Sarah Nelson, President of the Association of Flight Attendants, is not concerned enough to stop her own high flying ways, but, she does seem adamant about putting all her Comrades out of a job
Flight Attendants President says ‘We Know Climate Change Is a Huge Threat’
Sara Nelson, who will open the first panel at the LNS Labor Convergence on Climate in June, is international president of the Association of Flight Attendants representing 50,000 workers across 20 airlines. In a recent article for Vox, Nelson writes that flight attendants and airline workers have been told by some pundits that the Green New Deal, will ground all air travel. But Nelson says, “That’s absurd. It’s not the solutions to climate change that kills jobs. Climate change itself is the job killer.â€
“Extreme turbulence†she writes “is on the rise around the world. It isn’t just nauseating or scary — it’s dangerous.†Severe turbulence is becoming more frequent and intense “due in part to climate change.†For flight attendants, “these incidents pose a serious occupational risk.†And as extreme weather events become more common, more and more flights never take off at all. When the polar vortex plunged most of the US into a deep freeze in January, airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights. Heatwaves, thunderstorms, and other effects of climate change similarly make it impossible for airplanes to fly. “Grounded flights mean lost pay for flight attendants, who earn an hourly wage while we’re in the air.â€
Nelson says, “Our federal government must spearhead a national mobilization that brings these efforts together, harnesses American ingenuity, creates millions of well-paying union jobs, and saves the planet for our children. That is the vision of the Green New Deal resolution. It’s the moonshot of our time.”
When is she giving up her own fossil fueled flights world killing ways?
