AA Hourly Captain Rate vs. Competitors*

	Continental	Fedex	Southwest	UPS	Airborne Express	American
767	$189.00	$225.00	N/A	$230.00	$239.00	$179.00
737-800	$166.00	$193.00	$198.00	$230.00	$228.00	$166.00

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AA Pilot Monthly Guarantees vs. Competitors

	Continental	Hawaiian	Southwest	Fedex	JetBlue	American
Reserve	76 hours	75 hours	79 hours	74 hours	75 hours	73 hours
Lineholder	72 hours	75 hours	78 hours	74 hours	70 hours	64 hours

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AA Pilot Sick Bank Maximum/Monthly Accrual vs. Competitors

	Continental	Alaska	Southwest	Northwest	United	American
Maximum	1300 hours	800 hours	1400 hours	1200 hours	1000 hours	1000 hours
Monthly Accural	5 hours per month	5:30 per month	1 hour per 10 hours flown	12 hours per month	5 hours per month	5 hours per month

 

AA Pilot Retirement vs. Competitors

	Continental	Southwest	Alaska	United	Fedex	UPS	AirTran	American
Defined Benefit Plan	frozen	none	1.9%	terminated	2%	1%	none	1.25%
Defined Contribution Plan	12.75%	7.3% 401k match	3.0%	16%	7%	12%	10.5%	11%

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AA Pilot Vacation Days Per Year/Years of Service vs. Competitors

	Continental	Southwest	UPS	Fedex	United	American
6 years of service	21 days	21 days	21 days	22 days	23 days	14 days
12 years of service	35 days	28 days	28 days	29 days	23 days	21 days
20 years of service	35 days	35 days	35 days	36 days	37 days	28 days
25 years of service	42 days	35 days	35 days	36 days	44 days	35 days

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AA Work Rules vs. Southwest Work Rules

	Duty Period Guarantee	Averge Min Duty Period	"E" time (1 min pay for x mins on duty)	"F" time (1 min pay for x mins away from base)	Preferential Bidding?	Reserve work days/month
American	3:00	5:00	2.0	3.5	No	19
Southwest	4:23	5:43	1.2	2.6	No	15 avg/17max

 

AA Profit Sharing vs. Competitors

	Continental	United	Northwest	American
Earnings Threshold/ Percentage	- 30% of pretax profit up to 250 million - 25% of pretax profit between $250 million and $500 million - 20% of pretax profit over $500 million	15% of pretax profit over $10 million	- 10% of pretax profit over $1 million - 15% of pretax profit over 10% profit margin	15% of pretax profit over $500 million

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreements