Southwest Airlines and Airtran flight attendants have come to an agreement on merging their seniority lists now and it smells like a similar deal to what the pilots enjoyed.

SWA flight attendants, 10,000 strong, receive enhanced job security and seniority while Airtran flight attendants get an Atlanta base and better wages.  I would not be surprised if Atlanta is “fenced off” as a flight attendant base for former Airtran flight attendants for a period of time.

Both unions have to vote to ratify the agreement but expect that to be done quickly as there is no incentive to try to wait things out if the pilots’ negotiations are anything to go by.

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