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A&P license premium, by airline

The license premium is real money — up to $8.50/hr — and it is structured differently at every carrier: per license, combined-cap, or folded into the base scale. Every figure below is transcribed from the agreement and cited to its page; salary aggregators do not even track this line item.

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What each US airline pays mechanics for holding the A&P license — the hourly premium, its structure and caps, carrier by carrier, every figure cited to the page of the ratified contract.
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American Airlines
“License Premium — Article 16.E”
$8.50/hr
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).
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aa-twu-iam-mr-extension · p.5 · Article 16.E(1)-(2) — License Premiums
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United Airlines
“License Pay (Appendix A, Sec. J)”
$8.50/hr
Structure: $4.25/hr per FAA license (A&P = two licenses = $8.50), FCC license $6.00/hr, total license pay capped at $8.50/hr regardless of licenses held. Cap corroborated separately in the Appendix A Section A table (p.149: $5.25 at 12/4/2022, $8.50 from 1/1/2023).
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ua-ibt-tech-extension-2023 · p.155 · Article 15 — Appendix A, Section J: License and Premium Pay
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Southwest Airlines
“License Premiums Per Hour (Article 15)”
$8.50/hr
Two licenses (A&P) = $8.50/hr. Schedule: one license $4.25, two $8.50, three $12.75 (third license starred with conditions in the agreement — read Article 15 before relying on the three-license tier). Rates as effective 8/16/2023; license premium counts in the basis for overtime, sick leave and vacation per Article 14.
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wn-amfa-mech-cba · p.70 · Article 15 — License Premiums Per Hour
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Alaska Airlines
“License premium (Article 23, Paragraph H)”
$4.00/hr
Technician and higher classifications. Combined license/skill premiums cap at $8.00/hr normally, $12.00/hr in the stated exception case.
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as-amfa-tech-cba · p.94 · Article 23 — license/skill premiums (Paragraph H area)
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Allegiant Air
“A&P license premium (Article 16)”
$5.00/hr
Both Airframe AND Powerplant = $5.00/hr; a single license (Airframe OR Powerplant) = $2.50/hr.
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aay-ibt-mx-cba · p.62 · Article 16 — Compensation, license premiums
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Hawaiian Airlines
“License premium — per license held (Clause 19.10)”
$2.90/hr
Paid PER LICENSE: $2.90/hr each for the FAA Airframe or Powerplant license — both licenses earn the premium for each. Printed per-license figure; never a computed sum.
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ha-iam-mech-cba · p.80 · Article 19.10-19.17 — license, skill and condition premiums
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FCC ($0.50) and Repairman Certificate ($2.90) premiums apply only to seven grandfathered LOA #5 employees and offset, not stack, with A/P premiums. GSE Mechanics: ASE certification premium $0.20/hr each, maximum three (19.16). Licenses must be registered with the Company (19.10). Maintenance Controllers have the license premium incorporated into salary (non-compounding by annual increases), not paid as an hourly adder (19.10).
PSA Airlines
“License premiums (Article 25.C — printed minimums)”
$4.25/hr
Printed combined-licenses maximum $4.25/hr — equal to the per-license schedule at DOR: Airframe $2.12 + Powerplant $2.13. Avionics Technician premium $4.25 at DOR (starred conditions in Article 25.C; pre-DOR column printed $4.00, Powerplant $2.00). Entitlement: a premium is paid for each license the employee is required to hold AND uses in the performance of duties.
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psa-iam-cba · p.57 · Article 25.C — Premiums / License Premiums
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Envoy Air
“Aviation Maintenance License Premium (Article 4)”
$3.00/hr
Printed max $3.00/hr: $1.50 first license + $1.50 second where required by the Company for the work performed (4.C.1). The premium IS included in PDO and holiday pay accruals; only overtime-rate compounding is excluded (4.C.2).
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envoy-twu-mr-cba · p.14 · Article 4 — license premium, shift differential
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AMTs awarded base-maintenance-support-shop positions are considered Repairmen and receive no license premium except as provided in Letter K (4.C.1, pp.139-140).
Horizon Air
“Certificate/License premium (Article 25.D)”
$5.50/hr
Printed combined rate for employees holding more than one License and/or Certificate: $5.50/hr ($2.75 per license), effective May 6, 2025 through May 5, 2029. Scheduled increase May 6, 2029: $3.00 each, $6.00 combined (25.D.2).
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horizon-amfa-tech-cba · p.121 · Article 25.C-D — lead/inspector/trainer and license premiums
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