Pilots at American Airlines are raising concerns over their tentative agreement with the carrier after United Airlines' new pilot deal.
“Mr. Isom and Mr. Johnson both acknowledged that significant improvements must be made, with Mr. Isom reiterating his assertion that management ‘will take care of our pilots,’” Sicher’s note read. “Our respective bargaining teams have committed to working around the clock beginning tonight for the next few days to address crucial improvements to the TA.”
Sarah Jantz, spokeswoman for American Airlines said, the carrier will work with the union “to make sure our pilots are taken care of.”In its current form, the tentative agreement is “unacceptable,” according to Dennis Tajer, Allied Pilots Association spokesman. The first thing the union recognized was the difference in pay.
There’s at least a 2% pay decrease compared to Delta Air Lines and United’s pilot contracts, he said, noting that American did not provide back pay for the months of January, February, March and April 2023 in the current tentative agreement. The American agreement also provides pay increases every May, while United and Delta’s raises are every January, he said.“We saw a market standard set for work-life balance and quality of life that we had not seen set before,” Tajer said.
Despite feeling there could be an easy fix with the company, Tajer said the union has reauthorized funding and reenergized its strike center, a normal process for when a contract is “under jeopardy,” he said. “We have to make sure that we have all of our assets ready,” Tajer said. “That’s worst-case scenario.”Whether membership takes a vote on the contract as early as next week will depend on how things go this week, he said. But he said that both parties are trying to make sure that this doesn’t “trigger some elongated process.”
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