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| Sep 9, 2026 | Frontier flight attendants to picket Denver headquarters over pay, contract negotiations | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Frontier Airlines flight attendants from around the country are preparing to take their contract fight to company headquarters in Denver.
“This picket is to show Frontier it’s time to negotiate a c... |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Judge delays $10M sale of Spirit data to Google after attendants raise privacy concerns | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
A proposed $10 million sale of a trove of Spirit Airlines data to Google has been delayed by a federal bankruptcy judge after unionized flight attendants raised privacy concerns.
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| Aug 19, 2026 | Google Gets Spirit Airlines’ 600 Million Worker Records Under 1978 Law Built for Factories | By Clayton Lewis
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| Aug 18, 2026 | Flight attendants and pilots have highest risk of dying from radiation-linked cancers, study says | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Flight attendants and pilots are at the highest risk of dying from radiation-related cancers — even more than people who work with radioactive mate... |
| May 12, 2026 | United Airlines flight attendants ratify new contract with 31% raises this summer | United Airlines flight attendants ratified a new five-year labor contract that would give cabin crews first raises in nearly six years.
The contract includes other improvements like boarding pay and pay during airline disruptions.
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| Mar 26, 2026 | United Airlines, flight attendants reach labor deal for first raises since pandemic | United Airlines and its flight attendants’ union reached a new labor deal.
Flight attendants last year rejected an tentative contract.
The flight attendants’ union didn’t provide details about the deal but said it would include base pay inc... |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Spirit Airlines sells more planes, calls back 500 flight attendants from furlough ahead of spring break | Spirit Airlines said it sold another 20 aircraft as it continues to slim its fleet.
The airline is in its second bankruptcy in less than a year and has held talks with Frontier Airlines and an investment firm, though these have not yielded ... |
| Jan 7, 2026 | Avelo Airlines to end ICE deportation charters as it cuts commercial flights, jobs | Avelo Airlines, an upstart carrier, said it will no longer fly deportation charters for ICE, citing unpredictable revenue and added costs.
The airline is also cutting commercial routes, closing bases and cutting jobs.
The carrier told staff... |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Air Safety Showdown: Defense Bill Risks New DC Crash Aftermath | A critical defense bill faces intense scrutiny. It includes provisions that threaten aviation safety. These clauses would allow military aircraft to operate without broadcasting their precise location. This reverses crucial reforms. Those r... |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Senators seek to change bill that allows military to operate just like before the DC plane crash | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By JOSH FUNK, AP Transportation Writer
Senators from both parties pushed Thursday for changes to a massive defense bill after crash investigators and victims’ families warned the legislation would ... |
| Nov 6, 2025 | FAA announces flight reductions at 40 airports. Here’s where cuts are expected and what travelers need to know | The Federal Aviation Administration announced it would implement a reduction in flights across the country due to the government shutdown.
Air traffic controllers have gone unpaid since the shutdown began on Oct. 1.
Experts recommend downlo... |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Spirit Airlines to furlough 1,800 flight attendants amid second bankruptcy | By RIO YAMAT, Associated Press
Spirit Airlines plans to furlough 1,800 flight attendants before the end of the year, the cash-strapped budget carrier said Monday.
The company said it made the “difficult decision” to put cabin crew members o... |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Spirit Airlines to furlough 1,800 flight attendants to cut costs in bankruptcy | Spirit Airlines is planning to furlough about 1,800 flight attendants, about a third of the work group, to cut costs in its second bankruptcy in a year.
Spirit’s CEO last week warned staff about upcoming job cuts as the airline shrinks its ... |
| Sep 18, 2025 | 'Tough Calls We Must Make': Spirit Airlines Is Cutting More Flights, Hints at Future Layoffs Spirit Airlines CEO Dave Davis announced the company will cut 25% of its flight capacity in November 2025 and will likely have another round of job cuts. | Spirit Airlines announced some dispiriting news for travelers and company employees: it will cut 25% of its flight capacity in November 2025 and brace for further job cuts.
