Alaska Airlines aircraft mechanic pay

negotiated increases take effect 2026-10-17, 2027-10-17

Steps advance annually on the employee's anniversary date (Article 23 ¶Q: 'an Employee will reach the next pay step by reaching their anniversary date'; ¶B.3 confirms one step per anniversary and bars regression or freezing). New hires may be placed above Step 1 at a 'Higher Rate Step' for prior experience (¶B). AMFA's ratification release cites a $65.85 top of scale; the base table tops at $62.23 (10/17/27) — the difference is premiums/adders, published separately, never blended into base.

per anniversary date; the contract states the interval as 'anniversary date' rather than a printed number

Technician and higher classifications. Combined license/skill premiums cap at $8.00/hr normally, $12.00/hr in the stated exception case.

A distinct midnight/third-shift rate was not corroborated this round and is not published.

Rises to $3.00/hr effective 2026-10-17.

Aviation/Facilities/Automotive Technicians skill premium; combined caps as under the license premium.

Tiers as printed; the 10-20 year tier adds $0.05/hr per additional year.

Cold-weather gear including insulated boots is furnished in kind for winter field trips (18.H); tools and toolboxes are protected "at full dollar value" with no printed cap (8.G, 21.L). A separate uniform article (21.I) prints uniform-specific figures outside this topic.

Target payout under the company incentive plan as referenced in Article 23 Paragraph O; actual payout varies with company results each year. This page publishes the printed target, never a predicted payout.

50% Company match on the first 6% of pre-tax contributions (in Alaska Air Group stock, effective 1/1/2007), PLUS an additional 50% cash match on the next 5% of deferrals effective as of DOR (Paragraph J).

Combined maximum total Company match as a percent of eligible compensation. Receiving the full match requires an 11% employee deferral (6% + 5% tiers).

Printed structure (p.82, Paras H-K): 3% of eligible compensation as a cash Company contribution PLUS a 50% stock match on up to 6% of deferrals (Para H; printed max including match: 6%) PLUS an additional 50% cash match on up to 5% more of deferrals (Para J) — J prints the combined match maximum verbatim: 5.5% of eligible compensation, full match at 11% deferral. Para K.1: if another AAG union group (excluding pilots) gets a higher total 401(k) contribution, this group's increases to match. The H structure applies via the printed one-time election / non-participant rules (H-I).

Cap on the employee share of premium; annual increases to the employee share capped at 8%.