ʻO nā kahu lele, i hōʻike ʻia e ka Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA-CWA) ma United Airlines, ke koi nei i ka DOT e hōʻoia i ka pale ʻia o nā hana ʻAmelika i ka wā e noʻonoʻo ai i ka waiho ʻana i ka anti-trust immunity e hui pū me Continental me United Airlines a ka Hui Hoku. ʻO ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka poʻe lele lele i kēia pule ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana e United Airlines e hoʻopau i 2,150 Flight Attendants i kēia hāʻule.
"Ma mua o ka maopopo ʻana he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi nā hana ʻAmelika i kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai ʻAmelika. He kuleana ko kā mākou aupuni e hōʻoia i nā ʻoihana ʻoihana e pale i ke komo ʻana i nā hana ʻAmelika maikaʻi, "wahi a Greg Davidowitch, ka pelekikena o ka AFA-CWA ma United Airlines. "No ke kumu, aia nā kānāwai anti-trust o ko mākou ʻāina, me ka pale ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e ka 'Oihana Hoʻokolokolo a me nā pale ʻoihana e ʻoi aku ka manaʻo i ke ʻano hoʻokele waiwai o kēia lā."
Ua kamaʻilio nā lālā o ka hui ʻoihana mokulele i ka Congress a kāhea aku i ka Administration no nā hebedoma i kahi hoʻolaha e noi i ka nānā ʻana i nā hui mokulele a kōkua i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hana. I ke kōkua ʻana o ka hoʻokele ʻo United Airlines i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka Star Alliance i ka mea nui loa ma ka honua i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala, ua loaʻa i nā Flight Attendants ma ka mea lawe kaʻa i ka nalowale o ka hapalua o kā lākou kūlana a i ʻole 12,000 mau hana. Hōʻike hou ka hoʻolaha furlough i ke ʻano koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o nā kahu mokulele e hōʻoia i ka pale ʻana i ka hana ma kekahi ʻae ʻana o kahi hui mokulele, a ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻoihana i manaʻo ʻia e Continental a me United Airlines i loko o ka Star Alliance.
Ua hoʻopili nā kahu mokulele i ka hopohopo o nā mea kūʻai aku i nā hopohopo limahana i loko o nā hui mokulele i ko lākou kaomi ʻana i ka Administration e nānā pono i ka ʻoihana Continental a me United. ʻO nā manaʻo kūʻē i ka hoʻokūkū kūloko a me ka honua i ʻike ʻia e ka 'Oihana Hoʻokolokolo e pili pono ana i nā kūlana like e alakaʻi ai i ka pohō ʻoihana. Piʻi nā kumukūʻai ma muli o ka emi ʻana o ka holo ʻana o nā mokulele ke holoi ʻia nā hoʻokūkū āpau.
ʻO ka Poalua, ua kākau hou ʻo Davidowitch i ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻokele ma ka inoa o ka United Airlines Flight Attendants. "ʻOiai e mālama ana ka 'Oihana Hoʻokele e nānā i nā hopohopo i hōʻike ʻia e ka 'Oihana Hoʻokolokolo, ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o nā kauoha hope loa mākou e kāhea hou aku ai i ka Administration e hana i nā mea paʻa a kūpono hoʻi i hoʻolālā ʻia e hōʻoia i kahi ana kaulike o nā pale no nā limahana."
