American Airlines flight attendants have ratified a new five-year contract with the airline, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) said on Thursday.

In a big relief for American Airlines (AAL), the airline’s flight attendants have approved a five-year labor deal, securing raises of up to 20.5% starting in October. The agreement was approved by 87% of the flight attendants who voted in the union polls.

Many flight attendants are paid only when plane doors are shut. The airline’s attendants are now the “first unionized workgroup to lock in pay for boarding,” the AFPA said.

The flight attendants, who haven’t received raises since 2019, threatened to strike but never received approval from the National Mediation Board. Under federal law, the board must determine that negotiations are deadlocked before unions can strike. The last strike at a U.S. airline was in 2010 at Spirit Airlines.

After going without raises since 2019, nearly 28,000 American Airlines flight attendants are finally due for a major payday. Flight attendants ratified a new five-year contract on Thursday that adds a whopping $4.

The union representing nearly 28,000 flight attendants says the new contract comes with the first pay raises since 2019.