A. The Company shall consider the recommendations of the Union Health and Safety Committee in all matters affecting the safety of Flight Attendants. The Company safety representatives and the Union Health and Safety Committee shall meet from time to time as needed at mutually agreeable times and places.

B. The Union Health and Safety Committee Chairperson or her/his designee may attend AWA/FAA aircraft certification demonstrations, including new emergency evacuation procedures, and shall be notified as far in advance as practical.

C. Reasonable efforts shall be made to standardize the configuration of safety/emergency equipment on each series of aircraft.

D. The Union Health and Safety Committee shall be allowed to inspect any aircraft in which the Company requires a Flight Attendant to work, or any aircraft accident crash site.

E. The Company shall provide the Union Health and Safety Committee with monthly reports regarding Flight Attendant on-the-job-injuries. The reports shall include the date and nature of the injury.

F. The Company shall notify the MEC President or a qualified designee as soon as practical of any accident, serious incident, or hijacking incident in which a Flight Attendant is involved. These incidents are defined below:

1. Aircraft Accident: Any and all occurrences which cause damage to a Company aircraft or in which any person suffers death or injury.

2. Hijacking: Seizure or attempted seizure of a Company aircraft with Flight Attendants on board by actual or threatened force of violence.

3. Serious Incident: An incident with Flight Attendants on board a Company aircraft involving any of the following:

a. Serious injury to a Flight Attendant

b. Actual or planned passenger evacuation of an aircraft

c. Fire and smoke on board resulting in injuries

d. Physical assault of a Flight Attendant by a passenger(s)

e. Aircraft decompression during flight

1. Severe turbulence resulting in injuries to crew members or passengers
1. Bomb threats

Names will be provided to the Union as circumstances dictate.

G. Following any incident as listed above, Flight Attendants will be provided with immediate medical attention and, to the extent possible, isolated from the media.

H. Following any incident as listed above, the Company shall notify the designated emergency contact of each Flight Attendant involved, if the Flight Attendant is incapacitated or requests the Company to do so.

I. Following any incident as listed above, the Company shall release a Flight Attendant from further duty without loss of pay and credit if the Flight Attendant is unable to continue to perform her/his duties.

J. The Company shall notify the MEC President upon receipt of information regarding hostilities, political disruptions or natural disasters which may present a danger to the safety of Flight Attendants at stations in which they are required to fly.

K. In the event of a hijacking or hostage situation in which a Flight Attendant is involved, the Flight Attendant shall be paid for her/his awarded line value plus or minus adjustments for the month in which the incident occurred. Thereafter, she/he will be paid her/his minimum monthly guarantee for the remainder of the incident. Payroll deductions that are not required by law shall be held in abeyance for the duration of the incident.

L. The Company shall notify a Flight Attendant upon receipt of information of any potential environmental hazards to which she/he may have been exposed while on duty.

M. A Flight Attendant shall have the right to request Union representation when she/he has been involved in an airline accident or incident as defined above.

N. No Flight Attendant shall be required to perform a bomb search on an aircraft or to remain on board during such search.

O. The Company shall provide the Union Health and Safety Committee copies of all information received regarding air contamination and noise level information that occurs in the aircraft environment upon the receipt of same.