After declaring its second bankruptcy in less than a year earlier t... |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Spirit CEO says struggling airline will slash flights, braces employees for more job cuts | Spirit Airlines is planning to reduce capacity 25% in its November schedule, CEO Dave Davis told staff Wednesday.
Davis hinted at further job cuts or furloughs as the discounter scrambles to cut costs, according to a memo viewed by CNBC.
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| Sep 15, 2025 | Judge rules Trump’s mass terminations broke the law and risked public safety | In a sharply worded decision issued late Friday, a federal district judge ruled that the Trump administration broke the law by firing federal workers employed in vital roles protecting public safety and supporting the U.S. economy.
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| Sep 7, 2025 | Air Canada flight attendants reject wage agreement | Air Canada flight attendants reject wage agreement
By Allison Lampert and Rajesh Kumar SinghSeptember 6, 20259:09 PM UTCUpdated ago
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| Aug 29, 2025 | Spirit Airlines files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in a year | Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in less than a year on Friday.
The company had avoided bigger changes to cut costs, like getting rid of planes or more dramatically shrinking the airline’s footp... |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Spirit Airlines is on shakier ground after avoiding hard decisions in bankruptcy | Spirit Airlines last week warned that it might not be able to survive a year without additional cash.
Signs of strain are showing, and some aircraft lessors have reached out to competitors to gauge interest in some of Spirit’s aircraft, acc... |
| Jul 29, 2025 | United Airlines flight attendants reject contract with immediate raises of at least 26% | United Airlines and the flight attendants’ union reached a tentative agreement for a new labor deal in May.
The tentative labor deal called for immediate raises of at least 26%, as well as other quality-of-life improvements.
Of the 92% of e... |
| May 24, 2025 | United Airlines and its flight attendants reach tentative contract agreement, union says | United Airlines and its flight attendants reach tentative contract agreement, union says
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| May 23, 2025 | United Airlines reaches ‘industry-leading’ labor deal with flight attendants, union says | The deal includes 40% increases in “total economic improvements” in the first year.
United Airlines’ flight attendants had pushed for better pay, scheduling and other quality of life improvements.
The deal must still be approved by membersh... |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Navigating New Frontiers: Colorado's Digital Passport and the Rise of Air Travel Anxiety | In a world that spins faster every day, Colorado is taking a bold step forward. As the state celebrates its 150th anniversary, it introduces a digital passport. This initiative is more than just a novelty; it’s a bridge connecting Coloradan... |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Worries about flying seem to be taking off. Here’s how to cope with in-flight anxiety | Here’s a look at air travel anxiety and ways to cope with it. More people seem to be nervous about flying
The evidence is anecdotal, but psychologists and flight attendants say they’ve seen and heard increased worries — and not only in peop... |
| May 16, 2024 | Big Labor's communications playbook | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
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Support for labor unions grew in 2023, with workers voting to unionize 83% of the time, according to the National Labor Relations Board.
Why it matters: The success is... |
| Apr 18, 2024 | Turbulence in the Skies: Flight Attendants Demand Fair Pay Amid CEO Salary Soaring | Flight attendants from United Airlines and Frontier Airlines are taking to the picket lines at airports across the U.S., demanding fair pay as their CEOs rake in hefty salary increases. The summer travel season is approaching, but negotiati... |
| Apr 12, 2024 | United Airlines flight attendants picketed at over a dozen airports worldwide after the CEO received a 90% pay increase | Transportation United Airlines flight attendants picketed at over a dozen airports worldwide after the CEO received a 90% pay increase
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| Apr 12, 2024 | U.S. airlines seek limits on China flights | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Passengers walk past a couple browsing their smartphones near a China Southern Airlines, parked on the tarmac at the Beijing Capital International Airport, in November 2016. The biggest U.S. airlines and their unions are as... |
| Apr 6, 2024 | Boeing's Failure to Disclose Flight Deck Features Raises Safety Concerns | Senator Tammy Duckworth is calling for a closer look at Boeing's failure to disclose critical flight deck features of the 737 Max to pilots, following an incident where a cockpit door blew open mid-flight. The lack of transparency from Boei... |
| Apr 4, 2024 | Sen. Tammy Duckworth calls for FAA review of Boeing's failure to disclose 737 Max flight deck features to pilots | Senator Tammy Duckworth is urging the Federal Aviation Administration to take a closer look at how it responds to what she says is a pattern by Boeing of failing to disclose flight deck features of the 737 Max to pilots, according to a lett... |
| Feb 14, 2024 | Airline workers picket outside PDX for better pay | More than 300 flight attendants, pilots and other airline workers picketed outside Portland International Airport Tuesday as part of a nationwide demonstration over pay and working conditions amid ongoing contract negotiations.
