AFA Will Testify Before the Senate This Week
AFA Will Testify Before the Senate This Week
December 10, 2021 - This Wednesday, December 15 at 2:30 pm eastern, AFA President Sara Nelson will testify before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, in a hearing entitled, “Oversight of the U.S. Airline Industry.”
Read more »TAKE ACTION: Protect Flight Attendants' Voting Rights
TAKE ACTION: Protect Flight Attendants' Voting Rights
December 7, 2021 - As a Flight Attendant, most Election Days we're away from home. That's why we rely on early voting and mail ballots to cast our votes in local, state, and national elections.
Read more »ICYMI: Justice Department Cracking Down on Disruptive Passengers
ICYMI: Justice Department Cracking Down on Disruptive Passengers
December 3, 2021 - The U.S. Justice Department is cracking down on unruly airline passengers as attacks on flight attendants and other airline workers have intensified.
Read more »Thanksgiving Travel Was a Success Thanks to Flight Attendants and PSP
Thanksgiving Travel Was a Success Thanks to Flight Attendants and PSP
December 3, 2021 - The Thanksgiving travel week—the Friday before Thanksgiving through the Sunday after Thanksgiving—saw the highest passenger volumes since the start of the pandemic two years ago with no major operational disruptions.
Read more »Mask Mandate Extended Through March 2022
Mask Mandate Extended Through March 2022
December 3, 2021 - The Omicron variant is a reminder that the pandemic is not over. Scientists don’t yet have all the facts about this variant, but it’s an example of what the epidemiologists have been predicting - as long as vaccination rates remain low around the world the virus will continue to mutate and could create a strain that is unaffected by current vaccines.
Read more »We Owe Our Jobs to Peter DeFazio
We Owe Our Jobs to Peter DeFazio
December 3, 2021 - House Transportation Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced Wednesday that he wouldn’t seek reelection, capping off 36 years in Congress, all of them spent on the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Dear Flying Partners, friends and family,
First and foremost, thank you. This week, TSA estimated we’ll carry 20 million passengers—nearly the same as the holiday week in 2019. That means you’re making it possible for tens of millions of Americans to come together with loved ones across the country. That is something to recognize and be thankful for. So thank you.
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