Fight Or Flight Attendant with Sara Nelson

What A Day

Crooked Media

News, Daily News

4.6 • 12K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The FAA had to investigate more than 600 incidents involving unruly passengers in the first half of 2021, which is already double the number from the previous two years combined. Sara Nelson, international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, joins us to discuss how flight attendants, as front-line workers, are dealing with these people. And in headlines: over one million people still don’t have power in Louisiana following Hurricane Ida, Texas Republicans passed their restrictive voting bill, the U.S. Forest Service closed every national forest in California because of wildfires, and video game streamer go dark today for #ADayOffTwitch. Show Notes: NOLA.com: “New Orleans foundation launches fund in response to Hurricane Ida; here's how you can donate” – https://bit.ly/3gReAs2 The Verge: “After Weeks of Hate Raids, Twitch Streamers Are Taking a Day Off in Protest” – https://bit.ly/3jsKzAl WAD is taking a long break for the holiday, and we'll be back on Wednesday, September 8th For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday

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0:00.0	It is Wednesday, September 1st. I'm Gideon Ressik.
0:09.2	And I am Priyanka Arabandi and this is what a day where we are sad to announce that
0:13.5	due to whether we will no longer be performing our set up on a room.
0:17.2	Yeah, we were going to be podcasting from a vacant portapoddy and a parking lot during
0:21.2	Liza's set but unfortunately not anymore.
0:23.1	Yeah, if you bought a ticket, anyone out there, I'm sure you'll be refunded.
0:35.2	On today's show, official teleheric in Ida Ibackewis not to return home just yet
0:39.2	while the recovery effort continues. Plus, some Twitch streamers are on a one day
0:43.3	strike today to protest harassment.
0:45.5	But first, with Labor Day just around the corner, we wanted to bring you another
0:48.8	conversation about the labor movement in America.
0:51.7	It's usually a big travel weekend, although the number of air passengers right now
0:55.5	is down 14% compared to 2019. That is thanks to the Delta variant.
1:00.4	But in general, this summer has been a busy time for people to fly and Gideon,
1:04.8	the skies have not been so friendly.
1:08.5	We'd like all strong males to the front of the earth, to the top of the past.
1:14.8	Hi, I'm Bavarian's, I'm a reporter, fucking Gideon, damn Gideon.
1:19.2	You have to put your mask on the entire flight.
1:23.2	If you're unable to do so, you will be removed from the flight.
1:25.6	You called my employee a ****.
1:27.1	I'm really in culture and appropriate, you're not going to drop.
1:29.6	Yikes.
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