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Old Feb 11, 1999 | 10:20 pm
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burkey
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And it goes on.....

Source: H. Hegemen, PlaneBusiness

"In addition, we hear that flight attendants began to call in sick today as well. From a practical standpoint, we can understand why this might start to happen. Flight attendants
who show up for a flight that is cancelled are not paid. If they call in sick, they are paid. In addition, many flight attendants have apparently been more or less stranded for days, as no flights were available back home from the cities where they were located."

"American will be in court tomorrow morning at 10AM CST here in Dallas in an attempt to get the judge to declare the APA and its members in contempt of court, for failure to comply with the judge's temporary restraining order--which was issued yesterday."

"What can the judge do? It would appear that the most likely penalty would be some kind of fine that would be levied against the union."

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