Flight attendants at American Airlines are reasonable to want a new contract. Management at American Airlines is reasonable to point out that it cannot afford a generous contract. The context of the latest battle is the paltry profit-sharing AA...
Passenger Booted Off American Airlines Flight…For Farting
“We all breathed a sigh of relief when he was removed.” An American Airlines flight returned to the gate after a disgruntled passenger refused to stop passing flatus. No, farting is not a legitimate tool of revenge on AA...
American Airlines Agent: “We Don’t Do Standby At This Airport”
A friend of mine was traveling yesterday and ran into a standby problem that showcases how poorly American Airlines trains its airport agents and supervisors. Yes, you are allowed to standby on an earlier American Airlines flight. No, American...
Firefighters Escort Passengers Off American Airlines Flight After Aircraft Slid Off Runway
American Airlines passengers were led off the aircraft by firefighters after their aircraft slid off the runway in Rochester in an incident AA has blamed on snowy conditions outside. Firefighters Lead American Airlines Off Aircraft After It Skids Off...
American Airlines Flight Attendant Arrested After Surreptitiously Filming Multiple Teenage Passengers In Lavatory
An update to the story about the American Airlines flight attendant who has been accused of surreptitiously filming a teenage girl in the lavatory of a flight: he has now been arrested and evidence of additional acts have been...
Man Claims American Airlines Bumped Him From First Class Seat To Accommodate Service Dog
Today we will explore another service dog issue, this time involving a seat assignment in first class on American Airlines. A passenger indignantly laments that he was moved to accommodate a dog. Should AA be in the business of...
American Airlines Adds Members-Only AAdvantage Benefits
I think American Airlines is smart to start offering additional and exclusive benefits to AAdvantage members, which is a reasonable way to promote loyalty and direct bookings to its own channels. Let’s explore these changes. New American Airlines Benefits...
Claim: American Airlines Gate Agent Threatened To Cancel Flight If 20 People Did Not Take Taxi Instead
An American Airlines gate agent purportedly threatened to cancel a flight to Charlotte if 20 people did not agree to give up their seats and take a taxi instead. Did A Gate Agent For American Airlines Threaten To Cancel...
Man Punches American Airlines Flight Attendant After She Tells Him To Stop Kicking Seat
2024 is off to a roaring start, with an American Airlines flight attendant punched and spit for the temerity of telling a passenger to stop kicking his seatmate’s seat. Man Repeatedly Punches American Airlines Flight Attendant In Drunken Outburst...
Claim: American Airlines Flight Attendant Blocks First Class Cabin With Beverage Cart To Keep Economy Class Passengers Out
We have a picture. We have a contention. Did an American Airlines flight attendant really use a beverage cart to create a barrier between first class and economy class in order to keep coach passengers from using the forward...
Crazy: Man Has Meltdown At Charlotte Airport, Cursing Out Woman In Wheelchair And Screaming At American Airlines Gate Agent Over His Dogs
To Charlotte, where a man from Florida went ballistic over his “girls” (dogs)..or something like that…in a meltdown that included cursing out a woman in a wheelchair and screaming about how horrible American Airlines is as his husband desperately...
Family Sues American Airlines Over Flight Attendant Who Placed Camera In Lavatory To Surreptitiously Film Teenage Girl
The family of a 14-year-old who was surreptitiously filmed by a pervert flight attendant in an aircraft lavatory is suing American Airlines and the flight attendant. American Airlines Faces Lawsuit Over Hidden Camera In Lavatory Placed By Flight Attendant...
Deranged Man Launches Bloody Attack Against American Airlines Ground Staff In Miami
A man faces multiple criminal charges after suffering a panic attack on an American Airlines flight, threatening a flight attendant, then violently attacking ground staff as he was led off the aircraft. After Threat Leads To Flight Ejection, Man...
Rashida Tlaib Lambasts American Airlines After Flight Attendant Forces Young Man To Remove Palestine T-Shirt
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D – MI) has condemned American Airlines after flight attendants required a young man wearing a controversial Palestine t-shirt either remove it or turn it inside out onboard an American Airlines flight to Arizona. Flight Attendants...
Strikeout: American Airlines Flight Attendants Denied Right To Strike Over Holidays
The National Mediation Board (NMB) has refused a request by the union representing flight attendants at American Airlines to authorize a strike stemming from an impasse over contract negotiations. There is now no risk that AA flight attendants will...
American Airlines Takes A Victory Lap
It was a remarkably smooth Thanksgiving holiday for US airlines and now American Airlines is taking a victory lap in celebration. American Airlines Celebrates Smooth Operations Over Thanksgiving Holiday Mild weather was a huge factor, but I do think...
Review: American Airlines A321T First Class New York – Los Angeles
While I believe that American Airlines has great potential, my rather depressing flight from New York to Los Angeles onboard the Airbus A321T in three-cabin first class was a huge disappointment and exposed so much of what is wrong...
American Airlines Cuts Last International Flight From Seattle
American Airlines is scrapping its last remaining international flight from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), marking an end to a multi-year experiment. Seattle Loses Last International Flight On American Airlines To great surprise, American Airlines announced plans to add longhaul...
American Airlines Mishandles Wheelchair: Blame The Baggage Handlers
American Airlines baggage handlers were caught on video mishandling a wheelchair. While I agree that there are systemic issues at play with the handling of wheelchairs and other assistive devices, the blame here falls on the baggage handlers who...
AOC Claims American Airlines Flight Attendants Are Sleeping In Cars
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D – New York) claims “it is unacceptable that some of the same attendants who care for us the skies must resort to sleeping in cars because their pay is so low.” While showing solidarity with...
