position” means any position listed in Section 22 B.

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107. “Evaluation” means a check of a pilot’s performance and/or proficiency pursuant to an

FAR or as part of the Company’s training including its Advanced Qualification Program

(AQP).

108. “Event Date” has the meaning given such term in the D&S Plan.

109. “FAA” means the Federal Aviation Administration.

110. “FAA leave” means a leave of absence described in Section 13 K.

111. “FAA mandatory retirement age” means the latest age under Part 121 of the FARs

or other applicable statutes that a pilot can serve as a PIC or SIC.

112. “FARs” means the Federal Aviation Regulations.

113. “Fatigue Risk Management System” (FRMS) means a management system and

alternative regulatory approach to pilot flight and duty time provisions to provide a

means of monitoring and mitigating fatigue as approved by the FAA.

114. “First Officer” means a pilot who is second in command and who is to assist or relieve

the captain in the manipulation of the flight controls of an aircraft while under way,

including takeoff and landing of such aircraft; who is properly qualified to serve as and

holds currently effective airman’s certificates authorizing him to serve as such First

Officer.

115. “Five Member Board” means the System Board of Adjustment when comprised of two

members appointed by the Company, two members appointed by the Association, and a

neutral member selected by the parties, to decide a specific dispute.

116. “Fleet” means aircraft in service, undergoing maintenance, and operational spares.

117. “Flight duty period” (FDP) means the portion of a duty period from report to when the

aircraft is parked after the last flight segment (other than a deadhead flight segment) and

there is no intention for further aircraft movement.

118. “Flight segment” means the operation of an aircraft with one takeoff and one landing.

119. “Flight time” means:

a. actual block time on a functional check flight and a verification flight segment(s), and

b. for all other flying, the greater of actual or scheduled block time on a flight

segment(s).

120. “Flying,” “flown,” “flies,” and “fly,” for purposes of Sections 4, 12, and 23, means:

a. operation of a flight as a cockpit crewmember, and/or

b. a deadhead by air.

121. "FMLA leave" means a leave of absence described in Section 13 H.

122. “Foreign air carrier” means a “foreign air carrier” as defined in 49 U.S.C. Section

40102(a)(21).

123. “Foreign pilot base” means a base located outside the boundaries of the contiguous 48

states of the United States.

124. "Former NWA pilot" means a pilot who was an employee of NWA and whose name

appeared on the NWA seniority list on the day preceding October 30, 2008.

125. “Four Member Board” means the System Board of Adjustment when comprised of two

members appointed by the Company and two members appointed by the Association, to

decide a specific dispute.

126. “Fragmentation transaction” means a transaction (other than a successor transaction) in

which the Company or a Company affiliate (other than a Company affiliate performing

flying only on permitted aircraft types) disposes of aircraft, route authority or slots (net of

aircraft, route authority or slots acquired within the 12 month period preceding such

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transaction or acquired in a related transaction), which produced 10% or more of the

operating revenue, block hours or available seat miles of the Company or Company

affiliate as applicable (excluding revenue, block hours or available seat miles of

Company affiliates performing flying only on permitted aircraft types) during the 12

months immediately prior to the date of the agreement resulting in the fragmentation

transaction.

X. “Free of duty,” for purposes of Sections 7 and 23, means a period of time in which a pilot

has no obligation to the Company and in which the Company will not require a pilot to

perform any duties, including but not limited to an IA, training, reroute, reserve

assignment.

127. “Full service bank” or bank means an individual account maintained in DBMS for each

pilot into which the pilot may deposit and from which the pilot may withdraw or borrow

credit on a minute basis.

128. “Functional check flight” (FCF) means flying that involves the planned use of abnormal

or “special” checklists and/or determinations of the airworthiness of major system items

or troubleshooting.

129. “Furlough base” means the base to which a pilot was assigned on their date of furlough.

130. “Green slip” (GS) means a request by a pilot to be assigned same-day/next-day open time

that may generate premium pay:

a. on their regular line days-off,

b. on their reserve line X-day(s),

c. on reserve line on-call days, while on long-call, with less than 12 hours’ notice, or

d. on their remaining reserve line on-call days in the current bid period after they have

accumulated credit equivalent to the ALV in such bid period.

131. “Green slip with conflict” (GSWC) means a request by a regular pilot to be assigned

same-day/next-day open time that may generate premium pay, and:

a. overlaps a scheduled rotation(s) remaining to be flown, or

b. creates an FAR or PWA conflict with a scheduled rotation(s) remaining to be flown.

132. “Hard non-fly day” means a non-fly day on which a pilot may not be inversely assigned

to a rotation (e.g., vacation, APD day, reserve PD day, ALPA, legal duty, MLOA, or

golden X-day).

133. “Hawaiian” or “HA” means Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.

134. “Hawaiian marketing agreement” means the Amended and Restated Codeshare

Agreement dated as of August 2, 2010 by and between Delta Air Lines, Inc. and

Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., as amended from time to time.

135. “Hearing officer” means a Company-designated senior Flight Operations official holding

a title with the Company of Regional Director, or above.

Note: The hearing officer must be vested with the necessary authority to decide the

dispute or matter before them. A Regional Director who has previously heard a dispute

under Section 18 B. 1. or participated in the investigation of an alleged incident or

problem under Section 18 C. 1., may not then serve as the hearing officer for such

dispute or matter.

136. “HMO above composite premium” means the amount charged by an HMO in excess of

the composite amount the Company contributes to the cost of the Delta Health Plan

(other than an HMO).

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138. "Inactive NWA pilot" means a former NWA pilot who on October 30, 2008 was not in

active payroll status, including but not limited to furlough, military leave exceeding 30

consecutive days, personal leave, family leave, medical leave, maternity leave or

disciplinary suspension and has not returned to active payroll status as described in

Section 25 S. 4. c.

Note: A NWA disabled pilot is not an inactive NWA pilot.

139. “Inactive payroll status” means the status of a pilot who is furloughed, receiving benefits

under the D&S Plan, military leave that exceeds 30 consecutive days, medical leave,

personal leave (other than known personal leave), FMLA leave, bonding leave, maternity

leave, or a pilot on a disciplinary suspension.

140. “Industry standard interline agreement” means an agreement or other arrangement

between or among two or more carriers, such as the International Air Transport

Association’s “multilateral interline traffic agreements”, or an “interline ticket and

baggage agreement”, establishing rights and obligations relating to the acceptance and

accommodation of interline passengers and shipments.

141. “Initial training” means training necessary to create an equipment and status

qualification.

142. “Interim period” means the period between the closing date of the corporate transaction

pursuant to which the Company or any Company affiliate acquires control of the acquired

airline (the “closing date”) and the later of the effective date of an integrated seniority list

or the effective date of a single collective bargaining agreement covering the pilots and

airmen involved.

143. “International operation” means a flight segment to or from an airport, or between

airports, located outside the contiguous 48 states of the United States.

Exception: A flight segment between an airport located in the mainland United States

and Alaska will not be considered an international operation.

144. “International partner flying” means flying performed by any foreign air carrier (which is

not a Company affiliate):

a. under or utilizing a designator code, trade name, brand, logo, trademarks, service

marks, aircraft livery or aircraft paint scheme currently or in the future utilized by the

Company or any Company affiliate, and/or

b. on aircraft on which the Company or any Company affiliate has purchased or

reserved blocked space or blocked seats for sale or resale to customers of the

Company or any Company affiliate.

145. “International pay” means an hourly pay premium paid to a pilot for flight time flown in

an international operation.

146. “International per diem” means the hourly meal allowance for time away from base that

is applicable to a pilot while engaged in international operations or while assigned to

training located outside the contiguous 48 states of the United States.

147. “Inverse assignment” (IA) means the assignment of open time in inverse seniority order

under Section 23 N. or O.

Exception: An assignment to a reserve pilot who is among a group of reserve pilots in

the same RAW value grouping under Section 23 A. 46. is not an IA.

148. “Inverse assignment with conflict” (IAWC) means an IA that:

a. overlaps a scheduled rotation(s) remaining to be flown, or

b. creates an FAR or PWA conflict with a scheduled rotation(s) remaining to be flown.

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149. “Irregular operations” (IROPS) means an event(s) in the system (i.e., sickness, fatigue or

no-show of another pilot, weather, mechanical, aircraft type substitution, substitution of

one aircraft model for another aircraft model on which the pilot is not qualified,

diversion, cancellation, overflight, misconnect, application of the FARs) that causes a

pilot to be removed from their scheduled rotation or portion thereof.

151. “Known absence” means a period of unavailability in a subsequent bid period for which a

pilot is scheduled prior to initial line awards for such bid period (e.g., training, vacation,

sick, MLOA, ALPA duty) during which a pilot may not be awarded a rotation(s) or on-

call day(s).

152. “Known accident leave” means accident leave in the subsequent bid period that is known

by the pilot before the date for the close of line bidding for such bid period as specified in

Section 23 B.

Note: A period of 14 or more days of known accident leave will be considered a known

absence. A period of less than 14 days of known accident leave will be considered a

known absence at the Company’s discretion.

153. “Known personal leave” means a period of unpaid personal leave that is made available

by the Company and awarded to pilots in a category, in seniority order, under Section 13

J. 2., during which a pilot will remain on active payroll status.

154. “Known sick leave” means sick leave in the subsequent bid period that is known by the

pilot before the date for the close of line bidding for such bid period as specified in

Section 23 B.

Note: A period of 14 or more days of known sick leave will be considered a known

absence. A period of less than 14 days of known sick leave will be considered a known

absence at the Company’s discretion.

155. “Latin America” means South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and the

West Indies.

156. “LCP/LVP time” means the greater of the actual or scheduled block time of a flight

segment on which a pilot performs LCP or LVP duties, as applicable.

157. “Legal duty” means participation by a pilot in a legal proceeding as:

a. a juror, or

b. a subpoenaed witness in:

1) criminal litigation, or

2) legal or administrative proceedings arising out of their employment with the

Company.

Exception: Participation in proceedings under Section 1, 16, 18, 19, or 27 is not

legal duty.

158. “Line” means a pilot’s bid period schedule.

a. “Initial line” means the line awarded/assigned to a pilot via PBS or DBMS.

b. “Adjusted line” means a pilot’s initial line as modified by the line adjustment process.

c. “Regular line” means a line composed of training, vacation, leaves, rotations, and/or

days-off.

d. “Reserve line” means a line composed of training, vacation, leaves, reserve on-call

days, and X-days.

e. “Blank regular line” means a regular line that is constructed without rotations.

f. “Specially created reserve line” means a reserve line that was not awarded/assigned in

the initial line awards.

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g. “Reduced lower limit line” (RLL) means a regular line with a value that is less than

the lower limit of his LCW that is constructed upon request to a pilot who cannot be

awarded a regular line within their LCW.

159. “Line adjustment” means the process by which the Company removes a rotation(s) from

a regular pilot’s line for the next bid period, which would otherwise create an FAR and/or

PWA conflict(s).

160. “Line check pilot” (LCP) means a pilot who is:

a. selected by the Company and designated by the FAA, and

b. authorized to administer evaluations during line operations.

161. “Line construction window” (LCW) means a range of hours that is ten hours above and

below the ALV for each position in each bid period. The LCW will not exceed 91.5

hours for narrowbody positions (and B-767/757) and 92.5 hours for widebody positions

(other than B-767/757).

162. “Line guarantee” means a line holder’s minimum pay and credit entitlement in a bid

period.

163. “Line validation pilot” (LVP) means a pilot who is:

a. selected by the Company, and

b. authorized to administer training and qualifications events during line operations,

including, but not limited to:

1) Mid-probationary validations,

2) Theater Qualifications (TQ), and

3) Special Airport Qualifications (SAQ).

c. not authorized to administer Captain evaluations during line operations

164. "Longevity" means all time beginning at date of employment as a pilot, and ending at

termination of employment as a pilot, retirement as a pilot, or death.

Exception one: For purposes of vacation, sick leave and pass benefits, the longevity of a

pilot who transferred from another Company department will begin on their most recent

date of employment with the Company.

Exception two: Longevity (including vacation and sick leave) does not include periods

during which a pilot remains on furlough due to their decision to bypass recall.

Exception three: On October 30, 2008, a former NWA pilot will receive longevity credit

as it existed at Northwest immediately prior to October 30, 2008 in addition to longevity

credit for any periods of furlough that occurred on or after July 31, 1992 (excluding any

periods of furlough bypass) and up to 90 days of credit for the difference in points of time

between when they were hired as a pilot and when a pilot in their new-hire class first

completed an initial OE.

165. “Low-time pilot” means a:

a. Captain or First Officer who has not flown (excluding deadhead) 75 hours of block

time as a Captain or First Officer in his aircraft type, or

b. Captain or First officer on a MAC who, when the block hours they have flown on his

aircraft type are added to the block hours of the other pilot(s), the sum does not

satisfy the Department of Defense 250 hour combined total line operating experience

requirement.

166. “Mainland United States,” means the contiguous 48 states of the United States.

167. “Malaria endemic destination” (MED) means a destination that Flight Operations, in

consultation with the International Flying Optimization Team (IFOT), has recommended

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that employees use a malaria chemoprophylaxis regimen when visiting as a crew

member. Rotations to a MED will be designated in the bid package and on the pilot’s

rotation and a DBMS popup will remind a pilot assigned or awarded a rotation to a MED.

168. “Material change” means an amendment to the Hawaiian marketing agreement that:

a. affects the codeshare or prorate terms or conditions of the Hawaiian marketing

agreement and,

b. has or would have an adverse material economic impact on:

1) the structure or benefits of the Hawaiian marketing agreement to Delta, or

2) a substantial number of the Delta pilots.

X. "MBCBP" means the Delta Air Lines, Inc. Market Based Cash Balance Plan, effective

TBD, as amended.

169. “Medicare disabled” means becoming eligible for Medicare benefits for a reason other

than attainment of Medicare eligibility age.

170. “Medicare eligibility age” means the age at which an individual may apply for hospital

insurance benefits under part A of Medicare as set forth in 42 U.S.C. 426(a)(1).

171. “Military Airlift Charter”

(MAC) means all flight operations conducted as a charter under

an agreement between the Company and the Department of Defense or any branch of the

United States Armed Services, except for Civil Reserve Air Fleet operations. A rotation

that includes MAC operations will be identified with a distinct designator for PBS/PCS

and cannot be awarded to a pilot who has not completed their OE.

172. “Minimum separation length” (MSL) means, for a widebody category in which 20% or

more of the published rotations in a bid period are scheduled to operate for nine or more

days, the weighted average length of the published rotations in a category that are

scheduled to operate for nine or more days, rounded to the nearest whole number, and

published in the bid package.

173. “Month,” for the purposes of Section 1, means calendar month.

174. “Narrowbody,” other than for purposes of Section 1, means an aircraft type under

Section 22 A. 3. g. – l.

175. “New or reestablished category” means, for the purposes of Section 22, a category that

has not been in existence for 60 days since the date of the first opportunity for the first

conversion.

177. “Non-consolidated pilot” means a pilot who has not completed consolidation

requirements as set forth in the FARs (currently Section 121.434(g) or a pilot who has

flown (excluding deadhead) less than 100 block hours, including OE, in his aircraft type).

178. “Non-fly day” means a day or 24-hour period during which a pilot:

a. does not perform flying for the Company,

b. is not scheduled to perform flying for the Company,

c. does not participate in training, other than distributed training (including travel days),

d. does not perform an SLI duty period (including a flex day),

e. is not on Company business,

f. is not removed from his scheduled rotation for the convenience of the Company, or

g. is not on long call or short call.

179. “Non-scheduled flight” means a publicity flight, contract flight, charter flight not shown

on a regular line, scenic flight, attempt, rerouted flight, ferry flight, functional check

flight, verification flight, proving run, experimental flight and airway aid test flight.

180. “Non-seniority list instructor” (NSLI) means an instructor who is:

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a. not on the seniority list, or

b. currently receiving long term disability benefits under the D&S Plan (including the

NWA LTD Plan).

181. “Northwest” means Northwest Airlines, Inc.

182. "NWA" means Northwest Airlines, Inc.

183. “NWA adjusted sick leave bank” means a pilot’s NWA sick leave bank on October 30,

2008 (or, in the case of a NWA disabled pilot or inactive NWA pilot, his NWA sick leave

bank at the applicable date under Section 26 P. 3.) reduced by the number of Delta sick

leave credit hours awarded the pilot upon his transition to the Delta sick leave system.

184. "NWA CBA" means the terminated NWA pilots' collective bargaining agreement that

was in effect on the day preceding October 30, 2008.

