I-Alaska Airlines kanye ne-Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) namuhla ngokuhlanganyela bamemezele isivumelwano esimisiwe senkontileka ehlongozwayo yeminyaka emihlanu yochwepheshe bezindiza abacishe babe ngu-700 kanye nabasebenzi abahlobene nabo. Inkontileka ehlongozwayo ihlanganisa ukukhushulwa kwamaholo okukhulu kanye nezinhlinzeko zokuvikela umsebenzi.
"Ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokuthenjwa kwamalungu ethu kanye nokuzinikela okukhulu, ukukhuthala, kanye nokusheshisa isikhathi kwawo womabili amakomiti ezingxoxo e-Alaska ne-AMFA ekufinyeleleni lesi sivumelwano," kusho uBret Oestreich, umqondisi kazwelonke we-AMFA. "Lesi sivumelwano sifinyelelwe ezinsukwini ezingama-53 kuphela ngaphambi kosuku oluchitshiyelwe, ngaleyo ndlela sikhombisa ukubaluleka kokunakekela abantu."
Eminye imininingwane yenkontileka igodliwe njengoba kusalindwe ivoti lokugunyazwa ngamalungu enyunyana, okulindeleke ukuthi siphothulwe ekuqaleni kukaMashi. Uma iqinisekiswa, inkontileka entsha izochibiyelwa ngo-Okthoba 2021. Inkontileka yamanje yashintshwa ngo-Oct. 17, 2016.
“Abesilisa nabesifazane abanakekela izindiza zethu badlala indima ebalulekile ekusebenzeni kwe-Alaska futhi le nkontileka ikhombisa ubuchwepheshe babo, amagalelo kanye nokuzibophezela kwabo kwezokuphepha,” kusho uKurt Kinder, iphini likamongameli we-Alaska Airlines wezokulungisa nobunjiniyela. “Ngifuna ukubonga amalungu e-AMFA ngokubekezela kwawo phakathi nalolu hlelo nokubeka ukuphepha ngaphezu kwakho konke okunye.”
I-AMFA iyinyunyana yezikebhe enkulu kunazo zonke emele ochwepheshe bezindiza kanye nabasebenzi abahlobene futhi isebenzela amalungu e-Alaska nase-Southwest Airlines. Isiqubulo se-AMFA sithi “Ukuphepha emoyeni kuqala ngokulungiswa kwekhwalithi phansi.”
NgoMeyi i-Alaska Airlines yaklonyeliswa ngendondo yayo ye-15 ye-Diamond of Excellence evela ku-FAA kuhlonishwa ukuzinikela kwenkampani ekuqeqesheni ukulungisa izinto. Ukwengeza, ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, ithimba lochwepheshe bezokulungisa base-Alaska bathathe indawo yokuqala emqhudelwaneni waminyaka yonke Wokulungiswa Kwezindiza e-Dallas.
