Where each agreement stands today — effective date, amendable date, and the notice each contract requires to open it up.
An airline contract does not expire. Under the Railway Labor Act it becomes amendable, and until it is actually amended every term of it stays in force — same pay, same work rules, same everything. There is no cliff on the amendable date and no gap where you are working without a contract.
Amendable June 26, 2027.
This Agreement will continue in full force and effect through and including June 26, 2027 and will thereafter renew itself without change each succeeding June 26th, unless written notice of intended change is served in accordance with Section 6, Title I, of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (the “Act”), by either party hereto at least three (3) months prior to the Amendable Date, or successive renewal periods for any subsequent year thereafter.
Article 3 — Effective Date and Duration, as amended by the 2024 Extension Agreement
Read it in fullAmendable August 16, 2027.
This Agreement will thereafter continue in full force and effect through August 16, 2027, and will renew itself without change until each succeeding August 16, thereafter, unless written notice of intended change is served in accordance with Section 6, Title 1, of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, by either party hereto, as early as August 16, 2026 and at least ninety (90) days immediately prior to August 16, 2027, or any August 16, thereafter, except that the wage rates shown in Article 15 will be effective in accordance with the dates shown.
Article 29 — Duration of Agreement
Read it in fullAmendable October 17, 2028.
Except as may otherwise be specifically provided, this Agreement will become effective October 17, 2023, and will remain in full force and effect for the period ending October 17, 2028 and will automatically be renewed under the same terms and conditions for consecutive yearly periods thereafter unless notice of intended change is served as provided herein. Either party desiring to amend or modify any provision of this Agreement will serve notice in writing on the other party at least twelve (12) months preceding October 17, 2028 or October 17th of any year thereafter.
Article 25 — Effective Date and Duration
Read it in fullAmendable since December 5, 2024
Section 6 negotiations have been running since the amendable date. A tentative agreement covering 2026–2030 was reached on August 4, 2026, and the union held member information meetings on August 26–27, 2026. Until a successor agreement is ratified, the 2023–2024 Extension is the one in force.
Checked August 27, 2026. Negotiations move; confirm anything time-sensitive with your local.
This Agreement shall became effective on December 5, 2016 and shall remain in full force and effect until December 5, 2024, and shall renew itself without change for successive one year periods thereafter unless written notice of intended change is served in accordance with Section 6, Title I of the Railway Labor Act as amended by either part hereto within three hundred and sixty five (365) days prior to the renewal date.
Article 24 — Duration
Read it in fullThis describes the statutory process in general terms. It is not part of your agreement, it is not legal advice, and the details of any real negotiation are your union’s to explain.
Either side serves written notice of intended change. Bargaining opens; the status quo holds throughout.
The company and the union bargain on their own. There is no time limit on this stage, and it can run for years.
Either side can ask the National Mediation Board to step in, or the Board can act on its own. Once the NMB has the case, it decides when talks are finished — not the parties.
If the NMB judges mediation exhausted, it offers both sides binding arbitration. Either side may refuse.
If arbitration is refused, a 30-day clock starts. The President may instead create a Presidential Emergency Board, which pauses everything for a further 60 days.
Only after all of that may the union strike or the company impose terms or lock out. Almost every negotiation settles long before here.