US Airways‘ (Phoenix) flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants – CWA (AFA), ratified a new contract today that provides immediate pay increases and includes support for the merger of US Airways and American Airlines. The new contract opens four-party negotiations with American’s flight attendant union and airline representatives, an initial step in reaching a combined collective bargaining agreement. Eighty percent of flight attendants voting approved the agreement, which covers the airline’s 6,800 flight attendants who are based in US Airways’ four hub cities of Phoenix, Philadelphia, Charlotte, N.C., and Washington, D.C.
Following ratification today, the new contract specifies negotiations to begin within thirty days between airline officials at US Airways and American Airlines, AFA and the union representing American Airlines flight attendants, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA). The talks would establish protocols for reaching a combined collective bargaining agreement once the merger of US Airways and American Airlines, announced on February 14, is closed. The merger is expected to close by the third quarter of this year following regulatory agency and bankruptcy court approvals.
Copyright Photo: Jay Selman. Will the US Airways logojets survive the merger with American? Probably yes since US Airways’ CEO Doug Parker will be running the new American. Doug has always honored and celebrated the legacies of the previous airlines and wisely promoted local sports teams at his hubs. There may be more logojets coming at the new AA especially those celebrating the local AA hub cities and their sports teams. Airbus A319-112 N717UW (msn 1069) in the Carolina Panthers special sports livery taxies to the runway at the Charlotte hub.
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