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March 5, 2014

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US Airways Flight Attendants Vote for Historic Bargaining Agreement

Stop the Threat to U.S. Airlines and U.S. Workers

#NoCallsOnPlanes

Inv estigativ e Thriller: A Dark Reflection

Global 911: Your Safety and Security

US Airways Flight Attendants Vote for Historic Bargaining Agreement US Airways Flight Attendants voted on February 28 to ratify an Agreement on Bargaining and Representationbetween AFA and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) along with a joint NegotiationsProtocol Agreement with American Airlines management for a single contract at the New American Airlines.The agreements provide assurance of improvements in one year for all 24,000 Flight Attendants.

“US Airways Flight Attendants are eager to take full advantage of the benefits of the US Airways/Americanmerger. We are making history by partnering AFA and APFA to use the combined strength and resources ofour two unions to negotiate the best contract at the world’s biggest airline. US Airways Flight Attendantsbring 65 years of bargaining experience with AFA to this merger and we proudly stand in solidarity with ournew flying partners at American to honor histories and launch our promising future as American FlightAttendants working together – 24,000 strong,” said Roger Holmin, AFA US Airways President. “Ouragreement with APFA ensures a smooth and effective transition for US Airways Flight Attendants as equalpartners in the merger with a strong voice in shaping our future at the New American Airlines.”

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Stop the Threat to U.S. Airlines and U.S. WorkersNorwegian Air International (NAI) will severely undercut our companies, threaten our jobs, and set a harmfulprecedent that would undermine US labor and safety rules, unless the U.S. Department of Transportationstops them.

With principal operations in Oslo, Norway, NAI wants to register to operate as an Irish airline, although itdoes not plan to operate flights from Ireland. It is a ploy to circumvent labor standards. Its pilots arecontracted through a Singapore employment company, although NAI does not operate in Singapore.Now, NAI is scheming to fly into the United States, avoiding regulatory oversight and labor accountability. Bygaming the system to take advantage of the lowest labor costs and to circumvent regulations, NAI woulddrive U.S. air carriers out of the competition and would profit at the expense of tens of thousands of U.S.

airline jobs– and to our recovering economy as a whole.

Sign the petition to defend the U.S. aviation industry and our jobs, and spread the word on Twitter andFacebook.

1) Tell the Obama Administration to defend U.S. airlines and U.S. airline workers by signing the petition. 2) Twitter: Tell the #Obama Administration #denyNAI's dangerous application to fly in the US & defend USairlines and US #jobs 3) Facebook: Join the fight! Tell the Obama Administration to defend U.S. airlines and airline jobs.#DenyNAI’s dangerous application to fly into the United States.

#NoCallsOnPlanesAFA needs your help in determining whether FlightAttendants have specific concerns or areexperiencing problems related to cabin safety andpassenger compliance with the Federal AviationAdministration's modified policies, published late lastyear, on passenger use of portable electronic devices(PED). The AFA Air Safety, Health and SecurityDepartment has developed a short online survey tolearn about your experiences and perceptions.Please take a few minutes to answer the surveyquestions.

Survey on New PED Policies >

Please Note: Although we request that you identifyyour airline and provide optional contact information,no personal identifying information will be provided toanyone outside of AFA.

Investigative Thriller: A Dark ReflectionThis Erin Brockovich-style investigative thriller is inproduction. It tells the nail-biting story of UK journalisttrying to unravel what the airline industry knows aboutexposure to oil fumes inflight. You can watch thetrailer and help to support this cooperative film-making venture by buying a unique, limited-edition 'ADark Reflection' t-shirt or making a small contributionvia PayPal. A percentage of the t-shirt proceeds willhelp to fund the film production and raise awarenessabout this crew safety and health issue, and any andall contributions will help to make this film a reality.

Global 911: Your Safety and SecurityEmergency phone numbers differ from country to country but, the good news is that if you type your three-digit emergency number into your 3G or newer phone anywhere in the world, you will be connected to localemergency services, even if that is not the local emergency number. Please share this important informationwith your flying partners.

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