Frank for APFA Flight Attendant Video Testimonials

Speaker: Frank , Philadelphia 10 Months

Frank : Hi, my name is Frank I'm an American Airlines. Flight attendant based in Philadelphia. I've been with the company for only 10 months. I do come from other airlines totaling 27 years of flying. Um This inflation post pandemic has hit hard. Um All of the front workers. Um me specifically, I work between 113 to 125 hours every month just to make ends meet. I have to sleep in my car when I'm in Philadelphia because I can't afford a crash pad or a hotel. Uh Everyone that has flown with me in these 10 months, they know that I don't do anything on my layover because I have no money not even to eat. I have to bring my food which is in one way healthy. Uh but I just can't afford not even to buy a cup of coffee. Uh We do need a contract. We were the muscle that brought the airline out of COVID. Um My insurance I have between $8000 to $9000 of copay in out of pocket expense for my family, wife and daughter. I have a mortgage and I have other bills. 100% of my salary goes to my bills. I can't buy shoes for work because I don't, I can't afford it. Please give us a contract. We deserve, we deserve it now. Not next year, not in a couple of years now, we deserve it. We have made enough sacrifices and we have proving to make, to make this airline work as corporate wants it to work. We need it now.