Alaska Airlines Pilots Reach an Agreement in Concept on a New Contract

[Eagle757shark]

Alaska Airlines Pilots Reach an Agreement in Concept on a New Contract
Saturday March 7, 4:36 pm ET
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The pilots of Alaska Airlines, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), have reached an Agreement in Concept with Alaska Airlines management on a new, four-year contract.
Details of the agreement are being withheld until the full language is reached and the Union’s leadership votes to approve it as a tentative agreement. A tentative agreement must be approved by a majority vote of the pilot group before it can become the new pilots’ contract.
Alaska Airlines pilots have been working to negotiate a new contract since January 2007. The pilots would like to thank the National Mediation Board and its mediation staff for its assistance in allowing this agreement to be reached.
ALPA represents 52,250 pilots at 35 airlines in the U.S. and Canada, among them the 1,500 pilots of Alaska Airlines (NYSE:ALK - News), including 60 currently on furlough. Visit the Alaska MEC Web site at www.alapilots.com.

 

[Daddy]

Any details? Retro? Percentages? Bueller? Bueller?

 

[Duke of Ale]

Didn't you read that details are being withheld?

 

[Chief Pilot]

"Tonight, we reached an Agreement in Concept with management that improves or protects the Four Cornerstones of our negotiations: Work Rules, including pay, Retirement Security, Job Security and Health Benefits. The next step in the process will be to complete full language from the Agreement in Concept reached today.

This Agreement in Concept was reached after three days of meetings with the MEC and negotiations that occurred throughout that timeframe.

We recognize that this has been a long process for everyone involved and that you are eager to hear all of the details of this agreement. The Agreement in Concept is for a four-year contract that includes pay increases, a signing bonus, retirement language that preserves our current retirement plan but offers flexibility by providing options for pilots who desire them. It also defends our work rules and improves the quality of life for our pilots, especially those on reserve, and protects our health benefits and job security.

Once your MEC has approved a Tentative Agreement, we will work to put together the language in its entirety so that you can review it. We will schedule road shows, and will communicate to you the changes from current book and what that means to you and your families. You will have ample time to ask any questions you have and will vote on whether to accept the Tentative Agreement as your new contract.

We want to stress that your professionalism, integrity, unity and support, and the support of our pilot families, enabled us to reach this agreement and continues to be important.

Your MEC and Negotiating Committee will take part in tomorrow’s Family Awareness events in Seattle, Anchorage and Los Angeles, where we will talk about not only how we reached this point, but where we go from here. We hope to see you there.

Fraternally,

[FONT=&quot]Your Negotiating Committee"[/FONT]



This is all we know for now.

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

Any details? Retro? Percentages? Bueller? Bueller?

I hear there will be full Bueller.

Seriously, though, it takes a while. There's no guarantee that this'll become a TA. Of course both sides would lose face after announcing this news. Then they have to do the whole road show dealy, too.

I wouldn't be surprised if we had to wait a few more weeks to hear any details.

 

[wscrj]

Neg. Chairman said shooting for 2 weeks to have TA with language out. Road shows expected to begin then as well.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

How's section 1?

 

[QCappy]

How's section 1?

It says that Delta must stay away!:smash:

 

[turbodriver]

Bring on Delta. Maybe they'll bring the furloughed pilots back.....

 

[Going2Baja]

Bring on Delta. Maybe they'll bring the furloughed pilots back.....

They have 175 DAL + 175 NWA furlough bypassers waiting to come back....we are the LEAST of their worries.

Better left alone for now - Let DAL get their stuff in line....THEN merge.

Baja.