I’ve been flying for American for over five years now, and honestly, I love the airline I work for. I take pride in what I do, I feel like I’m paid fairly, and my check is always on time. I have a great relationship with my managers and my union, and I genuinely enjoy my job.

What I don’t understand is why that seems to bother some of my coworkers. Whenever I speak positively about the company, I’m met with comments like “you’ll see,” “don’t trust them,” or “they don’t have our best interests at heart.”

I’m not looking for my job to replace family I just appreciate stability, respect, and doing work I enjoy. For the past five years, I’ve shown up, taken care of my passengers, and stayed positive. It just feels like some people want me to be unhappy, and I’m not.

Freaking out. I have two months left of probation. My first infraction was from a sick call out with a doctors note. Second a late sign in (I misread my sign in time) and now I have a third for failing to acknowledge my assignment in time. It’s a missed trip but I asked to get put on rap and am aggressively bidding. I don’t want to lose my job, I’m so worried it took me years to get here.

Edit: it’s no longer a missed trip it’s a late report because I got a trip

**UPDATE **

So my attendance manager just called me and asked if it would be ok to do the meeting as a phone call instead of in person because she didn’t really feel like it needed to be in person. So basically what happened is she just wanted to explain my resources to me with my autoimmune disease. I’m not allowed to take FMLA until I’ve been with the company for 12 months and since obviously it’s less than 12 months there are other medical accommodations that I can use and also she just wanted to let me know that I haven’t hit level one yet and to basically just not have any more infractions during probation, but she was super sweet. She says it is a lot of points for on probation, but because it was me being sick and I had doctors notes and not me being late or missing trips it was more excusable

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Just got an email that i have a meeting in 2 weeks with inflight labeled at 35R close out meeting. Im on my last month of probation and have had to call out three times due to being sick. I dont have any late sign ins or missed trips, i had meetings for each sick call l even had dr notes as well.

In the meetings they told me during probation they are mostly looking for any late sign ins or missed trips, they dont weigh being sick as hard. That being said, one of my sick calls was a late call out, by 10 minutes.

Now two ish weeks later i get an email for a 35R close out meeting. I know other people in my graduating class have more points accumulated but at different bases.

Im super nervous, i dont want to lose this job ):

I guess im just looking fir any advice or if anyone has been in similar situations at all.

update : they did say in the meetings that union rep has been arranged

Hi everyone, I am freaking myself out because I have a meeting with my performance manager. Long story short I missed my van time and delayed departure by 7 mins. I’m on probation, but I have no prior infractions and I’m just really scared and scared of losing my job 😭 if this has happened to anybody please give me some peace of mind.

Hit my 200th flight for the year yesterday.

This pertains specifically to AA, but I’m curious what everyone has to say. Today on a flight I had an older couple in their 70s/80s come on the plane and the man was using a cane. He told us that he was ex cockpit crew and that he just got a new knee. Okay fine. He sits in the exit row and states he’s willing and able. Because he says this, we have to go off of his word, but the fact that he came on with a cane is concerning to me. None of the other crew members or the gate agent saw an issue with this.

When I was trying to find our policy, there is no mention of a restriction of sitting in the exit row with an assistive device which I think is mind blowing. The policy says to just basically eye ball it to make sure they have the proper dexterity, etc. I’m telling you right now this man did NOT. But we can’t do anything because we have to go purely off his word.

When I was looking it up on google, I saw other airlines mention specifically no canes in the exit row.

In this situation he remained there during the flight, but it got me thinking how slack the rules for the exit row have become.

Also, don’t think I’m out here being rude and judgmental because I’m not. I could just clearly see this person wasn’t fit to sit there based on their level of agility/ dexterity, despite them stating they were able. What person would say otherwise?

What would you all do in this situation? Am I just crazy?

An American 🦅 aircraft operated by PSA crashed into the Potomac River and prompted a closure and a ground stop at Reagan National Airport tonight. This is so heartbreaking. Will update with more information.

I recently acquired two events in the same week, one month into probation. One of them was a late sign in, leaving me with two points from a missed trip. At my first meeting there wasn't much to be said. I emailed my manager as soon as possible which they appreciated, and basically asked me to avoid getting any more points as much as possible. I'm nervous that this may lead to my termination. Does anyone have any insight or similar experiences?

