With oddball schedules and unruly passengers, air travel is not the glamorous industry some may think it is. Strikes are already impacting Hollywood and the U.S. auto industry. Is the flight industry next? Tulsa Hale and OU graduate Ron Todd is 35-year American Airlines flight attendant, flying out of Chicago, New York and currently Miami. He speaks with Ginnie Graham about a conflict getting less attention involves 27,000 flight attendants at American Airlines and more.

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With oddball schedules and unruly passengers, air travel is not the glamorous industry some may think it is. Strikes are already impacting Hollywood and the U.S. auto industry. Is the flight industry next? Tulsa Hale and OU graduate Ron Todd is 35-year American Airlines flight attendant, flying out of Chicago, New York and currently Miami. He speaks with Ginnie Graham about a conflict getting less attention involves 27,000 flight attendants at American Airlines and more.
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