American Airlines is offering some flight attendants double pay as it scrambles to get back to normal

""Flight attendants are bearing the brunt of the company's inability to recover the operation in the aftermath of Winter Storm Fern," the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, the union for American Airlines cabin crew, said on Tuesday evening. "Many are stranded with no hotels and broken sequences that the company has been unable to repair," it added. In an Instagram post, APFA also said that flight attendants would receive double pay for any flights on Wednesday."

"American Airlines is scrambling to get things back on track after this weekend's winter storm. It canceled over 400 flights on Wednesday, or about 15% of its schedule. Competitors like United and Delta had canceled fewer than a dozen. In its quarterly earnings, the airline said it had resulted in over 9,000 flight cancellations, which made it the "largest weather-related operational disruption" in American's history. The airline also estimated that the storm would cost it between $150 million and $200 million."

American Airlines canceled thousands of flights after Winter Storm Fern, including over 400 on a single Wednesday, about 15% of its schedule. The carrier recorded more than 9,000 cancellations overall, marking the largest weather-related operational disruption in company history and estimating losses of $150–$200 million. Many cabin crew were stranded without hotels and faced broken sequences the company could not repair, and flight attendants received double pay for extra Wednesday flights. Dallas-Fort Worth International, American's main hub, saw nearly six hours of ice pellets, over three hours of snow, and four inches of snow in 48 hours, straining limited winter infrastructure.

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