Common use of Transition Provisions Clause in Contracts

Transition Provisions. The Company will transfer U.S. Cargo handling operations and the Skyload Unit functions to third party vendors (non-British Airways handling) at Miami, Chicago, Washington, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles and New York. This work that is presently performed by the Customer Service Agent (Cargo) and Customer Service Representative (Cargo) classifications pursuant to Article II (a) Scope of Agreement will be transferred to third party handling. This will amend Article II of the Customer Services collective bargaining agreement. It is the Company’s intention to phase the transfer of Cargo work to the third party vendors over the next year through July 2010. Current Cargo employees covered under the Customer Services collective bargaining agreement, with no job protection provision, may elect severance and choose to accept a position at the third party vendor. Those employees will be governed by the wages, terms and conditions in effect at the third party vendor. TRANSITION SCHEDULE The Company’s intention is to phase the transfer of Cargo work to the third party vendors in line with the schedule below. Work will not be transferred to the third party vendors prior to the following dates: • Boston: 15 February 2010 • Los Angeles: 15 January 2010 • Washington: 1st February 2010 • Miami: 1st February 2010 • Chicago: 15 March 2010 • New York (JFK): 1st July 2010 Employees hired on or before March 15, 1994 exercising their contractual right to a job as either a Customer Service Agent or Baggage Service Agent position under the terms of this Agreement, who do not have any previously accrued seniority in either classification, shall be placed at the bottom of the classification seniority list and shall exercise such classification seniority for all purposes except layoff. For layoff purposes only, consistent with the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, employees hired on or after September 07, 1990 and on or before March 15, 1994 if laid off from their current station or location, will be offered a position within the BA/IAMAW agreements. The position(s) offered will be at the stations or locations where the most junior employees in the classification, not “date protected”, are employed. If layoffs are required at the time an employee exercises their con- tractual right to a job under this agreement, unprotected employees at the affected station or location, ie hired after March 15, 1994, with more classification seniority will be subject to layoff before employees hired on or before March 15, 1994. Employees hired on or before September 6, 1990 may only be laid off if the Company closes the station. Letter of Understanding concerning Employee Transition Agreement (Reservations & Cargo Employees) All eligible staff hired on or before March 15, 1994 from the reservations sales agent classification (Groups & Sales Support) and the classifications of Customer Service Representative (Cargo) and Customer Service Agent (Cargo) who are covered under the job security protection language and elect to exercise their contractual right to a job under the BA/IAMAW agreements will be assigned a classification seniority date of, “date of ratification”, in their new classification of Baggage Service Agent or Customer Service Agent. Staff assigned this classification seniority date (“date of ratification”) will be placed in seniority order based upon their date of hire in a “union” classification under the current IAMAW/BA Collective Bargaining Agreements. The available positions at the various stations or locations will be offered to these staff based upon their standing and/or seniority order on this list except for those staff holding previously accrued classification seniority in either of the above classifications. The appropriate provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement with regard to seniority will apply.