AirTran Pilots Ratify New Contract

By Andrew Compart

Pilots at AirTran Airways ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement Nov. 19 that increases pay by as much as 26% for the most-senior first officers and as much as 10% for captains, a spokesman for the AirTran unit of the Air Line Pilots Association says.

AirTran pilot pay scales have not increased since the last contract was signed in 2001. The contract became ...

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