Common use of PURPOSE AND RECOGNITION Clause in Contracts

PURPOSE AND RECOGNITION. ‌ 1.01 Flight Attendants will keep uppermost in their minds that the safety, comfort and wellbeing of the customers are their first and greatest priority. 1.02 The Parties recognize that the business in which they are engaged is highly competitive and that the Company must be able to maintain an efficient cost- effective operation and improve itself in a highly competitive market. The Parties agree to work together in attaining these objectives. 1.03 The purpose of this Agreement is to establish and maintain collective bargaining relations between the Company and the Union and to provide a mechanism for the prompt and equitable disposition of grievances and to establish and maintain mutually satisfactory working conditions, hours of work, wages and all other conditions of employment for all Flight Attendants who are subject to the provisions of this Agreement. 1.04 The Parties to this Agreement agree that they have a responsibility to enforce compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. To this end: a) The Company agrees to instruct its supervisory and management staff and will adhere to and enforce this Agreement. b) The Union agrees to instruct its officers, stewards and members to co-operate with the Company in carrying out the terms and requirements for the Agreement and to fulfil their responsibilities as Flight Attendants of the Company. 1.05 The word Flight Attendant(s) as used in this Agreement and in accordance with Article 1.06 means any Flight Attendant employed by the Company at all locations. 1.06 The Company recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all Flight Attendants employed by the Company, excluding the Manager of Flight Attendants, Assistant Flight Attendant Manager, In-Flight Supervisors and any other(s) at or above the rank of these positions in accordance with the certification issued by the Canada Industrial Relations Board under the provisions of the Canada Labour Code unless directed otherwise by the Board from time to time. The Company will recognize Union representatives appointed or elected by the Union to represent employees and matters associated with the administration of this Agreement and related responsibilities. The Company agrees to acquaint new Flight Attendants with the fact that a Collective Agreement is in effect and with the conditions of employment set out in the Articles dealing with Union security and dues check off. A new Flight Attendant shall be advised of the name and location of their Union Representative. 1.07 Excluded Personnel listed in Article 1.06 shall be permitted to perform inflight duties in the following situations: a) Where Flight Attendant training is required, or b) Where a line-check is to be done, or c) Where no Flight Attendants are available due to last minute book-offs, or d) Scheduled to retain Excluded Personnels’ competency, or e) Where there is no reasonable and practical alternative. Where a Flight Attendant is displaced from their published schedule as a result of any of the above, the Flight Attendant shall not be subject to reassignment and shall receive the Blocked credits for the flight. 1.08 Flying of Company Aircraft a) Only Flight Attendants within the bargaining unit shall be assigned to any Company flying on aircraft operated by the Company on the Company’s route network. Company flying shall include, without limitation, all revenue, non- revenue, scheduled, unscheduled, passenger, cargo, placement, ferry, charter, training, maintenance test flights, and publicity flights. Such flying shall be in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. b) Notwithstanding Article 1.08 (a), wet-leases (i.e., contracting with another Company for the provision of an aircraft with Pilots and Flight Attendants) may be entered into by the Company under the circumstances listed in (i) below provided such leases are not entered into with a Company(s) that has been declared as a single employer under the Canada Labour Code (CLC). i) To carry out flying on a temporary basis due to lack of available aircraft for reasons beyond the Company’s control (e.g., weather conditions, mechanical failures, acts of God, delay of aircraft delivery). This provision is not meant to allow the Company to maintain the Company fleet and/or Flight Attendant staffing levels below those that would normally be required to maintain operational integrity. c) The Company shall advise the Union President (or their designate) of the use of wet-leases as soon as practicable and in no case later than thirty (30) days. d) Wet-leases and their association with the Company shall not exceed one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days unless mutually agreed upon by the Parties. e) In addition to Article 1.08 (b), the Company has the right to wet-lease up to twenty percent (20%) of their fleet (rounded up to the next whole number), provided it does not result in a layoff of a bargaining unit employee.

