Amazon partner airline ATI, pilots agree on provisional 4-year contract

The national representing pilots astatine Air Transport International, an Ohio-based hose that operates much than 40 Boeing 767 cargo jets successful Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) aerial logistics network, said Friday it has reached a tentative labour statement with the institution aft much than 5 years of contentious negotiations.

The existent declaration was eligible to beryllium updated successful March 2021. The caller labour statement provides astir $114 cardinal successful worth for the company’s 550 pilots implicit its four-year span, including improvements to compensation, scheduling and retirement, the Air Line Pilots Association said successful a quality release.

ATI is simply a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group, which is owned by backstage equity steadfast Stonepeak.

Under the deal, the wage complaint volition summation by astir 22% implicit its duration, including 11% successful the archetypal year, according to a information expanse shared with FreightWaves. Pilots volition besides person a ratification bonus and different conditional pay, higher per diem payments and different increases. Additional wage was besides negotiated for teacher pilots.

Company status contributions volition summation from the existent 8% to 14% astatine day of signing and 15% successful twelvemonth 2 of the deal. The institution volition supply an further 1% publication each twelvemonth if definite show numbers are met, ALPA said. Pilots volition besides payment from sweeping changes to abrogation and scheduling practices that volition effect successful much clip disconnected and amended prime of life.

“This tentative statement reflects not lone our worth to the institution but is besides the nonstop effect of the unity and tenacity of each ATI pilot,” said Capt. Michael Sterling, seat of the ATI Master Executive Council, successful the quality release. “This statement volition spell a agelong mode to improving the lives of our chap pilots.

ATI pilots are home-based and question to assorted airports wherever they conscionable craft to which they are assigned.

The tentative statement indispensable inactive beryllium approved by rank-and-file members. If ratified, the declaration would spell into effect connected April 1. Voting opens March 18 and closes March 31.

“We are encouraged by the advancement ATI and ALPA person made toward reaching a tentative agreement. Constructive engagement with our pilots is an important portion of maintaining operational stableness and positioning the hose for semipermanent success.  That stableness supports our quality to present the level of reliability and work our customers expect, including Amazon, 1 of our largest partners,” said ATSG, successful a connection to FreightWaves.

Union officials 2 years agone asked the National Mediation Board to state an impasse successful talks and let the process to determination to binding arbitration, accusing absorption of stalling until it finalized a declaration hold with Amazon.