Flight Attendant Newsroom

Coverage of flight attendants receiving no-cost legal help to defend contract and leave rights, highlighting growing peer and nonprofit support options for crew.

Source: Aviation A2Z

Legal notice advising AA flight attendants of representation rights and options for contesting discipline and union-related disputes.

Source: National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

New explainer covering how HFWA applies to Colorado-based crews at United, Southwest, and other airlines, how the companies are challenging the law, and how "leave misuse" probes collide with HFWA anti-retaliation protections.

Source: FALDF Newsroom

Colorado's labor department initially fined Southwest more than $1.3 million for alleged HFWA violations. A later settlement slashed the penalty, treated certain unionized flight attendants as exempt under qualifying CBAs, and limited future HFWA complaint investigations.

Source: Colorado Public Radio

Transport Workers Union Local 556 sued the state, arguing the Southwest settlement unlawfully undermined HFWA protections for flight attendants and bypassed required rulemaking.

Source: Law Week Colorado

United argued HFWA did not apply to its flight operations, citing federal preemption. The airline later withdrew the lawsuit, leaving HFWA fully in force absent a negotiated CBA exemption.

Source: Colorado Politics

Official DOL guidance explaining special eligibility and hours-of-service rules for airline flight crew employees under the FMLA (Fact Sheet #28J).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor

Wage and Hour Division said it is reviewing reports about United's requirement for doctor's notes for certain absences to ensure compliance with worker protection laws, including the FMLA.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor

Flight attendant union post noting the DOL review of United's attendance policy and implications for crew members seeking protected leave.

Source: AFA-CWA

Federal case in New Jersey involving a veteran flight attendant alleging FMLA interference and retaliation; docket reflects filings through Oct. 2025.

Source: CourtListener (docket)

Passenger-carrier employees allege Southwest's attendance rules deter FMLA usage; plaintiffs seek class certification.

Source: Aroz Law

Flight attendants allege Frontier discriminated against pregnant and breastfeeding crew members, including forcing them off the line without pay.

Source: ACLU / Holwell Shuster & Goldberg

Colorado Sun coverage of a flight attendant who says she was disciplined after using state paid family leave, illustrating how airline attendance systems clash with protections.

Source: The Colorado Sun

The Wage and Hour Division announced a consent judgment requiring an airline services vendor to pay $60,000 and revise policies after interfering with ground-crew FMLA rights.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor

FALDF released two resources: a step-by-step Investigation Survival Guide for crew facing airline probes and a media-ready press toolkit with schema, alt text, and snippet copy.

Source: FALDF Update