185. "NWA disabled pilot" means a former NWA pilot whose disabling condition

arose prior to October 30, 2008 and either (a) is eligible for and receiving

disability benefits from either the NWA Pension Plan or the NWA LTD Plan, or

(b) is a pilot who was eligible for and receiving disability benefits from the NWA

Pension Plan until the pilot attained age 60 on or after December 13, 2007

whether or not the pilot commenced normal retirement benefits at age 60 or older

from the NWA Pension Plan or the NWA Excess Plan.

186. "NWA Excess Plan" means the Northwest Airlines Pension Excess Plan for Pilot

Employees as amended.

187. "NWA LTD Plan" means the Northwest Airlines LTD Plan for Pilot Employees as

incorporated in the D&S plan.

188. "NWA Pension Plan" means the Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees as

amended.

189. “NWA seniority list” means the NWA integrated pilots’ system seniority list.

190. "NWA sick leave bank" means the accumulated sick leave hours of a former NWA pilot

under the NWA CBA as of the day preceding October 30, 2008 (or, in the case of a NWA

disabled pilot or inactive NWA pilot, as of the day preceding the applicable date under

Section 14 D. 1. d. and e.).

191. “Ocean crossing” means a flight segment:

a. across the Atlantic Ocean, or

b. across the Pacific Ocean, as follows:

1) between the North American continent and the Hawaiian Islands,

2) between the Hawaiian Islands and any point west of the 160 degree meridian,

3) between the North American continent and a point west of the 160 degree

meridian,

4) between a Pacific Rim airport and Australia and/or New Zealand,

or,

c. to or from an airport in South America, as follows:

1) between the United States and any point further south of the equator than 3

degrees, 30 minutes south latitude on the South American continent, and

2) any flight segment scheduled for greater than eight hours to, within or from the

South American continent,

or,

d. to or from an airport in Europe that crosses latitude 36°N. and/or longitude 45°E.,

or,

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e. to or from an airport in Africa, as follows:

1) between the United States and any point on the African continent, and

2) any flight segment scheduled for greater than eight hours to, within or from the

African continent,

or,

f. to or from an airport in Asia on a flight segment scheduled for greater than eight

hours to, within or from the Asian continent,

or,

g. across the Arctic Ocean, between the North American continent and the Asian

continent.

X. “Ocean crossing pay” means an hourly pay premium paid to a pilot for flight time flown

on an ocean crossing flight segment operated on any aircraft that does not pay the highest

hourly rate under Section 3 B. 2., provided there is a narrowbody category with an ocean

crossing rotation published in the bid package for that month.

Exception: Ocean crossing segments between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii will not:

a. be considered for the purpose of triggering Ocean crossing pay, or

b. receive Ocean crossing pay.

Note: An ocean crossing flight segment operated on a narrowbody aircraft as a result of

an unscheduled aircraft substitution (i.e., not published in the bid package) will receive

Ocean crossing pay. Such substitution does not trigger ocean crossing pay for any other

aircraft.

192. “OE shadow period” means a period of unavailability that is applied to a pilot’s line prior

to initial line awards under Section 11 F. 8., during which an award of a rotation(s) or on-

call day(s) will be for pay purposes only. Any such rotation(s) or on-call day(s) will

remain available to be awarded to another pilot in PBS.

193. “Off-line deadhead” means travel on a Delta Connection Carrier in category C operations

(i.e., pursuant to a prorate agreement) or any carrier other than Delta Air Lines, Inc.

194. “Off-rotation deadhead” means travel initiated by a pilot, at the beginning or end of a

rotation, by means other than the scheduled deadhead segment.

195. “On-line transportation” means travel on Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Delta Connection

Carriers in category A operations (i.e., not a prorate agreement).

196. “OOA” means Out-of-Area.

197. “Open time” means a rotation(s) not awarded on a regular line in the initial line awards,

or that otherwise becomes available.

198. “Operating experience” (OE) means performing the duties of Captain or First Officer

under the supervision of an LCP under FAR 121.434 (c) and (f).

199. “Operational crewmember” means a pilot who operates the controls of the aircraft, assists

in the operation or control of the aircraft, and/or serves as a relief Captain or relief First

Officer.

200. “Out-of-base pilot” means a pilot who holds the same position at another base.

201. “Pacific flying” means flying on all routes (a) across the Pacific or Arctic ocean between

North America (including Hawaii), on the one hand and Asia or Oceania, on the other

hand, (b) between Asia, on the one hand and Oceania, on the other hand, and (c) to/from

points within Asia.

202. “Parent” means any entity that controls another entity.

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X. “Pay, No Credit” means pay due a pilot that is in addition to all other pay to which the

pilot may otherwise be entitled without the pilot receiving any additional credit for such

assignment.

203. “Permanent residence” means the home where a pilot physically resides on a permanent

basis and at which they intend to remain. Evidence of a pilot’s permanent residence

includes, but is not limited to, their DBMS residence address and residence address for

Company benefits enrollment purposes.

204. “Permitted aircraft type” means:

a. an aircraft operated by Delta Private Jets as an affiliate of the Company (or a

successor to Delta Private Jets that remains an affiliate of the Company), certificated

in the United States for 19 or fewer passenger seats and with a maximum certificated

gross takeoff weight in the United States of 65,000 or fewer pounds,

Exception: Up to five aircraft certificated in the United States for 19 or fewer

passenger seats may have a maximum certificated gross takeoff weight in the United

States of 99,900 or fewer pounds,

and

b. one of up to 125 aircraft (other than the aircraft in Section 1 B. X. a.) certificated for

operation in the United States for 50 or fewer passenger seats and with a maximum

certificated gross takeoff weight in the United States of 65,000 or fewer pounds (“50-

seat aircraft”), and

c. one of up to 102 aircraft configured with 51-70 passenger seats and certificated in the

United States with a maximum gross takeoff weight of 86,000 pounds or less (“70-

seat aircraft”), and

d. one of up to 223 aircraft configured with 71-76 passenger seats and certificated in

the United States with a maximum gross takeoff weight of 86,000 pounds or less

(“76-seat aircraft”).

Note: If on January 1, 2014, or any succeeding January 1 thereafter, the number of

50-seat aircraft in category A or C operations exceeds the maximum permitted

number, the Company will require carriers that engage in category A or C

operations to suspend or cease operations on a sufficient number of 50-seat aircraft

or 76-seat aircraft to comply with these requirements within 60 days and to remain

in compliance thereafter. The Company will be excused from compliance with the

provisions of this Note in the event a circumstance over which the Company does

not have control is the cause of such non-compliance.

Exception one: Up to the 36 EMB-175s that were operated and/or ordered by

Northwest prior to October 30, 2008 may continue to be operated with up to a

maximum gross takeoff weight of 89,000 pounds.

Exception two: In the event the hiring or flow provisions of NWA LOA 2006-10 or

LOA #9 cease to be available, either at the feeder carrier affiliate referenced in such

LOAs or at another carrier, the number of permitted 76-seat aircraft in Section 1 B. X.

d. will be reduced by 35.

205. “Personal drop sick” (PDS) means a personal drop request by a pilot to engage in a

routine health maintenance procedure, i.e., ordinary preventative care that does not

disqualify a pilot from performing duties as a flight crewmember. PDS requests will be

granted at the discretion of the Chief Pilot’s Office.

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206. “Physical standards” means the standards established by the FAA for the issuance of a

First Class Medical Certificate, including the FAA waiver and restriction policy.

207. “Pilot” means an employee of Delta Air Lines, Inc. whose name appears on the Delta Air

Lines Pilots’ system seniority list.

Note: For ease of reading in Section 1, the defined term “pilot” may be modified by the

word “Delta.” Such modification does not change the meaning of the defined term

“pilot.”

208. “Pilot change schedule” (PCS) means a process for the submission of requests for:

a. military leave of absence (see Section 13 D.)

b. personal drop (PD), qualified personal drop (QPD), individual vacation day (IVD),

and authorized personal drop (APD) (see Section 23 I.)

c. swap with the pot (see Section 23 H.)

d. white slip (see Section 23 P.)

e. yellow slip (see Section 23 T.)

f. GS and GSWC (see Section 23 Q.)

g. X-day move (see Section 12 M. 8.)

h. additional day off (see Section 23 S. 16.)

i. recovery slip (see Section 23 J.)

X. “Pilot Performance Data” means information generated by an aircraft, system, component

or device relating to a pilot’s operation of the aircraft.

209. “Pilot retiree” means a pilot (or 13 B. 3. pilot) who retired after June 1, 2006 or a former

NWA pilot who retired after October 30, 2008.

Exception: A NWA disabled pilot is not a pilot retiree.

210. “Pilot-to-pilot swap board” means an electronic system through which a pilot offers

and/or executes a rotation drop, swap, and/or pickup with another pilot under

Section 23 F.

211. “Pilot Working Agreement” or “PWA” means the basic collective bargaining agreement

between Delta Air Lines, Inc. and the air line pilots in the service of Delta Air Lines, Inc.

as represented by the Air Line Pilots Association International, together with all effective

amendments, supplemental agreements, letters of agreement, and letters of understanding

between the Company and the Association.

212. “Position” means the combination of a pilot’s aircraft type and status.

213. “PPO Option B” means the plan providing medical and dental benefits that was in effect

under the NWA CBA, as amended.

214. “Pre-merger Delta pilot” means a pilot whose name appeared on the Delta seniority list

immediately prior to October 30, 2008.

215. “Premium pay” means pay as set forth in Section 23 U. applicable to:

a. an inversely assigned rotation or flight segment(s).

b. a GS rotation.

c. a GSWC rotation.

216. “Pre-tax income” (PTIX) means, for any calendar year, the Company’s consolidated pre-

tax income calculated in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in

the United States and as reported in the Company’s public securities filings but

excluding:

a. all asset write downs related to long term assets,

b. gains or losses with respect to employee equity securities,

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c. gains or losses with respect to extraordinary, one-time or non-recurring events, and

d. expense accrued with respect to the profit sharing plan.

X. “Proffer,” for purposes of Section 23, means an offer of an award or assignment made by

the Company to a pilot that the pilot, in their discretion, may accept or decline.

217. “Proficiency check” (PC) means any of the following validation or evaluation events in

the simulator or Flight Training Device administered under the AQP:

a. Procedures Validation (PV)

b. Maneuvers Validation (MV)

c. Line Operational Evaluation (LOE)

Note: MV and LOE for a pilot obtaining a type rating are not proficiency checks.

218. “Proficiency check pilot” (PCP) means:

a. a pilot who is selected by the Company and designated by the FAA and authorized to

administer proficiency checks in other than line operations, and/or

b. an NSLI who is selected by the Company and designated by the FAA and authorized

to administer proficiency checks in other than line operations under Section 11 D.

219. “Profit/loss sharing agreement” means an agreement or arrangement in which the

Company or a Company affiliate shares in the economic performance of one or more

other carriers and/or of its or their affiliate or affiliates, through incremental revenue

sharing or the sharing of profits or losses in connection with the Company’s and the other

carrier or carriers’ carriage of passengers. An agreement or arrangement that constitutes

an industry standard interline agreement, a codeshare agreement with a carrier engaged in

international partner flying in which there is no sharing in the economic performance of

the carrier’s flying through incremental revenue sharing or the sharing of profits or

losses, a prorate agreement, a sales/super commission agreement, the Hawaiian and

Alaska marketing agreements, and an arrangement between the Company and any

Company affiliate and one or more Delta Connection Carriers is not a profit/loss sharing

agreement.

220. “Projection” means the sum of a pilot’s accumulated credit and remaining scheduled

credit within the bid period.

221. “Projected number of regular lines” means the total scheduled block and credit hours in a

category added to a percentage of the total known absence hours in such category,

divided by the ALV for such category.

Note: The percentage of total known absence hours will be determined by the Director –

Crew Resources & Scheduling with the purpose of determining the most accurate

projected number of regular lines. The Company will provide advance notice of any

intent to change such percentage in a category, and will meet and confer upon request

with the Association to mutually review the reason for the change and to demonstrate the

increased accuracy of the calculation.

222. “Projected number of reserve lines” means the difference between the total number of

pilots on a published category list and the projected number of regular lines for such

category.

223. “Pro rata portion of the ALV” means the ALV for a position divided by the number of

days in a bid period.

224. “Pro rata portion of the reserve guarantee” means the reserve guarantee for a position

divided by the number of days in a bid period.

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225. “Prorate Agreement” means an agreement between the Company or a Company affiliate

and another carrier or its affiliate for the proration of interline revenue between them,

under a standard interline prorate formula, and in a manner that provides no economic

benefit to the Company other than from the carriage of passengers by the Company. The

term "economic benefit" does not include the reimbursement of distribution costs or

industry standard interline service charges.

226. “Purchased vacation” means the vacation days that a pilot receives as a result of a full

service bank transaction.

227. “QHCP certificate” means written verification from a QHCP, with whom a pilot has a

bona fide patient relationship, indicating in general terms the nature of the pilot’s

sickness.

228. “Qualification training” means training necessary to create a position qualification (i.e.,

initial, transition, upgrade, requalification, transoceanic ground school).

229. “Qualified health care professional” (QHCP) means a licensed and credentialed medical

professional who holds one of the following degrees:

a. A.P.R.N.,

b. D.C.,

c. P.A. – C., or

d. PhD, and is credentialed as a licensed clinical psychologist.

230. “Qualified SLI” means an SLI who can function as the instructor of record.

231. “Quarterly continuing qualification training” (QCQ) means distributed training that is

completed quarterly to maintain position qualification under the Company’s Advanced

Qualification Program (AQP).

232. “RAW value grouping” means a range of RAW values for each category in each bid

period determined by mutual agreement between the Director – Crew Resources and

Scheduling and the MEC Scheduling Committee Chairman, and made available no later

than the last day of the prior bid period.

233. “Recalled-medical hold” means the status of a pilot who is unable to present the

Company with a First Class Medical Certificate within 30 days of receipt of their notice

of recall.

234. “Recency” or “recency of experience” means the requirement of a Captain or First

Officer to make at least three takeoffs and landings within a 90-day period under FAR

121.439.

235. “Recovery slip” means a request by a regular pilot to be awarded open time under

Section 23 J. in lieu of being assigned recovery flying under Section 23 K. 1.

X. “Redeye flight segment,” for purposes of Sections 8 and 12, means an eastbound

unaugmented flight segment that intrudes the pilot’s WOCL, or that touches 0200-0359

as the aircraft flies through the air.

236. “Reestablishment of recency” means the training and checking required under FAR

121.439 to reestablish qualifications that have lapsed due to lack of recency.

237. “Regular pilot” means a pilot who holds a regular line.

238. “Release” means:

a. for purposes of determining a pilot’s break-in-duty, the later of:

1) 30 minutes after the block-in of their last flight segment, or

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2) the actual time the pilot is released by the Company (after completion of any

additional duty required by the Company) to begin a rest period sufficient to

break their duty period under Section 12 G.

b. for purposes of determining a pilot’s duty period credit and rotation credit, the later

of:

1) 30 minutes after the actual block-in of the pilot’s last flight segment,

2) 30 minutes after the adjusted block-in of the pilot’s last flight segment determined

by adding the scheduled block time of such flight segment to the later of the

scheduled or actual departure time of such flight segment, or

3) the actual time the pilot is released by the Company (after completion of any

additional duty required by the Company) to begin a rest period sufficient to

break their duty period under Section 12 G.

239. “Relief Captain” means a Captain who is current in their position and augments a crew.

240. “Relief crew” means a relief Captain and a relief First Officer, collectively.

241. “Relief First Officer” means a type rated First Officer who is current in their position and

augments a crew.

242. “Report” means the later of the actual or scheduled time that a pilot begins duty. Such

scheduled time is:

a. one hour before the scheduled departure of the first:

1) non-trans-oceanic flying segment.

2) deadhead on on-line transportation or a Delta Connection Carrier (including an

ocean crossing deadhead that originates within the continental United States).

b. 90 minutes before the scheduled departure of the first:

1) trans-oceanic flight segment, (including an ocean crossing deadhead that

originates outside the continental United States).

2) off-line deadhead segment other than a Delta Connection Carrier.

Exception: Flight segments to/from Hawaii will have a 60-minute report.

