Originally Posted by
ualratt
Not sure if having different unions have much to do with it. UAL flight attendants have taken a different track than the pilots. They're currently negotiating to renew their own individual contract, which they've stipulated is necessary to be completed before they will entertain a joint collective agreement with CAL FA. As far as I know they have yet to acknowledge the marriage of the two companies.
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The Flight Attendants have yet to acknowledge ONE company. Pat Friend head of AFA has Long been suspect in my book, especialy after the way she dealt with Lorenzo at Eastern. They negotiated a 10 year contract at Unitedsometime back with NO dicernable Pay raises?? Then had the Temerity to call the rest of us Suckers because we actually THOUGHT we were doing something for the future in getting into the ESOP. In the end She was right. Howsumever, AFA looks out for AFA and they don't do that particularly well where they might be a force to be be considered. It will be interesting to see who comes out in the wash when UAL's and CAL's flight attendants start doing the "Tango"..