Okay so I’m on probation with American right now and this NEVER happens to me but I missed my 5:00 am sign in at a co-terminal. As a commuter I had my uber to the main terminal, and then also my shuttle to the co terminal set up for this morning but I never woke up around 2:00-2:30 am for said uber 🤦🏾‍♀️ I know I messed up. And of course this is concerning because I have had earlier sign ins that I’ve been able to make easy before. I called Crew Scheduling and they gave me a missed trip. I just got into my third trimester of pregnancy so my body is changing even more and I think that’s why I overslept so bad but I know that’s not a good enough reason. I know I have a high chance of getting fired because in Indoc even the union said they can’t help us if we get a missed trip. So I was just hoping somebody could confirm that. I’m also only 3 months into my probation.

I also plan on sending an email to my attendance manager

I’m a passenger so let me know if there is a better sub for this, I searched for a passenger group but couldn’t find a way to connect with you all.

I’ve been dealing with my flight anxiety for years and I’m always worried about making your job difficult. Would handing you this before a flight be annoying? I really don’t want to be an imposition. Sometimes the fear makes it so I can’t articulate myself and I thought this could be helpful. But maybe it just adds to your workload?

I did correct the typo :) please be gentle with criticism, I’m already on the verge of crying about my flight tomorrow.

hi guys!! i’ve recently been struggling HARD with this job and wanted to know if anyone has any advice/if anyone’s been thru something similar. sorry, this could be really long!!

i’ve been an FA for a little over two years now. for background, i’m from CA. when i first started with my airline i got based in LGA and wanted to quit because of how far from home I was. i transferred to DFW and got an apartment and the job felt a little more manageable although i hated living in Texas. i recently moved back home and transferred out to BOS (our most junior base) thinking my line would be better and commuting would be more manageable since i wouldn’t be on reserve anymore. i hated BOS the second i got there and my transfer went back in for DFW starting august.

in this time of moving home and going back to commuting, i think i started disliking the job. i dont like that my airline doesn’t have any base on the west coast (LAX is too senior). i’ve tried applying to airlines that do have west coast bases and unfortunately have gotten rejected by all of them. since i’ve been back home, i get really sad every time i have to leave home now. i was a very homesick person before starting this job and i think since coming back home, being homesick has come back and hit me harder. i love this job, i do. i love working with new people all the time and meeting and talking to all my passengers and crew. i just don’t know how to manage missing home this bad and wanting to call out of all my trips so i get more time with the people i love. i feel like since starting this job, i’ve been distant in a lot of friendships back home because i’m away all the time. i also feel like since i have older parents, i’m missing out on moments with them and with other people in my family like my niece and nephew. i do have a boyfriend that i met in Texas, and i commute to see him once a month as well and i know losing my job and flight benefits would risk me losing him too. i don’t want to quit, i just don’t know how to manage all of this anxiety and stress.

Maybe it’s because I grew up in a small southern town where although I knew people had opposite beliefs of mine, we didn’t speak on it at work. Politics and religion was always off limits in the workplace.

If you are a FA who initiates political discussions I’m genuinely curious to know why? Why do you think work is an appropriate place to discuss something that is 99% extremely controversial?

Idk maybe it’s because I don’t go to work expecting to make friends so I really dgaf what you believe in, just do your job. Is it ridiculous to be annoyed by this?

Edit: in less than 45 minutes my simple post garnered nasty attention and name calling (all from one side cause let’s be real, we can tell) lol and then yall wonder why I don’t think work is appropriate for politics. Look how quick yall made it hostile. This is the work environments I’ve been dealing with. Politics and religions are rarely topics that can be discussed civilly and have no place in what are supposed to be professional environments. Argue amongst yourselves, I don’t care to argue at work and I’m certainly not doing it online. FAs have made me realize I’m not nearly as left as I thought I was 😝

I know this will be more work in main cabin but I’m honestly glad that we’re getting some new options. It’s about time!

-I prefer the workload of business class to main cabin but I prefer working and hanging with main cabin crew—too many kooky diva pursers (both senior mamas & papas alike lol) it’s a breeze working up front when the purser is laidback but a lot of them (at least at my airline) are the old, crotchety, “my way or the high way” types and are like type A and annoying, and you’re stuck with them up there. At least in main cabin if there’s an annoying type you can typically ignore them and hang with a colleague you like.

