American Airlines pilots' union rejects new contract proposal

American Airlines pilots' national connected Wednesday said its committee of directors rejected a tentative agreement for a caller contract, the latest successful a bid of setbacks successful labour talks crossed large U.S. airlines.

The Allied Pilots Association, which represents astir 15,000 American Airlines pilots, said its committee voted against the tentative woody 15-5. The connection called for 12% raises for pilots connected the day of declaration signing, positive 5% aft 1 year, and 2% aft 2 years, according to a transcript of the statement successful principal.

American didn't instantly comment.

The rejection comes a time aft United Airlines pilots turned down a deal that would person included astir 15% raises.

Labor unions are pushing for higher wages and amended schedules, among different improvements, successful caller labour deals. The Covid-19 pandemic had enactment labour talks connected clasp arsenic airlines focused connected making it done a monolithic driblet successful question demand.

"We cannot ballot to o.k. a [tentative agreement] that does not adequately code the quality-of-life items of our enactment pilots," union representatives based astatine American's Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport hub said successful a enactment to pilots earlier the vote. "The Company has returned a connection that is not lone subpar successful these areas, but it besides demonstrates a implicit deficiency of knowing however important these issues are for you."