Update following Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants’ first strike vote in airline’s history.
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Hi! Do you have any updates on the possibility of strike? We are flying December 28- returning Jan 4. Thanks so much!
Hi Anne.
No word on that yet.
Aloha.
So our child is a student at uh. We just booked his flight home for the Christmas break…and he’ll be flying back to school early/mid January. I know you won’t really know…and we will monitor on our end…but what happens if they do decide to strike (in January)…will they book us on a flight with another airline? Or are we out of luck? Or should we book a refundable flight with another airline?
Aahhh…so many questions!!! Thank you for any insights you may have/provide. And thank you for keeping everyone posted!
Hi Susie.
We don’t know what Hawaiian would do should there be a strike. Sorry to not know more, but the good news is that there are so many reasons that make a strike highly unlikely.
Aloha.
Thank you! Appreciate it.
We are flying Jan 19th to Honolulu.
Could you please give any insights what the policy might be, does HA find flyers other flights if still on strike?
Thanks for all your posts, on so many helpful topics.
Hi Gerry.
Thank you.
We don’t know how it would be handled to be honest. And we don’t expect it to get to that point honestly. Also, since a strike has already been announced, it is undoubtedly too late to be protected by buying travel insurance.
Aloha.
Aloha! Thank you so much for all of your updates. We are flying HA in 2 days and again on November 30, inter-island flights between Honolulu and Lihue. What do you think the chances are of a strike affecting our trip that we have spent more than a year planning?
Thank you!
Hi Allison.
There is no chance of anything happening for at least a month if not longer. And never is even more likely.
Aloha.
Aloha!
Mahalo for your newsletters. I often receive your emails before a HA email. I have been flying HA since the ’70s, tho I did fly Aloha if the fare was better…miss them too. That said, I love HA and the flight attendants. In all those years I have only seen two gate agents who didn’t express the “aloha spirit”.
That HA attendants are paid as much as $20/he LESS than other airline attendants is significant. Also, the one comment assumed that all attendants work a 40hr work week…that is not the case. I have also noted that some of the HA planes have been reconfigured to allow more passenger seating while making the attendant’s galley so small I’m amazed that they can even turn around, and it’s impossible for two attendants to work effectively in such a small space. More important it gives the attendants the impression that HA doesn’t care about them….which has some merit.
The attendants union has been trying to get a new contract for several years, w/o success, tho the pilots were given a new contract at least a year ago. Normally, I would side with HA, but having spoken w/many attendants over the years and seen the difficult conditions they have to work in on some flights, I firmly believe they deserve an hourly increase which brings them in line w/pay at other airlines. One former Aloha employee told me that many of the attendants would return to Aloha airlines if it were still in operation as they treated their attendants far better than HA. I was very sad to hear that.
I don’t want to see a strike but do hope HA will realize that the flight attendants are a valuable asset, and that value should be recognized after so many years w/o any wage increase!
Mahalo, for your informative newsletters!
Hi Lynn.
Thank you.
Aloha.
We’re flying on Jan. 7. Should we be worried?
We appreciate your updates and Hawaii info.
Thanks!
Hi Barney.
We can’t honestly say at this point. Odds still greatly favor settlement rather than a strike.
Aloha.