American Airlines aircraft mechanic pay

negotiated increases take effect 2027-01-01

8-9 YOS is top of scale — the chart ends there in both source documents. Chart rate only; license/skill and classification premiums are separate adders. Rates take effect the first Monday after each column's effective date per Article 16.

16.E(1): $8.50/hr for holding BOTH FAA Airframe and Powerplant (or Airframe+FCC GROL, or Powerplant+FCC GROL). A single license pays $4.25/hr under 16.E(2).

No differential for a shift beginning 6:00 a.m.–8:59 a.m. — that is a verified zero for the day shift, printed in the agreement, not a missing value.

Added to the chart rate and treated as part of base hourly rate for accrual of pay-related benefits (16.A.1).

Minimums: 1-hour minimum OT increment (18.A); 8 hours minimum when working a scheduled day off (18.C); 4-hour minimum recall (18.K); 1 hour at base rate for after-hours technical support contact (18.L).

New Year's, MLK, Presidents, Memorial, Independence, Labor, Veterans, Thanksgiving, day after Thanksgiving, Christmas

first 8 (or 10) paid hours worked on the holiday, in addition to holiday straight-time pay

Working the holiday pays the multiplier IN ADDITION to straight-time holiday pay; field-trip hours on a holiday pay 1.75x; a holiday shift-swap pays 1.5x; not-worked holidays pay straight time or bank one compensatory day (cap 17.5 days). Eligibility requires 80 hours active pay status in the month.

Pool is allocated pro-rata by eligible earnings across covered workgroups and generally paid by March 15 of the following year (17.C.2-4, 17.E). Actual checks depend on AAG's pre-tax earnings each year; this page publishes the formula, never a predicted payout.

Employer contribution per compensated hour at the extension Effective Date; steps to $3.60 (+12 months) and $3.70 (+24 months).

Corroborated 401(k) terms (Article 30.C.2, p.182-183): IAM-designated employees — employer match up to 4% of eligible compensation, in addition to the IAM NPF hourly contribution above; TWU-designated employees — 5% non-elective employer contribution plus match up to 4%. Full designation split will be modeled as its own structure; until then the published hourly figure applies to IAM-designated employees only.

Maximum yearly vacation by completed years of service; accrual requires 80 hours active pay status in a month (23.B).

Paid at 100% from the first day of illness (24.B); bank cap 1,600 hours (24.A/24.C).