HOSTAGE/INTERNMENT. An employee who, while engaged in Company business, becomes or is reported interned or missing, or is held hostage, shall be paid his/her regular salary, which shall be the greater of his/her average monthly salary over the preceding three (3) month period or eighty (80) hours calculated at his/her hourly rate of pay. This monthly compensation shall be credited to the employee's account and shall be disbursed in accordance with a written directive from the employee. Each employee shall execute such a directive on a form to be mutually agreed on between the Union and the Company. An employee shall not lose any pay as a result of the unlawful seizure of any aircraft to which s/he was assigned on either an operational or deadhead basis.
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