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American Airlines Flight Attendants Vote to Strike

Ongoing travel demand and an airline industry grappling with staffing shortages adds leverage to contract negotiations for American Airlines flight attendants.

American Airlines Flight Attendants Vote to Strike

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United Airlines Pilots Get New Four-Year Contract

With a pilot shortage and minimum raises of close to 9% annually, it's nice to be a commercial airline pilot these days. Striking hotel workers in Los Angeles face totally different odds.

United Airlines Pilots Get New Four-Year Contract

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Highest-Paid U.S. Airline CEOs in 2022

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby replaced Delta's Ed Bastian as the highest-paid U.S. airline chief in 2022. Here's how much the industry's leading executives took home — as well as how their pay was calculated.

Highest-Paid U.S. Airline CEOs in 2022

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American Airlines Pilots Union Board Rejects Merger With Larger Labor Group

A 21 percent pay raise for pilots at American likely didn't provide much momentum toward a union restructuring.

American Airlines Pilots Union Board Rejects Merger With Larger Labor Group

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American Airlines Pilots Authorize Potential Strike for Higher Wages

American Airlines pilots did not receive pay increases during the pandemic, and now they believe it's time.

American Airlines Pilots Authorize Potential Strike for Higher Wages

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American Airlines Pilots Move Ahead With Potential Air Line Pilots Association Merger

The comparison between the two unions seems in many ways to be the typical one between a large institutional organization and a smaller one that is more agile but has fewer resources.

American Airlines Pilots Move Ahead With Potential Air Line Pilots Association Merger

Airline Weekly

American Airlines Says It Wants a Deal With Pilots — Soon

Talks between American Airlines and the Allied Pilots Association hit a bump when pilots expressed irritation that the carrier made an offer known to the public and to Congress, but not to negotiators. But with negotiations ongoing, it appears that the carrier could make an offer shortly.

American Airlines Says It Wants a Deal With Pilots — Soon

Airline Weekly

American Airlines Made the Wrong Bet by Doubling Regional Pilot Pay: Analyst

American may be coming to regret its historic increase in regional pilot pay.

American Airlines Made the Wrong Bet by Doubling Regional Pilot Pay: Analyst

Hotels

Hotel Hirings Fall Short of Industry Needs

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at hotel hiring in the U.S. in December, complicated air traffic through China, and one lifestyle hotel company’s efforts to stand out.

Hotel Hirings Fall Short of Industry Needs

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American Airlines’ Amazing Earnings

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at American Air’s stunning quarter, Airbnb’s departing founder, and the startups helping solve tourism labor challenges.

American Airlines’ Amazing Earnings