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TA Approved for Ratification Vote

September 2, 2025

Dear Mesa Flight Attendants,

Your elected representatives met today to review the details of the Tentative Agreement we announced on Friday. It is now officially approved for ratification with your vote. The agreement matches Republic wages and per diem, if approved by you and conditioned on the negotiation of a protocol agreement for a Joint Collective Bargaining agreement that will contain many more improvements in the merger with Republic.

We are working hard to put together the full summary of improvements, but tonight we can share with you the wage scale that would go into effect if:

  1. The agreement is ratified with a majority vote YES by Mesa AFA Flight Attendants, and
  2. A protocol agreement for negotiating the joint agreement is reached between Republic, AFA and the Teamsters. We will be negotiating this during our ratification process so that both requirements are satisfied in time to implement the new wage rates and other improvements as soon as possible. 
  3. Mesa Wage Scale

 We were also able to secure two new holidays, and a significant increase to per diem by matching Republic rates too.

In addition to money, we negotiated two very important provisions. First, we eliminated our no-strike clause. Secondly, we improved our furlough section to make sure that furloughs are done by system seniority rather than domicile seniority. This is an important provision as we enter this merger as it ensures equal treatment of all Flight Attendants across the airline.

A full summary of improvements will be provided to you by tomorrow evening and the full text of the Tentative Agreement (all of the contract language) will be posted for your review next week.

We will be available to answer your questions at our base locations, IAH, IAD, and SDF between September 12th-16th. Dates for each location will be confirmed as soon as possible and we hope to share those with you tomorrow evening as well.

We all know that Mesa has been working within financial strain for quite some time. Without a merger partner, our Company’s future would be very uncertain. The proposed merger with Republic changed our bargaining strategy and created some urgency to reach an agreement. That’s why you’ll see that many sections of the contract remain unchanged. We focused on financial items because the merger, if approved, will set off another round of bargaining for additional improvements even before this two year agreement ends. We want to be positioned as strongly as possible going into JCBA Negotiations, so we needed a better contract to start from. Further we wanted to make sure we would have pay parity with Republic Flight Attendants while we negotiate the JCBA.

The MEC and the Negotiating Committee feel strongly that ratifying the new tentative agreement is in our best interest. We will be available to answer all of your questions so that you can cast an informed vote for our future. Voting will open on September 22nd and close on October 10th. 

Thank you again for your support throughout the negotiations process. We couldn’t have done this without you.

In Solidarity,

Your AFA Mesa MEC & Negotiating Committee
Shannon Harris, MEC & LEC 44 President 
Traci Hagans, LEC 88 President
Cathy Linding, MEC Vice President (IAD)
Dora Quinonez, Negotiating Committee (IAH)
Jack Vunk, MEC Secretary-Treasurer
Kimberley Chaput, AFA Attorney and Negotiator