The United AFA Negotiating Committee, the MEC, and the entire membership have been crystal clear that we are not agreeing to concessions. Management’s demands for concessions are unheard of and certainly not something we see anywhere in the industry, including with other work groups at United.

In their communications, United management is drastically minimizing the nature of the concessions they have been demanding. To have them tell it, they are just asking for a couple of tweaks. That is neither accurate nor helpful.

To move these negotiations forward, management needs to pull these concessionary proposals and focus on resolving the remaining quality of life and economic improvements United Flight Attendants deserve and need. United management just boasted about their “best revenue day ever” in the entire history of the airline on December 1st, and the stock is up over 150% this year, at an all-time high. Delays and distractions will not be tolerated, and these negotiations are moving forward one way or another.