Alaska Airlines flight attendants approve contract extension

Alaska Airlines and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA jointly announced ratification of a two-year contract extension for the airline’s 2,830 flight attendants. The ratification vote extends the contract through April 2012. The contract was previously amendable on May 1, 2010. The extension offers flight attendants a 1.5-percent pay increase on May 1 of 2010 and 2011. Flight attendants also will now participate in the same performance-based incentive plan as the airline’s dispatch and management employees.