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JetBlue raises moody attendant pay, kinship agrees to support partnership with Spirit

JetBlue Airways pronounced it will lift moody attendant compensate subsequent year and yield other bonuses to staff while a kinship representing cabin crews concluded to support a carrier’s devise to acquire bill conduit Spirit Airlines.

Starting in November, moody attendants will get 5% raises. Including another 2% raise, a line-up of other incentives and formerly negotiated raises underneath moody attendants’ kinship contract, their raises in 2026 will devalue to 21.5% increases, according to a association memo, that was seen by CNBC Friday.

The raises come as a New York-based conduit is in a routine of perplexing to acquire Spirit, a partnership a Justice Department has sued to block. A hearing for that lawsuit is set to start on Oct. 16 in Boston.

JetBlue concluded not to permit or excommunicate any moody attendants or tighten any compared bases for 7 years after a intensity merger of Spirit goes through, a memo said.

“The stream agreement was negotiated during COVID, and given afterwards a inflight crewmembers compensate rates have depressed next other airlines by a poignant margin,” a JetBlue orator pronounced in a statement. “Because a inflight crewmembers play a poignant purpose in delivering a JetBlue experience, it’s critical that we’re means to attract and keep high-quality crewmembers with rival compensate and benefits.”

The kinship pronounced it would, in turn, support a designed merger of Spirit.

“With this agreement done by your TWU Local 579 Executive Board and JetBlue, we support a JetBlue and Spirit transaction and will not reason an additional informational picket or pronounce publicly opposite a acquisition,” a kinship pronounced in a note to members.

JetBlue also concluded to additional compensate for staff that fly a carrier’s trans-Atlantic routes and in a Mint business-class cabin, as good as other incentives, according to a minute of agreement with a Transport Workers Union, that represents JetBlue’s 7,000 moody attendants.