SECTION 1  RECOGNITION

A.        In accordance with certification No.R-5555, by the National Mediation Board, the Company recognizes the Association of Flight Attendants as the bargaining representative of the Flight Attendants employed by the Company for the purposes of the Railway Labor Act, as amended.

B.         1.        Except in emergency situations, all revenue flying performed for the Company will be performed by Flight Attendants of the Flight Attendant's System Seniority List and will be flown in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.  Nothing in this paragraph or Agreement restricts the right of qualified inflight management personnel from customary management flying.

            2.         The Company will notify the Union of its intent to subcontract or subsidize any flying at least sixty (60) days prior to entering into any such agreement with another operator.  Amendments to this Agreement will be concluded between the Company and the Union prior to the commencement of any such flying by another operator.

C.        In the case of consolidation, sale, merger, or acquisition by the Company with another airline, the Company and the Union will meet without delay to establish provisions for the protection of Flight Attendant seniority rights.

D.        The Flight Attendants will be treated no less favorably than any other employee group in the event of any transfer of control, including purchase, sale, merger, consolidation, acquisition, transfer of assets, leasing of the operation or reorganization.