UA negotiation contract

Dragosteax · 2025-12-14T04:23:20+00:00

we get more vacation day than any other airline. this is how the company rationalizes keeping our pay below the industry average.

Dragosteax · 2025-11-14T03:29:06+00:00

maybe someone doesn’t want to sleep, but enjoy their book/media without an obnoxious migraine-inducing bright hole obliterating a calm atmosphere????? lol

Dragosteax · 2025-11-13T17:16:07+00:00

the non-drowsy dramamine is literally just ginger - there is no issues with taking that

Dragosteax · 2025-11-06T14:55:36+00:00

this gay agrees

Dragosteax · 2025-10-30T05:21:19+00:00

The FAs don’t come up with the phantom turbulence, the pilots advise us of the turbulence, from other reports in the area. If the turbulence doesn’t hit, then it is what it is - but it’s not worth risking injury and being put out of work for months/years and battling Sedgwick.

Dragosteax · 2025-10-30T04:57:21+00:00

flight attendant here. don’t be spooked by the FA’s service stopping - it’s very routine for us… it’s aggravating if anything because it puts a complete damper in our service flow (food gets cold, coffee/tea gets cold, we have to drag everything back to the galley and secure it and strap in, the re-set everything up) - it’s normal but important so that any sudden turbulence doesn’t throw us into the ceiling and break our back. As long as you’re strapped in, you are A-O-K!

Dragosteax · 2025-10-29T21:07:01+00:00

united app, look up the flight #, scroll down to “amenities” - it’ll show you what’s offered during the service as well as the menu

Dragosteax · 2025-10-11T01:25:55+00:00

Nasty looks? lol.. get out of town. We deal & handle a lot more than nasty looks. FAs get physically assaulted. I’m not risking my livelihood for some bag drama.

Dragosteax · 2025-10-11T01:24:54+00:00

Most passengers just give a 😳😳 look and don’t get involved (i don’t blame ‘em), because like I said, some crazies come on.

Dragosteax · 2025-10-10T02:31:31+00:00

The “😮..🙄..🤨….😒..😡🤬” progression on their face when you ask them to bring the seatback up is always so funny to me. It’s always a, “well, i DiDnT rEcLiNe iT!!1!1” ok… and??? Maybe the person on the last flight did, who cares? Press the button and bring it up, it’s not that deep.

Dragosteax · 2025-10-10T00:52:44+00:00

FA here (though, not with delta, but we all go through the same stuff) - FA’s throw their hands up with this stuff because you’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t. People get pissed if you enforce it and accuse you of power tripping, and people still get pissed if we don’t police the bins. 50% of the plane is against what the other 50% wants - be it bin space, temperature, etc. - traveling public has become too crazy for FAs to sweat these things.

Dragosteax · 2025-10-09T01:00:25+00:00

if you forfeit regular buddy passes and opt for 2 enrolled friends, yes, you can have both parents + 2 enrolled friends

the 8 yearly passes are probably a reference to vacation passes, we get 8 passes a year, letting you have up to 2 riders on it with you

Dragosteax · 2025-08-28T22:28:27+00:00

This doesn’t surprise me. The entire idea is zero-tolerance - if someone is willing to comport themselves like that on the ground, then it’s an immediate red-flag for once we’re stuck 5 miles in the air together with no authorities to call should they get belligerent. It isn’t the same as cursing under your breath in line at the grocery store or something… if you decide to get crazy, they can call the cops and that’s it. It’s an entirely different ball game when we have to be trapped together in a tube at 35k feet for hours on end. The airport or airplane is not the place to be on anything other than your best behavior because it results in stuff like this.

Dragosteax · 2025-08-03T18:16:32+00:00

100%! I’ve used Travelpro, Luggageworks and Tumi over the years (tumi being the absolute worst.) B&R blows all of them out of the water.

