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AFA seeks union representation election for 20,000 Delta Air Lines flight attendants
Today the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) moved to officially ask the National Mediation Board (NMB) to conduct a representation election for flight attendants at Delta Air Lines. As a first step in the process, the AFA requested that the NMB...
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...
Northwest Airlines Flight Attendants to Testify on Delta-Northwest Merger Effects
Tomorrow, November 13, 2008, Northwest Airlines flight attendants will testify before the Metropolitan Affairs Committee for the State of Minnesota and Representative Debra Hilstom. The Committee is investigating how the merger of Northwest Airlines...
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...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Seeing Pink at Delta Air Lines
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the United States. National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a project designed to build breast cancer awareness, share information and provide access to screening services.In support of National ...
Flight attendants plan to rally at Northwest Airlines shareholder meeting
Northwest Airlines flight attendants are planning a rally outside the Northwest Shareholders Meeting tomorrow, September 25, 2008, in New York. The planned merger between Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines is expected to be approved at the meeti...
Delta and Northwest Airlines flight attendants campaign for joint union
The merger of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines is expected to go forward by the end of this year, or by early 2009 at latest. When that happens, the issue of union representation for the combined airline's flight attendants will have to be add...
Flight attendant union files charges against Delta Air Lines
The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) has filed formal charges with the National Mediation Board (NMB) against Delta Air Lines alleging that the carrier's management illegally interfered with a recent union representation election among Delta's ...
Delta flight attendant union certification election results
Balloting for the election to certify the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) as the collective bargaining unit representing Delta Air Lines flight attendants was completed today, May 28, 2008. The AFA reportedly won the "vast majority" of the vot...
Delta flight attendants accuse management of suppressing union voters
Flight attendants at Delta Air Lines voted earlier this year to unionize. A majority of Delta flight attendants already have submitted signature cards to the National Mediation Board (NMB), indicating that they wanted to be represented by a formal c...
Delta Air Lines opposes flight attendant unionization
As I wrote here in Cabin Crew News last month, Delta flight attendants are seeking union representation. In that article I wrote:Up to now, Delta flight attendants have not been unionized. Although there has been growing dissatisfaction with pay and ...
Cabin features on Delta's new Boeing 777-200LR
Last week, Delta Airlines took delivery of a new Boeing 777-200LR, the first of its type delivered to a U.S.-based carrier. The aircraft will be known as "The Delta Spirit."The new aircraft will be the flagship aircraft for Delta’s new BusinessEli...
Disruptive Delta passenger offloaded, jailed in Bangor
Delta Airlines Flight DL176, a Boeing 767-300 aircraft, diverted to Bangor, ME on the evening of February 29, 2008 due to a disruptive passenger. The flight had been en route from Atlanta to Dublin, Ireland when a male passenger became unruly, assau...
Delta flight attendants seek union representation
This week, flight attendants at Delta Airlines will formally act to seek union representation. On February 14, the flight attendants will file signed cards to this effect. If a sufficient number of signed cards are collected and verified by the U.S....
Delta flight attendant wins $1 million in Georgia Lottery
Delta flight attendant Kristen Diloreto, pictured at right, recently won $1 million playing the Georgia Lottery instant game Georgia's $500 Million Club. Ms. Diloreto purchased her winning ticket at a Publix supermarket in the town where she lives.A...
Delta Clipped Wings - 50th anniversary
Delta Clipped Wings marked its 50th birthday last week with a celebration at the Delta World Headquarters in Atlanta. Established in 1957. Delta Clipped Wings is an organization of retired an active flight attendants who have completed at least 20 y...
Delta seeks Hebrew-speaking flight attendants
Delta Airlines is seeking flight attendant candidates who can speak, read, and write Hebrew. If you possess these skills and you are looking for a job as a flight attendant, this may be an opportunity you should consider.You must have a high school...
