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Southwest Airlines flight attendants ratify four-year contract
Southwest Airlines flight attendants have ratified the tentative contract agreement that was reached in March of this year. The new contract covers a four year period, through May 31, 2012.Thom McDaniel, president of Local 556 of the Transport Worker...
Zeal 320 flight attendants strike for pay parity with Air New Zealand cabin crew
The flight attendants of Zeal 320 Ltd., a subsidiary of Air New Zealand, are staging a four-day strike because they are paid "tens of thousands of dollars a year less" than other cabin crew performing the identical duties. Zeal cabin crew want pay p...
Swine Flu (H1N1): Information for Flight Attendants
Yesterday I was speaking with a flight attendant about the current outbreak of Swine Flu (H1N1). "The news is so scary, I don't know what to think," she said. "Should I be afraid to go to work or not?""No," I told her. "You needn't be afraid to go...
Flight attendants and passengers injured in Air Canada turbulence incident
An Air Canada flight en route from Sydney to Vancouver diverted to Honolulu early this morning after a turbulence incident injured four flight attendants and 11 passengers. None of the injuries were described as serious, although two flight attendant...
Vintage Airline Commercial: Southern Airways
This old Southern Airways commercial from the 1970s uses humor to make the case for single-class service:If the video does not play or display properly above, click here to view it on YouTube....
Emirates offers unpaid leave to cabin crew
Emirates is offering unpaid leave for periods of one to six months to cabin crew. The Dubai-based carrier hopes that up to 700 from among its cabin crew work force of 12,000 will volunteer to take leave beginning in May of 2009.Emirates notes th...
US Airways Flight 1549 flight attendants given heroism award
The three flight attendants who successfully evacuated over 150 passengers from US Airways Flight 1549 after the A320 aircraft made a water landing in the Hudson River in January were honored by their union, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA...
Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants ratify contract
The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) has announced that Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants have ratified a two year contract extension. According to AFA, the extension provides for pay increases, access to profit sharing and maintains importan...
Southwest Airlines flight attendants have a tentative contract agreement
The Star-Telegram is reporting that Southwest Airlines and its flight attendants' union have reached a tentative contract agreement. Officials of the carrier and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) reportedly signed off on the four-year deal this morni...
Better maternity rights for women cabin crew at Aerolineas Argentinas
The Asociación Argentina de Aeronavegantes (AAA), the union representing cabin crew at Argentine flag carrier Aerolineas Argentinas, recently won better maternity rights for women flight attendants, and enforcement of special provisions for women ca...
American Airlines to furlough 323 flight attendants
American Airlines (AA) notified its flight attendants' union yesterday that 323 cabin crew would be furloughed as of April 1, 2009. Last month the carrier notified the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) of plans to reduce the fligh...
Spirit Airlines flight attendants file for federal mediation of talks
The latest manifestation of the ongoing poor relations between Spirit Airlines crew members and management: The flight attendants at Spirit Airlines have filed for federal mediation of their contract negotiations. The Association of Flight Attenda...
Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants have a tentative contract
Flight attendants and management at Hawaiian Airlines have reached a tentative agreement (TA) on a proposed new contract. The TA was announced yesterday by the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA), which represents Hawaiian flight attendants....
410 American Airlines flight attendants face furloughs
The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), the union representing cabin crew at American Airlines, has notified its membership that 410 of its most junior members are subject to furlough effective April 1, 2009. According to a message...
The Flight Attendants from Colgan Air Flight 3407
On February 12, 2009, a Dash 8 Q400 aircraft operated by Colgan Air crashed into a house while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport. Continental Connection Flt. CJC 3407, was arriving at Buffalo from Newark Liberty International Airp...
US Airways Flight 1549 Flight Attendants talk about ditching in the Hudson River
Yesterday CBS television broadcast Katie Couric's interviews with the crew of US Airways Flight 1549, the A320 that ditched in the Hudson River in New York on January 15, 2009. This segment of the interview, which was broadcast on 60 Minutes, featur...
US Dept. of Labor Re-classifies Flight Attendants as 'Essential ' Workers
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has reclassified the flight attendant occupation as 'essential transportation workers', thanks in part to the efforts of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA). Formerly, the flight attendant occupatio...
Video: Boeing 747 Cabin Interiors from the 1970s
Ready for some aviation nostalgia? This video showcases the interiors of Boeing 747 aircraft from the 1970s, "when flying was meant to be a memorable experience, when inflight service mattered, and when the Boeing 747 was the coolest plane to fly in...
Layoffs for 345 more Air Canada flight attendants
Yesterday Air Canada announced to its staff that it will reduce its flight attendant work force by 345 in early March. The layoffs are a result of the carrier's plans to use one less flight attendant in its business-class cabins on transatlantic fl...
US Airways Flight 1549 Flight Attendants Successfully Evacuate All 150 Passengers
Yesterday a US Airways A320 aircraft ditched in the icy waters of the Hudson River minutes after taking off from New York's LaGuardia Airport. The aircraft, operating as US Airways Flight 1549, had been en route to Charlotte, NC. The accident happe...
Unruly Delta Passenger Off-loaded in Newfoundland, Charged with Assault
A Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300 aircraft en route from Moscow to Atlanta diverted to Gander, Newfoundland yesterday, Jan. 4, 2009, after a 39-year old male passenger reportedly became unruly and assaulted a crew member. Upon landing at Gander Inte...
Cathay Pacific's cabin crew union urges members to reject unpaid leave
Last week Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways offered its flight attendants unpaid leave of between two weeks and 12 months, beginning January 1, 2009, "as a result of the reduction in planned passenger capacity growth." The Cathay Pacific Airways F...
Air Canada flight attendant praised after taking over for incapacitated co-pilot
The bad news: Last January an Air Canada pilot, working as First Officer on a trans-Atlantic flight, had some sort of 'emotional breakdown' while on the flight deck. He was physically removed from the flight deck by other crew members and had to be...
Qantas Flight QF72 In-flight Upset: What happened inside the cabin
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has issued a preliminary report about an accident last month involving a Qantas A330-300 aircraft in which a number of people were injured. The aircraft, operating as Qantas Flight QF72, was en route fro...
Air Pacific eliminates compulsory retirement age for cabin crew
Cabin crew at Fiji-based Air Pacific will no longer be forced to retire at age 45. The airline management and the Transport Workers Union "have settled the matter and the compulsory retirement age for staff at all levels will be removed from the col...
India's Jet Airways sacks hundreds of flight attendants to cut costs
India's Jet Airways is about to lay off hundreds of flight attendants, beginning this week, in order to cut costs. The Times of India is reporting that as many as 850 Jet Airways cabin crew will receive termination letters this week in what is said...
Flight attendant solidarity: AFA supports APFA campaign
In a commendable show of solidarity, the Association of Flight Attendants, the union representing the flight attendants at regional airline American Eagle, has issued a public statement in support of flight attendants at American Airlines, who are r...
American Airlines flight attendants launch 'Peace for Passengers' campaign
Flight attendants at American Airlines, represented by the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), have launched a campaign with the dual purpose of enlisting public support for their efforts to achieve a fair labor agreement with the...
Dozens injured in Qantas Airbus A330 'sudden in-flight upset'
Dozens of people were injured earlier today, October 7, 2008, when a Qantas A330-300 aircraft experienced what the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) referred to as a sudden in-flight upset. Qantas described the event as a sudden change of alt...
NMB dismisses claims that Delta Air Lines interfered with union certification election
The flight attendant profession suffered an insulting blow this week when the U.S. National Mediation Board (NMB) dismissed charges by the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) that Delta Air Lines management illegally interfered with a union certif...