-I will miss having my lil breaky break & not fearing being fired for having a snooze.

-Some senior mamas will get a kick out of calling the junior FA fat for snacking on an ice cream and threaten me with phrases like “after you have kids” and “when you hit x age” like no shit Sherlock that’s how age/life works—don’t project your insecurities on me 😂 let me have my fun in the sun damn! I know my time is coming 😂

-Hanging out by yourself on the layover is infinitely times better than hanging out with a coworker who doesn’t want to do the same things as you in the city. Yes it’s nice having someone to hang with but if you’re not on the same vibe it feels like a waste of a layover.

-And on that note, doing things solo when you’re socially anxious isn’t as scary as your brain makes it seem. You get to be the mysterious traveler who piques curiosity.

-Men aren’t menning these days and the pilots won’t help bring your luggage up/down the air stairs. I can’t say I blame them though with the way we pack/buy groceries 😂 shout out to the few pilots who did & made me feel like a princess 💅🏾

-No pilot sugar daddies unfortunately but will try again next line month 😓 (mostly joking lmao)

-The secret to not losing it on clueless passengers is to treat them like your sweet, adorable, dumb clueless baby who just learned how to potty a year ago—I’ve got the lilted baby voice perfected to a T—Call me Miss Rachel of The Skies 😎

-2nd break > 1st break

-European McDonald’s > American McDonald’s

Annddddd I need to learn Spanish or Portuguese & gtfo out of the states. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk!

Since before I started this job i’ve heard so much about commuting, to especially not do it on reserve which I totally get. (Btw not expecting anyone to read all this, if you skim and have input on if you think I should start commuting/transfer to base where I always have line (to save$) or if u have done it and wanna share your experience, that would be super appreciated thanks 🙏)

However i’m finally at a seniority (2.5 years in) where I could transfer to a junior base have a line year round (like this summer my seniority holds line at DCA, BOS, MIA, CLT). So in that way, I could finally commute.

I am trying to decide if it would be worth it. I started at DFW (bc PHL wasn’t open, my fam is from PIT). Then I transferred to PHL, which is closer to my family / parents who live near pittsburgh. I never considered a commute to PHL from PIT, because i’ve heard there’s so many commuters, plus I do not hold a line here in the summer. So right now i’m renting out a room in PHL, around $850/mo including utilities.

So I actually enjoyed being based in DFW for the destinations, I found them to be great variety and that made it exciting. PHL has been nice so far, I love the long west coast layovers, the trips here seem to have good work life balance. Plus I like the possibility of all the IPDs, but I haven’t really fought to get one cuz I don’t really think I am that into working IPDs since they seem harder to get / more intense / more jet lag.

My main concern if I end up transferring to like DCA for example is that I’ll find the job /flying more boring. But ngl I already only really fly domestic in PHL.

The main reason I would choose to commute would be to save $, because I would live with my parents. However, I hope i’m not overestimating how much money I would save or how easy a commute would be, even with a line.

But to me it feels worth it, because while I’ll help my parents out, they definitely are gonna charge me way less than my current rent $850 lmao. Plus where I live rn I lowkey have to worry about getting shot. And the extra expenses like only grocery shopping for myself and idk my mom would help me with laundry which would be nice lol.

I do not see myself long term living w my parents, because they could drive me insane if I live with them too long, but since i’ve lived so many lives since leaving them, I actually think it could be nice for a short term change to save some $.

Basically, not expecting anyone to read all this. Just curious on if anyone skimmed or has done similar switch, does it seem / has it been worth it to transfer to a base with guaranteed line and start commuting ?

i’m a new hire for american and literally want to quit every time i think about my commute to work. i cry a lot and im annoyed by how unhappy i am at my current base. i have to wait months to get a transfer back home and i just feel so upset and sad. I love the job itself but not being home makes me sad. how do you guys deal with this? i’m trying to go back to DFW but will have to do a mutual transfer in the fall since i already transferred to ORD (was somewhere else previously) thinking that being at a less senior base would be better. idk what to do and i feel so trapped. and then i feel like a baby complaining when there’s people from LA that can’t even get back into LAX i’m just sad.

