21.R. Quarterly Productivity Premium
A Flight Attendant will receive a Quarterly Productivity Premium (QPP) if Worked TFP during a calendar quarter exceeds the TFP equivalent of the Flight Attendant’s combined monthly PBS bid award in that calendar quarter.
What is Worked TFP?
Worked TFP is all paid TFP excluding vacation/PTO and sick leave. Worked TFP includes (but is not limited to) regular TFP, Sit Pay, 4 trip minimum, ground delay, stranded pay, pre-boarding, pay protection, jury duty, deadhead, surface deadhead, Recurrent Training, Company business, Union business, et cetera.
Do I have to achieve my PBS bid award every month in order to be eligible for the QPP?
No. The QPP is based on exceeding the PBS monthly bid award combined over the three months in the calendar quarter.
Example:
January 2015 – 80 TFP
February 2015 – 80 TFP
March 2015 – 80 TFP
In order to achieve the QPP for Q1 2015, you must fly 240.1 TFP anytime during Q1. You could fly 100 TFP in January, 100 TFP in February and 40.1 TFP in March or any combination thereof. As just a few examples, Sit Pay, Recurrent Training, ground delay pay, boarding pay are all “bonuses” above one’s bid award that will help you achieve the QPP.
How does vacation/PTO affect the QPP?
Vacation/PTO is included in the PBS bid award, so it counts towards “setting the bar” for the QPP. However, Worked TFP does not include vacation/PTO, so vacation/PTO does not count towards “meeting the bar” for QPP.
Example:
January 2015 – 80 TFP (28 TFP vacation, 52 TFP flying)
February 2015 – 80 TFP
March 2015 – 80 TFP
If you just fly your line and have one sit over 2 hours sometime in Q1 (52 TFP + 80 TFP + 80 TFP + 1 TFP = 213 TFP), you will not achieve the QPP. The “bar” is set at 240 TFP but you have only flown 212 TFP plus the 1 TFP Sit Pay = 213 TFP. You must fly at least 240.1 TFP in Q1 to achieve QPP. Although you do not have to fly over your vacation, you do have to fly the equivalent of any vacation/PTO and sick time at some point in the quarter, plus exceed the quarterly bid award by 0.1 TFP.
Quarterly Productivity Premium video