243. “Reroute” means:

a. alteration of a pilot’s rotation or portion thereof due to irregular operations to:

1) delete a previously scheduled flight segment(s), and/or

2) add a flight segment(s) that is not open time (including flying removed from open

time),

b. alteration of a pilot’s rotation or portion thereof to:

1) delete a previously scheduled flight segment(s), and/or

2) add a flight segment(s) under Section 23 N. 24. or O. 18.;

and

c. notification to the pilot, after the airborne departure of his first flight segment, of such

alteration.

Note: An alteration in the departure, enroute or arrival time of a scheduled flight segment

does not constitute a reroute.

244. “Reserve assignment weighting” (RAW) means a value assigned to a reserve pilot that is

based on his accumulated credit in a bid period, his CROC days in a bid period, and his

number of short call credits in a bid period. A reserve pilot’s RAW is used as part of the

process of sequencing him for assignment to open time. Such value will be calculated

using the following formula, rounded to the nearest integer:

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Reserve assignment weighting = [(A ÷ C) x 75] + [(B ÷ D) x 100] + (E x 5), where:

A = the reserve pilot’s credit hours accumulated in the bid period plus prorated credit

hours associated with his period of unpaid absence and/or vacation and/or training

(other than qualification or distributed training), if any. The number of prorated

hours associated with his period of unpaid absence and/or vacation and/or training

(other than qualification or distributed training) will be determined by multiplying the

number of days of his unpaid absence and/or vacation and/or training (other than

qualification or distributed training) by the reserve guarantee and then dividing that

product by 30 or 31 (days of the bid period).

B = the reserve pilot’s CROC days plus prorated CROC days associated with his period

of absence other than sick leave, if any (e.g., vacation, training, MLOA, PLOA). The

number of prorated CROC days associated with his period of absence other than sick

leave will be determined by multiplying the number of days of his absence by 18 (on-

call days per bid period) and then dividing that product by 30 or 31 (days of the bid

period).

C = the reserve guarantee.

D = number of on-call days in a full month of reserve.

E = the number of short call periods for which the pilot has been credited in the bid

period.

245. “Reserve day” means a day on which a reserve pilot is scheduled to be on either an on-

call day or an X-day.

246. “Reserve pilot” means a pilot who holds a reserve line.

247. “Reserve pro rata share” means the reserve guarantee divided by the associated number

of on-call days in a bid period on a reserve line.

248. “Reserve utilization order” (RUO) means an order of assigning open time to reserve

pilots, within days-of-availability groupings, that is based upon a comparison of their

RAW value groupings.

249. “Rest facility” means an on-board crew rest accommodation for aircraft used on flights

requiring a relief pilot or relief crew.

a. “Class 1 rest facility” means a bunk or other surface that allows for a flat sleeping

position and is located separate from both the flight deck and passenger cabin in an

area that is temperature-controlled, allows the flightcrew member to control light, and

provides isolation from noise and disturbance.

b. “Class 2 rest facility” means a seat in an aircraft cabin that allows for a flat or near

flat sleeping position, is separated from passengers by a minimum of a curtain to

provide darkness and some sound mitigation, and is reasonably free from disturbance

by passengers or flightcrew members.

c. “Class 3 rest facility” means a seat in an aircraft cabin or flight deck that reclines at

least 40 degrees and provides leg and foot support.

Note one: The FAA will determine the classification of each on-board crew rest

accommodation.

Note two: In the event of a change to the definition of a rest facility under FAR 117, the

parties agree to meet and confer regarding such changes.

250. “Retired” means the termination of employment of a pilot (or 13 B. 3. pilot) after

attaining age 50 but prior to:

a. death,

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b. resignation or quit,

c. discharge by the Company,

d. failure to return to work:

1) upon expiration of approved medical or military leave of absence,

2) upon recall after furlough, or

3) before the date of the expiration of re-employment rights required by law,

e. expiration of furlough status without a return to work.

Note: A NWA disabled pilot is not considered retired.

251. “Rotation” means a duty period, or series of duty periods, that is identified by number

and scheduled to begin and end at a pilot’s base, and all the flight segments contained

therein. The release of a regular pilot for a break-in-duty at their base that is within such

a series of duty periods (“in base layover”) will not end their rotation.

252. “Rotation guarantee” means the pay guarantee under Section 4 F.

253. “Savings Plan” means the Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan.

254. “Scheduled block hour” means an hour of scheduled block time.

255. “Scheduled block times” means the greater of the flight times set forth in the:

a. Company operating schedules, or

b. bid package.

256. “Scheduled flight” means a flight published in the bid package or shown in the

Company’s operating schedules and extra sections thereof.

257. “Scheduled legal duty leave” means legal duty leave that is reported by the pilot to the

Company prior to the close of line bidding for the bid period in which the legal duty

leave is scheduled to occur, and that the Company, at its discretion, places on the pilot’s

schedule prior to the close of line bidding for such bid period.

258. “Seniority” means a pilot’s number on the seniority list.

259. “Seniority date” means the date of a pilot’s seniority as shown on the seniority list.

260. “Seniority list” means the Delta Air Lines Pilots’ system seniority list.

261. “Seniority list instructor” (SLI) means an instructor who is a pilot.

Exception: An instructor who is a pilot currently receiving long term disability benefits

under the D&S Plan (including the NWA LTD Plan) cannot be an SLI.

262. “Service provider” means any entity, other than the Company, that provides any services

for the 401(k) Plan and/or MBCBP including, but not limited to, the record-keeper and

trustee.

263. “Sick” means disabled due to sickness, as defined in Section 14 A. 17.

264. “Sick leave shadow period” means a period of unavailability that is applied to a pilot’s

line prior to initial line awards under Section 14 H., during which an award of a

rotation(s) or on-call day(s) will be for pay purposes only. Any such rotation(s) or on-

call days(s) will remain available to be awarded to another pilot in PBS.

265. “Sick leave year” means the period from June 1 of each year to the subsequent May 31.

266. “Sickness” means any personal medical condition of a pilot, physical or mental, that

disables the pilot from performing duties as a flight crewmember.

Note: Sickness does not include routine health maintenance procedures, i.e., ordinary

preventative care that does not disqualify a pilot from performing duties as a flight

crewmember.

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267. “Sick occurrence” means the period between the time a pilot calls in sick and the time

that they call in well.

Note: Regular line days off and reserve X-days within a sick occurrence will not be

considered to be sick leave.

268. “Single operating certificate” (SOC) means the date on which the FAA issues the

Company an operating certificate that grants the authority to conduct flight operations of

the Company and Northwest as a single airline.

269. “SLI duty period” means one of the following when performed by an SLI:

a. one FTD or simulator period including brief and debrief.

b. one training and/or evaluation event in an aircraft including brief and debrief.

c. a VF(s) and/or an FCF(s), not to exceed 10 hours.

d. a day of Company business away from his training center.

e. a duty period of up to 13 scheduled hours and 15 actual hours during which an SLI

deadheads to and/or from a training location and performs SLI duties.

f. a period consisting solely of deadheading to or from a training location.

g. service as part of a crew complement for one FTD or simulator period, including brief

and debrief.

h. up to eight hours (exclusive of meal break) of office duties or special projects (an

“office day”).

Note: An SLI may be required to perform any SLI duties during their office day or

additional SLI duties that have arisen on short notice during his SLI duty period. Such

SLI will be credited with an additional SLI duty period only if they are required to remain

on duty in excess of eight hours (exclusive of meal break).

270. “Soft non-fly day” means a non-fly day other than a hard non-fly day (i.e., a day on

which a pilot may be inversely assigned to a rotation).

271. “Standard deviation” means an index of variability as set forth in Robert L. Winkler and

William L. Hays, Statistics, Probability, Inference and Decision, 164-5 (2d Ed. 1975).

272. “Standing bid” means a pilot’s order of category preferences, as they exist in DBMS, for

AEs, MDs, and VDs. A pilot’s category preferences may include:

a. a minimum acceptable relative seniority ranking (by number or percentage) in the

category (including his own category),

b. a specification for “regular line only”, or

c. his willingness to be displaced in lieu of a pilot who is junior to him and in his

category.

273. “Status” means a pilot’s rank as Captain or First Officer.

274. “Subsidiary” means any entity that is controlled by another entity.

275. “Sufficient qualifications” means the requirements imposed by law and this PWA to

enter training or serve as a pilot for Delta Air Lines, Inc.

276. “Supplemental vacation” means the vacation days that a pilot receives (for use in the

current or following vacation year) under Section 23 S. 16.

277. “Survivor” or “eligible survivor” means the spouse or child of a deceased pilot, 13 B. 3.

pilot, or pilot retiree, as defined in the D&S Plan.

Exception: The spouse or child of a deceased NWA disabled pilot is not a survivor or

eligible survivor as those terms are defined in the D&S Plan.

278. “Targeted line value” (TLV) means a 12 bid period rolling average of the ALV for a

position that will be between 73 and 78 hours (inclusive).

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279. “Theater,” for purposes of Section 12, means a geographical area in which the distance

between a pilot’s FDP departure point and arrival point differ by no more than 60 degrees

longitude, as defined or subsequently amended under FAR 117.

280. “Theater qualification” means a program for qualification of pilots in a specified area of

operations as set forth in the Airway Manual.

Note one: The Company will review with the Association any plans to modify the terms

and provisions of the theater qualification program set forth in the Airway Manual.

Note two: The addition of a new theater that affects 12 or more scheduled round trips per

bid period in a category will be subject to the implementation schedule under Section 11

J. 5. The Company and the Association will meet and confer to agree upon an

implementation schedule related to a significant modification of an existing theater.

281. “Time away from base” means the period beginning with report at base and ending upon

release at base.

Exception: The “time away from base” of a pilot who is assigned to training away from

base will end at block-in at their base.

Note: See Section 11 I. 3. (travel to training), Section 23 P. 6. (out-of-base white slips)

and Section 23 Q. 13. (out-of-base green slips).

282. “Top-up disability benefit" means the supplemental disability benefit payable to a former

NWA pilot under Section 26 N. 4.

283. “Total projected costs” for the DPMP for each calendar year will be determined by an

actuary selected by the Company and will be developed from the combined experience of

a population composed of all of the Company's active pilots participating in medical and

dental plans excluding HMOs and fully insured options. The Company's actuary will use

reasonable actuarial assumptions and methods that are designed to determine such total

projected costs in the actuary's best professional judgment. By June 15

of each year, the

Company will provide to the Association the actuary's detailed preliminary determination

of what the total projected costs will be for the following calendar year. The Association

may provide comments on such analysis by July 7

, and the Company's actuary will

consider such comments in making its final determination of total projected costs. The

methodology for calculating DPMP base rate premiums and relative values will be as

follows:

a. Total projected claims cost for all Company-sponsored health plans using pilot only

historical paid claims and enrollment experience and applying actuarial

adjustments. Actuarial adjustments to include the following items: healthcare cost

trends, paid-to-incurred adjustments, enrollment changes, plan design changes,

program changes, and other adjustments deemed necessary based on actuarial

standards of practice and judgement (made in consultation with ALPA’s actuary).

b. Allocate total projected claims cost to determine each plan’s claims cost using each

plan’s utilization adjusted actuarial value. This method accounts for the different

utilization by plan exhibited when a group insurance rating pool is split by plan

option.

c. Adjust each plan’s claims cost to reflect cost containment plan features. Plan features

include items such as prescription drug list, supply limits, prior authorization, and

network discount differences. For each change to a cost-containment feature or

program of the plan, ALPA will be provided a description of the feature/program and

the expected cost impact of such change.

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d. Add administrative and program fees applicable to DPMP. Fees include items such as

network and claims administration, utilization and care management programs, third

party vendor programs, and other program costs that applies to DPMP.

Note one: The calculations and the underlying data utilized to make the above

calculations are subject to examination by ALPA and its actuary.

Subsequent DPMP premium adjustments, beginning for the 2024 plan year, will be based

on pilot-only claims experience in all Company-sponsored health plans.

Note two: If changes to health plans affect relative values, the Company and ALPA’s

R&I Committee will meet to review new relative values.

284. “Training” means a Company-sponsored program of instruction and/or evaluation

required by an AQP, the Company, or the FARs (e.g., recency, qualification training,

CQ, distributed training).

285. “Training day(s)” means a day(s) in which a pilot is scheduled to:

a. attend continuous training.

b. travel between their base and the training location.

X. “Training Golden Day” means a day which may not conflict with a pilot’s training

footprint.

286. “Trans-oceanic duty period” means a duty period that contains an ocean crossing

(including deadheading).

287. “Unanticipated accident leave” means accident leave for the current or subsequent bid

period that is reported to the Company by a pilot after the line award for the bid period.

288. “Unanticipated sick leave” means sick leave for the current or subsequent bid period that

is reported to the Company by a pilot after the line award for the bid period.

289. “Unassigned pilot” means a pilot in excess of PWA staffing requirements who is

assigned to an aircraft type and base but does not currently hold a status.

290. “Unaugmented Operation” means a flight segment that does not utilize a relief First

Officer, relief Captain, or relief crew.

291. “United States” means the United States and its possessions and territories including but

not limited to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

292. “Unscheduled legal duty leave” means legal duty leave that the Company does not place

on a pilot’s schedule prior to the close of line bidding for the bid period in which the legal

duty leave is scheduled to occur.

294. “Vacation bank hours” means the hours in a pilot’s vacation bank. Such vacation bank

hours will be equal to:

a. 4:00 for each day of a pilot’s earned vacation, together with purchased and

supplemental vacation for use in the current vacation year for the 2023-2024 vacation

year.

b. 4:15 for each day of a pilot’s earned vacation, together with purchased and

supplemental vacation for use in the current vacation year, effective April 1, 2024.

c. 4:35 for each day of a pilot’s earned vacation, together with purchased and

supplemental vacation for use in the current vacation year, effective April 1, 2025.

295. “Vacation period” means a portion(s) of the combination of a pilot’s earned, purchased

and supplemental vacation that is designated by the pilot as:

a. primary,

b. secondary,

c. tertiary,

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d. quaternary, or

e. quinary.

296. “Vacation year” means the period that begins on April 1

each year and ends on the

following March 31

298. “Verification flight” (VF) means flying that is performed to determine whether a

maintenance repair action has successfully resolved the pertinent problem, provided such

flying does not involve:

a. the planned use of abnormal or special checklists, or

b. determinations of the airworthiness of major system items or troubleshooting.

300. “VS” or “Virgin Atlantic” means Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited and any controlled

foreign air carrier affiliate of Virgin Atlantic Limited.

Note one: For purposes of the definition of VS or Virgin Atlantic, control by Virgin

Atlantic Limited (as entity A within the definition of control under Section 1 B. 19.) will

only exist over a controlled foreign air carrier affiliate (as entity B) under Section 1 B.

19. a. 1) and 2) if Virgin Atlantic Limited, whether directly or indirectly through the

control of other entities, owns securities that constitute and/or are exchangeable into,

exercisable for or convertible into more than 49 percent of B’s outstanding common

stock or voting power of all outstanding securities, as provided under Section 1 B. 19. a.

Control by Virgin Atlantic Limited (as entity A within the definition of “control” under

Section 1 B. 19.) whether directly or indirectly through the control of other entities, over

a controlled foreign air carrier affiliate (as entity B) also exists if one or more of the tests

under Section 1 B. 19. b. – f. is satisfied.

Note two: In the event the owners of Virgin Atlantic Limited form an entity or use an

existing entity (“Entity X”) through which they hold their investment in Virgin Atlantic

Airways Limited, then that Entity X will replace all references to Virgin Atlantic Limited

in Section 1 B. 58., including Note one thereunder and in Section 1 R. 2. a. Note b., for

purposes of determining whether there is a controlled foreign air carrier affiliate. For

example, if there is any such substitution of Entity X for Virgin Atlantic Limited, Section

1 B. 58. would read: “‘VS’ or ‘Virgin Atlantic’ means Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited

and any controlled foreign air carrier affiliate of Entity X.”

Note three: In the event the Company divests its equity interest in Virgin Atlantic

Limited or any entity that controls, directly or indirectly, Virgin Atlantic Airways

Limited, Section 1 B. 58. Notes one and two will be null and void and the definition of

“VS” or “Virgin Atlantic” and the provisions of Section 1 R. will revert to the versions in

effect as of the day prior to December 1, 2016.

Note four: In the event the Company owns its equity interest in Virgin Atlantic Airways

Limited directly and not indirectly through Virgin Atlantic Limited or Entity X, then

Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited will replace all references to Virgin Atlantic Limited or

to Entity X in Section 1 B. 58. and in Section 1 R. 2. a. Note b. If the Company

thereafter again owns its equity interest in Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited indirectly

through another entity (Entity Y), then Entity Y will be added to Section 1 B. 58. and

Section 1 R. 2. a. Note b. as if it were Virgin Atlantic Limited in the foregoing

provisions.

