A Strong Agreement Built for Flight Attendants at PSA Airlines
Our collective bargaining agreement (CBA) establishes the rights, compensation, scheduling standards and working conditions for all flight attendants at PSA Airlines. It includes not only the base contract but also letters of agreement (LOAs), memorandums of understanding (MOUs), and grievance settlements — all of which are binding and reinforce our contractual protections.
Side Letters & Letters of Agreement
Under our constitution, the Master Executive Council (MEC) is authorized to negotiate LOAs with management. These agreements supplement the CBA by addressing emerging issues, unforeseen conditions, or clarifications. LOAs carry the full weight of contractual enforceability.
Voluntary Leaves of Absence: Aug 2025, Sept 2025, Oct 2025 (CONCLUDED)
- Allow for 1 month enhanced leave of absence
- Management at its discretion may drop the trade floor to 40 hours, depending on how many flight attendants take the ELA.
- Trade Floor Lowered to 40 Hours for the following bid periods:
- September 2024
- Trade Floor Lowered to 40 Hours for the following bid periods:
- January 2024
- February 2024
Enhanced Personal Leave of Absence Program (CONCLUDED)
- Allowed for 1 – 3 month enhanced leaves of absence (EXPIRED)
- Those on ELA will be credited with 75 of FML credit for the purpose of FMLA eligibility
- Temporary trade floor lowering (EXPIRED)
DFW Base Updates Letter of Agreement
- Modification to CBA that certain times are EASTERN
Flexible Hiring Rates & Retention Bonus
- Flexible Hiring Rates
- Retention Bonuses (EXPIRED)
- Commuter Hotels
- Reduces range from 100 miles to 50 miles
- Establishes Commuter Hotel
2022 Quality of Life Enhancements
- Holiday/Critical Coverage Pay
- The Company may increase the rate in its sole discretion.
- Accelerated Pay
- A Flight Attendant who is awarded a premium pay trip under Section 8.I.3 will be paid a minimum of one and one-half (1.5) times her/his hourly rate for hours flown, and such time will be paid in addition to her/his minimum monthly guarantee. The Company may, by its sole discretion increase the rate of pay, e.g. accelerated pay, for a premium trip(s)..
- Golden Days
- A Reserve Flight Attendant may request up to six (6) Golden Days per bid period.
- A Reserve Flight Attendant who has a day(s) off moved by the Company will be paid in accordance with Section 3.R if such day(s) are not restored in the current bid month. If the Company restores such day(s) within the current bid month, the Reserve Flight Attendant will receive Accelerated Pay under Section 3.R.
2022 Summer Reliability Rewards Program (CONCLUDED)
2020 Voluntary Short-Term Leaves of Absence FMLA Credit (CONCLUDED)
Memorandums of Understanding
Memorandums of Understanding provide further clarity on specific contract provisions and management practices. These agreements, like LOAs, are fully enforceable and serve to interpret or refine existing language in the agreement.
Special Voluntary Early Out Program (EXPIRED)
MEC Grievance Settlements
In addition to the contract and supplemental agreements, we maintain a record of MEC‑level grievance settlements. These documents establish precedent, provide clarity, and help enforce our rights under the contract.
MEC Hotel Grievance – Comfort Inn in Oxon Hill, MD
- Our investigation has determined the hotel in question (the Comfort Inn in Oxon Hill, MD) was an ad-hoc hotel, and thus was not a hotel designated by either party as one on its approved hotel list. Regardless, the Company finds the feedback shared by FA … to be credible and therefore grants the grievance and has advised Crew Scheduling and its hotel vendor, TA Connections, not to use this property for PSA Flight Attendants going forward.
MEC Attendance Policy Grievance – Tardy (TAR) Events
- The company believes the occurrences identified and documented were in fact accurate. However, given the process change implemented to capture these events, and the limited time for employees to prepare for this change, we have agreed to a non-precedent setting, non-referral one time waiving of tardy (TAR) events for the period of October 15, 2024, thru December 15, 2024. Additionally, we will send a communication to all PSA Crew Members within forty-eight hours of the issuance of this letter, to reset expectations related
to crew check-in time adherence. This communication will reinforce our monitoring of the check-in process going forward for all crew members as outlined in the Crew Member Reliability Program. The process to identify TAR events and apply the appropriate points will resume effective midnight March 31, 2025.