Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Pilots’ Association ratifies contract with company
The pilots of Southwest Airlines officially voted to ratify a new five-year contract with Southwest Airlines. The new contract becomes amendable on September 1, 2011 but allows the two sides to begin bargaining discussions in July 2011. Over 87% of pilots voted in favor of the new contract, with a voter participation rate of over 93%.
"After we voted down the first agreement in June, we returned to the table to address areas our membership felt needed improvement," said Capt. Carl Kuwitzky, president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association (SWAPA). "We were able to negotiate positive changes in many of those areas, including scheduling flexibility and codeshare protections."
The new contract provides increased job scope protections, pay rate increases, retirement contribution increases, scheduling and quality of life improvements, new procedures incorporating current technology, along with up-to-date contract language improvements.
The pilots and the company had been in negotiations on an agreement since it became amendable in September 2006, and this is the first new contract for the pilots in 15 years.
Source: Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association
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