301. “VS JV” means the business relationship between Delta and Virgin Atlantic as embodied

in the Joint Venture Agreement between Delta and Virgin Atlantic as in effect on January

1, 2014.

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302. “White slip” means a request by a regular pilot to be awarded open time under

Section 23 P.

303. “Widebody” means an aircraft type under Section 22 A. 3. a. – f.

304. “Window of circadian low” (WOCL) means the period between 0200 and 0559 (pilot

acclimated time).

305. “Within days-of-availability groupings” means an order of assigning open time under

Section 23 N. or O. to reserve pilots based upon a comparison between each pilot’s days-

of-availability and the length of the rotation.

306. “Within least disruption groupings” means an order of assigning open time to reserve

pilots for whom such assignment would extend into their regular line and conflict with a

rotation(s). Such pilots will be sequenced for assignment by least number of rotation

days to be dropped.

307. “Within least intrusion groupings” means an order of assigning open time to reserve

pilots for whom such assignment would extend into their regular line days-off, but would

not extend into a rotation(s). Such pilots will be sequenced for assignment by least

number of days interrupted.

308. “X-day” means a 24-hour duty-free period at a pilot’s base, on a reserve line.

309. “Year” means a calendar year.

310. “Yellow slip” means a request by a reserve pilot to:

a. become first in sequence for assignment:

1) to a specific rotation(s) (in seniority order within RUO among pilots submitting

yellow slips for such assignment), or

2) on a specific date(s) (in seniority order within RUO among pilots submitting

yellow slips for such assignment),

b. become first in sequence for conversion to short call at a specific time(s) and/or on a

specific date(s) under Section 23 S. 2. c. Note two, or

c. be awarded up to two additional on-call days.

B. Acronyms

1. “ACARS” – Automated Communication and Reporting System

2. “ADG” – Average Daily Guarantee

3. “AE” –- Advance Entitlement

X. “AF” – Air France.

X. “AF/KL/AZ JV” – Air France/KLM/Alitalia joint venture

4. “ALPA” – Air Line Pilots Association, International

5. “ALV” - Average Line Value

6. “AME” – Aviation Medical Examiner

7. “AQP” – Advanced Qualification Program

8. “APD” – Authorized Personal Drop or Aircrew Program Designee

9. “ATP” – Airline Transport Pilot

X. “AZ” – Alitalia

10. “CME” – Company Medical Examiner

11. “COBRA” – Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

12. “COMAT” – Company Material

13. “CROC” – Credited Reserve On-Call Day

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14. “CQ” –Continuing Qualification Training

15. “CTS” – Corporate Travel Services

16. “CVR” – Cockpit Voice Recorder

17. “D&S Plan” – Delta Pilots Disability and Survivorship Plan

18. “DBMS” – Data Base Management System

19. “DHS” – Director of Health Services

20. “DL” – Delta

21. “DP” – Duty Period

22. “DPA” – Duty Period Average

23. “DPAC” – Delta Pilots Assistance Committee

24. “DP-HDHP” – Delta Pilots High Deductible Health Plan

25. “DPMP” – Delta Pilots Medical Plan

26. “EASK” – Equivalent Available Seat Kilometers

27. “EOM” – End of Month

28. “ERC” – Event Review Committee

29. “FAA” – Federal Aviation Administration

30. “FAM” – Flight Advisory Message

31. “FAR” - Federal Aviation Regulation

32. “FCF” – Functional Check Flight

33. “FDP” – Flight Duty Period

34. “FFDR” – Fitness for Duty Report

35. “FICA” – Federal Insurance Contributions Act

36. “FOQA” – Flight Operations Quality Assurance

37. “FRB” – Fitness Review Board

38. “FRMS” – Fatigue Risk Management System

39. “FRMT” – Fatigue Risk Management Team

40. “FSA” – Flexible Spending Account

41. “FTD” – Flight Training Device

42. “GS” – Green Slip

43. “GSWC” - Green Slip With Conflict

44. “HA” – Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.

45. “HMO” - Health Maintenance Organization

46. “IA” – Inverse Assignment

47. “IAWC” – Inverse Assignment With Conflict

48. “IFOT” – International Flying Optimization Team

49. “IOE” – Initial Operating Experience

50. “IROPS” – Irregular Operations

51. “IRS” – Internal Revenue Service

52. “IVD” – Individual Vacation Day

X. “KL” or “KLM” – Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.

53. “LCA” – Line Check Airman

54. “LCP” – Line Check Pilot

55. “LCW” – Line Construction Window

56. “LOE” – Line Operational Evaluation

57. “LTD” - Long Term Disability

58. “LVP” – Line Validation Pilot

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59. “MAC” – Military Airlift Charter

60. “MBCBP” – Market Based Cash Balance Plan

61. “MD” – Mandatory Displacement

62. “MEC” – Master Executive Council

63. “MED” – Malaria endemic destination

64. “MLOA” – Military Leave of Absence

65. “MPPP” – Delta Pilots Money Purchase Pension Plan

66. “MRO” – Medical Review Officer

67. “MV” – Maneuvers Validation

68. “NME” - Neutral Medical Examiner

69. “NSLI” – Non-Seniority List Instructor

70. “NTSB” – National Transportation Safety Board

71. “OE” - Operating Experience

72. “OSS” – Operations Support System

73. “PBS” – Preferential Bidding System

74. “PBSPR” – PBS Premium Rotation

75. “PC” – Proficiency Check

76. “PCP” – Proficiency Check Pilot

77. “PCS” – Pilot Change Schedule

78. “PD” – Personal Drop

79. “PDS” – Personal Drop Sick

80. “PME” – Pilot Medical Examiner

81. “PMX” – Plan Medical Examiner

82. “PS” – Positive Space

83. “PTIX” – Pre-Tax Income

84. “PWA” – Pilot Working Agreement

85. “QCQ” – Quarterly Continuing Qualification Training

86. “QHCP” – Qualified Health Care Professional

87. “QPD” – Qualified Personal Drop

88. “RAP” – Reserve Availability Period

89. “RAW” – Reserve Assignment Weighting

90. “RLL” – Reduced Lower Limit

91. “RUO” – Reserve Utilization Order

92. “SAQ” – Special Airport Qualification

93. “SLI” – Seniority List Instructor

94. “SPC” – Strategic Planning Committee

95. “SS” – Silver Slip

96. “SVP” – Senior Vice President

97. “TQ” – Theater Qualifications

98. “TLV” – Targeted Line Value

99. “VAS” – Voluntary Airport Standby

X. “VS” – Virgin Atlantic

100. “VD” – Voluntary Displacement

101. “VF” – Verification Flight

102. “VPN” – Virtual Private Network

103. “VRU” – Voice Response Unit

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104. “WOCL” – Window of Circadian Low

105. “XCM” – Extra Crew Member

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SECTION 3 1

COMPENSATION 3

A. Definitions 5

1. “Annual compensation” for purposes of the profit sharing plan, means an 7

employee’s gross earnings during the profit sharing plan year, including any sick 8

and vacation pay (whether paid by the Company or from a disability and survivor 9

trust), but excluding: a) expense reimbursements, b) expense allowances, c) 10

income required to be imputed to the employee for any reason pursuant to federal, 11

state or local law, d) profit sharing awards, e) earnings from any other incentive 12

compensation program, f) Company contributions to a retirement plan, g) 13

disability payments, h) income from the grant, vesting, exercise or sale of Delta 14

stock or Delta stock options, i) income relating to, or resulting from, bankruptcy 15

claims, notes, or other securities, j) medical plan payments and k) severance 16

payments. In addition, annual compensation for the purposes of the profit sharing 17

plan includes pilot furlough pay. 18

2. “Block time” means the time beginning when an aircraft first moves for the 19

purpose of flight or repositioning and ending when the aircraft comes to a stop at 20

the next destination or at the point of departure. 21

3. “Composite hourly rate” means the basic hourly rate of pay set forth in the pay 22

tables of Section 3 for each aircraft model, status and longevity step, computed 23

with the traditional factors of speed, mileage, and gross weight taken into account. 24

4. “Domestic operation” means a flight segment to and from an airport, or between 25

airports, located inside the contiguous 48 states of the United States, or a flight 26

segment between an airport located in the Mainland United States and Alaska. 27

5. “Entry level pilot” means a pilot who has not completed their initial OE at the 28

Company. 29

6. “Flight time” means: 30

a. actual block time on a functional check flight and a verification flight 31

segment(s), and 32

b. for all other flying, the greater of actual or scheduled block time on a flight 33

segment(s). 34

7. “International operation” means a flight segment to or from an airport, or between 35

airports, located outside the contiguous 48 states of the United States. 36

Exception: A flight segment between an airport located in the Mainland United 37

States and Alaska will not be considered an international operation. 38

8. “International pay” means an hourly pay premium paid to a pilot for flight time 39

flown in an international operation. 40

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9. "Longevity" means all time beginning at date of employment as a pilot, and 1

ending at termination of employment as a pilot, retirement as a pilot, or death. 2

Exception one: For purposes of vacation, sick leave, and pass benefits, the 3

longevity of a pilot who transferred from another Company department will begin 4

on their most recent date of employment with the Company. 5

Exception two: Longevity (including vacation and sick leave) does not include 6

periods during which a pilot remains on furlough due to their decision to bypass 7

recall. 8

Exception three: On October 30, 2008, a former NWA pilot will receive 9

longevity credit as it existed at Northwest immediately prior to October 30, 2008 10

in addition to longevity credit for any periods of furlough that occurred on or after 11

July 31, 1992 (excluding any periods of furlough bypass) and up to 90 days of 12

credit for the difference in points of time between when such pilot was hired as a 13

pilot and when a pilot in their new-hire class first completed an initial OE. 14

10. “Ocean crossing pay” means an hourly pay premium paid to a pilot for flight time 15

flown on an ocean crossing flight segment operated on any aircraft that does not 16

pay the highest hourly rate under Section 3 B. 2., provided there is a narrowbody 17

category with an ocean crossing rotation published in the bid package for that 18

month. 19

Exception: Ocean crossing segments between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii will 20

not: 21

a. be considered for the purpose of triggering Ocean crossing pay, or 22

b. receive Ocean crossing pay. 23

Note: An ocean crossing flight segment operated on a narrowbody aircraft as a 24

result of an unscheduled aircraft substitution (i.e., not published in the bid 25

package) will receive Ocean crossing pay. Such substitution does not trigger 26

ocean crossing pay for any other aircraft. 27

11. “Pay, No Credit” means pay due a pilot that is in addition to all other pay to 28

which the pilot may otherwise be entitled without the pilot receiving any 29

additional credit for such assignment. 30

12. “Pre-tax income” (PTIX) means, for any calendar year, the Company’s 31

consolidated pre-tax income calculated in accordance with Generally Accepted 32

Accounting Principles in the United States and as reported in the Company’s 33

public securities filings but excluding: 34

a. all asset write downs related to long term assets, 35

b. gains or losses with respect to employee equity securities, 36

c. gains or losses with respect to extraordinary, one-time or non-recurring 37

events, and 38

d. expense accrued with respect to the profit sharing plan. 39

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B. Pay Tables

1. A pilot will be paid for flight time in accordance with the composite hourly rates set forth

in the pay tables of Section 3 B. 2.

2. a. Effective January 1, 2023, composite hourly pay rates will be as follows:

Captain 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

B-777 417.54 414.40 411.28 408.16 405.02 401.92 398.78 395.68 392.52 389.39 386.23 383.12

A-350 417.54 414.40 411.28 408.16 405.02 401.92 398.78 395.68 392.52 389.39 386.23 383.12

B-787 417.54 414.40 411.28 408.16 405.02 401.92 398.78 395.68 392.52 389.39 386.23 383.12

A-330-900/300/200 417.54 414.40 411.28 408.16 405.02 401.92 398.78 395.68 392.52 389.39 386.23 383.12

B-767-400ER 417.54 414.40 411.28 408.16 405.02 401.92 398.78 395.68 392.52 389.39 386.23 383.12

B-767-300ER 349.50 345.93 342.25 338.61 336.22 333.46 331.01 328.45 325.68 323.06 320.46 317.76

B-767-300/200 349.50 345.93 342.25 338.61 336.22 333.46 331.01 328.45 325.68 323.06 320.46 317.76

B-757 349.50 345.93 342.25 338.61 336.22 333.46 331.01 328.45 325.68 323.06 320.46 317.76

A-321N 349.50 345.93 342.25 338.61 336.22 333.46 331.01 328.45 325.68 323.06 320.46 317.76

B-737-900 336.89 334.29 331.69 329.24 326.64 324.10 321.57 319.02 316.45 313.90 311.46 309.03

A-321 336.89 334.29 331.69 329.24 326.64 324.10 321.57 319.02 316.45 313.90 311.46 309.03

B-737-800/700 335.13 332.67 330.13 327.65 325.11 322.59 320.10 317.60 315.06 312.52 310.09 307.69

A-320/319 335.13 332.67 330.13 327.65 325.11 322.59 320.10 317.60 315.06 312.52 310.09 307.69

A-220-300 323.39 320.94 318.47 316.02 313.60 311.17 308.74 306.27 303.81 301.37 298.96 296.51

A-220-100 310.15 307.80 305.43 303.08 300.76 298.42 296.10 293.73 291.38 289.03 286.73 284.37

B-717 301.57 299.40 297.08 294.78 292.51 290.24 288.05 285.69 283.51 281.23 278.94 276.90

EMB-195 253.19 251.34 249.39 247.48 245.57 243.66 241.81 239.86 238.05 236.09 234.17 232.45

EMB-190/CRJ-900 215.41 213.82 212.19 210.54 208.93 207.30 205.69 204.05 202.51 200.90 199.23 197.76

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a. January 1, 2023 composite hourly pay rates (continued) 1

First Officer 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

B-777 285.22 282.62 280.11 276.36 273.38 267.25 260.02 253.59 247.68 241.82 206.65 108.34

A-350 285.22 282.62 280.11 276.36 273.38 267.25 260.02 253.59 247.68 241.82 206.65 108.34

B-787 285.22 282.62 280.11 276.36 273.38 267.25 260.02 253.59 247.68 241.82 206.65 108.34

A-330-900/300/200 285.22 282.62 280.11 276.36 273.38 267.25 260.02 253.59 247.68 241.82 206.65 108.34

B-767-400ER 285.22 282.62 280.11 276.36 273.38 267.25 260.02 253.59 247.68 241.82 206.65 108.34

B-767-300ER 238.71 235.93 233.07 229.26 226.96 221.76 215.81 210.54 205.51 200.62 171.44 108.34

B-767-300/200 238.71 235.93 233.07 229.26 226.96 221.76 215.81 210.54 205.51 200.62 171.44 108.34

B-757 238.71 235.93 233.07 229.26 226.96 221.76 215.81 210.54 205.51 200.62 171.44 108.34

A-321N 238.71 235.93 233.07 229.26 226.96 221.76 215.81 210.54 205.51 200.62 171.44 108.34

B-737-900 230.10 227.98 225.91 222.88 220.51 215.54 209.67 204.47 199.67 194.95 166.60 108.34

A-321 230.10 227.98 225.91 222.88 220.51 215.54 209.67 204.47 199.67 194.95 166.60 108.34

B-737-800/700 228.90 226.87 224.80 221.80 219.46 214.50 208.68 203.59 198.81 194.09 165.91 108.34

A-320/319 228.90 226.87 224.80 221.80 219.46 214.50 208.68 203.59 198.81 194.09 165.91 108.34

A-220-300 220.88 218.89 216.90 213.97 211.68 206.91 201.28 196.32 191.70 187.17 159.95 108.34

A-220-100 211.83 209.92 208.01 205.20 203.01 198.44 193.04 188.27 183.84 179.50 153.40 108.34

B-717 205.96 204.23 202.30 199.56 197.47 193.00 187.80 183.11 178.89 174.63 149.21 108.34

EMB-195 172.95 171.42 169.84 167.55 165.77 162.03 157.66 153.77 150.19 146.62 125.29 108.34

EMB-190/CRJ-900 147.10 145.84 144.48 142.53 141.03 137.85 134.11 130.80 127.76 124.73 108.34 108.34

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b. Effective January 1, 2024, composite hourly pay rates will be as follows: 1

