Our goal throughout these negotiations has been clear. We vowed to take on American Airlines management, to fight for the best contract we could achieve and to squeeze every penny out of this management team. We vowed to defend our work rules, to fight for the retroactive pay that we have earned, and to defend our contract against concessions.

This contract belongs to all Flight Attendants at American Airlines. As you all know, this has not been an easy fight. But through week after week of high-level mediation in Washington, D.C., your negotiating committee was strengthened by the unity and resolve of our membership.

This is your Tentative Agreement and if ratified, it will be our contract for the coming years. We encourage every Flight Attendant to study the full Tentative Agreement carefully, participate in discussions, and vote accordingly. In this booklet, at our base visits, and on the APFA Tentative Agreement section of the website, you will find ample information about this Tentative Agreement.

We are proud of our improvements and what our workgroup has accomplished.

• This contract adds over 4 billion dollars above and beyond the value of our current agreement.
• Management’s framework aimed to keep compensation comparable to Delta, but we fought through and exceeded those constraints.
• Management said they did not believe in retroactive pay and wanted a paltry signing bonus, but we fought for and won retroactive pay.
• We defended our hard-won work rules. Once you give work rules away, they rarely come back.

We secured objectives such as boarding pay, increased per diem, a sit rig, improvements in sick leave payout upon retirement, and many improvements in scheduling and reserve.

Let us be clear: This Tentative Agreement would not have been possible without 28,000 American Airlines Attendants standing together in solidarity. You kept up the pressure through endless picketing, a decisive 99.47% strike authorization ‘YES’ vote, marches on the boss, and more. The recent movement at the bargaining table is a testament to the saying, “Strikes and the threat of strikes work.”

This Tentative Agreement booklet illustrates substantive changes included in the 2024 Tentative Agreement. Along with this booklet, you will have access to a digital ‘red-lined’ agreement, allowing you to compare the 2024 Tentative Agreement with our current JCBA. Additionally, your negotiating committee will host a series of virtual town halls and conduct base visits at all ten crew bases.

The 2024 Tentative Agreement call center will be open daily from 9 am until 5 pm and may be reached at (424) 4TA INFO. Any updates to call center hours of operation will be communicated on the Tentative Agreement portion of the APFA website. Contract Action Team (CAT) Members will also be available in the airports throughout the voting process.

Thank you for your tremendous support during this long process. Please reach out to your APFA Leadership, CAT Team Members, or the Tentative Agreement call center to have your questions answered.