May
17
2024
American Airlines has made two changes in the past year that make it harder to get where you’re going.
Run to Your Gate, Lose Your Seat: Two New American Airlines Policies Leave Passengers Stranded
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Breakthrough In Sight: American Airlines Flight Attendant Union Talks Progress Despite Strike Threats
May
16
2024
American Airlines flight attendants voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. They’ve asked the government’s National Mediation Board for permission to do so. Their contract became amendable in 2019 and they haven’t had a raise in five years.
Outwardly, things have looked pretty bleak. But the two sides are closer to an agreement than ever.
American Airlines Sued Over Teen’s Fatal In-Flight Medical Emergency: Defibrillator Failed, Crew Didn’t Know What To Do?
May
13
2024
Flight attendants working for US-based airlines are required to be trained in CPR and in use of the automatic external defibrillator. The FAA requires simulated AED practice scenarios. And flight attendants are trained to do this even if no onboard medical personnel are available.
‘Snitches on a Plane’: Some American Airlines Flight Attendants Complain About New Inflight LOSA Monitoring
May
12
2024
Some flight attendants are calling LOSA-C, the Line Operations Safety Audit-Cabin program the “snitch” program. It was announced this was coming 15 months ago and was supposed to start this past fall, but the airline is only just now recruiting flight attendant observers for it.
First Look: Inside New American Airlines Premium Economy, Business, and First Class Amenity Kits
May
11
2024
American Airlines debuts new amenities kits in advance of Memorial Day weekend, part of its premium cabin soft product refresh meant to accompany new business class suites that are delayed by Boeing 787 production problems.
I had the opportunity to get my hands on a first class, business class, and premium economy amenity kit.
American Airlines Gives Poverty Verification Letters To Newly-Hired Flight Attendants
May
10
2024
American Airlines flight attendants haven’t had a raise since 2019. At the end of that year their contract became amendable, and the value of their wages has been substantially eroded since then by more than 20% inflation. A new contract was delayed first by the pandemic The process of negotiating all the myriad details is a long one. The current agreement (that flight attendants didn’t even approve) runs over 325 pages. And that doesn’t count a separate 15 page attendance policy and 18 page uniform policy among others. Plus, union politics (effectively needing to wait for incumbent officers to be re-elected) meant further delay. Boston-based first and second year American Airlines flight attendants are eligible for food stamps. American Airlines even gives newly-hired flight attendants a letter attesting to their poverty. The letter states that…
End of an Era: The First ‘Stripped Down’ American Airlines A321T Is About To Enter Service
May
10
2024
The best American Airlines domestic aircraft is the one that it flies on premium cross-country routes like New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco. The Airbus A321T (T for transcon) features first class, business class and economy.
However that plane is on the way out, with the premium cabins being dismantled and even coach being made worse. The first of these – the aircraft registered as N115NN – has already been converted into a standard domestic plane with regular first class, TVs removed, and less legroom. It will soon re-enter service as a stripped-down experience.
American Airlines Flight Attendants Will Picket The White House On Thursday
May
08
2024
A strong showing may signal ‘resolve’ to the company – that flight attendants are united in getting a good deal and won’t settle. But they probably do little else. Picketing in front of the White House might get more media, and make a point to the President not to intervene the way President Clinton did, halting an American Airlines flight attendants strike in 1993. I’m quite optimistic that a strike can be avoided altogether.
American Airlines Flight Diverted After Passenger Called Flight Attendant A “Waiter”
May
06
2024
The man called a crewmember “a waiter.” The business class passenger, who says he’s a “Guyanese activist,” said that he couldn’t lift heavy objects because of a recent surgery. He asked a flight attendant “help him store his bag in the overhead compartment” but was rebuffed.
American Airlines Passenger Finds Urine At Seat, Flight Attendant Won’t Let Him Move One Row Back
May
02
2024
Last week a passenger flew American Airlines from Miami to Atlanta. When they boarded flight 2290 on Friday they were told by a flight attendant that someone had urinated in seat 15C on the 12-year old Boeing 737.
