ATI Pilots Mark Five Years of Prolonged Contract Negotiations

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today marks the fifth anniversary since Air Transport International (ATI) pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), exchanged opening proposals in contract negotiations. ATI pilots continue to express their displeasure with these drawn-out contract discussions and are operating under a below-market-based collective bargaining agreement (CBA) signed on March 21, 2018.

“The pilots of ATI have heavily invested in growing the airline since Amazon operations began in 2015,” said Capt. Mike Sterling, chair of the ATI ALPA Master Executive Council. “While ATI is the largest Amazon air carrier in the world, our pilots receive the lowest pay rates and retirement benefits of any other pilot flying a Boeing 767 for Amazon. We deliver unmatched reliability, yet we receive less-than-stellar compensation for our performance.”

According to the ATI ALPA MEC, the goal of the current bargaining effort is to solidify a market-based contract that meets our members’ focused priorities of enhanced retirement benefits and pay rates with targeted quality-of-life improvements.

In January 2024, ATI pilots formally requested that the National Mediation Board release them to self-help, which for pilots means a legal strike. In November 2023, 99.7 percent of ATI pilots voted in favor of authorizing a strike when legally permitted.

Founded in 1931, ALPA is the largest airline pilot union in the world and represents more than 79,000 pilots at 42 U.S. and Canadian airlines, including 684 ATI pilots. Visit the ALPA website at alpa.org or follow us on Twitter @ALPAPilots.

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