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| Feb 13, 2024 | Flight attendants picket San Diego International amid contract negotiations | More than 100 flight attendants, pilots and other airline workers are expected to picket outside San Diego International Airport Tuesday as part of a nationwide demonstration over their pay and working conditions amid ongoing contract negot... |
| Nov 2, 2023 | A major aviation union issued a warning to its members about taking magic mushrooms — a week after an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who used the drug was charged with attempted murder | Transportation A major aviation union issued a warning to its members about taking magic mushrooms — a week after an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who used the drug was charged with attempted murder
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| Oct 24, 2023 | Airline CEO who once said a woman couldn't do his job steps down after decades in post | Transportation Airline CEO who once said a woman couldn't do his job steps down after decades in post
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| Jul 8, 2023 | United offered flight attendants triple pay to work on their days off to help the airline recover from weather-related chaos | A United Airlines Boeing Dreamliner. Getty Images
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United Airlines gave flight attendants triple pay if they worked extra shifts over Independence Day.
The airline struggled with cancellations and delays linked to thunderstorms on... |
| May 8, 2023 | Rising number of lithium battery incidents on airplanes worry pilots, flight attendants | Saindy Pyles thought she was going to die with her baby son, Liam, clutched to her chest as she flew home to Wichita from Miami after photographing a wedding.
Midway through the flight Pyles said smoke filled the cabin after she saw sparks ... |
| Oct 6, 2022 | The FAA's new rule mandating flight attendants get more rest between flights could mean less flexibility and additional costs for airlines | Tunvarat Pruksachat/Getty Images
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The Federal Aviation Administration announced a new rule on Tuesday that extends flight attendant rest.
The new rule mandates flight attendants to get 10 hours between shifts instead of the former... |
| Oct 4, 2022 | FAA to give flight attendants more rest between shifts | Federal aviation officials on Tuesday mandated more time off between flights for flight attendants.
The new rule takes effect in about 30 days and increases to 10 consecutive hours, from nine hours under previous rules, the required rest pe... |
| Sep 27, 2022 | Flight attendants protest schedule havoc at airports across U.S. | Flight attendants at United and Southwest airlines on Tuesday staged protests at airports across the U.S. to draw attention to chaotic scheduling and other workplace woes.
Airline employees picketed in 15 airports in cities and territories ... |
| Sep 19, 2022 | Flight attendants union blasts Spirit Airlines' pay proposal as insulting, says workers would make 'far below' JetBlue | Spirit Airlines aircraft. Carlos Yudica/Shutterstock
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Spirit Airlines' flight attendants union is currently in contract negotiations.
The union called management's latest pay proposal insulting.
In April, Spirit flight attendants ... |
| Jul 19, 2021 | Airlines and regulators turn to eye-poking flight attendants and eye-popping fines amid sharp rise in unruly passenger incidents | Frontier Airlines flight attendants study self-defense at a training in Denver in 2007. Rick Wilking/Reuters
Airlines and federal regulators are scrambling to contain a sudden uptick in unruly passengers on planes.
The FAA has received 3,42... |
| Jun 13, 2021 | What To Expect From Norway’s Norse Atlantic Airways | Norse Atlantic Airways will fly the Boeing 787 Dreamliners formerly used by Norwegian Air.getty |
| May 20, 2021 | Adding Domestic Extremists to the No-Fly List | Introduction
Recent reports have indicated that the Biden administration is contemplating adding domestic extremists—including some of the Jan. 6 riot participants—to the terrorism No Fly List. These stories come in the aftermath of the att... |
| Jan 30, 2021 | Aviation unions are asking congress for $15 billion to extend furlough protections | Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA. Sara Nelson
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A coalition of aviation unions asked congress for $15 billion to extend furlough protections.
