More flight cancellations are on the way.

From Marketplace, I'm Sabrie Benashore in for David Brancaccio.

The fallout continues from the Alaska Airlines flight last week

where a piece of the fuselage blew off the plane.

Alaska Airlines is canceling all flights on 737 Max Nine planes through Saturday

as it waits for the green light from regulators to start flying those planes again.

United Airlines, which also has a fleet of 737 max-9s,

said it cancelled 167 flights yesterday

and expected significant cancellations today.

An incident like that is obviously terrifying for passengers, but the first people to figure

out how to respond to it were the flight attendants.

That is a job that has gotten increasingly difficult and where the pandemic's long arms are still

felt.

Sarah Nelson is international president of the Association of Flight Attendant CWA, which is part of the AFL-CIO.

She spoke with my marketplace colleague Nancy Marshall Ginsor.

So first of all, are you hearing from members who are worried about their own safety after that Alaska Airlines

incident when of course that 737 max nine door plug panel blew off?

Yes, flight attendants are very concerned.

They're first and foremost focused on the event at hand that everyone is safe.

In this case, very, very proud of the way that that crew represented all of us.

But yes, then there is follow-on concern and a lot of relief that the FAA acted very decisively

and quickly to get those planes on the ground.

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