Captain 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

B-777 438.42 435.12 431.84 428.57 425.27 422.02 418.72 415.46 412.15 408.86 405.54 402.28

A-350 438.42 435.12 431.84 428.57 425.27 422.02 418.72 415.46 412.15 408.86 405.54 402.28

B-787 438.42 435.12 431.84 428.57 425.27 422.02 418.72 415.46 412.15 408.86 405.54 402.28

A-330-900/300/200 438.42 435.12 431.84 428.57 425.27 422.02 418.72 415.46 412.15 408.86 405.54 402.28

B-767-400ER 438.42 435.12 431.84 428.57 425.27 422.02 418.72 415.46 412.15 408.86 405.54 402.28

B-767-300ER 366.98 363.23 359.36 355.54 353.03 350.13 347.56 344.87 341.96 339.21 336.48 333.65

B-767-300/200 366.98 363.23 359.36 355.54 353.03 350.13 347.56 344.87 341.96 339.21 336.48 333.65

B-757 366.98 363.23 359.36 355.54 353.03 350.13 347.56 344.87 341.96 339.21 336.48 333.65

A-321N 366.98 363.23 359.36 355.54 353.03 350.13 347.56 344.87 341.96 339.21 336.48 333.65

B-737-900 353.73 351.00 348.27 345.70 342.97 340.31 337.65 334.97 332.27 329.60 327.03 324.48

A-321 353.73 351.00 348.27 345.70 342.97 340.31 337.65 334.97 332.27 329.60 327.03 324.48

B-737-800/700 351.89 349.30 346.64 344.03 341.37 338.72 336.11 333.48 330.81 328.15 325.59 323.07

A-320/319 351.89 349.30 346.64 344.03 341.37 338.72 336.11 333.48 330.81 328.15 325.59 323.07

A-220-300 339.56 336.99 334.39 331.82 329.28 326.73 324.18 321.58 319.00 316.44 313.91 311.34

A-220-100 325.66 323.19 320.70 318.23 315.80 313.34 310.91 308.42 305.95 303.48 301.07 298.59

B-717 316.65 314.37 311.93 309.52 307.14 304.75 302.45 299.97 297.69 295.29 292.89 290.75

EMB-195 265.85 263.91 261.86 259.85 257.85 255.84 253.90 251.85 249.95 247.89 245.88 244.07

EMB-190/CRJ-900 226.18 224.51 222.80 221.07 219.38 217.67 215.97 214.25 212.64 210.95 209.19 207.65

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b. January 1, 2024 composite hourly pay rates (continued) 1

First Officer 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

B-777 299.48 296.75 294.12 290.18 287.05 280.61 273.02 266.27 260.06 253.91 216.98 113.76

A-350 299.48 296.75 294.12 290.18 287.05 280.61 273.02 266.27 260.06 253.91 216.98 113.76

B-787 299.48 296.75 294.12 290.18 287.05 280.61 273.02 266.27 260.06 253.91 216.98 113.76

A-330-900/300/200 299.48 296.75 294.12 290.18 287.05 280.61 273.02 266.27 260.06 253.91 216.98 113.76

B-767-400ER 299.48 296.75 294.12 290.18 287.05 280.61 273.02 266.27 260.06 253.91 216.98 113.76

B-767-300ER 250.65 247.73 244.72 240.72 238.31 232.85 226.60 221.07 215.79 210.65 180.01 113.76

B-767-300/200 250.65 247.73 244.72 240.72 238.31 232.85 226.60 221.07 215.79 210.65 180.01 113.76

B-757 250.65 247.73 244.72 240.72 238.31 232.85 226.60 221.07 215.79 210.65 180.01 113.76

A-321N 250.65 247.73 244.72 240.72 238.31 232.85 226.60 221.07 215.79 210.65 180.01 113.76

B-737-900 241.61 239.38 237.21 234.02 231.54 226.32 220.15 214.69 209.65 204.70 174.93 113.76

A-321 241.61 239.38 237.21 234.02 231.54 226.32 220.15 214.69 209.65 204.70 174.93 113.76

B-737-800/700 240.35 238.21 236.04 232.89 230.43 225.23 219.11 213.77 208.75 203.79 174.21 113.76

A-320/319 240.35 238.21 236.04 232.89 230.43 225.23 219.11 213.77 208.75 203.79 174.21 113.76

A-220-300 231.92 229.83 227.75 224.67 222.26 217.26 211.34 206.14 201.29 196.53 167.95 113.76

A-220-100 222.42 220.42 218.41 215.46 213.16 208.36 202.69 197.68 193.03 188.48 161.07 113.76

B-717 216.26 214.44 212.42 209.54 207.34 202.65 197.19 192.27 187.83 183.36 156.67 113.76

EMB-195 181.60 179.99 178.33 175.93 174.06 170.13 165.54 161.46 157.70 153.95 131.55 113.76

EMB-190/CRJ-900 154.46 153.13 151.70 149.66 148.08 144.74 140.82 137.34 134.15 130.97 113.76 113.76

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c. Effective January 1, 2025, composite hourly pay rates will be as follows: 1

Captain 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

B-777 455.96 452.52 449.11 445.71 442.28 438.90 435.47 432.08 428.64 425.21 421.76 418.37

A-350 455.96 452.52 449.11 445.71 442.28 438.90 435.47 432.08 428.64 425.21 421.76 418.37

B-787 455.96 452.52 449.11 445.71 442.28 438.90 435.47 432.08 428.64 425.21 421.76 418.37

A-330-900/300/200 455.96 452.52 449.11 445.71 442.28 438.90 435.47 432.08 428.64 425.21 421.76 418.37

B-767-400ER 455.96 452.52 449.11 445.71 442.28 438.90 435.47 432.08 428.64 425.21 421.76 418.37

B-767-300ER 381.66 377.76 373.73 369.76 367.15 364.14 361.46 358.66 355.64 352.78 349.94 347.00

B-767-300/200 381.66 377.76 373.73 369.76 367.15 364.14 361.46 358.66 355.64 352.78 349.94 347.00

B-757 381.66 377.76 373.73 369.76 367.15 364.14 361.46 358.66 355.64 352.78 349.94 347.00

A-321N 381.66 377.76 373.73 369.76 367.15 364.14 361.46 358.66 355.64 352.78 349.94 347.00

B-737-900 367.88 365.04 362.20 359.53 356.69 353.92 351.16 348.37 345.56 342.78 340.11 337.46

A-321 367.88 365.04 362.20 359.53 356.69 353.92 351.16 348.37 345.56 342.78 340.11 337.46

B-737-800/700 365.97 363.27 360.51 357.79 355.02 352.27 349.55 346.82 344.04 341.28 338.61 335.99

A-320/319 365.97 363.27 360.51 357.79 355.02 352.27 349.55 346.82 344.04 341.28 338.61 335.99

A-220-300 353.14 350.47 347.77 345.09 342.45 339.80 337.15 334.44 331.76 329.10 326.47 323.79

A-220-100 338.69 336.12 333.53 330.96 328.43 325.87 323.35 320.76 318.19 315.62 313.11 310.53

B-717 329.32 326.94 324.41 321.90 319.43 316.94 314.55 311.97 309.60 307.10 304.61 302.38

EMB-195 276.48 274.47 272.33 270.24 268.16 266.07 264.06 261.92 259.95 257.81 255.72 253.83

EMB-190/CRJ-900 235.23 233.49 231.71 229.91 228.16 226.38 224.61 222.82 221.15 219.39 217.56 215.96

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c. January 1, 2025 composite hourly pay rates (continued) 1

First Officer 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

B-777 311.46 308.62 305.88 301.79 298.53 291.83 283.94 276.92 270.46 264.07 225.66 118.31

A-350 311.46 308.62 305.88 301.79 298.53 291.83 283.94 276.92 270.46 264.07 225.66 118.31

B-787 311.46 308.62 305.88 301.79 298.53 291.83 283.94 276.92 270.46 264.07 225.66 118.31

A-330-900/300/200 311.46 308.62 305.88 301.79 298.53 291.83 283.94 276.92 270.46 264.07 225.66 118.31

B-767-400ER 311.46 308.62 305.88 301.79 298.53 291.83 283.94 276.92 270.46 264.07 225.66 118.31

B-767-300ER 260.68 257.64 254.51 250.35 247.84 242.16 235.66 229.91 224.42 219.08 187.21 118.31

B-767-300/200 260.68 257.64 254.51 250.35 247.84 242.16 235.66 229.91 224.42 219.08 187.21 118.31

B-757 260.68 257.64 254.51 250.35 247.84 242.16 235.66 229.91 224.42 219.08 187.21 118.31

A-321N 260.68 257.64 254.51 250.35 247.84 242.16 235.66 229.91 224.42 219.08 187.21 118.31

B-737-900 251.27 248.96 246.70 243.38 240.80 235.37 228.96 223.28 218.04 212.89 181.93 118.31

A-321 251.27 248.96 246.70 243.38 240.80 235.37 228.96 223.28 218.04 212.89 181.93 118.31

B-737-800/700 249.96 247.74 245.48 242.21 239.65 234.24 227.87 222.32 217.10 211.94 181.18 118.31

A-320/319 249.96 247.74 245.48 242.21 239.65 234.24 227.87 222.32 217.10 211.94 181.18 118.31

A-220-300 241.20 239.02 236.86 233.66 231.15 225.95 219.79 214.39 209.34 204.39 174.67 118.31

A-220-100 231.32 229.24 227.15 224.08 221.69 216.69 210.80 205.59 200.75 196.02 167.51 118.31

B-717 224.91 223.02 220.92 217.92 215.63 210.76 205.08 199.96 195.34 190.69 162.94 118.31

EMB-195 188.86 187.19 185.46 182.97 181.02 176.94 172.16 167.92 164.01 160.11 136.81 118.31

EMB-190/CRJ-900 160.64 159.26 157.77 155.65 154.00 150.53 146.45 142.83 139.52 136.21 118.31 118.31

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d. Effective January 1, 2026, composite hourly pay rates will be as follows: 1

Captain 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

B-777 474.20 470.62 467.07 463.54 459.97 456.46 452.89 449.36 445.79 442.22 438.63 435.10

A-350 474.20 470.62 467.07 463.54 459.97 456.46 452.89 449.36 445.79 442.22 438.63 435.10

B-787 474.20 470.62 467.07 463.54 459.97 456.46 452.89 449.36 445.79 442.22 438.63 435.10

A-330-900/300/200 474.20 470.62 467.07 463.54 459.97 456.46 452.89 449.36 445.79 442.22 438.63 435.10

B-767-400ER 474.20 470.62 467.07 463.54 459.97 456.46 452.89 449.36 445.79 442.22 438.63 435.10

B-767-300ER 396.93 392.87 388.68 384.55 381.84 378.71 375.92 373.01 369.87 366.89 363.94 360.88

B-767-300/200 396.93 392.87 388.68 384.55 381.84 378.71 375.92 373.01 369.87 366.89 363.94 360.88

B-757 396.93 392.87 388.68 384.55 381.84 378.71 375.92 373.01 369.87 366.89 363.94 360.88

A-321N 396.93 392.87 388.68 384.55 381.84 378.71 375.92 373.01 369.87 366.89 363.94 360.88

B-737-900 382.60 379.64 376.69 373.91 370.96 368.08 365.21 362.30 359.38 356.49 353.71 350.96

A-321 382.60 379.64 376.69 373.91 370.96 368.08 365.21 362.30 359.38 356.49 353.71 350.96

B-737-800/700 380.61 377.80 374.93 372.10 369.22 366.36 363.53 360.69 357.80 354.93 352.15 349.43

A-320/319 380.61 377.80 374.93 372.10 369.22 366.36 363.53 360.69 357.80 354.93 352.15 349.43

A-220-300 367.27 364.49 361.68 358.89 356.15 353.39 350.64 347.82 345.03 342.26 339.53 336.74

A-220-100 352.24 349.56 346.87 344.20 341.57 338.90 336.28 333.59 330.92 328.24 325.63 322.95

B-717 342.49 340.02 337.39 334.78 332.21 329.62 327.13 324.45 321.98 319.38 316.79 314.48

EMB-195 287.54 285.45 283.22 281.05 278.89 276.71 274.62 272.40 270.35 268.12 265.95 263.98

EMB-190/CRJ-900 244.64 242.83 240.98 239.11 237.29 235.44 233.59 231.73 230.00 228.17 226.26 224.60

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January 1, 2026 composite hourly pay rates (continued) 1

First Officer 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

B-777 323.92 320.96 318.12 313.86 310.47 303.50 295.30 288.00 281.28 274.63 234.69 123.04

A-350 323.92 320.96 318.12 313.86 310.47 303.50 295.30 288.00 281.28 274.63 234.69 123.04

B-787 323.92 320.96 318.12 313.86 310.47 303.50 295.30 288.00 281.28 274.63 234.69 123.04

A-330-900/300/200 323.92 320.96 318.12 313.86 310.47 303.50 295.30 288.00 281.28 274.63 234.69 123.04

B-767-400ER 323.92 320.96 318.12 313.86 310.47 303.50 295.30 288.00 281.28 274.63 234.69 123.04

B-767-300ER 271.11 267.95 264.69 260.36 257.75 251.85 245.09 239.11 233.40 227.84 194.70 123.04

B-767-300/200 271.11 267.95 264.69 260.36 257.75 251.85 245.09 239.11 233.40 227.84 194.70 123.04

B-757 271.11 267.95 264.69 260.36 257.75 251.85 245.09 239.11 233.40 227.84 194.70 123.04

A-321N 271.11 267.95 264.69 260.36 257.75 251.85 245.09 239.11 233.40 227.84 194.70 123.04

B-737-900 261.32 258.92 256.57 253.12 250.43 244.78 238.12 232.21 226.76 221.41 189.21 123.04

A-321 261.32 258.92 256.57 253.12 250.43 244.78 238.12 232.21 226.76 221.41 189.21 123.04

B-737-800/700 259.96 257.65 255.30 251.90 249.24 243.61 236.98 231.21 225.78 220.42 188.43 123.04

A-320/319 259.96 257.65 255.30 251.90 249.24 243.61 236.98 231.21 225.78 220.42 188.43 123.04

A-220-300 250.85 248.58 246.33 243.01 240.40 234.99 228.58 222.97 217.71 212.57 181.66 123.04

A-220-100 240.57 238.41 236.24 233.04 230.56 225.36 219.23 213.81 208.78 203.86 174.21 123.04

B-717 233.91 231.94 229.76 226.64 224.26 219.19 213.28 207.96 203.15 198.32 169.46 123.04

EMB-195 196.41 194.68 192.88 190.29 188.26 184.02 179.05 174.64 170.57 166.51 142.28 123.04

EMB-190/CRJ-900 167.07 165.63 164.08 161.88 160.16 156.55 152.31 148.54 145.10 141.66 123.04 123.04

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3. A regular pilot who flies an aircraft model other than that shown on such pilot’s line will 1

have their pay computed at the rate of the aircraft model flown. 2

4. If, during any consecutive rolling 18-month period, the Company grants an across-the-3

board increase in base pay rates to non-pilot U.S.-based workgroups covering 30% or 4

more of its non-pilot U.S.-based workforce, then a review of pilot effective hourly rates 5

will be triggered (see Section 3 B. 4. Note one). If, as a result of that review, it is 6

determined that, as of the date the review was triggered, the Delta top-of-scale 757 7

Captain effective hourly rate is less than 100% of the average of the top-of-scale 757 8

Captain effective hourly domestic rates at United and American, the pilot effective hourly 9

rates will be increased (except as provided in Section 3 B. 4. Note three). The amount of 10

increase will be the lesser of the percentage difference between the Delta top-of-scale 757 11

Captain effective hourly rate and 100% of the top-of-scale average 757 Captain effective 12

hourly domestic day rates at United and American, or the average percentage increase 13

(except as provided in Section 3 B. 4. Note three) granted to the non-pilot U.S.-based 14

workgroups of the Company. Any percentage increase due the pilots will be effective as 15

of the date of the increase that triggered the review. 16

Note one: The effective pilot hourly rates at American, Delta, and United will be the 17

hourly rate in effect at each respective carrier at the time the review is triggered, 18

increased by the percent of pay received under the profit sharing plan for the preceding 19

profit sharing plan year, at each respective carrier. For example, if a review is triggered 20

on April 1 and the payouts for the preceding profit sharing plan years were 5% of a 21

pilot’s pay for that year at American, 15% at Delta, and 10% at United, the effective pilot 22

hourly rates at each respective carrier will be the hourly rate then in effect at American 23

multiplied by 1.05, the hourly rate then in effect at Delta multiplied by 1.15, and the 24

hourly rate then in effect at United multiplied by 1.1. 25

Exception: For purposes of Section 3 B. 4. Note one, the percent of pay, if any, 26

received by American or United pilots under a profit sharing plan will not exceed the 27

percent of pay received by Delta pilots for profit sharing in the most recently completed 28

plan year. For example, if United pilots received 10% of pay in profit sharing and 29

