American Airlines offers flight attendants immediate 17% wage hikes amid contract talks

American Airlines announced Wednesday it's offering flight attendants an immediate wage hike of 17% along with a new profit-sharing formula as negotiations for new labor contracts continue. CEO Robert Isom said in a message to the company's flight attendants that while progress has been made in contract negotiations, there is "still a good deal of work to be done."The current negotiations began in January 2020 but were paused during the height of the pandemic before talks resumed in June 2021.  "We are comm ...