Frontier Airlines

📌 Section 6 Negotiations — Amendable Contract

Public CWA-AFA communications indicate that Frontier’s flight attendant agreement became amendable in 2024 and that the union has invoked the National Mediation Board (NMB) process as part of Section 6 bargaining under the Railway Labor Act (RLA).

CWA-AFA has publicly reported filing for federal mediation in 2024 and has continued to publish negotiation dates and member update calls, indicating ongoing bargaining activity.

🧭 Mediation & Bargaining Posture (Publicly Reported)

CWA-AFA publicly reported filing for federal mediation with the NMB in May 2024 relating to bargaining over the impacts of the company’s business model changes. CWA-AFA later reported filing for mediation in October 2024 as part of Section 6 bargaining, noting the case would be docketed and assigned a mediator by the NMB.

Public CWA-AFA Frontier communications also list scheduled negotiation sessions and related membership update calls, including sessions in November and December 2025.

🔎 Current Status Summary

• Negotiation type: Section 6 (amendable agreement)
• Mediation: CWA-AFA has publicly reported filing for federal mediation with the NMB (2024)
• Tentative agreement: No full-contract TA publicly reported in the sources listed below
• Public signals: Union communications indicate ongoing bargaining and published negotiation session dates

CrewSignal will continue to monitor public union communications and any NMB docketing/assignment information that becomes available through public reporting.

Sources (Public)

• CWA-AFA — “CWA-AFA Frontier Flight Attendants File for Federal Mediation” (May 31, 2024): afacwa.org
• CWA-AFA — “CWA-AFA Frontier Advances Position under RLA” (Oct 25, 2024): afacwa.org
• CWA-AFA Frontier — “Two significant updates” (Oct 25, 2024): afafrontier.org
• CWA-AFA Frontier — Negotiations page (published negotiation sessions / update calls): afafrontier.org