[kcvl]

American Airlines, the world's largest carrier, is in much the same position as United. It is awaiting votes on most of $1.8 billion in annual labor concessions that it negotiated with its labor groups last week. Its unions are expected to deliver results of the voting on Tuesday.

Union leaders have said that members are uneasy over the cuts because they last for so long — six years — and provide for annual raises of only 1.5 percent. Officials at that union halted voting late this week because of disagreements with American over terms of the concessions, but voting resumed yesterday.

[RooRoobird14]

I'm sure none of us would want to willingly accept pay and benefits cuts, but good grief--are the flight attendants on drugs or something?

Their "professional skills and experience" will (if they're lucky) get them covetted graveyard shift waitress positions at Denny's.