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Article: UNION STANDS BEHIND USAIR FLIGHT ATTENDANT
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- April 19, 1996
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WASHINGTON, April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of Flight Attendants, AFL-CIO, stands firmly behind the USAir flight attendant's account of the April 12 incident involving Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC). Accounts of what actually occurred on board the flight from Washington DC, to Charlotte, NC, sharply differ. The flight attendant, a seven-year veteran, reported his account to his employer and the union.
"The Senator has tried his case in the media," states AFA International President Patricia Friend. "We'll take this opportunity to remind the flying public that it is never appropriate to ...