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Air Canada braces for a strike

08/14/25

Your options if you have an Air Canada ticket Air Canada’s negotiations with CUPE, the union representing 10,000 flight attendants on Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, aren’t going well. And if no agreements can be made, a strike is expected to begin Saturday, August 16 at 01:00 ET. In preparation, the carrier began a →

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Airlines once had “stewardess-nurses.” So did trains.

05/15/24

The first ‘stewardesses’ on airplanes also had to be registered nurses. In 1930, Boeing Air Transport Office – which later became United Airlines – was only hiring male pilots. But Ellen Church, a registered nurse with a pilot’s license, wanted to fly. So she convinced the airline to test out having nurses on board to →

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New film documents flight attendants fight for rights

02/18/24

(Courtesy Delta Air Lines) The new “Fly With Me” film tells the story of women hired as ‘stewardesses’ in the days when airline policies dictated everything from their weight to their marital status. (Courtesy United Airlines) More importantly, the film documents those women who went on to fight – and win – battles for equal →

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Travel Tidbits from Airports Near You

02/13/24

Lots of fun – and important – events taking place at airports this week. Airports have been celebrating Valentine’s Day all week. Flight attendants picketed at airports across the country on Tuesday and Alaska Airlines flight attendants voted to authorize a strike. Indianapolis International Airport (IND) figured out what to do with the basketball court →

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Travel Tidbits from airports here and there

08/23/23

Flight attendant unions mark an anniversary Shuffleboard (!) at United Airlines’ new DEN lounge Sheep at London’s Gatwick Airport Formula 1 car at Schiphol Airport Pancakes for a cause at Vancouver Int’l Airport →

Why are airline passengers so rude & unruly?

06/18/23

[Our story on the rise of unruly airlines passengers first appeared on NBC News) Air travelers picked up some bad habits during the pandemic that they can’t seem to shake. Unruly passenger incidents rose 47% globally last year from 2021, even as pandemic-related restrictions faded, according to recent data released this month by the International Air Transport →

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Travel Tidbits

10/05/22

Better rest times for flight attendants On Tuesday, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration finalized rules requiring airlines to give airline flight attendants at least 10 hours of rest time between shifts. Under existing rules, flight attendants get at least nine hours of rest time. However, due to a variety of circumstances, that time off often →

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Crazy – and charming – travelers

08/04/21

Travel has been sort of crazy this week. But there is some sign of charming behavior out there. There’s the saga of the drunken, raving passenger on Frontier Airlines who was duct-taped to his seat after assaulting and groping flight attendants. At first, Frontier Airlines suspended the flight attendants involved. The reason? They had not →

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TSA offering self-defense training to flight crews.

06/28/21

As airline passenger volume ticks up, many passengers are packing something the Transportation Security Administration and airlines would rather they’d leave home: a combative attitude. “Passengers do not arrive at an airport or board a plane with the intent of becoming unruly or violent; however, what is an exciting return to travel for some may →

How a 747 design change proposal spurred the ’60-foot rule’

01/12/18

How a debate over a design change in the 747 led to the potentially life-saving "60-foot rule." →

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