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Former American Airlines Flight Attendants Union Head Found To Have Misappropriated Funds

by Gary Leff on March 26, 2022

Mar 26 2022

Former American Airlines flight attendants union head Bob Ross has been barred from serving in any leadership position of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants for life by an arbitrator for misappropriating member dues. Ross was President of the union from April 2016 until March 2018.

The arbitrator found he improperly had the union lease him an apartment and rent him a luxury car for months, and – it appears – pay for personal meals and expenses as mundane as toilet paper.

American Airlines Flight Attendants Up In Arms After Snitch Rats Out Trainee For Dozing Inflight

by Gary Leff on February 22, 2022

Feb 22 2022

An American Airlines flight attendant new hire was caught snoozing (supposedly for a few moments) on a training flight while properly seated in a passenger seat. A working crewmember photographed the trainee and sent it in to management.

The new hire, a foreign-language speaker, was fired just a couple of days before graduation. And this has been highly controversial among American Airlines flight attendants who say it brief naps happen all the time.

The Push Has Started To Extend Federal Mask Rules For Planes

by Gary Leff on February 21, 2022

Feb 21 2022

Sara Nelson, head of the AFA-CWA flight attendants union, is an influential labor leader with juice in the Democratic Party. While she was instrumental in securing bailouts for the airline industry, she doesn’t always get what she wants – Nelson was an advocate for a ban on leisure travel during the pandemic.

Nonetheless, Nelson’s AFA-CWA is pushing for an extension of the federal transportation mask mandate which currently runs through March 18. And she’s joined by the union representing cabin crew at American Airlines.

United Confirms It Fired Two Union Leaders For Retaliating Against Flight Attendant Snitch

by Gary Leff on February 11, 2022

Feb 11 2022

When you work in a union shop, ratting out your colleagues usually doesn’t end well for you. That was a lesson the union leaders tried to teach this flight attendant, it seems. They lost their job. But life probably is still going to be rough for the flight attendant who reported them.

American Airlines Capitulates To Flight Attendants – Will Cut Service

by Gary Leff on January 22, 2022

Jan 22 2022

The American Airlines flight attendants union asked the airline to cut service levels for passengers ~~because they don’t want to work~~ because they’re concerned about the spread of Covid-19.

Needless to say, starting mid-next week, on your next American Airlines flight in back you may be thirsty. Plan accordingly.

American Airlines Flight Attendants Union Offers Specific Proposals To Reduce Inflight Service

by Gary Leff on January 19, 2022

Jan 19 2022

They want single tray service in international business (and first) class and reduced beverage service in coach on all flights. And they say this is to keep flight attendants safe.

Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to award incentives to employees for getting exemption from vaccination requirements.

How American Airlines Is Cracking Down On Flight Attendants Who Sell Their Job Duties

by Gary Leff on January 14, 2022

Jan 14 2022

American Airlines flight attendants have been selling their seniority to more junior crewmembers for cash. They book trips that they do not intend to take – more desirable trips than what the junior cabin crew could secure on their own – and then they ‘trip trade’.

Flight attendants who do this at American Airlines – mostly legacy US Airways crew – are known informally as “The Cartel.” I shared the note that the flight attendants union sent out, highlighting the practice. American Airlines sent out a warning as well.

Union Warns Pilots Not To Come Work For American Airlines

by Gary Leff on October 29, 2021

Oct 29 2021

It isn’t often that a union tries to get people not to join. Usually the incentive is to grow its ranks. However the American Airlines pilots union is warning pilots if they go to work at American Airlines they’ll be stuck at American for their whole career thanks to the senior system which makes jumping carriers not a viable option (since you lose schedule flexibility and pay).

American Airlines Pilots Lobbying Against Biden Vaccine Mandate

by Gary Leff on September 26, 2021

Sep 26 2021

Pilots are already treated differently by government mandates during the pandemic. Pilots aren’t allowed to fly within 48 hours of taking a vaccine shot due to potential side effects. And pilots are not required to wear face masks while in the cockpit.

The Biden administration executive order directing OSHA to introduce a vaccine mandate on companies with 100+ employees includes an expected alternative means of compliance in the form of regular Covid-19 testing. While United Airlines is not permitting this, a fear of losing pilots would seem to be enough reason why American Airlines would embrace this alternative.

American Airlines May Draft Flight Attendants To Return To Work

by Gary Leff on April 16, 2021

Apr 16 2021

After paying flight attendants not to work during the pandemic, thanks to government subsidies, American Airlines plans to fly more than 90% of the seats they flew domestically in the summer of 2019 this summer, and 80% of the seats they flew internationally.

American recalled all of their flight attendants from furlough to work these flights Even then that’s not enough.