iam vs. afa comparison

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International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers

The Best Flight Attendant Union in the Industry

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IAM AFAVS

Better Pay

Better Work Rules

MoreFlexibilit

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Years of Service XJT ASA IAM Advantage

1st 6 months 19.00 16.83 12.9%2nd 6 months 19.00 18.20 4.4%

2 21.37 20.76 2.9%3 23.10 22.41 3.1%4 24.43 23.95 2.0%5 25.69 25.50 0.75%6 27.32 26.79 2.0%7 28.69 27.56 4.1%8 30.65 28.33 8.2%9 31.57 29.11 8.5%10 33.05 29.99 10.2%11 34.13 30.32 12.6%12 35.93 31.07 15.6%13 36.59 31.85 14.9%14 37.10 32.65 13.6%15 38.00 33.46 13.6%16 38.00 34.30 10.8%17 38.00 35.16 8.1%18 38.00 36.04 5.4%19 38.00 36.94 2.9%

PER DIEMXJT ASA IAM

AdvantagePer Diem $1.80 $1.65 9.2%

GUARANTEE

XJT ASA IAM Advantage

Guarantee 80 hours 75 hours 5 hours

WORK RULES

IAM• 13.5 hours max scheduled duty

day• 15.5 hours max actual duty day• 10 or 11 min days off for reserves

& min 12 days off for lineholders• Limited to no more than 6

segments in a duty period• 90 days before beginning to lose

any accruals• An arc/ready reserve can only be

assigned a trip which is scheduled to depart within their 8 hr arc period.

AFA• 14 hours max scheduled duty day• 16 hours max actual duty day• Only 10 Minimum days off/month• No limits to the segments in one

duty period• Begin to lose accruals after just 15

days on most types of leaves• Can be assigned to work a flight

up to 2 hours after the 8 hour ready reserve period

FLEXIBILITY

IAM

Can drop down to 0 hrs/month

No trip trade limits guaranteed in our contract & can do partial trip

trades

FLEX vacation (the option to purchase an extra week of

vacation)

Lineholder min days off is 12 Reserve min days off is 10 or 11

AFA

Can only drop down to 62.5 hrs/month

Trip trades are limited to 10 per bid period in the AFA contract

No FLEX vacation

A minimum of only 10 days off in a month

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