Without the funds, "wide-scale layoffs" may b... |
| Jan 10, 2021 | Here’s How To Keep The Capitol Rioters From Flying Back To DC, Say Flight Attendants | Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, is pictured at the Capitol last ... [+] summer. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images |
| Dec 10, 2020 | Flight attendants are being asked to wear diapers and avoid bathrooms to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in China | Flight attendants wearing face masks and gloves before a flight takes off in Xichang, Sichuan province, China. Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
Flight attendants in China have been urged to wear diapers and avoid bathrooms, according to guidel... |
| Apr 28, 2020 | JetBlue is requiring all passengers to wear a mask throughout their journey, the first US airline to do so | JetBlue planes at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York June 15, 2013. Reuters
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JetBlue is requiring all passengers to wear facial coverings on flights, the first US airline to make such a ruling.
It said that from May... |
| Apr 26, 2020 | Flight Attendants are Now Asking the US Government to Halt All Airline Travel Due to the Coronavirus | Christine R., Tech Times 26 April 2020, 09:04 pm
Flight attendants in the United States are asking the US government to freeze all leisure air travel due to the risks of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
In recent reports, there have been s... |
| Mar 17, 2020 | A $54 billion bailout for airlines could come with new rules on bag fees, stock buybacks, and more | Advertisement
US airlines asked for a $50+ billion relief package on Monday, seeking to avoid bankruptcies as coronavirus presents strong headwinds for the industry.
In response, lawmakers and workers are urging strict guidelines on any bai... |
| Mar 12, 2020 | A major flight-attendants' union is denouncing Trump's sudden European travel ban. Industry leaders are worried jobs will be in jeopardy. | Advertisement
President Donald Trump's announcement on Wednesday that the US will halt travel from 26 European countries for 30 days in response to the coronavirus has left some flight attendants reeling.
The aviation industry at large, alr... |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Flight Attendants Fear for Their Jobs as Coronavirus Panic Takes Hold | The only thing spreading faster than the coronavirus is fear about the coronavirus. With the federal government seemingly unable to produce the promised number of tests for COVID-19, popularly known as the coronavirus, it's unclear exactly ... |
| Jan 27, 2020 | Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants to seek industry-standard wages in next round of talks | COURTESY ASSOCIATION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants held their first picket of 2020 at the Daniel K. Inouye International airport in Honolulu on Wednesday. The union and airline are still at an impasse over wages a... |
| Nov 20, 2019 | Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants vote to authorize strike | COURTESY JEFF FUKE
Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants gathered, in July, at the Los Angeles International Airport in California to protest their protracted negotiations with management for a new contract. The union representing Hawaiian Ai... |
| Jan 24, 2019 | "We cannot even calculate the level of risk" during the shutdown, airline workers say | There’s little room for error when it comes to protecting the 2.6 million airline passengers that zip across the sky each day. But five weeks into the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, ... |
| Be courteous — wear a mask if you’re sick and must travel, flight attendant union chief says | The leader of a flight attendants union on Tuesday encouraged airline passengers to wear a mask on flights if they’re feeling sick.
“This is not about extending this mask policy. It’s more about how we’re recognizing that we’re looking out ... |
| Here’s why people are still flipping out on airliners | Incidents involving unruly passengers in the United States are decreasing.
But the good news may end there.
On average, there were about 500 reports of unruly passengers per month in 2021, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administrati... |
| Delta to become the first US airline to pay flight attendants for boarding time | Delta Air Lines aircraft. On The Run Photo/Shutterstock
On June 2, Delta will become the first US airline to pay its flight attendants for boarding time.
Previously, flight attendants were only paid after the boarding door closes.
Currently... |
| CDC director says new COVID-19 isolation rules were based on 'what we thought people would be able to tolerate' | CDC Director Rochelle Walensky testifying before the Senate on July 20. J. Scott Applewhite-Pool/via Getty Images
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The CDC said new COVID-19 isolation guidelines were based on what it thought people could tolerate.
CDC Director Ro... |
