American Airlines flight attendants are preparing for potential strike action that could disrupt summer travel after recent contract negotiations with the airline came up short.
According to Reuters, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), a union representing flight attendants for American Airlines Group, warned that the two sides “remain apart.”
“We remain apart on the key economics of the deal plus the company’s completely unacceptable demand for scheduling concessions,” the APFA said in a statement.
Nonetheless, the APFA said it believes that the National Mediation Board (NMB) will bring both sides together for a “last ditch” effort to reach a deal in the next two weeks.
Currently, flight attendants at more than a dozen carriers are still working to reach new contract deals, with U.S. lawmakers urging the NMB to assist.
The news comes after a troubling week for American Airlines, which reported sinking profit, was hit with a racial discrimination lawsuit and had a flight involved in a near-miss incident.
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