Aug
13
2023
The American Airlines flight attendants union reports that more and more American Airlines have been failing their continuing qualification requirements.
Is American Airlines Pushing Out Senior Flight Attendants?
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Angry American Airlines Flight Attendants Could Start Giving Away Buy On Board Food For Free
Jul
24
2023
The American Airlines flight attendants union has sent out a message to members instructing them not to engage in “self help” meaning job actions that hurt the company, without being released from negotiations by the National Mediation Board.
This message comes with a bit of a wink and a nod.
American Airlines Will Match The United Pilot Pay Deal – But Maybe Not Soon
Jul
24
2023
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom’s caveat that updating the contract could come quickly – or it might not – was clearly intentional. It won’t be a matter of just substituting in new, higher pay rates. This suggests they’re going to be negotiating and re-negotiating other language in the deal as well.
What An American Airlines Flight Attendant Strike Would Look Like
Jul
19
2023
American Airlines flight attendants will vote to authorize a strike next week. The union is demanding 35% raises, up to $95 per hour plus 6% annual bumps and additional increases based on what pilots are given. They aren’t going to get this. And that leaves negotiations at an impasse.
One Mile At A Time Is Wrong To Support The Airline Pilots Union Against JSX
Jul
07
2023
Everyone acknowledges what JSX does is legal from the DOT and FAA who allow it to even ALPA. ALPA argues they take advantage of a ‘loophole’ by using aircraft with no more than 30 seats, never ‘intended’ to support an operation that gives passengers the similar access to convenient terminals as private air travel offers to the wealthy. And One Mile at a Time is sympathetic. He acknowledges that JSX is safe, and the rules ALPA wants to impose are non-sensical, yet wishes “to be balanced.”
Air Line Pilots Union Asks The Government To Ban JSX’s Business Model
Jul
06
2023
The Air Line Pilots Association, the largest pilot union in the U.S., has filed with the Department of Transportation asking them to outlaw the business model of JSX, which operates 30 seat planes from private terminals.
Flight Attendant Forced To Delay Cancer Treatment Until American Airlines Will Approve Medical Leave
Jul
01
2023
A Philadelphia-based American Airlines flight attendant named Jace was diagnosed with testicular cancer less than a year into his job. While his doctors wanted him to get surgery and chemotherapy right away, taking the full time off for treatment might mean losing his job.
According to the flight attendants union at American, he “shared his diagnosis with his manager [who told him] he didn’t qualify for FMLA” back in December when this happened.
Southwest Airlines Pilots Ask The Federal Government For The Right To Strike
Jun
29
2023
The National Mediation Board’s purpose is to avoid disruption in transportation so they do not have to immediately grant a request for release from negotiations. They can keep the parties at the bargaining table.
Union Head Says United Flight Attendants Forced To Sleep In Cots At The Airport
Jun
29
2023
Flight attendants union head Sara Nelson took to social media to claim that United Airlines flight attendants are being forced to sleep on cots in the airport amidst disruptions. But the photo she shares doesn’t appear to support that allegation.
American Airlines Flight Attendants Union Proposes Grueling Schedules For New Crewmembers
Jun
16
2023
The American Airlines flight attendants union is in contract negotiations and is proposing to make schedules and quality of life worse for all crewmembers hired after the contract is signed.
If adopted, the union’s proposal would require new employees to sit on ‘standby’ to pick up trips for three years, effectively making them work in service of better schedules for all existing flight attendants.
