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By Kelly Yamanouchi
Denver Post Staff Writer
Denver Post
Article Last Updated:02/15/2007 01:28:55 PM MST
Frontier Airlines pilots have approved a new labor contract.
In a vote that concluded today, 67.4 percent of pilots voting were in favor of the new agreement, while 32.6 percent were against, said Frontier Airline Pilots Association president Jeff Thomas.
The four-year agreement freezes pay for a year for most of Frontier's approximately 650 pilots, according to Thomas.
It includes future cost-of-living pay increases and future pay-scale reductions, making it essentially "cost-neutral," he said when the tentative agreement was reached.
The pilots union agreement adds a defined-contribution retirement plan and includes some changes in work rules and productivity improvements, Thomas said.
The agreement also allows Frontier to use non-Frontier Airlines Pilots Association pilots for its Q400 turboprop operation.
But Thomas said the contract limits flying by other pilots relative to the size of its main Airbus operation, which is flown by the unionized pilots.
"The intent is that this flying should promote growth" of the mainline operation, Thomas said.
Staff writer Kelly Yamanouchi can be reached at 303-954-1488 or at [email protected] .
Denver Post Staff Writer
Denver Post
Article Last Updated:02/15/2007 01:28:55 PM MST
Frontier Airlines pilots have approved a new labor contract.
In a vote that concluded today, 67.4 percent of pilots voting were in favor of the new agreement, while 32.6 percent were against, said Frontier Airline Pilots Association president Jeff Thomas.
The four-year agreement freezes pay for a year for most of Frontier's approximately 650 pilots, according to Thomas.
It includes future cost-of-living pay increases and future pay-scale reductions, making it essentially "cost-neutral," he said when the tentative agreement was reached.
The pilots union agreement adds a defined-contribution retirement plan and includes some changes in work rules and productivity improvements, Thomas said.
The agreement also allows Frontier to use non-Frontier Airlines Pilots Association pilots for its Q400 turboprop operation.
But Thomas said the contract limits flying by other pilots relative to the size of its main Airbus operation, which is flown by the unionized pilots.
"The intent is that this flying should promote growth" of the mainline operation, Thomas said.
Staff writer Kelly Yamanouchi can be reached at 303-954-1488 or at [email protected] .
