Avelo Airlines

📌 First Contract Negotiations — Ongoing

Avelo flight attendants are engaged in negotiations toward a first collective bargaining agreement. Public union updates indicate the parties have been bargaining in sections and reporting tentative agreements on selected sections as negotiations continue.

As of this posting, CrewSignal has not identified a publicly posted tentative agreement for the full contract, a ratification vote schedule, or a complete bargaining calendar published by the parties.

🗂️ Organizing & Representation Milestones (Publicly Reported)

Because this is a first contract negotiation, certain organizing and representation milestones are publicly observable (NMB filings, election authorization, certification) even when bargaining details and timelines are not. The items below reflect procedural developments only and do not imply bargaining outcomes or forecasts.

• Representation application filed: AFA-CWA filed a representation application with the National Mediation Board (NMB) on October 12, 2021.
• Election authorized: The NMB issued Findings Upon Investigation and authorized an election on February 15, 2022.
• Certification issued: The NMB issued a certification on April 14, 2022, certifying AFA-CWA as the representative for Avelo flight attendants.

Note on organizing costs: CrewSignal has not identified a carrier-specific public disclosure that itemizes the costs of the Avelo organizing campaign (e.g., “money spent”) as a standalone figure.

🧭 First Contract Bargaining Process (Context)

First contracts often take extended time because the parties must build an entire agreement from the ground up (recognition, scope, scheduling/work rules, compensation, benefits, grievance/arbitration, and union rights), rather than modifying an existing amendable agreement.

Public Avelo AFA updates describe bargaining in discrete “sections,” reaching tentative agreement on sections over time, and using member engagement tools (e.g., update meetings and a Contract Action Team) typical of first-contract campaigns.

🗂️ First Contract Bargaining Milestones (Publicly Reported)

The milestones below are limited to items explicitly described in public union communications (e.g., dated negotiation updates). They are included to document process visibility and do not imply a predicted endpoint.

• “Mediation-negotiations” described in public updates: Avelo AFA communications (dated November 21, 2024) describe a mediation-negotiations session and report tentative agreements on some sections.
• Ongoing first contract negotiations with a facilitator identified: A public update (dated January 29, 2025) describes continued first contract negotiations and identifies an NMB mediator facilitating discussions.

CrewSignal will continue to monitor public union updates and any subsequent NMB mediation docketing or formal status disclosures as they become available.

🔎 Current Status Summary

• Contract type: First collective bargaining agreement
• Representation: AFA-CWA (certified April 14, 2022)
• Formal mediation docket: Not separately posted by the parties in a centralized public docket (as of this posting)
• Tentative agreement: No full-contract TA publicly reported
• Public signals: Dated union updates describe ongoing bargaining and section-by-section progress

Sources (Public)

• NMB — Findings Upon Investigation / Authorization of Election (Case R-7568): PDF
• NMB — Certification (Case R-7568): PDF
• Avelo AFA — Negotiations page (links to dated updates): aveloafa.org/negotiations
• Avelo AFA — Negotiations Update (Nov 21, 2024): afanewsletters.org (archived update)
• Avelo AFA — Negotiations Update (Jan 29, 2025): afanewsletters.org (archived update)