Southwest Airlines LUV today
announced that its Pilots have rejected the tentative contract agreement
that Union and Company negotiators reached in September. According to the
Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, 62 percent of Pilots who cast ballots
voted against the deal.
"Everyone who worked on this agreement wanted to ensure that it recognized
Southwest Pilots for the role they play in the Company's success," said Vice
President of Flight Operations Craig Drew. "Although our efforts failed to
produce an agreement, we will continue working until we have a contract that
meets the needs of our Pilots and the Company."
The Negotiating Committees will resume discussions subject to the schedule
and guidance of the National Mediation Board (NMB). The Company expects
mediated discussions to resume in the spring of 2016.
Southwest Pilots will continue working under their existing contract until a
new agreement is reached. Union and Company negotiators have been in
contract discussions for more than three years and in mediated talks since
November 2014.
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