American Airlines Flight Attendant Apathy: Poised To Strike, 71% No Show Leadership Vote [Roundup]
News and notes from around the interweb:
- American Airlines flight attendants have been without a new contract since 2019. They’re threatening to strike. Yet 71% didn’t vote in their union elections.
There is a run-off election in progress, because no candidate for any office received a majority of votes cast. But does the union’s leadership have any sort of mandate? And what does that say for their ability to represent all of their members, so that a contract they do finally negotiates represents something that flight attendants will want – and vote for?
- Is someone trying to cause planes to crash? and does that explain the extremely unlikely downing of two Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777s in quick succession?
- When the American Airlines Admirals Club bartender knows you’ve had too much to drink, even before your first drink. And you think the problem is the bartender.
Hi I’m Omar an @AmericanAir loser who is a petulant child. I asked if I could have tomato juice before the bar open so he ignored me when it was open. When I spoke with the manager he said they were “slowing me down”. I hadn’t had one damn drink (8am)2 credit cards platinum trash pic.twitter.com/WtP0NXDYVf
— Liberty Seeker (@revrhino) February 4, 2024
- Even imaginary tipping is out of control
New GPT4 prompt engineering tip: If you’re tipping your GPT4, it’s better to promise to tip it $20 or $100,000+; those amounts will give the longest answers pic.twitter.com/2f5fmtRuIM
— Denis Shiryaev (@literallydenis) January 31, 2024
- Layout of the new, premium American Airlines Boeing 787-9 that will deliver later this year.
The first row in business class is supposed to be an upgraded seat compared to the rest of the cabin, but there doesn’t seem to be an additional cost as of now.
— Ishrion Aviation (@IshrionA) February 4, 2024
- The Jones Act is really dumb, episode 6,452:
No. WAY. “The US Has Big Plans for Wind Energy—but an Obscure 1920s Law Is Getting in the Way” https://t.co/ORqvoUB1jb #EndTheJonesAct pic.twitter.com/WAGr2MfmHs
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) February 4, 2024
