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Spicy Flight Attendant Banned From TikTok After Hundreds Of Complaints By Crew

by Gary Leff on October 1, 2022

Oct 01 2022

Flight attendant Cierra Huffman, known online to her 3.5 million followers as ‘cierra_mistt’, was kicked off of TikTok after hundreds of flight attendants around the country complained to the Chinese social media phenomenon about her videos. However it appears she has her TikTok account back.

The ex-Republic Airways crewmember, who has flown under the regional banners of American Airlines and Delta, goes online (sometimes in provocative attire) to discuss things like when to buy an airline ticket, how to get upgraded, and joining the Mile High Club in the crew rest area of widebody aircraft.

American Airlines Is Reportedly Firing Three Times As Many Flight Attendants As Usual

by Gary Leff on August 22, 2022

Aug 22 2022

The American Airlines flight attendants union is reporting that the airline is firing three times as many cabin crew for cause as they would in a normal year. This isn’t a bad thing, for customers or for flight attendants!

6 Reasons Delta Flight Attendants Should Reject A Union

by Gary Leff on August 15, 2022

Aug 15 2022

The Association of Flight Attendants – Communications Workers of America (AFA-CWA) is trying to organize flight attendants at Delta. They are promising more money, less work and a pony. It costs them nothing to make promises, which are almost certainly not true. In reality, Delta’s cabin crew will pay for union representation, they won’t make as much money as they will under Delta’s unique model in the industry, and their work lives will be worse.

Every Delta flight attendant should ask, are cabin crew represented by AFA-CWA actually happier and better off at the myriad of airlines where the union represents them now – like United Airlines, Spirit, Frontier, and Mesa?

Delta Flight Attendants May Unionize Even Though Unionized Crew Are Deeply Unhappy Elsewhere

by Gary Leff on August 3, 2022

Aug 03 2022

Airlines are one of the most heavily unionized industries in the country. That works out well for customers and investors at Southwest, but less well at other airlines. Delta, the other historically strong performer, is mostly non-union. Their largest unionized work group is their pilots. Delta’s dispatchers are also unionized.

The biggest flight attendants union is working hard to change that – even as they publish data that 97% of flight attendants they represent at United are deeply unhappy.

American Airlines Wants Flight Attendants To Rearrange Beverage Carts Two Per Flight

by Gary Leff on May 23, 2022

May 23 2022

Flight attendants rearrange the beverage carts they’re given in order to serve customers efficiently as they move down the aisle. That’s almost a requirement to provide beverage service. American Airlines is now telling flight attendants that when they do this, they must also restore beverage carts to their original organization prior to the end of the flight.

The airline says that if they do not do this, caterers won’t “salvage and recycle products for future flights.” They want flight attendants, pressed for time and who are supposed to be providing service to customers, organizing things for the benefit of caterers who are on the ground.

How American Airlines Is Convincing Flight Attendants To Offer Predeparture Beverages

by Gary Leff on May 21, 2022

May 21 2022

For at least five years American Airlines has been saying that the two things that drive premium passenger satisfaction with cabin crew are being addressed by name, and being served a predeparture beverage.

Now they’re turning to fortunate cookies to encourage these flight attendant behaviors.

Flight Attendants Union Sells Out Spirit Airlines Cabin Crew: Lower Wages For You!

by Gary Leff on May 18, 2022

May 18 2022

Sometimes airline union leaders flat out steal from their members. Sometimes it’s more subtle.

Flight Attendant Class Action Lawsuit Against United Airlines Has Been Certified

by Gary Leff on May 11, 2022

May 11 2022

United Airlines just lost a ruling before a federal judge in California, certifying a class action lawsuit by flight attendants who claim information is missing off of their pay stubs – even though the information is provided to them in a separate document.

Ex-Flight Attendant Union Boss Says Sara Nelson’s Union Behind Corruption Allegations Against Him

by Gary Leff on May 9, 2022

May 09 2022

Former American Airlines flight attendants union President Bob Ross had previously argued, in effect, that he shouldn’t be singled out among past union Presidents for financial impropriety, and that his improper financial practices had been approved by his subordinates.

Now he’s arguing, among other claims, that the accusations against him are all part of Sara Nelson’s plot to grow her power base.

United Flight Attendants Union Gaslights Delta’s Cabin Crew Pay Increase

by Gary Leff on April 30, 2022

Apr 30 2022

Delta’s decision to pay flight attendants for the time boarding aircraft sent shockwaves through the industry. Traditionally flight attendant union-bargained contracts pay flight attendants a higher wage for the flight itself, and don’t calculate time spent boarding. Thus, many flight attendants feel they ‘don’t get paid’ for that time.

I’ve heard from cabin crew at several airlines envious of their counterparts at Delta, who are seeing this new pay on top of raises that started right before the pandemic, on top of special profit sharing bonuses announced earlier this year, and on top of raises that go into effect May 1.