NEW DELHI: The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), which represents American Airlines Group Inc’s flight attendants, called on its members to gear up for a potential strike on Friday after failing to reach an agreement during contract negotiations with the airline.
The union stated, “We remain apart on the key economics of the deal plus the company’s completely unacceptable demand for scheduling concessions.”
According to the APFA, the National Mediation Board (NMB), which is supervising the negotiations, is expected to bring both parties together for a final attempt to reach a resolution within the next two weeks.
As the request for comment was made outside of regular business hours, neither American Airlines nor the NMB provided an immediate response.
Members of the U.S. Congress have called upon the NMB to take action in assisting approximately 80,000 flight attendants in reaching contract agreements.
Flight attendants from various airlines, including United Airlines, Alaska Air group, American Airlines, and Frontier, are among the employees at more than twelve airlines who are still working towards securing new contract deals.
The union stated, “We remain apart on the key economics of the deal plus the company’s completely unacceptable demand for scheduling concessions.”
According to the APFA, the National Mediation Board (NMB), which is supervising the negotiations, is expected to bring both parties together for a final attempt to reach a resolution within the next two weeks.
As the request for comment was made outside of regular business hours, neither American Airlines nor the NMB provided an immediate response.
Members of the U.S. Congress have called upon the NMB to take action in assisting approximately 80,000 flight attendants in reaching contract agreements.
Flight attendants from various airlines, including United Airlines, Alaska Air group, American Airlines, and Frontier, are among the employees at more than twelve airlines who are still working towards securing new contract deals.