Delta pilots received 8% of pay in profit sharing, for purposes of a Section 3 B. 4. 30

review, the United top-of-scale Captain 757 hourly rate would be multiplied by 1.08. 31

Note two: The Company will provide the Association with its calculation of any review 32

triggered under Section 3 B. 4. The parties agree to meet and confer to address any 33

issues raised by the calculation of top-of-scale 757 Captain effective hourly rates at 34

United and American. 35

Note three: Base pay rates for non-pilot U.S. – based workgroups will only be 36

considered to have increased to the extent they exceed the rates in effect on March 2, 37

2023. Should an increase for non-pilot U.S.-based workgroups exceed the base pay rates 38

in effect on March 2, 2023, then only the percentage by which such an increase exceeds 39

the applicable March 2, 2023, base pay rates will be considered in the calculation of the 40

percentage increase that may be applied to pilot composite hourly rates. 41

5. If, during the term of the PWA, either United or American reach a new collective 42

bargaining agreement establishing a higher top-of-scale Captain hourly rate of pay for the 43

highest paying aircraft the respective carrier operates as of March 2, 2023, then on a one-44

time basis for each compared carrier, the composite hourly pay rates for all aircraft types 45

under Section 3 B. 2. will increase to match the percentage difference between the top 46

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Delta hourly rate of pay and the identified higher hourly rate at the other carrier (“me 1

too” percentage), plus an additional 1%. 2

Note one: All Section 3 B. 2. pay tables will increase by the same (“me-too” + 1%) 3

percentage as calculated above. 4

Note two: Comparisons will be based on the hourly pay rate as of the effective date (date 5

of signing) of the new collective bargaining agreement at American and/or United and 6

the current Section 3 B. 2. pay tables then in effect. 7

Note three: Section 3 B. 5. does not apply to hourly pay rate increases generated by “me-8

too” clauses at other carriers triggered by raises under this PWA. 9

Note four: This provision will become null and void on the amendable date of this PWA. 10

C. International Pay 12

International pay is: 14

Captain $6.50 15

First Officer $4.50 16

D. Entry Level Pilot Pay 18

An entry level pilot will be paid 2:30 per calendar day (excluding days for which they are on 20

an unpaid leave of absence) at the composite hourly pay rate established for the first-year 21

longevity step beginning on their first day of employment with the Company as a pilot. 22

E. New Aircraft Models 24

1. The Company will give the Association notice of its intention to introduce a new aircraft 26

model at least six months prior to the projected scheduled revenue service date, or within 27

30 days after entering into the contract for procurement of the new aircraft model, 28

whichever is later in time. (A new aircraft model is an aircraft model for which no 29

composite hourly pay rate exists in the pay tables set forth in Section 3 B.). 30

2. The parties will meet within 15 days following written request by either party to negotiate 31

an agreement setting forth the rates of pay and work rules for such new aircraft model. 32

3. If such negotiations do not result in agreement executed within 90 days from the date of 33

the parties first meeting, either party may submit the dispute to expedited final and 34

binding interest arbitration before a Five Member System Board of Adjustment under 35

Section 19. The award of the Five Member System Board of Adjustment must be 36

rendered within 60 days following submission of the dispute unless the parties agree 37

otherwise. 38

4. In reaching its determination the Five Member System Board of Adjustment will give 39

controlling weight to the mission, rates of pay and work rules applicable to the most 40

closely comparable aircraft models, in terms of speed, passenger capacity, range, fuel 41

economy, and gross weight, at the Company and at the three other largest domestic air 42

carriers (measured in ASMs by aircraft types other than permitted aircraft types as 43

defined in Section 1 B. X.). 44

5. During this process (until implementation of an executed agreement or of the Five 45

Member System Board award), the Company will establish rates of pay and work rules 46

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(including any unique transition requirements and aircraft type classification) for affected 1

pilots training for and flying such aircraft, that in its judgment are consistent with the 2

criteria of Section 3 E. 4. 3

6. Pilots will undergo training for and fly such new aircraft model in the Company’s 4

scheduled and non-scheduled operation without regard to the length of time required to 5

complete this process. 6

7. The initial rates of pay agreed to by the parties or established by the Five Member System 7

Board of Adjustment for such new aircraft model will be effective as of the date of the 8

first conversion into the category (if the aircraft model is determined to be a new aircraft 9

type) or as of its actual revenue service date (if the aircraft model is determined to be part 10

of an existing aircraft type). 11

F. Date of Rotation 13

For pay and credit purposes, the date on which a pilot is scheduled to depart (block-out) on 15

the first flight segment of a rotation will be considered the date on which the rotation was 16

flown. 17

G. Monthly Pay 19

A pilot will receive their earnings for a bid period in the form of two semi-monthly payroll 21

checks: 22

1. An end-of-month (EOM) partial payment on the last business day of the corresponding 23

calendar month in the amount of one-half of the reserve guarantee at their composite 24

hourly pay rate as of the date of the payment, and 25

2. A consolidation payment on the last business day prior to the 16

of the following 26

calendar month for the difference between their total earnings for the bid period and the 27

amount of their EOM partial payment, if applicable. 28

H. Monthly Incentive Program 30

Pilot participation in the Monthly Incentive Program in accordance with the following: 32

Monthly Incentive Program

Eligibility

Pilot and non-pilot employees of

Delta generally, excluding

officers and directors

Maximum Potential

Payout

$100 cash per month per eligible

employee

Award

Measurement

Criteria

Operational Excellence and Overall

Customer Satisfaction

Method of Payout

Calculation

Payout will be based on:

1.On-Time Performance

2.Baggage Handling; and

3. Completion Factor

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Timing of Payment

Earned monthly

Pensionable

Yes

I. Profit Sharing Plan 2

Provide Profit Sharing in accordance with the following: 4

Delta Air Lines, Inc. Annual Profit Sharing Plan

Eligibility

Pilot and non-pilot employees of the Company generally, except

for employees eligible for the Delta Air Lines, Inc. Annual Profit

Sharing Plan for Ground and Flight Attendant Employees, and

management employees covered by incentive compensation plans

Pilot Payout

Calculation

PTIX Levels

% of PTIX Paid under

Program

$0 to $2.5 billion

10.0%

Over $2.5 billion

20.0%

Program Year

The calendar year

Basis of Individual

Award

Individual employee’s annual compensation in the year in which

the PTIX was earned as a percentage of total annual compensation

for that year for all employees eligible for (a) the Delta Air Lines,

Inc. Annual Profit Sharing Plan, or (b) the Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Annual Profit Sharing Plan for Ground and Flight Attendant

Employees. The Association will have the right to review the

methodology and calculation of awards prior to such awards.

Timing of Accrual

and Payment

Accrue annually; award to be paid within 30 calendar days after

the date on which the Company’s annual audited consolidated

financial statements are released. Such statements are typically

released in late January but payment under the profit sharing plan

will typically occur on February 14

Pensionable

Yes

Type of Payment

Cash

Impact of

Termination of

Employment

A former pilot whose employment has been severed for any

reason, including retirement, resignation, or termination for any

reason, will receive, at the same time as pilots, an award based on

their annual compensation for the period in which the pilot earned

such compensation, as will the estate or designated beneficiary of

a deceased pilot who earned such compensation.

Exception: A pilot who retires from the Company in December of

one calendar year and receives compensation in the subsequent

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calendar year will receive a profit sharing award based on such

annual compensation in the subsequent calendar year

notwithstanding their prior separation from Delta.*

* The Company will amend the Delta Air Lines, Inc. Annual Profit Sharing Plan

consistent with Section 3 I.

J. Ocean Crossing Pay 1

Ocean crossing pay is: 3

Captain $8.00 4

First Officer $6.00 5

K. Holiday Pay 7

A pilot who operates a rotation that touches one of the following holidays will receive 9

additional ADG pay, no credit (in addition to any other form of pay) for each such day: 10

1. New Year’s Eve 11

2. New Year’s Day 12

3. Memorial Day 13

4. Independence Day 14

5. Thanksgiving Day 15

6. Christmas Eve 16

7. Christmas Day 17

Note: A pilot will receive holiday pay regardless of whether or not their rotation contains a 18

duty period on one of the above holidays. 19

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SECTION 4

MINIMUM PAY AND CREDIT GUARANTEES

A. Definitions

1. “Aircraft model” means an aircraft (e.g., B-737-800, A-330-900) within an aircraft type.

2. “Aircraft type” means one of the following groupings:

a. B-777

g. A-321N/321/320/319

b. A-350

h. B-737-900/800/700

c. B-787

i. A-220-300/100

d. A-330-900/300/200

j. B-717

e. B-767-400ER

k. EMB-195/190

f. B-767 (all except B-767-

400ER)/B-757

l. CRJ-900

3. “Flying,” “flown,” “flies,” and “fly” for purposes of Sections 4, 12, and 23, means:

a. operation of a flight as a cockpit crewmember, and/or

b. a deadhead by air.

4. “Known absence” means a period of unavailability in a subsequent bid period for which a

pilot is scheduled prior to the close of initial line awards for such bid period (e.g.,

training, vacation, sick, MLOA, ALPA duty) during which a pilot may not be awarded a

rotation(s) or on-call day(s).

5. “Line” means a pilot’s bid period schedule.

a. “Initial line” means the line awarded/assigned to a pilot via PBS or DBMS.

b. “Adjusted line” means a pilot’s initial line as modified by the line adjustment process.

c. “Regular line” means a line composed of training, vacation, leaves, rotations, and/or

days-off.

d. “Reserve line” means a line composed of training, vacation, leaves, reserve on-call

days and X-days.

e. “Blank regular line” means a regular line that is constructed without rotations.

f. “Specially created reserve line” means a reserve line that was not awarded/assigned in

the initial line awards.

g. “Reduced lower limit line” (RLL) means a regular line with a value that is less than

the lower limit of a pilot’s LCW and that is awarded upon request under Section 23

D. 11. Exception to a pilot who cannot be awarded a regular line within their LCW.

6. “Line adjustment” means the process by which the Company removes a rotation(s) from

a regular pilot’s line for the next bid period, which would otherwise create an FAR and/or

PWA conflict(s).

7. “Line guarantee” means a line holder’s minimum pay and credit entitlement in a bid

period.

8. “Pro rata portion of the reserve guarantee” means the reserve guarantee for a position

divided by the number of days in a bid period.

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9. “Reserve day” means a day on which a reserve pilot is scheduled to be on either an on-

call day or an X-day.

10. “Reserve pro rata share” means the reserve guarantee divided by the associated number

of on-call days in a full bid period on a reserve line.

B. Regular Line Guarantee

1. The line guarantee of a regular pilot will be the lesser of:

a. 65 credit hours, or

b. their block hour limitation.

Exception one: A pilot holding an RLL will, at the pilot’s option, be guaranteed the

lower limit of their LCW (see Section 23 D. 18.).

Exception two: A pilot holding a blank regular line is not entitled to a line guarantee.

2. A regular line guarantee will be computed at the pay rate(s) of the aircraft model(s)

shown on the pilot’s adjusted line. If multiple aircraft models are shown on such line, the

pilot’s line guarantee will be prorated. Such prorate will be based upon the amount of

scheduled credit for each aircraft model shown on such line.

3. A regular line guarantee will be reduced by:

a. pay and credit for a rotation(s) (or a portion thereof) dropped due to

1) an unpaid leave(s) of absence (including a personal drop(s)) or furlough, or

2) the line adjustment process, or

b. the net reduction in pay and credit resulting from a swap(s).

C. Reserve Line Guarantee

1. The line guarantee of a reserve pilot for credit purposes will be their ALV minus two

hours, but no less than 72 hours and no more than 80 hours, and for pay purposes, will be

the total dollar value determined as follows:

a. their ALV minus two hours, but no less than 72 hours and no more than 80 hours

minus

b. their accumulated credit in the bid period, the result of which will be

multiplied by

c. the hourly rate of the highest paying aircraft model that all pilots in the pilot’s

category may be required to fly in the bid period, the result of which will be

added to

d. the dollar value of their accumulated credit in the bid period.

Note one: Subject to Section 4 G., the dollar value of the accumulated credit in

Section 4 C. 1. d., will be computed at the hourly rate of the highest paying aircraft

model that all pilots in the pilot’s category may be required to fly in the bid period.

Note two: International pay for a pilot’s flight time flown in international operations

in the bid period will be added to the dollar value of the accumulated credit in Section

4 C. 1. d.

Note three: Ocean crossing pay under Section 3 J. for a pilot’s flight time flown in

an ocean crossing segment in the bid period will be added to the dollar value of the

accumulated credit in Section 4 C. 1. d.

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Exception one: A reserve line guarantee will be reduced by a pro rata portion of the

reserve guarantee for each vacation day (as provided under Section 7 G. 2.) and for each

CQ training day (as provided under Section 11 B. 2.).

Exception two: A reserve line guarantee will be reduced by a reserve pro rata share for

each on-call day(s) removed from a pilot’s line after initial line awards due to an unpaid

leave(s) of absence (including a personal drop(s) or furlough).

Exception three: The reserve line guarantee of a pilot who is awarded an additional on-

call day(s) under Section 23 T. 5. will be increased by a reserve pro rata share for each

on-call day awarded.

Exception four: The reserve line guarantee of a pilot who is converted to additional short

call periods under Section 23 S. 2. c. 2) Exception one will be increased by one hour for

each additional short call period.

2. A pilot who is assigned a specially created reserve line will receive a pro rata portion of

the reserve guarantee for each on-call day and X-day on their schedule.

D. Line Guarantee-Unassigned Pilots

The line guarantee of an unassigned pilot will be the reserve guarantee of the lowest paying

position listed in Section 22 B. for aircraft in revenue service.

E. Company-Removal Guarantee

1. If the Company removes a regular pilot from a rotation or portion thereof after

completion of the line adjustment process for the convenience of the Company, the pilot

will receive pay and credit for the scheduled credit of the removed rotation or portion

thereof, plus their accumulated credit for any portion of such removed rotation flown. If

such rotation included an international operation(s), the pilot will also receive

international pay for the scheduled block time or deadhead time of the international

operation(s). If such rotation included an ocean crossing segment for which ocean

crossing pay applies, the pilot will also receive such ocean crossing pay for the scheduled

block time of the segment. The phrase “convenience of the Company” does not include:

a. a pilot-initiated removal (e.g., absence under Section 13, sick or accident leave,

vacation, personal drop, Association business, failure to report as scheduled, swap,

participation in a grievance or a System Board), or a removal due to,

b. IROPS (for pay and credit treatment, see Section 4 F.)

c. their training (for pay and credit treatment, see Section 11 B.)

d. their OE - or another pilot’s OE (for pay and credit treatment, see Section 11 B. and

Section 23 G. 5.)

e the removal of a rotation(s) in one bid period caused by an FAR/PWA conflict

resulting from a white slip or yellow slip awarded to the pilot in the prior bid period

(see Section 23 P. 7. f. Exception two, and Section 23 T. 3. a. 1) Exception two)

f. change or removal of an asterisk rotation (for pay and credit treatment, see

Section 4 F. 6.)

g. low-time pilot pairing (for pay and credit treatment, see Section 4 F.)

h. a conflict with their reserve assignment (for pay and credit treatment, see

Section 4 E. 2.)

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i. a removal from recovery or reroute flying (for pay and credit treatment, see

Section 4 F.)

j. disciplinary suspension

k. the removal of a rotation under Section 23 P. 10. a. (proffered white slip),

Section 23 P. 13. (white slip errors and omissions) and Section 23 Q. 13. (green slip

errors and omissions)

l. witness/representative appearance (for pay and credit treatment, see Section 17 B.)

m. failure to complete training (for pay and credit treatment, see Section 11 B. 6. and 7.)

n. failure to meet physical standards (for pay and credit treatment, see Section 15 C.)

o. failure to be in possession of required FAA and travel documents at report for the first

duty period of a rotation (e.g., FAA Medical Certificate, FAA Airman Certificate,

passport, visas)

p. retirement, death, furlough, or termination

2. A regular pilot who is removed from a rotation due to a conflict with a reserve

assignment will receive pay and credit for the greater of the scheduled credit of the

rotation removed or the credit accumulated on the regular portion of their line from such

reserve assignment.

