Frontier pilots approve contract
Chris Walsh, Rocky Mountain News
Published February 15, 2007 at midnight
Frontier Airlines pilots have voted in favor of a new four-year contract that boosts retirement benefits and helps protect jobs.
The carrier said today that 289 pilots voted for the new contract, while 140 cast bids against it.
The contract will take effect March 1.
"We're pleased that the members have ratified this," said Jeff Thomas, president of the Frontier Airline Pilots Association.
The agreement calls for cost-of-living wage increases, although it also includes future decreases in the pay scale.
For Frontier, the new deal helps boost productivity and lower certain operating costs. The carrier also can use nonunion pilots for its turboprop service, scheduled to start this summer.
The two sides had been negotiating on a new contract for more than a year.
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