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American Airlines

American Air attendants request federal clearance to strike

By Mary Schlangenstein

American Airlines’ flight attendants requested federal approval to end contract talks, a step toward the first strike at a major U.S. carrier in almost five years.

Workplace Safety

Flight attendants injured more often than coal miners or construction workers

By eTN Staff Writer

For a flight attendant, each day on the job brings potential exposures to turbulence, severe air pressure changes, unwieldy service carts, broken luggage bins, balky exit doors and door handles, expos

American Airlines

American Airlines, flight attendants unable to reach a deal

The Association of Professional Flight Attendants is a significant step closer to a strike after the union and American Airlines failed to reach an agreement by the end of a five-day bargaining sessio

American Airlines

American Airlines to train attendant replacements in case of strike

By Mary Schlangenstein and John Hughes, Bloomberg/businessweek.com

American Airlines told U.S.

Contract Draws Worldwide Protest

Angry United flight attendants picket airports on a global scale

By eTN Staff Writer

United Airlines flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA-CWA), are conducting a worldwide protest because United Airlines management failed to negotiate

Wage Rates Frozen Since 2002

US Airways flight attendants to protest at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport

By eTN Staff Writer

US Airways flight attendants, based in Phoenix and represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA), will picket at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport on Friday, November 13, 2009, to protest

American Airlines

AA flight attendants to stage mock strikes

FORT WORTH, Texas — Flight attendants at American Airlines say they will hold mock strikes around the country this month and could seek permission for real strikes early next year.

American Airlines' Job Cuts

921 jobs to be cut by American Airlines

American Airlines Inc. said Tuesday that 921 flight attendant positions will be eliminated, effective Oct. 1.

Call For Election

Northwest and Delta flight attendants eager to vote for union representation

By eTN Staff Writer

Flight attendants say the Delta-Northwest merger has created a single airline, in which currently Northwest Airlines flight attendants are unionized, while Delta Airlines flight attendants have no uni

United Airlines

600 more UAL cabin crew members take voluntary furloughs

UAL Corp.'s United Airlines said about 600 more flight attendants have agreed to voluntary furloughs, bringing the total amount to about 2,100 and eliminating the need for layoffs.

Airline Industry

Flight attendants are pressing DOT to ensure American jobs are protected

Flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA-CWA) at United Airlines, are pressing the DOT to ensure American jobs are protected when considering the anti-t

Flight Attendants Press DOT For Job Protection

United Airlines to furlough 2,150 flight attendants in the fall

By eTN Staff Writer

United Airlines flight attendants' efforts to protect American jobs when considering the anti-trust immunity filing to join Continental with United and the Star Alliance, take on extraordinary meaning

Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand safety video: Nothing but bare essentials

Air New Zealand is getting down to the bare essentials with a new in-flight safety video that features flight attendants wearing just body paint.

United Airlines

United Airlines cuts 600 jobs

CHICAGO - UAL Corp's United Airlines on Monday said it would reduce the number of its flight attendants by 600 because of economic weakness and lower attrition rates.

US Airways

US Airways to cut 300 positions in Las Vegas and Phoenix

LAS VEGAS - At a time when the Las Vegas unemployment rate hovers above 10 percent, hundreds of US Airways flight attendants are being asked to accept work furloughs that could last as long as 16 mont

US Airways

400 US Airways flight attendants asked to take furloughs

US Airways Group Inc. is asking 400 flight attendants to take voluntary furloughs and leave as it faces overstaffing in the wake of flight reductions.

Flying

There is more than one way to annoy a flight attendant

An anonymous flight attendant has worked for a well-known commercial airline for 12 years. She dishes on what irritates her most in passenger behavior.

Hong Kong

Airline backs down on face mask ban for cabin crew

By monstersandcritics.com

Hong Kong - Hong Kong's main airline, Cathay Pacific, on Saturday backed down on its refusal to allow its flight attendants to wear face masks to protect themselves against swine flu.