Alaska Airlines pilots OK new contract - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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According to the , which representss Alaska’s 1,455 pilots, of the 95 percenyt of those pilotswho voted, 84 percent voted in favor of the The new contract includes retirementy options for current pilots and will also closes the company’s pension plan to new “reducing retirement funding risk,” according to the union. New pilotss will participate ina 401(k) plan instead. Pilotse will receive a one-time bonus followin g ratification of the contract that Alaskaz Air expects will cost the airline a totaloof $20 million.
And the airline said the new contractr “provides for better productivityand “For example, there are changes to reservde flying provisions that allow for improvesd scheduling efficiency, language that allows for pilots to fly more than the current 85-hour monthly limit for pay, and exceptionsw that allow us to suspend certain restrictions in irregula r operations,” Alaska Air Grouop officials said in an SEC filing. The pilotss and (NYSE: ALK) of Seattle agreedc to a tentative deallast month. Alaska Airlined flew 34.8 percent of all flights last yearat Seattle-Tacomaa International Airport.