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A Newark-based United Airlines flight attendant has filed a class action claiming crews have spent decades working unpaid hours on the ground, from boarding to deplaning.
Multiple American flight attendants are reporting that they’re being threatened with writeups for drinking watter in the galley while passengers are boarding. This is referred to as a “new policy” by managers, and that flight attendants “cannot drink during boarding.”
Mere days after British Airways banned flight crews from drinking coffee or soda in front of customers – and told them that even water had to be consumed ‘discretely’ – they’ve been forced to roll back this policy.
British Airways has introduced a sweeping new rulebook for flight attendants—banning coffee, soda, and even selfies in uniform, with water only allowed if it’s “discrete.”
A reader that has worked as an advisor to the Canadian government, who prefers to remain anonymous, shares what happens next.
A union that “declares or authorizes” an illegal strike faces up to $1,000 per day. The penalty for an officer or union rep is $10,000. Air Canada could win massive damages.
American Airlines told its flight attendants union that it was imposing a new points policy for absences in early August, with just a few days notice. The union flipped its lid, and around July 29th American agreed to hold off immediate implementation of the changes pending further discussion.
American Airlines is firing flight attendants for offering other crewmembers incentives to pick up their trips. The union says this is new, and violates their contract. The Chicago base notified crewmembers on Friday that “Posting a trip with an incentive to drop” had led to “The absolute worst outcome available” and that was done without any progressive discipline.
Air Canada has cancelled standby travel benefits as flight attendants prepare to go on strike. Cabin crew and other employees will not be allowed to begin nonrev trips until at least August 23. An employees are lashing out in message boards, seeing the move as petty.
This is a fascinating peek inside United Airlines flight attendant union politics.
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