Current Management Should Not Be Rewarded with 'Exclusivity' Extension, Flight Attendants Say

CHICAGO - In a brief filed today with the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, objecting to extending the exclusive period for United Airlines' current management to develop a plan for the company to exit bankruptcy, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) presented specific details of "fraudulent conduct" that formed "a larger pattern of bad faith" on the part of top company management.

"We caught them red-handed," said AFA United Master Executive Council President Greg Davidowitch, "pulling shenanigans that no self-respecting employer would ever do to its employees. They tried to give themselves raises while everyone else suffered cuts, and attempted to hide it. Instead of being red-faced when shown the facts," Davidowitch said, "they've acted like shameless bullies, attacking the flight attendants' contract, while trying to distract public attention from their shell game and hoping to pull a fast one on the creditors and the Court."

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