Dear Sisters, Brothers, and Siblings:
Your IAM Negotiating Team is proud to announce that we have reached a Tentative Agreement for the National Airlines Flight Attendants. This is a strong First Contract which includes the following highlights:
- Job Security for the life of the agreement.
- Across the board pay raises, including two raises a year for the first nine years of employment for most Flight Attendants, with the first raise consisting of an increase to the current rate of pay ranging from 8% to 30% per hour depending on years of service on the Date of Ratification (DOR).
- Decreased report time for deadhead flights.
- Day Trading language.
- Ability to select your position on the Aircraft in seniority order.
- PTO accruals continue under many leaves of absence.
- Uniforms increase to the initial uniform set, $200 yearly uniform allowance, $75 monthly cleaning reimbursement. $150 yearly alteration reimbursement.
- General improvements to hotel language: Company will recognize and work with a hotel committee composed of Flight Attendants to address issues with Hotels and find ways to improve hotel accommodations.
- 5-year contract.
- Jury Duty pay.
- Pay scale that takes into consideration years of service with increases of 2% each year on DOR.
- Increased biweekly guarantee to 30 hours, resulting in an extra month of paid time per year over the pre-agreement policy.
- Guaranteed 150% premium of involuntary hours.
- Purser language and Purser differential increase to $7.50 per hour.
- Maternity and Family leave improvements.
- Pass Travel: the Company will work to secure pass travel on other airlines.
- Classroom and online training paid at 50%, additional pay for classroom training on days off.
- General improvements for transportation to hotels.
- Grievance procedure to resolve disputes.
- Safety Committee composed of Flight attendants to meet with the Company and address safety concerns.
- Pay protection for up to a year for Flight Attendants who are injured onboard an aircraft.
- Scheduling Committee, composed of Flight Attendants, to help address scheduling issues.
A copy of the full agreement and ratification vote information/schedule will be available soon.
We will be holding Q&A sessions to answer your questions about this Tentative Agreement on Tuesday, October 10th, and Wednesday, October 11th at the Hampton Inn, Orlando Airport Gateway Park, 5460 Gateway Village Circle, Orlando FL, 32812, from 9 am to 7 pm both days. There will be additional sessions on October 31st and November 1st with the times and locations to be determined.
Your Committee UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A YES VOTE for this Tentative Agreement. Thank you for your patience throughout this process.
Sincerely and fraternally,
John M. Coveny, Jr.
President/Directing General Chair
IAM District 142
Jesse Wilson
General Chair
IAM District 142
NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE: Tay Gonzalez, Devi Schwapp
