However, allegations suggest flight attendants were using secret code words to get rid of these flights and pass them on to other members of the staff at a specific price tag. According to PYOK, American Airlines sent staff a memo back in May, issuing a warning over the tactic.

A crippling strike by Air Canada flight attendants that grounded thousands of flights over wages and unpaid labor is the latest blow to the airline industry's compensation system that does not fully pay cabin crews for their hours at work.

A passenger on an American Airlines flight who was caught vaping is taking legal action against the flight attendant who busted him. Peter Nguyen Wong filed a police report in Redlands, California, asking for the flight attendant to face criminal charges for assault about a week after the incident took place,

Introduced in February 2025, the policy revamped how medical leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) would be administered. Flight attendants based in New York City were targeted first, to much controversy.

Estes Carter Thompson III received a sentence of nearly two decades in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, prosecutors said.

"American management adheres to an economic framework that ignores the sacrifices made by 27,000 flight attendants," Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) president Julie Hedrick said. "The absence of any economic proposal from management since September 2023 has fueled the determination of flight attendants to initiate a strike at the world's largest airline."

American Airlines flight attendant who filmed at least five young girls using airplane bathrooms over nine months has been senteced to 18 and a half years.

Flight attendants with PSA Airlines, which is owned by American Airlines, are planning a protest at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport on Monday.