I-Spirit Airlines kanye nabashayeli bayo, abamelwe yi-Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA), bamemezele ukwamukelwa kwesivumelwano esisha sokusebenza seminyaka emihlanu ngoLwesithathu. Kumaphesenti angama-98 abashayeli bezindiza abavotile, abangamaphesenti angama-70 bavote bavumelana nesivumelwano.
"Lesi sivumelwano sandisa isinxephezelo sethu saminyaka yonke, siletha izivikelo zemisebenzi, futhi sigcina izivikelo ezibalulekile zekhwalithi yokuphila," kusho uCaptain Stuart Morrison, usihlalo we-Spirit unit ye-ALPA. "Isivumelwano siphinde sithuthukise kakhulu ikhono leSpirit Airlines ukuheha nokugcina abashayeli bezindiza abasezingeni eliphezulu abakhona."
Isivumelwano se-Spirit Airlines ne-ALPA sihlanganisa ukukhuphuka okumaphakathi kwamaphesenti angama-43 ezilinganisweni zomholo ngosuku lokusayinwa, iminikelo eqondile enamadijithi amabili ezinhlelweni zokuthatha umhlalaphansi zabashayeli bamabhanoyi, kanye nesinxephezelo sokuqinisekisa esingu-$75 million.
“Sijabule kakhulu ukufinyelela lesi sivumelwano esibalulekile nabashayeli bethu bezindiza,” kusho uRobert Fornaro, oyiChief Executive Officer. “Inkontileka yethu entsha izonikeza abashayeli bethu bezindiza ukukhushulwa okubafanele emholweni nasezinzuzweni, futhi izovumela inkampani yezindiza ukuthi isebenze kahle nangokwethembeka ukuze sikwazi ukusiza kangcono izivakashi zethu. Ngifuna ukubonga abaxazululi bethu beNational Mediation Board kanye nabaxoxisana nabo abavela ku-ALPA and Spirit.”
Ukuqinisekiswa kwalesi sivumelwano kumelela iminyaka emithathu yezingxoxo zenkontileka, okuhlanganisa cishe iminyaka emibili etafuleni lezingxoxo ngosizo lwe-NMB.
“Ngifuna ukuhalalisela ithimba le-Spirit bargaining kanye nobuholi beqembu lokuhlola ukufeza intuthuko edingeka kakhulu ezindaweni eziyisisekelo zenkontileka yabo,” kusho uKapteni Tim Canoll, umongameli we-ALPA. "Ngaphansi kobuholi balo, leli qembu liphume ezingxoxweni ezixoxisanayo zokukhushulwa kwamaholo kanye nezihlinzeko zokuvikela umsebenzi abashayeli bethu bezindiza osekunesikhathi bekufanelekela."
