FAA Safety Inspectors Will Receive $5,000 Contract Bonus

Unionized workers will also be allowed to continue spending just two days a week in the office.

Russ Niles

Tuesday, August 06, 2024 at 01:26 PM ET

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PASS represented union workers in negotiations with the FAA. [ Shutterstock]

Key Takeaways:

The FAA has reached a tentative labor deal with the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) union after two years of negotiations.
The agreement grants approximately 11,000 unionized aviation safety inspectors and technicians a $5,000 cash bonus.
A core component of the deal provides strong protections for remote work, making it more difficult for the agency to deny requests for working from home.
This tentative agreement solidifies the FAA's reversal on its previous effort to mandate three days of in-office work for these employees.

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Unionized workers in the FAA’s Flight Standards and Aircraft Certification organizations will be getting a $5,000 cash bonus and be allowed to continue spending only two days a week in the office.

According to Federal News Network, negotiators for the 11,000 members of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) union said this week they’ve reached a tentative deal with the FAA after two years of negotiations. It has yet to be ratified and will also have to go through a legal review to make sure it fits within federal labor relations rules, but PASS president Dave Spero told the Federal News Network he expects the process to lead to a final deal.