United Flight Attendants Havent Had A Raise In 5.5 Years — But Their Union Dues Are Still Going Up [Roundup]

News and notes from around the interweb:

• United Airlines flight attendant dues are increasing LOL. They haven’t had a raise in 5.5 years (they received a 2% bump in 2020). Maybe wait until you’ve delivered a contract that your members can vote for before taking more of their pay?

  91% of union flight attendants at United feel unvalued according to AFA itself. Meanwhile Delta flight attendants have been best paid in the industry for years without paying this tax.

• I really like the design aesthetic of the new American Airlines cabins (as seen on some regional jets, Airbus A321XLRs, Boeing 787-9Ps and now this A319 reconfiguration). It’s sad they pulled out seat back entertainmnet screens on this plane. And they sure pushed the cabin density.

• Something not safe for work happening in business class. I won’t embed it here. This is apparently Ika Dauria.

• Citibank eliminates sharing of ThankYou points between members effective May 17.

• Oh, come on. You can’t begrudge a good snowball fight.

  Employees of @AlaskaAir are having snowball fights, meanwhile we’ve been on the tarmac at SEA for over four hours. Pilot says there is no one available to open the gate but we may get “lucky” after the next “shift change”. We missed our connecting flight to Tokyo as a result. pic.twitter.com/EmMyKuXzJg

  — Jen G. (@vegasstarfish) March 13, 2026

• Airlines talk a lot about premium but it’s a mistake to think of that as only premium cabins. There’s less margin in economy, but net promoter score and repeat purchases matter there too. And where do you think front cabin passengers begin? In back! Oh, United:

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  — ;’ (@amoebieeFC) March 14, 2026

  Or see this from Delta, but the language describing it is very much not safe for work.

• They’re at the Frontier of passenger experince.

  frontier is just disgusting for that like she needs to sue i’m sorry pic.twitter.com/RebSLSBLIu

  — (@beyoncegarden) March 14, 2026

• Is American Airlines not a premium airline because of its customers, or are these its customers because they’re not a premium airline?

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• TSA Workers Are Reportedly Sleeping in Their Cars as Partial Government Shutdown Has Them Working Without Pay Struggles are real. But no one is actually being evicted for non-payment of rent already, there’s no one sleeping in their car because of the expectation of not receiving full paychecks this month.

  And this is also a life choices issue. TSA screeners got raises in some cases over 40% to address staffing shortages. Government shutdowns are a known hazard. Saving money can be tough but it is also part of the planning that comes with the job, though I suppose the agency should offer classes on this (like Delta does).