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employee is available for service and thereafter shall revert to his previous status and will be given a dismissal allowance accordingly if any is due.

(f) An employee receiving a dismissal allowance shall be subject to call to return to service after being notified in accordance with the working agreement, and such employee may be required to return to the service of the employing carrier for other reasonably comparable employment for which he is physically and mentally qualified and which does not require a change in his place of residence, if his return does not infringe upon the employment rights of other employees under the working agreement.

(g) If an employee who is receiving a dismissal allowance returns to service the dismissal allowance shall cease while he is so reemployed and the period of time during which he is entitled to receive a dismissal allowance. During the time of such reemployment however he shall be entitled to protection in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.

(h) If an employee who is receiving a dismissal allowance obtains other employment, his dismissal allowance shall be reduced to the extent that the sum total of his earnings in such employment plus his allowance and any unemployment insurance benefit (or similar benefit), exceed the amount upon which his dismissal allowance is based: Provided, That this shall not apply to employees with less than one year's service.

(i) A dismissal allowance shall cease prior to the expiration of its prescribed period in the event of:

1. Failure without good cause to return to service in accordance with working agreement after being notified of position for which he is eligible and as provided in paragraphs (f) and (g).

2. Resignation.

3. Death.

4. Retirement or on account of age or disability in accordance with the current rules and practices applicable to employees generally.

5. Dismissal of justifiable cause.

Section 6. An employee affected by the merger shall not during the applicable protective period be deprived of benefits attaching to his previous employment, such as hospitalization, relief, and the like.