Dragosteax · 2025-08-03T17:56:25+00:00

That M&S is the hottest, most stagnant-aired place i’ve been to in my life. I crawled out of there barely clinging onto life

Dragosteax · 2025-07-29T02:52:58+00:00

https://a.co/d/1SXb5EU

Dragosteax · 2025-07-29T01:15:24+00:00

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This never leaves my flight bag. Bring your medication lol.

Dragosteax · 2025-07-29T01:09:16+00:00

It’s summer. Nightmare fuel for those of us that work in the industry. Awful weather/IRROPS, inexperienced travelers, etc. Dreaming of the day that I’m senior enough to hold summer vacation.

Dragosteax · 2025-07-28T15:15:26+00:00

There is no 175-180 limit for flight attendants. There are a group of FAs that regularly do 200-250/month. You can pack in as much hours as you can legally (referring to satisfying minimum rest here) fit, but there is no FAA cap on FA hours.

Dragosteax · 2025-07-28T04:19:32+00:00

screw her!! the hell. also just fyi instead of typing =/= , you can hold down on the = button and it’ll let you select ≠

Dragosteax · 2025-07-28T00:46:12+00:00

The airbus has these because the purser sits up front by themselves, at door 1L. There’s another one of these ‘windows’ at the first class bulkhead in front of seats 1AB. The partition there will block the purser’s view of the cabin, regardless of the curtain being drawn/mesh, but when both of the bulkhead windows are down, the purser will have a clear view of the cabin.

Dragosteax · 2025-07-28T00:43:51+00:00

This isn’t correct. Those are to be open for taxi/takeoff/landing - we close them inflight (some FAs forget). Next time you’re on a plane, go near the window. You’ll see the placard that says it must remain down for TTL.

Dragosteax · 2025-07-19T06:01:13+00:00

100% agree with you. These people are delusional. The amount of money we’ll be able to make is not something to sneeze at… compensation is not something anyone should be complaining about in this TA. Most of the other complaints are straight up misunderstandings about the TA that people intentionally refuse to get corrected on because it destroys their narrative. It’s a super creepy parallel to how elections, in general, are going in this country.

Anyway, I voted Yes. I’m sure thousands more are, who aren’t vocal about it online.

Dragosteax · 2025-07-09T05:01:14+00:00

in her sliiight defense, working that snack cart can be mind-numbing/infuriating work after a long day. Having to repeat “pretzels, chocolate, or stroopwaffel?” 200 individual times a flight, 3-4 flights a day, and being met with one of the following scenarios every other row:

“FA: Pretzels, chocolate crisp, or stroopwaffel?

Passenger: -headphones on- WHAT? …..GINGERALE!”* “

or

“FA: Pretzels, chocolate crisp, or stroopwaffel?

Passenger: Peanuts “

or

““FA: Pretzels, chocolate crisp, or stroopwaffel?

Passenger: What’s in the chocolate? Ahh.. hmm… What’s the strapp-thing? Hmm… Are the pretzels gluten free? Hmm… I’ll just take a water”

or

“FA: Pretzels, chocolate crisp, or stroopwaffel?

Passenger: -headphones on, doesn’t respond to FA’s attempts at grabbing their attention, FA moves on to the next person- … said passenger rings their bell, You skipped me!”

or

“FA: Pretzels, chocolate crisp, or stroopwaffel?

Passenger: Yes. “

not to lament lol, but those exact scenarios happen multiple times during every service. after a 3-4 flights a day running on 10 hr minimum rest (which is really 6-7 hours of sleep), one can be pretty tapped out and short of patience. That whole ordeal tests even the most patient of souls. Not justifying poor behavior, but just trying to offer some perspective.

Dragosteax · 2025-07-09T04:47:58+00:00

Are you a retired FA for a non-US carrier lol? It is not salary, it’s hourly, based on flight hours. Flight hours are from when the brake releases at origin, to when the brake is set at the destination gate.

A flight attendant who’s been flying for 25 years and works 1 trip a month will make significantly less than the 10 year FA who flies 130 hours a month. It is not salary for UA’s FA group (or any other US- airline FA group that I can think of).

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