Incentive Pay Rates – Applicable Quarters and Payment Schedule

The September bid month marks the last month in the third quarter of the incentive pay rate schedule. As the booming summer travel season approaches an end, it is an excellent time to review how Incentive Pay Rates are calculated and compensated.

Section 4.B.1. of our Contract provides that Flight Attendants will be paid an additional $5.00/hour (Incentive Pay Rates) for all block hours flown in excess of two hundred hours (200:00) per calendar quarter, including vacation and deadhead, to a maximum of three hundred and thirty hours (330:00), except that no incentive pay will apply for block hours flown in excess of one hundred and ten (110:00) hours in a bid month.

The calendar quarters are defined as follows:

Calendar Quarter	1st Month	2nd Month	3rd Month	Incentive Paid
1	Jan	Feb	Mar	April
2	Apr	May	Jun	July
3	Jul	Aug	Sep	October
4	Oct	Nov	Dec	January

Incentive payments will reflect in our pay register as a line item in the third month of each quarter and are paid, consistent with the payroll schedule, in the following month.

When calculating the value of the incentive payment, the company reviews the following data fields for the flying month in question in calculating the hours to which the incentive rate is applied:

Actual block hours flown
Deadhead
Vacation pay, including vacation fly through

The following is one such example of how the incentive hours for the quarter are calculated:

Month	April (Reserve)	May (LH)	June (LH)	Incentive Total
Actual Block Flown	44:48	75:42	83:55
Vacation	0:00	26:00	26:00
Deadhead Time	5:28	8:49	7:50
Total	50:16	110:31	117:45
Eligible	50:16	110:00	110:00
Incentive	50:16	10:00	10:00	70:16

If you have additional questions, please get in touch with your Local Council Office.