“The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) announced the union has joined the Partnership for Open and Fair Skies and its efforts to ensure U.S.-based airlines are allowed to compete on a level global playing field.

‘The aviation industry was born in the United States, and we are proud to be a part of the safest, most efficient aviation system in the world,” said AFA International President Sara Nelson. “We cannot allow air carriers based in certain Gulf states to collect billions in subsidies from their home governments to undercut U.S. aviation and our country’s vital standards for workers’ rights. We welcome and encourage competition, but these massive subsidies distort the world market and tilt the playing field so drastically against us, we have no choice but to come together to defend our jobs.'”

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