Flight Attendants Reach Tentative Pact at Mesaba

Flight attendants have reached a tentative agreement with Mesaba Airlines that allows both parties to move forward while management navigates the airline out of bankruptcy, AFA-CWA reported. 

"We fought to ensure that flight attendants would not bear the full burden of our airline's recovery, but we are willing to do what it takes to make sure that our company is successful once again," said Tim Evenson, president of the AFA-CWA Mesaba Master Executive Council. 

Some 400 AFA-CWA flight attendants have been mobilizing against Mesaba's threat to tear up their contract through the bankruptcy process and impose harsh wage and benefit cuts of more than 19 percent. A regional carrier for Northwest Airlines, Mesaba filed for bankruptcy in October 2005.

The tentative agreement now is being reviewed by the Mesaba MEC and if approved, will be presented to the membership for ratification. No details will be announced until the agreement is presented to AFA-CWA members for a vote.