F. Rotation Guarantee

1. After completion of line adjustment, a regular pilot who is unable to fly a rotation or

portion thereof that originates on the pilot’s regular line, due to IROPS or an FAR or

PWA conflict, will receive pay and credit for the greater of:

a. the scheduled credit of such rotation, or

b. their accumulated credit for:

1) recovery flying under Section 23 K., or

2) the rerouted rotation flown under Section 23 L.

Exception: A pilot who is removed from a rotation due to an FAR and/or PWA conflict

created by a white slip or yellow slip award from the prior bid period will not be entitled

to a rotation guarantee for such removed rotation (see Section 23 P. 7. f. Exception two

and Section 23 T. 3. a. 1) Exception two).

2. A pilot who is eligible for a rotation guarantee may be assigned flying or deadheading

under Section 23 K. or Section 23 L.

3. A pilot who is eligible for a rotation guarantee and is assigned flying under

Section 23 K. or Section 23 L. may be entitled to lodging (see

Section 5 E. 1.).

4. The pay and credit of a pilot who is eligible for a rotation guarantee and who has

performed recovery or reroute flying will be computed and applied as of the completion

date of the rotation flown.

5. The pay and credit of a pilot who is eligible for a rotation guarantee for a transition

rotation and who has performed:

a. reroute flying, will be computed and applied as of the completion date of the rotation

flown. If the pilot is on reserve on such completion date, the rotation guarantee will

be offset against their reserve guarantee.

b. recovery flying will be computed and applied:

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1) as of the scheduled dates of their original rotation, if the pay and credit of their

recovery flying is less than that of the original rotation, and

2) as of the completion date of the recovery flying, if the pay and credit of their

recovery flying is more than that of the original rotation.

Note: Such pilot may request that Crew Scheduling apply credit hours from the

subsequent bid period to the prior bid period in order to recoup an amount equal to the

credit hours that were scheduled to occur in the transition rotation within the prior bid

period (not to exceed the applicable white slip pickup limit). The subsequent bid period

will have a corresponding number of credit hours reduced from the total credit hours for

that bid period.

6. Asterisk Rotations – The rotation guarantee of an asterisk rotation will be based on the

portion of the rotation (as originally published in the bid package) that is contained within

the bid period.

7. For purposes of a rotation guarantee, a rotation(s) added to a regular pilot’s line as the

result of Section 4 F. 7. a. – e., will be part of their regular line:

a. inverse assignment with or without conflict under Section 23 N. or O.

b. swap with the pot under Section 23 H.

c. white slips under Section 23 P.

d. green slips or green slips with conflict under Section 23 Q.

e. a rotation swap between regular pilots.

G. Mixed Aircraft Model Guarantee

Contingent on FAA approval, the Company may place any aircraft model into any aircraft

type grouping. In such event, the composite hourly rate for the purposes of reserve line

guarantee for all aircraft models in the aircraft type grouping will be the weighted average for

such models based on the aircraft model mix within the aircraft type groupings. This rate

will be adjusted and published annually on January 1

of each year.

EXAMPLE:

350 and 767-300ER models are placed in the same aircraft type grouping. (12-year

Captain rate used for calculations.)

(24) 350s divided by [(24) 350s + (45) 767-300ERs] = .3478

(45) 767-300ERs divided by [(24) 350s + (45) 767-300ERs] = .6522

.3478 multiplied by 350 rate of $417.54 = $145.22

.6522 multiplied by 767-300ER rate of $349.50 = $227.94

$145.22 + $227.94 = $373.16

Composite hourly rate for a 12 year Captain on 350 and 767-300ER models is $373.16.

H. Suit-Up Pay and Credit

1. A regular pilot or a long call reserve pilot will receive a minimum of two hours pay and

credit if the pilot:

a. has not acknowledged their removal from a rotation or portion thereof, and

b. reports for duty.

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Exception: A pilot who is entitled to a rotation guarantee under Section 4 F. will not

receive suit-up pay and credit if the pilot elects to waive their rotation guarantee and the

corresponding requirement to be available for flying or deadheading under

Section 4 F. 2.

Note one: For a regular line holder, such pay and credit will be offset against their

rotation guarantee, if any.

Note two: A pilot may only waive their rotation guarantee with the concurrence of Crew

Scheduling.

2. A short call reserve pilot who is removed from a rotation or portion thereof will receive

suit-up pay and credit if Crew Scheduling first attempted to notify the pilot of such

removal less than two hours before their scheduled report.

3. A reserve pilot will receive one hour of pay, no credit for each short call period

completed during which the pilot does not perform any flying.

Note: A reserve pilot who is released by the Company prior to the end of their short call

period is considered to have completed such short call period.

4. A reserve pilot will receive a minimum of two hours pay, no credit; be released from duty

and receive free of duty periods under Section 23 S. 11., if the pilot:

a. has not acknowledged the removal from a rotation, and

b. reports for duty (e.g., GS, IA) on an X-day.

I. Miscellaneous Guarantee

1. A pilot will receive pay and credit for the value of a known absence (other than an unpaid

absence) that was on their initial line of time and that is subsequently cancelled.

2. A pilot who is ordered or required by the Company to attend a disciplinary (or pre-

disciplinary) proceeding or investigatory interview under Section 18 on the pilot’s

scheduled day off will receive additional pay, no credit equal to the ADG (in addition to

any other form of pay), provided that such pilot is not on a paid Company/administrative

leave at the time of the meeting.

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SECTION 5

LODGING AND EXPENSES

A. Definitions

1. “Domestic per diem” means the hourly meal allowance applicable to a pilot

a. for time away from base while engaged in domestic operations, or

b. while assigned to training within the contiguous 48 states of the United States in

which the pilot is entitled to lodging under Section 5 E.

2. “International per diem” means the hourly meal allowance for time away from base that

is applicable to a pilot while engaged in international operations or while

assigned to training located outside the contiguous 48 states of the United States.

3. “Time away from base” means the period beginning with report at base and ending upon

release at base.

Exception: The “time away from base” of a pilot who is assigned to training away from

base will end at block-in at their base.

Note: See Section 11 I. 3. (travel to training), Section 23 P. 8. (out-of-base white slips),

and Section 23 Q. 14. (out-of-base green slips).

B. Per Diem

1. Domestic per diem will be adjusted annually, effective January 1, and equal 90% of a

weighted average based on the U.S. government Meal & Incidental Expenses (M&IE)

rate in effect for the most recently completed U.S. government fiscal year for the 10 cities

in the mainland U.S. with the most pilot layovers during such year.

Note: For 2023, the Domestic per diem is $2.85 effective March 2, 2023.

2. International per diem will be adjusted annually, effective January 1, and calculated as

follows:

a. Step 1: Determine the five cities with the most pilot layovers in the most recently

completed U.S. government fiscal year in each of the following theaters:

1. Atlantic, and

2. Pacific, and

3. Americas.

b. Step 2: Calculate a weighted average of the U.S. government Meal & Incidental

Expenses (M&IE) rate for those cities in each theater.

Note: For each city, the M&IE rate will be based on the weighted average of the 12

monthly M&IE rates from the prior U.S. government fiscal year.

c. Step 3: Calculate a new weighted average based on each theater’s weighted average

under Step 2.

d. Step 4: Multiply the number derived under Step 3 by 60%. This produces the

international per diem for the upcoming calendar year.

Note: For 2023, the International per diem is $3.35 effective March 2, 2023.

Note one: Domestic and International per diem under Section 5 B. 1. and 2. will be expressed

as a dollar amount rounded up to the nearest whole $.05.

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Note two: No later than December 1 of each year, the Company will furnish the Association

with the data used to calculate Domestic and International per diem rates for the upcoming

calendar year.

Note three: No later than January 1 of each year, Delta will publish the updated Domestic

and International per diem rates.

3. A pilot who is assigned to training away from their base that includes a break in training

of at least 48 hours will receive per diem for the time of such break if they notify the

Company of their intention to remain at the training location during the break.

4. A pilot who is eligible for a hotel while assigned to training at the pilot’s base will

receive per diem beginning at 0000 hours on the first day of training and end at 2359

hours on the last day of such training.

5. An entry level pilot will receive 8 hours of domestic per diem during each day of

training.

C. Crew Meals

A pilot will be scheduled to receive crew meal(s) as follows:

1. each flight segment scheduled for:

a. 4:00 – 9:59 hours block-to-block requires at least one main course meal.

b. 10:00 – 15:59 hours block-to-block requires at least two main course meals.

c. 16:00 or more hours block-to-block requires at least three main course meals.

2. any flight departing between 0400 to 0800 local time, inclusive, requires one main course

(breakfast) meal.

Exception: If no catering service is available at the originating airport, a main course

(breakfast) meal will be provided on the pilot’s next flight segment departing from a

catering station unless there is a scheduled ground time of at least 1:30 at the arrival

station.

and

3. an operation comprising a roundtrip to or from an airport, or between airports, outside the

contiguous 48 states of the United States in a single duty period.

Note: A pilot will only be provided such meal on one of the two flight segments.

4. a Flight Duty Period of

a. at least 6:30 hours, requires one main course meal, and

b. at least 10:00 hours, requires two main course meals.

Exception one: If a pilot has a single scheduled ground time of at least 1:30 during the

Flight Duty Period, a meal is not required to be provided under Section 5 C. 4.

Exception two: A main course meal provided under Section 5 C. 1. or 2. may satisfy the

meal requirement under Section 5 C. 4.

Note: Meals will be provided as close to normal meal times as possible.

Note one: Crew meals will be the same main course meal for the highest class of passenger

seating on the flight. If there is no passenger meal service on the flight, then for purposes of

Section 5 C., a main course meal is the same meal that would have otherwise been served for

the highest class of passenger seating on such flight.

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Note two: If a crew meal is unavailable to a pilot due to a service failure (e.g. spoilage,

catering error), the affected pilot will receive $10. Unappetizing meals are not considered a

service failure under this provision.

D. Other Expenses

1. The Company will reimburse a pilot for the following, if they are required by the

Company:

a. Passport application, renewal and expedited renewal fees charged by the U.S.

Department of State.

b. Passport photograph fees.

c. Visa application fees charged by a foreign country.

d. Vaccination fees charged by a medical facility.

2. A vaccination recommended by a pilot’s personal physician will be a covered expense

under the pilot’s medical plan (Delta Health Plan, DPMP, or Delta Pilots’ High

Deductible Health Plan).

3. The Company will reimburse a short call pilot who is based in NYC and who is assigned

a rotation reporting at EWR for up to $100 of actual transportation expenses to EWR.

4. The Company will reimburse a pilot for additional reasonable expenses related to an

extraordinary condition.

E. Lodging

1. The Company will provide adequate and comfortable single occupancy lodging for a

pilot who is:

a. away from base, when:

1) undergoing training,

2) on a layover,

Exception: In a rotation that begins and/or ends with a deadhead-only duty

period, lodging will be provided upon request for a pilot who is away from base

when on the:

a) first layover of a rotation, provided such layover follows a deadhead-only

duty period.

b) last layover of a rotation, provided such layover precedes a deadhead-only

duty period.

3) performing other duty in which the pilot is required to be away from base

overnight.

b. at their base upon request, when:

1) undergoing qualification training (including either or both the night prior to the

first day of training and the night of the last day of training),

2) undergoing CQ, provided the pilot’s permanent residence is more than 50 straight

line statute miles from the Training Center, and

3) undergoing recency with a briefing prior to 0900 (local time), provided the pilot’s

permanent residence is more than 50 straight line statute miles from the Training

Center.

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Note: A pilot’s request for lodging under Section 5 E. 1. b. will comply with the

process established by Flight Training Planning in coordination with the MEC Hotel

Committee Chairman.

c. at their base upon request, provided:

1) the pilot reports for duty and is assigned recovery flying under Section 23 K. 1.,

2) the time between the notification of the replacement flying and the scheduled

departure time is at least five hours, and

3) the replacement flying is scheduled to depart in the same or the following day.

d. at a station (at or away from base) at which the pilot is scheduled for block-in to

block-out time of more than five hours (upon the pilot’s request).

Exception: If travel time to a co-terminal is part of the scheduled block-in to block-

out time, the pilot will be provided lodging (upon the pilot’s request) if the total

ground time is more than the sum of five hours plus the ground travel time under

Section 8 B. 3.

e. at their base upon request, provided:

1) the pilot is scheduled to operate a MAC rotation, and

2) the report of the MAC rotation has been delayed more than five hours pursuant to

Section 23 G. 4. Note.

f. undergoing indoctrination and initial qualification training as an entry level pilot.

2. A pilot will check in and out of hotels, thereby informing hotel personnel of the identity

of pilots then occupying hotel rooms.

3. A pilot will pay for their incidental lodging expenses (e.g., telephone charges, room

service, movies, etc.) at the time of check-out. The Company will not reimburse a pilot

for such incidental expenses.

4. If Company arranged lodging at a layover station is not available, a pilot may arrange

other lodging. The Company will reimburse a pilot for the actual reasonable expenses of

such lodging.

Note: For layovers following an ocean crossing flight segment, “not available” for

purposes of Section 5 E. 4. means a room that is unavailable for occupancy 45 minutes

after the pilot’s scheduled arrival at the hotel. After 30 minutes from the scheduled arrival

time, the pilot will notify Crew Accommodations of their lodging unavailability.

5. The Company will provide safe and suitable transportation between a lodging facility and

the airport or other work location. If transportation is not provided, or is delayed more

than 20 minutes, a pilot may arrange their own transportation and the Company will

reimburse the pilot for their actual necessary transportation expenses.

6. The MEC Hotel Committee will have the right to meet with the Senior Vice President-

Flight Operations or their designee concerning lodging accommodations.

7. No changes will be made to existing accommodations without 30 days prior notice to the

MEC Hotel Committee or MEC Chairman, unless existing lodging or transportation

arrangements become unavailable.

8. Corporate Travel Services (CTS), or the applicable third-party travel services vendor,

will provide the MEC Hotel Committee a minimum of 120 days advance written notice

of scheduled expiration dates of hotel contracts and, under normal circumstances, a list of

potential replacement hotels. The MEC Hotel Committee may, within 30 days thereafter,

submit its desired list of deletions and/or additions to CTS, or the applicable third-party

travel services vendor. CTS, or the applicable third-party travel services vendor, will

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give due consideration to such input and will meet and confer with the committee to

resolve any disputes. This process is intended to result in the selection of mutually

acceptable lodging accommodations.

9. The preference for a layover hotel will be a branded hotel that is affiliated with a national

or international chain.

a. The MEC Hotel Committee may, at its discretion, conduct quarterly reviews of each

hotel that is not affiliated with a chain (non-brand hotel). If as a result of such

review, the MEC Hotel Committee determines that a non-brand hotel is not able to

provide acceptable accommodations, the Company will conduct a new analysis of

that market within 45 days and present its findings to the MEC Hotel Committee in

order to receive their input. This process is intended to result in the selection of

mutually acceptable lodging accommodations.

b. In all contracts for hotels, the Company will include a clause in the hotel contract that

provides the right to terminate the contract in the event the hotel ends its affiliation

with a national or international chain.

10. A pilot scheduled for a layover of more than 12 hours (block-to-block) will receive

lodging at a downtown hotel.

Exception one: Such lodging may be provided at an alternative hotel if the MEC Hotel

Committee Chairman approves the use of such hotel in connection with the layover.

Exception two: During irregular operations, the Company will attempt to provide

lodging at a Company-approved downtown hotel.

11. In all contracts for hotels, the Company will use its best efforts to negotiate free internet

access for pilots while on layover.

12. If there is no Company-approved hotel in a layover location on a MAC rotation, CTS, or

the applicable third-party travel services vendor, will coordinate with the MEC Hotel

Committee Chairman to discuss a list of acceptable alternate facilities with priority given

to a property affiliated with a national or international chain. Such discussion may be

accomplished before the actual need arises to expedite the needed reservation process for

a short-notice MAC request by the DOD.

13. Pilots with a layover period in NRT may be lodged at the Radisson Hotel Narita,

provided that said hotel facility, or any successor at that location, will at all times:

a. meet or exceed the requirements of Section 5 E.,

b. have a modern health club, including well-maintained exercise and weight training

equipment and swimming pool available for use by crewmembers,

c. provide free, scheduled bus service (with seating for at least 11 passengers) to

downtown Narita, with a minimum of three daily departures from the hotel and a

minimum of three daily departures from downtown Narita at mutually agreed upon

times,

d. provide laundry services at the hotel, direct-billed to the Company,

e. provide rental lockers at the current Narita flight kitchen location for use on a

monthly basis, with the fee paid by payroll deduction. These lockers will be available

for use by Company crewmembers (pilots and flight attendants) on a first come, first

served basis, with a waiting list maintained, if necessary. This provision is not

intended to require an increase in the number of lockers currently provided, which is

1,090 lockers,

f. have a full service restaurant on premises, and

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g. diligently comply with a maximum room wait limit of 30-minutes, with any

deviations from this standard to be promptly investigated by the Company to

determine the cause, and then promptly fixed.

