United’s Interesting Labor Dispute With Airport Kitchen Staff
I get a lot of email pitches, and most of them are actively uninteresting to me. "Ben: new data about millennial basketweaving trends…
Unions
American Pilots Will Be Making Bank This Holiday Season
A few days ago I posted about how a computer glitch at American caused 15,000 flights over the holidays to be scheduled without pilots.…
Yikes: American Airlines Didn’t Schedule Pilots For 15,000+ Holiday Flights
Well, this is a pretty major glitch. The Allied Pilots Association (APA) is the union representing American's pilots,…
British Airways’ Strike Gives Muscat Passengers A Nice Upgrade
Since June this year, British Airways’ mixed fleet crew have been on strike. Thankfully, the impact hasn’t been as large as when it…
U.S. Airline Unions Do Support Subsidies… When It Benefits Them
We've seen a lot of hypocrisy from U.S. airlines when it comes to their condemnation of the Gulf carriers. For example, the lobbying…
British Airways Flight Attendants To Go On Strike Over “Poverty Pay”
British Airways has a few different flight attendant contracts. One of those contracts is for their "mixed fleet" crews, which are their…
American’s Flight Attendant Union Wants A Full Uniform Recall
In September American Airlines rolled out new uniforms for their 70,000+ employees. While uniforms in and of themselves…
Delta Pilots Are Getting A 30%+ Pay Raise
Roughly 82% of Delta's 13,000 pilots have voted in favor of a new contract, which will see them getting a pay raise of over 30% over four…
An End Is Finally In Sight For The Lufthansa Pilot Strike!
Today Lufthansa's pilots are striking for the sixth day since last week, which has led to about 4,500 flights being canceled,…
Lufthansa Pilots Are Going Back On Strike This Week!
This past week has been a rough one for Lufthansa, as their pilots went on strike for four days (on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,…
The Lufthansa Pilot Strike Lives On: Day 4
Well, it looks like no end is in sight for Lufthansa's pilot strike. Initially Lufthansa's pilots union announced a one day strike,…
The Lufthansa Pilot Strike Continues: Day 3
Lufthansa's pilots have been on strike for the past two days (and really for the past several years of their careers,…
Ouch: Lufthansa’s Pilot Strike Extended By Another Day
Yesterday I wrote about how Lufthansa's pilots were going on their bajillionth strike, causing nearly 1,000 flights and 100,000…
Lufthansa Will Cancel Nearly 1,000 Flights Tomorrow Due To Pilot Strike
It's a day ending in "y," which means a European airline will go on strike tomorrow. In this case it's Lufthansa's pilot union…
Cathay Pacific’s U.S. Based Flight Attendants Want To Unionize
Cathay Pacific has foreign flight attendant bases, including some in the U.S. Actually, they're the only Asian airline I know of to have…
United Flight Attendants Finally Vote In Favor Of A New Contract
While the merger between Continental and United was closed in 2010, up until now the ex-United and ex-Continental flight attendants…
Air France Cabin Crew Are Starting A Week-Long Strike
It's a day that ends in "y," which means European aviation is experiencing a major strike. This time around it's the Air France cabin crew…
Here’s Why China Airlines Flight Attendants Are Going On Strike For The First Time Ever
It looks like I flew China Airlines just in time, as their flight attendants are going on strike for the first time ever on Friday. According…
Is It Wrong For ATC To Go On Strike Following An Airport Terrorist Attack?
The horribly tragic Brussels terror attacks happened on March 22, which caused Brussels Airport to close for well over a week. A…
The Crazy Reason United Is Flying A Specific 787 Domestically
It should come as no surprise that the airline industry is full of disagreements between airline management…
French ATC Going On Strike For Umpteenth Time…
While I understand the purpose of unions, I've never understood how repeated strikes end up happening so often. I'm not just…
