Association of Flight Attendants-CWA

European Travel Impact on Flight Attendants

March 11, 2020

Dear Flight Attendants,

This evening, the President announced a 30-day travel ban to Europe, excluding the United Kingdom. He announced the ban would begin Friday. This understandably created great concern among Flight Attendants and other aviation workers. Some AFA members only fly to Europe and we have an AFA Local Council in Frankfurt, Germany.

Immediate Operational Actions to Stop Spread of COVID-19

AFA continues to call on government to coordinate response and resources to stop spread of COVID-19. This list is specific to the coronavirus, based on decades of experience detailed in AFA’s Communicable Disease Checklist >

We highlight the following specific operational items for immediate action:

How Does the Coronavirus Compare With the Flu?

Originally published in The New York Times on February 29, 2020

Is this new coronavirus really a serious danger? Doesn’t the flu kill more people?

As the United States recorded its first coronavirus death on Saturday — and as other cases popped up in people without known risks on the West Coast — Americans wondered how to measure this new threat against a more familiar foe: influenza.

How to Talk to Kids About Coronavirus

Originally published in The New York Times on February 28, 2020

Each day brings more news of the coronavirus spread, with at least 60 confirmed cases in the United States. On Tuesday, Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said Americans should begin preparing for a growing number of cases in the United States, adding that she had spoken to her own family members about “significant disruption” to their routines.

What is coronavirus and what should I do if I have symptoms?

Originally published by The Guardian on March 1, 2020

What is Covid-19 – the illness that started in Wuhan?
It is caused by a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. Like other coronaviruses, it has come from animals. Many of those initially infected either worked or frequently shopped in the Huanan seafood wholesale market in the centre of the Chinese city.

U.S.-based Norwegian Air Flight Attendants Reach Tentative Agreement For First Contract

February 29, 2020 - AFA U.S.-based Norwegian Air Flight Attendants this week reached a tentative agreement for a first contract covering over 500 Flight Attendants.

February 27, 2020 — U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) led a letter in support of Air Wisconsin flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), urging the National Mediation Board (NMB) to give fair consideration to AFA-CWA’s request to advance the contract negotiation process.