AGREEMENT

Between the

 

PROFESSIONAL AIRWAYS
SYSTEMS SPECIALISTS
(AFL - CIO)
 

 and the

FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION

U.S, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 

Effective July 2, 2000
 

2. PAY ADJUSTMENTS - The following pay adjustments will be made in recognition of modernization and the need for technical employees to obtain and utilize new skills, and a smaller technical workforce performing the tasks necessary to maintain and certify the NAS. These adjustments shall be made effective the first full pay period on or after October 1 of each fiscal year and shall be in addition to any other adjustments made in accordance with the Pay Plan. The FY'00 bonus shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the effective date of the Parties' Agreement.

Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement, the Pay Plan or' any other order, rule, regulation, policy or directive, technical employees, as defined in paragraph 1. (a) of this MOA, covered by the Agreement shall receive the full amount of each of the above-referenced annual adjustments, and the full amount of any other pay adjustments granted under the Pay Plan.

3. COMPUTER OPERATORS - Upon implementation of the Agreement and the Pay Plan, employees classified as Computer Operators (FG-332) will be reclassified as Computer Specialists (FG-334) with no change in pay. Any aforementioned Computer Operator who requests a conversion to the 2101 series will be granted a waiver of the Basic Electronic Screening Tools (BEST) test and the courses it replaced. All required courses and training programs applicable to the 2101 series will apply to any Computer Operator/Specialist who requests conversion to the 2101 series. A Computer Operator/Specialist seeking conversion to the 2101 series will apply for conversion through the IDP process with their supervisor. Employees seeking conversion will remain in the 334 series until such time as they successfully complete the promotion criteria in accordance with Appendix G of the Pay Plan. At that time the employees will be converted to the 2101 series specialty for which they qualify.

4. NATIONAL ADR PROCESS - In recognition of the Parties' mutual interest to resolve bargaining unit employee disputes concerning the Pay Plan as expeditiously as possible, the Parties hereby agree to the establishment of a national alternate dispute resolution procedure ("ADR"). Under the ADR procedure, within sixty (60) days of the effective date of the Agreement, any employee who has any grievance concerning the Pay Plan, shall submit the grievance to a subgroup consisting of an equal number of PASS and FAA representatives at the national level. Within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the sixty (60) day filing period, the subgroup will meet to attempt to resolve the grievances. Any disputes that are unresolved by the subgroup may be referred by either Party to arbitration under Article 5 of the Agreement before an arbitrator from the Parties' national panel, or any other applicable procedure for matters not covered by the Parties' grievance procedure.

5. SYSTEM COMPLEXITY LEVEL GUIDE (SCLG) - The SCLG provides promotion criteria to be used in determining the promotion eligibility of employees in the Specialized Job Category (FG-2101, 856, 802) of the Pay Plan. When the Pay Plan is initially turned on, an updated version of the original PRIB 21-2 will be used to define promotion criteria for employees in the Specialized Job Category. A workgroup will be established

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