Flight Attendants

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Success

Gen Z can skip college and still earn big: Here are the top 15 highest-paying jobs that don’t require a degree

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December 29, 2025
A table holds a memorial with photos and flowers to remember those who died on the American Airlines flight that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter
Lifestyle

Wife of a flight attendant killed in the American Airlines-helicopter crash says he was put on the plane after a last-minute schedule change: ‘We believe he was supposed to be on that flight’

By Jeffrey Collins, Erik Verduzco and The Associated Press
February 6, 2025
Southwest plans to cut flights to Atlanta to save money and its unions are unhappy
Features

Southwest plans to cut flights to Atlanta to save money and its unions are unhappy

By David Koenig and The Associated Press
September 26, 2024
American Airlines offers to double some flight attendants’ pay over 5 years as it works to avoid strike  
Companies

American Airlines offers to double some flight attendants’ pay over 5 years as it works to avoid strike  

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July 26, 2024
American Airlines flight attendants picketing
Finance

American Airlines flight attendants make just $27,000 to start. A new union contract could change that

By Mary Schlangenstein and Bloomberg
July 20, 2024
Bette Nash
Lifestyle

‘Fly high, Bette’: This 88-year-old started her flight attendant career in 1957 and never officially retired

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May 28, 2024
A law firm tried to blame a 9-year-old girl for not noticing an iPhone camera a former American Airlines flight attendant secretly taped to a toilet seat
Finance

A law firm tried to blame a 9-year-old girl for not noticing an iPhone camera a former American Airlines flight attendant secretly taped to a toilet seat

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May 24, 2024
The starting salary for a new flight attendant is about $27,000 per year, which is just a fraction of American Airlines CEO’s $31.4 million earned last year–an amount 1,162 times greater than the earnings of a new attendant.
Finance

The starting salary for a new American Airlines flight attendant is low enough to qualify for food stamps in some states

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May 21, 2024
Southwest flight attendants are now the highest-paid in the industry thanks to a historic pay raise—’This is the least they deserve’
Success

Southwest flight attendants are now the highest-paid in the industry thanks to a historic pay raise—’This is the least they deserve’

By
May 1, 2024
Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines seal deal for 22% pay hikes next month
Finance

Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines seal deal for 22% pay hikes next month

By
April 25, 2024
a picture of jens ritter standing inside a Lufthansa flight
Leadership

Lufthansa’s CEO tried being a flight attendant—but there was one challenge he wasn’t ready for

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August 23, 2023
A Southwest Airlines plane.
Politics

Flight attendant fired for sending anti-abortion messages to her union’s president receives $5.3 million jury award

By
July 15, 2022
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Flight Attendants Ask Public to Join Demonstrations if Government Shuts Down Again

By
February 12, 2019
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Health

Flight Attendants Have a Higher Risk of Certain Types of Cancers. Here Are a Few Possible Reasons Why

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June 26, 2018
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In-Flight Sexual Assaults Are Increasing ‘At an Alarming Rate’

By
June 21, 2018

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