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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
* 12 years of longevity. Comparable aircraft substituted as applicable
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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

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Industry Comparison Facts

American pilots trail industry competitors in hourly wages.

American pilots have the lowest line and reserve guarantees in the industry.

American pilots have one of the lowest sick time caps and accrue sick time at one of the slowest rates in the industry.

American pilot retirement is comparable to industry competitors.

American pilots accrue vacation days more slowly than industry competitors.

AA pilots have more productive work rules than Southwest pilots.

American pilot profit sharing trails industry competitors.

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