US Airways Flight Attendants Overwhelmingly Ratify New Contract

Passage includes support for the merger of US Airways and American Airlines

TEMPE, Ariz., Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –US Airways (NYSE: LCC) flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants ? CWA (AFA), ratified a new contract today that provides immediate pay increases and includes support for the merger of US Airways and American Airlines. The new contract opens four-party negotiations with American’s flight attendant union and airline representatives, an initial step in reaching a combined collective bargaining agreement. Eighty percent of flight attendants voting approved the agreement, which covers the airline’s 6,800 flight attendants who are based…