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Current Contract

The Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement (JCBA), which is currently in effect, may be viewed below.  The JCBA was ratified by the membership on April 3, 2018, was extended in May 2021, and becomes amendable on December 17, 2022.  For more information about contract negotiations, please visit the Contract 2022 website.

Click here to view the AFA Alaska Airlines JCBA 2018-2021
Click here to view the 2021 One Year Contract Extension
Click here to view the Virgin America Letters of Agreement

In addition to the JCBA, a number of additional documents help to clarify and interpret contractual language. These include:

Letters of Agreement (LOAs)

The AFA constitution & bylaws grants the Master Executive Council (MEC) the authority to enter into letters of agreement (LOAs) with management to supplement contractual language and provide additional guidance surrounding matters that were either not foreseen or could not be anticipated during contract negations. LOAs have the full force of contractual language.

Click here to view LOAs

Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs)

Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) provide clarification to the intent and interpretation of existing contractual language. They are binding agreements with management and are fully enforceable.

Click here to view MOUs

Labor Memorandums

Labor memorandums are guidance issued by the Alaska Airlines Labor Relations department to other company departments providing direction on how to interpret and apply the Flight Attendant collective bargaining agreement. 

Click here to view Labor Memos

Contractual Settlement Agreements

Contractual settlement agreements are used to settle a dispute in the interpretation of contractual language. Settlement agreements are considered to be an extension of the collective bargaining agreement. Similar to LOAs and MOUs, the MEC has authority to enter into settlement agreements per the AFA Constitution & Bylaws. 

Click here to view settlement agreements

Alaska Airlines & Virgin America Merger Documents

Reference Key

  • AS or L-AS: Affects only pre-merger Alaska Airlines (AS) FAs
  • VX or L-VX: Affects only pre-merger Virgin America (VX) FAs
  • AS+VX Affects pre-merger AS FAs and pre-merger VX FAs
AS+VX
AFA Alaska Airlines-Virgin America Merger Agreement
Merger AgreementDownload
AS+VX
2018-2021 Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement (JCBA)
AFA Alaska JCBA 2018-2021Download
JCBA LOA Changes to the 2014-2019 CBA (03/04/2018)Download
JCBA LOA Supplemental Reduction in Force ProtectionDownload
JCBA LOA Virgin America Red-Circled Pay RatesDownload
AS
L-AS Transition Agreement 2018
L-AS FA Transition Agreement 2018Download
VX
L-VX Transition Agreement 2018
L-VX FA Transition Agreement 2018 (03/24/2018)Download
L-VX JCBA Implementation Timetable LOADownload
VX InFlight Teammate Work Rules v5Download

Past Contracts

2014 ContractDownload
2010 Contract ExtensionDownload
2010 Contract Extension Pay & Insurance RatesDownload
2006 ContractDownload

LOSA Observations Are Underway

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Air Safety, Health, & Security Committee (ASHSC) As previously communicated, AFA and management agreed to conduct a Line Operations Safety Audit (LOSA) to help improve safety for Flight Attendants, other crewmembers, and passengers.  The LOSA program is jointly administered by AFA and management as outlined in the Inflight Line Operations Safety Audit (LOSA) Program letter of agreement. The […]

Operational Safety Debriefs

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Master Executive Council (MEC) In 2019, AFA filed grievance number 36-99-2-170-19, which alleged management’s violation of section 19.A of the collective bargaining agreement. The violation was related to an incident where management conducted a debrief meeting with Flight Attendants while they were still on duty following a slide deployment incident. As there was no contractual […]

Scheduling Committee Meeting Recap – January 2023

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Scheduling Committee On Tuesday, January 24, our AFA Scheduling Committee Chairpersons met to discuss their ongoing work to represent our Flight Attendants and push for improvements in our workplace. Representing you at the meeting were Heather Reier (ANC), Rita Tillou (SEA), Melodie Anderes (PDX), Jaqui Bellenie (SFO), Natalie Codd (LAX), and Kitty Cohen (SAN). Also […]

AFA Disaster Relief Fund – California Severe Storms

AFA International The recent severe weather in Northern California that caused flooding, landslides, and mudslides has destroyed property, damaged infrastructure, and forever changed countless people’s lives. A Presidential Declaration of Disaster has been issued for California’s Merced, Sacramento, and Santa Cruz counties. Flight Attendants whose primary residences are in these counties and have been affected by […]

January 2023 MEC Meeting Recap

Master Executive Council (MEC) The January 2023 Regular MEC Meeting was held this week on Tuesday, January 10.  The meeting consisted of updates from our MEC Officers, LEC Presidents, Grievance Committee, and Scheduling Committee.  Our MEC also reviewed written reports submitted by other AFA MEC Committee Chairpersons about their current programs of work.  No Meeting With Management […]

Response to the November 18th Inflight Town Hall Webcast

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California meal & rest breaks Management’s continued scare tactics and speculative “what-if’s” as put forward during the Inflight Town Hall webcast today regarding California meal & rest breaks are unnecessary and extremely disappointing. Although it is true there are some challenging aspects of compliance with California meal & rest break laws for commercial aviation, AFA […]

ALPA Alaska Approves Tentative Agreement for Pilot Ratification

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Master Executive Council (MEC) President Jeffrey Peterson The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) Alaska Airlines leadership recently announced they approved a tentative agreement (TA) with Alaska Airlines management for pilot ratification. Click here for the Alaska Airlines Pilots TA Quick Guide (September 2022) > At a quick glance, the TA contains impressive improvements to scope, […]

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