Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Ratify Five-Year Contract

SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines flight attendants today approved a new five-year contract. Included in the new contract are quality of life enhancements and pay increases that rank Alaska’s 3,400 flight attendants among the highest paid in the industry at every pay step.

“We are pleased to have a ratified deal after three years of negotiations and thank our flight attendants for their professionalism and the outstanding service they provide our customers every day,” said Andy Schneider, Alaska Airlines’ vice president of inflight services.

Under the Railway Labor Act, which governs collective bargaining agreements in the airline industry, contracts do not expire, they only become amendable. The previous agreement became amendable on May 1, 2012 and the new contract will become amendable again on Dec. 17, 2019.

“Today, Alaska flight attendants made a collective decision that will carry us through the next five years,” said Jeffrey Peterson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants Master Executive Council at Alaska Airlines. “We are dedicated to advancing the flight attendant career for ourselves and future flight attendants to come.”