Alaska Airlines and aircraft technicians reach tentative agreement on proposed five-year contract

Alaska Airlines and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) jointly announced tentative agreement on a proposed five-year contract for the carrier’s nearly 700 aircraft technicians and related employees. The proposed contract includes significant pay increases and added job protection provisions. Further details of the contract are being withheld pending a ratification vote by union members, which is expected to be completed by early March. If ratified, the new contract would become amendable in October 2021. The current contract became amendable on Oct. 17, 2016.