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United flight attendants ratify five-year contract with 31% pay increases, ending nearly six years without a raise

United’s ~30,000 flight attendants voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new five-year labor agreement that delivers a 31% pay increase and other boarding-pay improvements, with the contract set to take effect this summer. The settlement makes United the last of the US “Big 4” to land a post-pandemic cabin crew pact.

Discovered 2026-05-12T11:20:36.128352-07:00 | 2026-05-12T11:20:36.128352-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

The ratification ends a nearly six-year cabin-crew pay stalemate at United, resolving the latest bargaining flashpoint highlighted as mediated talks progressed toward a potential work-impacting outcome (United begins final mediated bargaining with 30,000 flight attendants as strike risk looms).
The package—31% pay growth within a five-year term and “industry-leading” senior/boarding pay structure—sets a new wage reference point for competing US carriers still working through cabin labor settlements (United flight attendants near historic deal: $100+/hr top pay, 30% base raises — with key concessions).
For United’s cost and scheduling model, labor-plan certainty now follows a period of unresolved contract dynamics and operational tension signals, improving visibility into future staffing and total compensation budgeting (United flight attendants’ years-long contract negotiations may be nearing resolution).

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Wings 100knots.com Simple Flying mynorthwest.com The Independent Live and Let's Fly

Sources Tracked: 14
First Seen: 2026-05-12T11:20:36.128352-07:00
Latest Update: 2026-05-14T07:09:10.249145-07:00
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2026-05-14T07:09:10.249145-07:00

United flight attendants ratify 5-year contract with 31% pay hike and boarding pay • Wings

2026-05-14T04:32:09.852875-07:00

Did United Airlines Just Set a New Industry Standard for Flight Attendant Pay? • 100knots.com

2026-05-13T11:45:56.460522-07:00

31% Raises & $741 Million In Back Pay: United Airlines Flight Attendants Ratify Landmark Deal • Simple Flying

2026-05-13T11:30:25.328751-07:00

United flight attendants ratify 5-year contract with 31% pay hike and boarding pay • mynorthwest.com

2026-05-13T11:07:26.021947-07:00

United flight attendants ratify 5-year contract with 31% pay hike and boarding pay • The Independent

2026-05-13T04:34:17.583821-07:00

United Flight Attendants Ratify Contract With 31% Raises, $741 Million Retro Pay • Live and Let's Fly

2026-05-13T03:31:58.787712-07:00

31 Prozent mehr Lohn: Flugbegleitende von United stimmen neuem Tarifvertrag zu • aerotelegraph.com

2026-05-13T03:13:33.308728-07:00

United CEO praises staff as flight attendants approve breakthrough contract • AeroTime

2026-05-12T13:58:21.473278-07:00

United's 30,000 Flight Attendants Have Just Voted Themselves into the Highest-Paid Cabin Crew in America • aeroxplorer.com

2026-05-12T12:27:25.496565-07:00

United Flight Attendants Approve Contract With 31% Raises • Airline Geeks

2026-05-12T12:22:18.033912-07:00

United Airlines Flight Attendants Approve New Contract, Ending Six Year Pay Rise Battle • Paddle Your Own Kanoo

2026-05-12T12:15:21.263324-07:00

United’s Flight Attendants Ratify ‘Industry-Leading’ Contract • Aviation Week

2026-05-12T11:59:31.888379-07:00

United Is the Last Big 4 Airline to Settle With Flight Attendants. Here's What It Cost. • Skift

2026-05-12T11:20:36.128352-07:00

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CNBC • Leslie Josephs

United Airlines flight attendants ratify new contract with 31% raises this summer

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