Alaska Airlines ndi Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) lero alengeza mgwirizano wosakhalitsa pa mgwirizano wazaka zisanu wa akatswiri oyendetsa ndege pafupifupi 700 ndi ogwira nawo ntchito. Mgwirizano womwe waperekedwa umaphatikizapo kuwonjezereka kwakukulu kwa malipiro ndi kuwonjezera chitetezo cha ntchito.
"Ndine wonyadira kwambiri chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro cha mamembala athu komanso kudzipereka kwakukulu, khama, komanso nthawi yofulumira ya makomiti a zokambirana za Alaska ndi AMFA kuti akwaniritse mgwirizanowu," adatero Bret Oestreich, mkulu wa bungwe la AMFA. "Mgwirizanowu udakwaniritsidwa masiku 53 okha kuchokera tsiku lomwe lasinthidwa, zomwe zikuwonetsa kufunikira kosamalira anthu."
Zambiri za mgwirizanowu zikubisidwa podikirira mavoti ovomerezeka ndi mamembala a bungweli, omwe akuyembekezeka kumalizidwa koyambirira kwa Marichi. Ngati ivomerezedwa, mgwirizano watsopanoyo usinthidwa mu Okutobala 2021. Mgwirizano wapano udasinthidwa pa Oct. 17, 2016.
"Amuna ndi akazi omwe amasamalira ndege zathu amagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri pa ntchito ya Alaska ndipo mgwirizanowu umasonyeza luso lawo, zopereka ndi kudzipereka kwawo pachitetezo," anatero Kurt Kinder, wachiwiri kwa pulezidenti wa Alaska Airlines pa ntchito yokonza ndi zomangamanga. "Ndikufuna kuthokoza mamembala a AMFA chifukwa cha kudekha kwawo panthawiyi komanso poika chitetezo patsogolo pa chilichonse."
AMFA ndi bungwe lalikulu kwambiri la zamalonda lomwe limaimira akatswiri oyendetsa ndege ndi antchito ogwirizana ndipo limatumikira mamembala ku Alaska ndi Southwest Airlines. Mwambi wa AMFA ndi "Chitetezo mumlengalenga chimayamba ndikukonza bwino pansi."
M'mwezi wa Meyi Alaska Airlines idalandira Mphotho yake ya 15 ya Diamondi Yabwino Kwambiri kuchokera ku FAA pozindikira kudzipereka kwa kampaniyo pakuphunzitsa kukonza zinthu. Kuphatikiza apo, koyambirira kwa chaka chino, gulu la akatswiri okonza zinthu ku Alaska lidatenga malo oyamba pampikisano wapachaka wa Aerospace Maintenance ku Dallas.