F. Laundry Expenses

A pilot who is engaged in international operations is eligible for reimbursement for laundry

expenses incurred at a layover city if the pilot’s rotation contains an ocean crossing and has a

time away from base (TAFB) of 96 hours or more as follows:

TIME AWAY FROM BASE

REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT

96:00 to 191:59

$50.00

192:00 to 287:59

$100.00

Greater than 288:00

$150.00

Note: A receipt is required, which must be submitted through the electronic expense form.

Exception: An international pilot is not eligible for reimbursement of laundry expenses

under Section 5 F. if the pilot utilizes the direct-billing laundry service at NRT as described

in Section 5 E. 13. d.

G. Uniforms

An entry level pilot will receive, at Company expense, the following uniform articles prior to

beginning IOE:

1. one jacket,

2. two pairs of pants,

3. one tie,

4. one hat, and

5. one set of brass.

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SECTION 6

RELOCATION

A. Definitions

1. "Eligible family member" for the purposes of Section 6, means:

a. a relative who:

1) resides in an eligible pilot's household,

2) is dependent on the pilot for livelihood, and

3) is claimed on the pilot's federal tax return as a dependent.

b. an eligible pilot’s spouse (including a person who is a domestic partner under the

Delta Domestic Partner Program).

2. “Eligible move” means the actual movement of all of an eligible pilot's household goods

and personal effects from their former permanent residence to, and the establishment of,

their new permanent residence at, a location that is:

a. within the United States, and

b. more than 50 straight line statute miles from:

1) their former permanent residence, and

2) the greater metropolitan area of their former base, as described in the then most

recently published U.S. Census Bureau Metropolitan Areas Definition (See

www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metrodef.html).

Exception: An eligible move will not include a move by a pilot whose permanent

residence, on the award date of their related conversion or the date of their recall from

furlough, is located in, or located within 50 miles of, the greater metropolitan area of their

new base.

3. "Eligible pilot" for the purposes of Section 6, means a pilot who intends to complete or

completes an eligible move and:

a. converts into a position at another base via an MD or VD, or

b. converts into a position at a new or re-established base within 12 months of the first

pilot conversion at such base, or

c. transfers from a closed base within the 12 months preceding the base closing, or

d. is recalled from furlough to a base other than their furlough base, or

e. otherwise transfers to a base at Company request,

f. provided:

1) they actually move their household goods and personal effects to a new

permanent residence that is within a 125 straight-line statute mile radius of the

airfield reference point at their new base or of any co-terminal airport at their new

base, and

2) their current permanent residence is not within such radius, and

3) they actually establish their home at their new permanent residence, and

4) their new permanent residence is at least 50 straight-line statute miles closer to the

airfield reference point at their new base than is the permanent residence address

from which they are relocating, and

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5) they agree to repay the Company for such relocation benefits if, within 12 months

of the conversion that entitled them to receive such relocation benefit, they convert

into a position at another base as the result of an advance entitlement.

4. “Furlough base” means the base to which a pilot was assigned on their date of furlough.

5. “Permanent residence” means the home where a pilot physically resides on a permanent

basis and at which they intend to remain. Evidence of a pilot’s permanent residence

includes, but is not limited to, their DBMS residence address and residence address for

Company benefits enrollment purposes.

B. Relocation Benefits

1. Subject to the limitations in Section 6 B. 2., an eligible pilot will be provided the

following relocation benefits:

a. Household Goods and Personal Effects

The cost of packing, crating, transporting, and storage of up to 24,000 pounds of the

pilot's household goods and personal effects, when arranged by the Company with a

recognized public moving and storage company, from their former permanent

residence to the pilot’s new permanent residence or, at their option, from their former

permanent residence to a storage facility in the vicinity of their former or new

permanent residence and subsequently to their new permanent residence.

Note: Company paid expenses under Section 6 B. 1. a. will not exceed the expense

of moving the straight line statute mile distance between the airfield reference points

at the former base and the new base plus up to one month of storage expense.

b. Motor Vehicle(s)

1) The cost of transporting up to two motor vehicle(s), from the pilot’s

former permanent residence to their new permanent residence, provided:

a) there are at least 600 straight line statute miles between:

i) the airfield reference points at their former base and their new base, and

ii) their former permanent residence and their new permanent residence,

and,

b) such vehicle(s) is:

i) no more than 12 model years old,

ii) in driving condition,

iii) licensed to operate on public highways,

iv) registered in the name of the pilot or spouse,

v) insured, and

vi) not classified for insurance purposes as classic or collector.

Exception: For a vehicle more than 12 model years old, the pilot will receive

$800 in lieu of the actual cost of transporting it to their new permanent

residence.

2) If such vehicle(s) is driven during the move:

a) enroute tolls and parking charges, and

b) mileage expenses at the “business” IRS rate (65.5 cents per mile as of January

1, 2023), not to exceed the lesser of the straight-line statute mile distance

between:

i) the airfield reference point at their former base and their new base, or

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ii) their former permanent residence and their new permanent residence.

c. Passes

Space available on-line (i.e., Delta Air Lines, Inc.) transportation, for the most direct

route of travel, between the Delta station nearest the pilot’s permanent residence and

their new base city as follows:

1) For the purpose of house hunting: four (priority SA-1, valid for seven

days) round trips for the pilot and their spouse. Eligibility for such passes

will begin on the award date of the MD or VD that created the eligibility

for relocation benefits.

Note: The pilot’s Chief Pilot may authorize priority SA-1 transportation to

allow the pilot's minor dependent children to accompany the pilot.

2) For the purpose of traveling to their new permanent residence: one

(priority SA-1, valid for seven days) one-way for the eligible pilot and

their eligible family members. Eligibility for such passes will begin on the

award date of the MD or VD that created the eligibility for relocation

benefits.

3) For the purpose of commuting to the new base, while in the process of relocating:

four (priority SA-1, valid for seven days) round-trips, per bid period for the

eligible pilot, from their conversion date until they establish a new permanent

residence or one year, whichever is sooner.

d. Lease Cancellation

The costs incurred by the pilot as the result of prematurely canceling an unexpired

lease or rental agreement for their former permanent residence, in an amount not to

exceed three months’ rent, provided:

1) such lease or rental agreement was entered into before the date of the award (or

date of notice of recall from furlough) that created their eligibility for relocation

benefits under Section 6 A. 2.,

2) the pilot submits to Relocation Services:

a) a copy of the lease or rental agreement, and

b) a letter from the landlord describing and confirming the cancellation costs

incurred,

and

3) the pilot contacts Relocation Services in writing to allow them to negotiate the

lease cancellation. If they doe not do so, the lease cancellation charges will not be

reimbursed.

e. Insurance

The Company will provide insurance coverage for the:

1) repair or replacement value of household goods and personal effects that are lost

or damaged while being moved under Section 6 B. 1. a., to a maximum of

$200,000.

Note one: Household goods and personal effects of extraordinary value ($100 per

pound) must be:

a) identified prior to loading, and

b) unpacked at the destination in the presence of the moving company's driver.

Note two: Electronic equipment is not covered for internal damage unless there is

obvious external damage caused in transit.

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2) loss or damage to a vehicle(s) transported under Section 6 B. 1. b. 1) up to the

lesser of the vehicle's replacement value or $100,000.

Note: A pilot will not be paid for a claim under this provision unless they notify a

moving company representative of such claim:

a) prior to the initiation of repair work or purchase of replacement item,

b) within 90 days of delivery of the household goods or personal effects, and

Exception: A claim related to property damage to the former or new permanent

residence must be submitted to the moving company within 48 hours of pick-up or

delivery.

c) at the time of delivery of a vehicle transported under Section 6 B. 1. b. 1).

f. COMAT

In accordance with standard COMAT shipping regulations, one space available

shipment of up to 1000 pounds of an eligible pilot's properly packaged, inventoried

and labeled (with origin and destination address and phone numbers) personal effects

(excluding furniture).

1) The following may not be shipped COMAT:

a) items classified as “Dangerous Goods.”

b) items restricted under FAA regulations.

c) pets.

2) The pilot is responsible to deliver the goods to the airport cargo facility and pick

up the shipment at its destination. Unclaimed shipments may be sent to a

commercial storage facility at the pilot’s expense 96 hours after arrival at

destination.

3) The Company will assume liability to a maximum of $500 for loss of a properly

packaged shipment between the origin and destination cities.

4) Use Shipping Account Number 185-674-017.

g. Miscellaneous Expense Allowance

A one-time allowance of $6000.00 after arrival of all household goods and personal

effects at the pilot’s new residence.

2. Limitations

The following limitations apply to the reimbursement of expenses incurred in connection

with an eligible move:

a. Reimbursable expenses for the transportation of a pilot’s household goods and

personal effects under Section 6 B. 1. a. will not:

1) exceed the expense of moving from the former base to the new base plus up to

one month of storage expense.

2) include the cost of moving planes, motor homes, campers, boats, golf carts,

jet skis, trailers, garden tractors and accessories, model trains, doll houses,

children’s playhouses, hot tubs, whirlpool baths, pools and associated

equipment, foods, plants, flowers, dry flower arrangements, large artificial

plants or trees that require crating to transport, perishable items, pet

kennels, fencing, fish, aquariums over 20 gallons, paint, beer, wine, liquor,

flammable articles, explosive articles, dangerous goods, property liable to

damage other property, art works, furs, sculptures, paintings, passports,

money, notes, securities, bullion, precious stones, jewelry, stamps or coins,

salesman’s samples, merchandise for sale or exhibit, wood burning stoves,

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stove pipes, firewood, building materials, decorative rock, farm tractors,

farm equipment, grain, storage buildings, excess tools or shop equipment,

cement yard furnishings or other items too large or heavy to be handled

safely by the movers, firearms, ammunition.

3) include the cost of moving more than two, in any combination, of the

following:

a) motorcycles.

b) motor bikes.

c) snowmobiles.

d) all-terrain vehicles.

b. An eligible pilot will not be reimbursed for expenses that are:

1) incurred:

a) prior to the awarding of the VD or MD that created their eligibility for

relocation benefits or the issuance of a recall from furlough letter, or

b) while the pilot is on medical leave, personal leave, military leave, disciplinary

suspension, furlough or receiving benefits under the D&S Plan,

2) submitted to Relocation Services more than 60 days from the date the expense

was incurred.

c. If both the pilot and spouse are eligible pilots, relocation benefits will be reimbursed

for the family as a unit, unless the pilot and spouse are maintaining separate

permanent residences.

d. A pilot who has not signed and submitted a Standard Repayment Agreement will not

receive relocation benefits (including the Company-arranged movement of household

goods or vehicles).

C. Forfeiture

1. A pilot will forfeit their existing eligibility for relocation benefits if he:

a. does not relocate their permanent residence within 36 months (excluding time from

date of furlough to the earlier of their date of recall or date of recall bypass) of the

conversion pursuant to the award or recall that entitled them to such relocation

benefits, or

b. prior to relocating he:

1) is awarded a position at their former base,

2) becomes eligible for relocation benefits again under Section 6 A. 2., or

3) retires, dies or is terminated.

2. A pilot will repay the Company for relocation benefits paid if:

a. their relocation was the result of a conversion into a position at a new or reestablished

base and he:

1) converts into a position at another base as the result of a VD within 24 months of

their conversion to a position at such new or reestablished base, or

2) does not actually complete an eligible move within the 36 month period specified

in Section 6 C. 1. a.,

b. they elect to move prior to their projected date of conversion and such conversion

does not occur, or

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c. they do not actually complete an eligible move within the 36 month period specified

in Section 6 C. 1. a.

D. Travel Time

1. An eligible pilot will:

a. be released from duty for up to seven days based on the lesser of:

1) one day for each 400 miles or portion thereof between their old residence and

their new residence, or

2) one day for each 400 miles or portion thereof between their old base and their

new base.

b. receive pay/no credit at a pro rata portion of the ALV for each day off as provided in

Section 6 D. 1. a.

2. In order to be released for relocation, a pilot must make their request to Crew Scheduling

at least 15 days prior to the first desired day of travel time.

E. General

1. Upon completion of their OE, a probationary pilot will be permitted to ship to their first

base up to 1000 pounds of boxed household goods and personal effects via COMAT in

accordance with standard Company COMAT shipping regulations.

2. An eligible pilot will contact Relocation Services to be provided the required forms to

complete. Contact information for Relocation Services is available on DeltaNet or by

contacting Pilot Assist.

3. Reimbursement will be added to a subsequent paycheck following approval by

Relocation Services and processing through Accounts Payable.

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SECTION 7

VACATIONS

A. Definitions

1. “Accrued vacation” means the vacation time (i.e., the number of weeks or days) a pilot is

accumulating in a vacation year for use in the next vacation year. The accrual rate for

such vacation is determined by the number of years of continuous employment the pilot

completed before April 1

of the vacation year.

Example: Assume that on October 1

, (i.e., at the completion of 50% of the vacation

year) a pilot has not been on leave or furlough in excess of 30 days since the beginning of

the vacation year. Such pilot will have accrued 50% of the vacation time to which the

pilot will be entitled on the next April 1

2. “Earned vacation” means the vacation time (i.e., the number of weeks or days) a pilot is

entitled to use in a vacation year.

3. “Free of duty,” for purposes of Section 7 and Section 23, means a period of time in

which a pilot has no obligation to the Company and in which the Company will not

require a pilot to perform any duties, including but not limited to an IA, training, reroute,

reserve assignment.

4. “Pro rata portion of the reserve guarantee” means the reserve guarantee for a position

divided by the number of days in a bid period.

5. “Purchased vacation” means the vacation days that a pilot receives as a result of a full

service bank transaction.

6. “Supplemental vacation” means the vacation days that a pilot receives (for use in the

current or following vacation year) under Section 23 S. 16.

7. “Vacation bank hours” means the hours in a pilot’s vacation bank. Such vacation bank

hours will be equal to:

a. 4:00 for each day of a pilot’s earned vacation, together with purchased and

supplemental vacation for use in the current vacation year for the 2023-2024 vacation

year.

b. 4:15 for each day of a pilot’s earned vacation, together with purchased and

supplemental vacation for use in the current vacation year, effective April 1, 2024.

c. 4:35 for each day of a pilot’s earned vacation, together with purchased and

supplemental vacation for use in the current vacation year, effective April 1, 2025

8. “Vacation period” means a portion(s) of the combination of a pilot’s earned, purchased

and supplemental vacation that is designated by the pilot as:

a. primary,

b. secondary,

c. tertiary,

d. quaternary, or

e. quinary.

9. “Vacation year” means the period that begins on April 1

each year and ends on the

following March 31

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B. Earned Vacation and Vacation Bank Hours

1. Each vacation year, a pilot who has been employed by the Company for:

a. more than one year will be entitled to earned vacation and vacation bank hours as

follows:

1) For the 2023-2024 vacation year

Years of Continuous

Employment Completed

before April 1

of Vacation

Year

Earned Vacation

Vacation

Bank Hours

1 – 4

2 weeks

56:00

5 – 10

3 weeks

84:00

11 – 15

4 weeks

112:00

16 or more

5 weeks

140:00

2) Effective April 1, 2024

Years of Continuous

Employment Completed

before April 1

of Vacation

Year

Earned Vacation

Vacation

Bank Hours

1 – 4

2 weeks

59:30

5 – 10

3 weeks

89:15

11 – 15

4 weeks

119:00

16 or more

5 weeks

148:45

3) Effective April 1, 2025

Years of Continuous

Employment Completed

before April 1

of Vacation

Year

Earned Vacation

Vacation

Bank Hours

1 – 4

2 weeks

64:10

5 – 10

3 weeks

96:15

11 – 15

4 weeks

128:20

16 or more

5 weeks

160:25

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b. less than one year prior to April 1

of the vacation year will be entitled to earned

vacation and vacation bank hours as follows:

1) For the 2023-2024 vacation year

Date of Employment

From:

Earned Vacation

Vacation

Bank Hours

March 16

to March 31

None

February 16

to March 15

1 day