PURPOSE AND RECOGNITION. ‌ 1.01 Flight Attendants will keep uppermost in their minds that the safety, comfort and wellbeing of the customers are their first and greatest priority. 1.02 The Parties recognize that the business in which they are engaged is highly competitive and that the Company must be able to maintain an efficient cost- cost-effective operation and improve itself in a highly competitive market. The Parties agree to work together in attaining these objectives. 1.03 The purpose of this Agreement is to establish and maintain collective bargaining relations between the Company and the Union and to provide a mechanism for the prompt and equitable disposition of grievances and to establish and maintain mutually satisfactory working conditions, hours of work, wages and all other conditions of employment for all Flight Attendants who are subject to the provisions of this Agreement. 1.04 The Parties to this Agreement agree that they have a responsibility to enforce compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. To this end: a) The Company agrees to instruct its supervisory and management staff and will adhere to and enforce this Agreement. b) The Union agrees to instruct its officers, stewards and members to co-operate with the Company in carrying out the terms and requirements for the Agreement and to fulfil their responsibilities as Flight Attendants of the Company. 1.05 The word Flight Attendant(s) as used in this Agreement and in accordance with Article 1.06 means any Flight Attendant employed by the Company at all locations. 1.06 The Company recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all Flight Attendants employed by the Company, excluding the Manager of Flight Attendants, Assistant Flight Attendant Manager, In-Flight Supervisors and any other(s) at or above the rank of these positions in accordance with the certification issued by the Canada Industrial Relations Board under the provisions of the Canada Labour Code unless directed otherwise by the Board from time to time. The Company will recognize Union representatives appointed or elected by the Union to represent employees and matters associated with the administration of this Agreement and related responsibilities. The Company agrees to acquaint new Flight Attendants with the fact that a Collective Agreement is in effect and with the conditions of employment set out in the Articles dealing with Union security and dues check off. A new Flight Attendant shall be advised of the name and location of their Union Representative. 1.07 Excluded Personnel listed in Article 1.06 shall be permitted to perform inflight duties in the following situations: a) Where Flight Attendant training is required, or b) Where a line-check is to be done, or c) Where no Flight Attendants are available due to last minute book-offs, or d) Scheduled to retain Excluded Personnels’ competency, or e) Where there is no reasonable and practical alternative. Where a Flight Attendant is displaced from their published schedule as a result of any of the above, the Flight Attendant shall not be subject to reassignment and shall receive the Blocked credits for the flight. 1.08 Flying of Company Aircraft a) Only Flight Attendants within the bargaining unit shall be assigned to any Company flying on aircraft operated by the Company on the Company’s route network. Company flying shall include, without limitation, all revenue, non- non-revenue, scheduled, unscheduled, passenger, cargo, placement, ferry, charter, training, maintenance test flights, and publicity flights. Such flying shall be in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. b) Notwithstanding Article 1.08 (a), wet-leases (i.e., contracting with another Company for the provision of an aircraft with Pilots and Flight Attendants) may be entered into by the Company under the circumstances listed in (i) below provided such leases are not entered into with a Company(s) that has been declared as a single employer under the Canada Labour Code (CLC). i) To carry out flying on a temporary basis due to lack of available aircraft for reasons beyond the Company’s control (e.g., weather conditions, mechanical failures, acts of God, delay of aircraft delivery). This provision is not meant to allow the Company to maintain the Company fleet and/or Flight Attendant staffing levels below those that would normally be required to maintain operational integrity. c) The Company shall advise the Union President (or their designate) of the use of wet-leases as soon as practicable and in no case later than thirty (30) days. d) Wet-leases and their association with the Company shall not exceed one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days unless mutually agreed upon by the Parties. e) In addition to Article 1.08 (b), the Company has the right to wet-lease up to twenty percent (20%) of their fleet (rounded up to the next whole number), provided it does not result in a layoff of a bargaining unit employee.