It’s Time To End Harassment In The Skies
The degradation of flight attendants has a long history that dates back to the 1930s. While it has always been an empowering job, the...
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Sep 233 min
American Airlines Strikes Deal Despite Widespread Discontent
American Airlines’ flight attendants have ratified their union’s tentative contract, ending negotiations that have lasted nearly five...
Sep 54 min
United Flight Attendants Threaten Strike, Risk Repeat of American and Alaska Mistakes
On Wednesday August 28, United Airlines’ flight attendants voted overwhelmingly to strike, with 99.99% of votes in favor of industrial...
Aug 303 min
Flight Attendant: I Never Considered Myself Anti-Union. But Wrong Is Wrong.
I’ve never considered myself anti-union. In fact, if you had asked me a couple of years ago to describe my attitude toward unions, I...
Oct 45 min
US ports strike causes first shutdown in 50 years
Tens of thousands of dockworkers have gone on strike indefinitely at ports across much of the US, threatening significant trade and...
Oct 32 min
33,000 Boeing Workers Lose Health Care Coverage
Machinists union International President Brian Bryant says Boeing’s missteps costing workers and the nation. Boeing has cut health care...
Oct 22 min
US warns 40 airlines may be using Boeing 737s with suspect rudder control parts
National Transportation Safety Board says operators could be unaware of components that may pose safety risks More than 40 foreign...
Oct 12 min
US East Coast port strike set to start Tuesday, says union
WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - A port strike on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico will go ahead starting on Tuesday, the...
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Aug 164 min
'MH370 disappearance shows how ruthless democracy's enemies are' | Interview with aviation journalist Jeff Wise
Jeff Wise is a journalist specializing in aviation, technology, and psychology who has written for Businessweek, Psychology Today, and...
Aug 17, 20234 min
A High Flying Career: Flight Attendant Kara Mulder on the Evolving Landscape of Aviation
Kara Mulder, an accomplished flight attendant and the creative force behind the popular Flight Attendant Life blog, has leveraged her...
Apr 12, 20233 min
With Summer Travel Almost Here, the FAA Remains Leaderless
In another twist in the saga of complications and chaos that has been plaguing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), it has recently...
Apr 11, 20236 min
'We Need To Embrace Change' - ALPA President Capt. Jason Ambrosi
Capt. Jason Ambrosi (Delta) is the 12th president of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l, better known as ALPA. Elected in October...
Jul 154 min
Amtrak’s Failures Are Wired Into the System
By Justin Fox Every time I pass by the new railroad bridge rising 50 feet above the Hackensack River in the New Jersey Meadowlands, which...
Jan 104 min
How Pilot Unions Capitalised on Tragedy to Manufacture a Pilot Shortage
U.S. Pilot wages have sky-rocketed in recent years. In 2023, pilots ranked among the top ten paying jobs, according to U.S. News – the...
Jan 33 min
The Tokyo Plane Crash Should be a Wakeup Call for the FAA
On Tuesday the world watched in horror as a Japan Airlines (JAL) jumbo jet crashed into a small coast guard plane at Tokyo’s Hanedo...
Jul 19, 20234 min
Opinion | Remember the Ohio train derailment? The U.S. is still waiting for fixes.
The plumes of black smoke and images of sick and dead animals after the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio,...
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