Flight attendants at American Airlines’ regional carrier Piedmont approved a new contract Wednesday with pay raises after threatening to strike last year.
The deal is with a relatively small group of flight attendants, just 300 at American’s wholly-owned regional carrier Piedmont based in Maryland. But it could set the stage for other contract negotiations with nearly half of the company’s overall employees.
The flight attendants represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA gave 87% approval to the contract, which gives immediate $1,800 signing bonuses, an increase in personal days, more money for per diems and wage increases that will total 24% to 56% over the four-year life of the contract.
