Does anyone know when the next meeting of
the American Airlines flight attendants is?
I just heard they vote whether to strike at that meeting, the strike would happen 30 days after the vote. Can anyone give me the timeframe? Thanks!

Vote is in early May, not nailed down yet. I expect we will strike. Consider making other plans.

ps we are not here just to get you antother drink, but for your safety.

AADeb-As a frequent flyer, I know that safety is your number one priority. But, your job does include serving drinks to passengers, customer service etc. If you don't like it, you should be in another line of work.

I'm with freqent flyer. Seems the attitude of flight attendants these days borders on hostility and rudeness.....

Frequent Flyer, I remember you from last week. You boarded the AC with an attitude because we were delayed from an earlier ATC hold. You wanted a dewers rocks and handed me your coat and complained that you couldn't get your seat to recline. I showed you the button and served you your drink. As others were boarding and the ground staff had screwed up a family of five's seats, catering told me that the two special meals were not going to make it in time for push back. You snarled at the college kid returning home for spring break with the knapsnack that grazed your shoulder, and waved for another dewers.

But I digress, all we are asking for is a decent wage and the chance for some better work conditions. I'm sure your wife, let alone your girlfriend would put up with the stuff you expect us to do.

and what about his brother or brother-in-law? Since when has being an airline attendant reverted back to being a female profession. I know several male attendants who are perfectly happy with their jobs (including one who works for American).

WTG AADeb!

Wonder what FrequentFlyer does for a living and if he/she is so perfect at it that maybe a few people might suggest a change in professions for him.

There are people who always know it all when it comes to other peoples's job duties and attitudes.

Most flight attendants are great (I'll bet you're one of them).

Good Luck

I absolutely HATE people who feel the need to tell other people what their job is and what they should just put up with!!! EVERYONE has a right to expect to be treated with respect. I have worked in service related fields for years, and it still amazes me how rude people can be. Some people must get off on it or something, I swear! Get a life and keep your attitudes at home!

"Frequent Flyer" is exactly the sort of person who has made flying grimmer and grimmer. And IMO, any attendant who gives FF a drink should be fired. Attendants should be there first for safety, second for welfare, and third for comfort -- but last of all as bar-maids and bar-men and -- because of that -- bouncers!

On the other hand, I wish there were as much support for the ground crew and reservations agents as there seems to be for pilots and attendants when it comes to a "decent wage." Maybe with better salaries and better training, some of the most unpleasant and frustrating parts of dealing with airlines would improve.

I used to work with the public and I know firsthand it is difficult. You have to take the bad with the good or else you need to get in another line of work. I have found that the majority of flight attendants these days are surly, rude and downright nasty. If you can't handle working with the public, you need a career change. Why subject paying passengers to your dissatisfaction.

yea 4 bucks for a drink in coach

It's Dewar's, not dewer's - but sometimes it could be doers, or even do'ers, but never do'is, and I would really like it if it were do'mine.

Deb probably became a flight attendant because her grades were not good enough to get her into college.

Deb-You made the CHOICE to become a flight attendant. No one is holding a gun to your head. GET OVER IT! And, quit your whining.....

The past few posts will probably remind visitors to the forum what Deb has to put up with.

Jerks from all other professions think that flight attendants have it easy. And that creepy "get over it." That is so 1990's!

GOI!

I'm guessing FF2 must be about eleven.

Isn't it interesting how such a simple and innocent travel question about a possibility of a strike ends up with such horrible name calling, political opinions, and posts that have absolutely nothing to do with the question. Talk about people needing to "get over it"!

Deb --

Thank you for what you do. Many people are most appreciative. Figure the few nasties who posted here have a hair across their whatever.

I think it indicative of something that so many of the people with Bad Attitude here are concerned about alcohol supplies and costs.

When I have a problem with a flight attendant, which has been rare, it's almost always because I'm a female traveling alone and don't have silver or gold or platinum status.

This tells me that attendants are told to give better treatment to some than others, and my condolences to them because those "special" people are exactly the jerks who think they are entitled to something, particularly their booze.

If you strike, there are still some people out there who understand that the idea of making money isn't to benefit a special few at the top of the food chain but to keep everyone working.

Sorry to disagree with you guys, but I feel the service and the attitude of flight attendants has deteriorated a lot in the last couple of years. Maybe because you are of the male persuasion, the female flight attendants are nicer to you.

We're taking our first trip to Europe in June, hopefully, on American Airlines. We purchased our tickets in January. It seems to me the AA attendants just want to be paid more and more to do less and less. Prepaid ticket holders deserve respect too. I'd bet those attendants don't give a hoot how many passengers they inconvenience and disappoint. Just so as they can get a raise. I guess I'll just be worrying myself silly between now and our departure date over whether we'll get to go. Stupid me, I chose AA over Delta/Air France, hoping to avoid the possibility of strikes.

As with most debated issues, the truth lies between the two poles here:
Yes, on average flight attendants are less pleasant and offer less 'service' than they did 10-15 years ago.
But, their working conditions are poorer, their relative pay still (always has been) poor, and...ohmygosh, how RUDE people have become in general! Fliers, drivers, people in line at the check-out stand, etc. All this serves to make flight attendants' jobs more difficult and the change in their 'attitudes' is understandable.
Until people in general become less rude (yeah, right, that'll happen) and conditions improve for flight attendants, things will not improve...in First Class, in steerage, at the ticket counter, etc.