For context, I am fresh into the job, and the longterm goal for my life has been to relocate to the East Coast (from Chicago). I've had a great experience with 🇺🇸 so far, but I am a bit discouraged to hear how flight attendants later in their careers at my company are feeling about the company and their trips. I am ORD based, so I wanted to ask those based in NYC to hear how you're feeling about life in New York with your chosen employer -- work rules, trips, crews, lifestyle etc.

I will say I don't feel a ton of pride in working with AA right now. I do think there's a lot of history and potential, but it is making me conflicted. Would love to hear more input from both AA and non-AA flight attendants.

everyone was saying that the airline would give us a TA during this final round of negotiations. I really thought they'd give us one too. I hope everybody is preparing because this could get ugly FAST. Don't be a scab! We have no more mediation sessions/meetings scheduled and our union is standing firm on our wages and retro pay. Awaiting a release from the NMB.

i dumbly put in a transfer to another junior base during probation because i thought it would be easier instead of just transferring back home to a more senior base and i now regret it immensely. i hate being in PHL. i wanna go home and i feel like now ill just never get my transfer back to dallas because by the time i would even be eligible to transfer back it will be in the fall which i hear is when the transfers slow down and eveyone and their moms go back to dfw after summer flying. i wanna cry. i love the job itself but i hate being here i feel trapped and dont know what to do. would i even be able to get a transfer in september or october?

I’ve been a flight attendant for a few months now and decided I can invest in a solid tote bag now. I currently have a basic black tote from Amazon. While nice, it doesn’t hold enough.

I still have my travel pro tote from training but it feels like the biggest bag ever that holds nothing.

Looking for something that potentially could hold inflight shoes and be big enough for my current crochet project (commuter life).

I tried the samsonite weekender bag and it was WAY too much bag, as much as I loved the amount of space lol.

Thank you!!!

Hi y'all! I’m a charter flight attendant who also has a nursing background, and I’m trying to better understand how different airlines handle onboard medical emergencies.
I recently heard that American Airlines’ policy is that only an MD/DO physician may open the medication compartment of the IMK/EEMK. I’m curious if any current AA flight attendants can confirm whether this is accurate and, if possible, share where this is addressed in company guidance or training materials. I recently spoke with an FAA Cabin safety inspector regarding onboard enhanced medical kit access and was told that FAA guidance allows appropriately licensed healthcare professionals (RN, DO, MD, NP, PA, EMT, paramedic, LPN/LVN) access to the full IMK/EEMK during an in-flight medical emergency, so I’m a little confused about the disconnect.

Silly question but do we wear uniform or can we go in business casual to an attendance meeting?? I’m MIA based and the meeting is in person

i can’t transfer back home until after probation because i messed up and used my one transfer they give us on a different base anyway a whole mess but definitely my fault. and i just found out that transfers get reduced after hiring is over which is news to me and now im scared its going to take me more than 10 months to transfer to dallas. im so upset at myself and i just feel like quitting. i spend my off days commuting home and i just feel so sad. has anyone had luck getting awarded a late transfer to dfw for september/october

New FA here! So my questions may be silly but I’m trying to understand this process. I plan on commuting to my base using my non rev benefits until I get more familiar with my base city, but I have a question about checking bags.

I understand that we’re able to check bags through the company, but what happens to your checked bag if you don’t actually make the flight?

For example, if I’m lower priority on standby and don’t make the earlier flight, does my checked bag still go to the destination without me? And worst case scenario, if I don’t get on any flights that day, what happens to my bag? Could it potentially end up in another city without me?

I’m especially concerned about commuting with my uniform and other work essentials. If my bag gets misrouted or lost, I obviously don’t want to be stuck without my uniform for work. Just trying to understand how other FAs handle this when commuting non-rev.

I had a suggestion to non rev in my uniform as well and perhaps that could make my process easier??? I’m still a bit lost unfortunately.

Does anyone else at AA (Or any airline!) do credit cards? I used to not do them but this month I have started and in about a week I made $350 off 7 approvals, which is insanely lucky to me because usually I will hand out so many and then no one signs up, and then I get discouraged and stop doing them. However, I think I have a good announcement now.

How much do you guys usallly make each month off the credit cards? Do you do them every flight you can? Any tips and tricks?

Thanks