Status This Week
No carrier-specific bargaining development dated during the 2026.08.22–2026.08.28 reporting window was located in the public sources reviewed.
Contract timing: Avelo is bargaining a first agreement, so there is no contract amendable date. The NMB certified CWA-AFA representation on 2022.04.13. As of 2026.08.28, 4 years, 4 months and 15 days—1,598 days—had elapsed since certification while the first contract remained unresolved. Certification is a representation milestone, not the first bargaining-session date; the public sources reviewed do not establish the exact first table date.
Process Signals
- The NMB FY2027 budget justification continues to identify Avelo among CWA-AFA Flight Attendant cases in federal mediation.
- The NMB weekly activity report for August 24–28 did not list an Avelo reassignment, ratification or closure. The weekly summary does not catalog every private exchange or session in an already-open case, so its silence does not establish that no bargaining work occurred.
- CWA-AFA’s certification announcement said Avelo Flight Attendants would have bargaining experts and the full strength of the multi-carrier union behind them. The public Avelo news archive still identifies 2024.01.24 as the first day back at the table after filing for mediation, but it did not display a bargaining update dated in this reporting window.
CrewSignal Assessment
A first contract still had not been publicly completed 1,598 days after certification. That is a consequential performance measure because the workgroup remains without a first collectively bargained agreement while the union’s stated multi-carrier advantage is access to experienced negotiators, model language, legal support and institutional leverage.
The certification-to-present clock must not be mislabeled as uninterrupted time at the table, and the available public record does not assign every day of delay to CWA-AFA, Avelo management or the NMB. Even with those limits, the length of the wait and the absence of a durable recent public bargaining account warrant continued scrutiny of both results and transparency.