US EditionUS Flight Attendants Are Fed up Like Their Air Canada Peers. Here's Why They Aren't Likely to Strike
Flight attendants at multiple U.S. airlines seek higher wages and boarding pay amid prolonged contract talks and industry-wide dissatisfaction with compensation for ground duties, union says.
- About 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants walked off last weekend, canceling over 3,100 flights and spotlighting pay issues shared by U.S. flight attendants; the Railway Labor Act limits U.S. strike likelihood.
- One big cause is boarding pay, with PSA flight attendants bargaining for over two years amid widespread unpaid pre- and post-flight work and prolonged contract negotiations.
- Nathan Miller, 29-year-old PSA Airlines flight attendant, makes about $24,000 yearly and commutes about 215 miles by plane between Virginia Beach and his Philadelphia base.
- The strike ended Tuesday with a tentative deal that includes wage increases and boarding pay, and Air Canada flight attendants will vote from Aug. 27 to Sept. 6.
- With 50,000 members, the Association of Flight Attendants shows weakened bargaining power as United Airlines attendants rejected a deal last month, 71% voting no.
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US flight attendants are fed up like their Air Canada peers. Here's why they are unlikely to strike
At the end of work trips, Nathan Miller goes home to a makeshift bedroom in his parents’ house in Virginia. The 29-year-old flight attendant is part of a PSA Airlines crew based in Philadelphia, but he can’t afford to live there. Miller says he makes about $24,000 a year staffing multiple flights a day as a full-time attendant for the American Airlines subsidiary. To get to work, he commutes by plane between Virginia Beach and Philadelphia Inter…
San Diego Union Tribune
US flight attendants are fed up like their Air Canada peers. Here’s why they aren’t likely to strike
By RIO YAMAT, Associated Press Airlines Writer At the end of work trips, Nathan Miller goes home to a makeshift bedroom in his parents’ house in Virginia. The 29-year-old flight attendant is part of a PSA Airlines crew based in Philadelphia, but Miller says he can’t afford to live there. He makes about $24,000 a year working full-time for the American Airlines subsidiary. Despite often staffing multiple flights a day, Miller commutes by plane be…
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US flight attendants are fed up like their Air Canada peers. Here's why they aren't likely to strike
Flight attendants at both regional and legacy airlines say they're frustrated by what they call low wages and long-standing airline practices of not paying them during the boarding process.
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