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Two women claimed to have been kicked off a Spirit Airlines flight last Friday (October 4) because of their clothing. Teresa Araujo, a Portuguese native, and her friend Tara Kehidi were flying ...
A union of Spirit flight attendants criticized the airline's latest pay proposal as "Spirit weak" as negotiations for a new contract continue.
The flight attendants became the last major work group at Northwest to agree to new contract terms in bankruptcy. The new contract provided Northwest with $195 million in annual cuts through 2011, and secured a $182 million equity claim for the flight attendants before it was lost upon the company's exit from bankruptcy. [citation needed]
The Association of Professional Flight Attendants said that the five-year contract includes pay increases of up to 20.5% on Oct. 1 and annual raises of 2.75%, 3%, 3%, and 3.5% after that.
In the summer of 2007, US Airways began upgrading its in-flight services, from food and entertainment to the training of flight attendants. The airline was planning to test-market a new seatback entertainment system in early 2008, however, the 2008 fuel crisis ended those plans. As a further result of the skyrocketing fuel costs, the airline ...
In August, some pilots and flight attendants agreed to take a voluntary leave of absence or have their work schedule temporarily reduced to avoid layoffs. [45] In July 2020, a passenger died of COVID-19 on a Spirit Airlines flight. [46] Spirit Airlines claimed it notified the Centers for Disease Control but there was no record of the contact ...
American Airlines flight attendants approved a five-year labor deal, ending one of the industry’s most contentious contract negotiations and giving cabin crews raises of up to 20.5% at the start ...
On September 2, 2019, an Alaska Airlines flight attendant called for an evacuation of Terminal A of the Newark Liberty International Airport, causing panic among Labor Day travelers. [ 193 ] [ 194 ] The flight attendant was subsequently detained by police who determined that the incident was a false alarm; the employee reportedly suffered from ...