Tentative Agreement is Ratified!

Negotiations
Written By Alec Donahue

Dear Spirit Flight Attendants,

The final vote for the Tentative Agreement is in! We are proud to announce that the final vote was YES!

75% voted “YES.”

25% voted “NO.”

 

What are the next steps?

Your AFA negotiations committee and MEC have been working with the company on the implementation timeline of all the new TA provisions. A clean version of the New Contract will be posted.

Implementation so far:

  • The pay raise is retroactive to April 1st, and the retro amount will be paid on the April 28th paycheck.

  • Lead Pay increase will be retroactive to April 1st and will be on your May 15th paycheck.

  • Uniform order free shipping effective immediately.

  • Sick leave cap increased to 500 hrs., effective immediately.

  • Block hours in 2023 count for additional $150 uniform credit paid in Jan 2024.

  • Block and credit caps for SAP and DOT will be removed for the May bid month.

  • New minimum rest rules in Section 7.

  • The 600 hours for company-paid medical insurance will begin calculating on September 1st, 2023, for your benefits in 2025.  No Change: Your 2024 benefits calculation (still 432) will end on September 30th, 2023. Remember: September 2023 will count TWICE (for 2024 benefits and 2025 benefits)

 

Effective May 1st:

  • All Reserve Section provisions (seniority-based assignment/, call-me-first’, picking up on a moveable day following GDO, additional reserve shifts, etc.) 

  • Most Scheduling/Hours of Service Sections provisions (Max 15 hrs. on duty actual, DOR restoration rules, reroute-reschedule distinction, and 150% premium on increased credit worked, new rules for calculating reserve grid, pairing construction processes and regulations, etc.)

  • Leaves of Absence: minimum 12-month service to qualify for maternity leave

  • Notice of Investigation (NOI) meeting pay, notification, and protective provisions (max 90-day look-back, new timelines)

  • Commuter Policy provisions: increase in the number of commuter failures, notifying CS after 1st failed flight, recovery provisions, etc.

 

The new bidding timeline, Seniority-based Open time (SOT), and first come, first served open time (FCFS OT) will begin in May for the JUNE bid month. We will have more information soon.

Congratulations!

 

 In Solidarity, 

MEC Negotiations Committee

Alec Donahue https://www.spiritafa.org
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