With the Holidays approaching quickly, it’s important to understand how Holiday Pay works under the current Contract. Holiday Pay applies to assignments flown over the designated holidays and is paid in addition to regular compensation.
Who qualifies for holiday pay?
Lineholders: (Section 4.I.1) Receive Holiday Pay based on the hourly rate of pay times the credited flight time for the pairing, divided by the number of hours away from home, times the number of hours away from home falling within the holiday.
Reserve: (Section 4.I.2) Pay varies:
- If released (RLSD) on a Contractual holiday, the Reserve will receive no holiday pay.
- If assigned to Ready Reserve status:
But does not fly a trip: the Reserve will receive a minimum Holiday pay for the day of 4:27 (30-day month) or 4:13 (31-day month) times the hourly rate.
And flies a pairing: the Reserve will get the greater of the Ready Reserve minimum Holiday pay (above) or the pay based on the Lineholder computation.
- If assigned a pairing during the Reserve Preferencing or post-preferencing process at 1930 the evening prior, Holiday Pay is calculated using the Lineholder formula.
- A Reserve qualifying for two (2) hour show-no-go/call-out pay or five (5) hour Standby Reserve pay shall receive double pay for those hours that fall within the holiday period.
For more information on Holiday Pay and Contractual Holidays, refer to Sections 2.Q. and 4.I. of the JCBA.