our next panelist most directly affected by the issuer flight attendant is sara nelson. service the international president for the association of flight attendants. our final panelist to provide the faa view on this as stephen notes, manager of faa part 121 air carrier operations. panelist, thank you for being here today. i would like to remind our audience there is an informal panel discussion and we highly encourage your participation. at this final turn the microphone over to her panelist enough that each of you introduce yourself briefly enough for any opening thoughts on the issue. we will then open the floor to questions. chris, welcome again, sir. the floor is yours. he might thank you for a much better like to thank matt, randy and apple team for the opportunity to participate on the panel this morning. as matt said, my name is chris bidwell, vice president for international north america. we represent airports in the u.s. and canada. in preparation for this panel, i did a little research and one of the interesting things i found that i think is pertinent is tha

here to discuss, the president of the association of flight attendants international, sara nelson.o much for joining us. i have to say, this is a pretty strange story. how surprised were you when you heard that these kids were taken to a hotel room by an airline employee without getting approval from the parents? >> this is a very strange story. airlines have different policies for unaccompanied minors but all of those policies across the industry are rooted in clear communication with the parents or guardians and a clear chain of custody of those unaccompanied minors so the fact that the parents didn't know what was going on and that the policy was to take those children to a hotel with one airline employee driven in a private car is a very strange circumstan circumstance. >> frontier's statement was "the children were attended at all times by a supervisor, placed in a hotel room overnight and provided with food. our records show the children were in contact with their mother before being transported to the hotel and the following morning before leaving on the continued flight." a

my name is sara nelson and we represent flight attendants at 20 different airlines. faceis an issue that we every single day on the job. those incidents that are reported, that is not even the true toll of how much we face these issues on a daily basis. flight attendants have become experts and eight spend the majority of their time practicing deescalation skills -- aat a conflicts conflict is not authorized and dropping an entire flight. i want to be as brief as possible so we can get to your discussion because safety and security does not just happen. it happens because the people in this room demand that it happens. you arens because engaged. it happens because we have unions that promote these kinds of discussions with ourselves, there are lines, the federal agencies, and i cannot think you are -- thank you enough for your focus on that. senator casey talked about the fighting and division in the country and creating an atmosphere at the airport and on our planes where there is respect and civility is critical. that is why it is so important that we are speaking

my name is sara nelson and we represent flight attendants at 20 different airlines. this is an issue that we face every single day on the job. some of them are here with us today. those incidents that are the organization, that is not even a true toll of how many times we face these issues on a daily basis. flight attendants spend the majority of their time practicing escalation skills. so that these conflicts between passengers that occur, do not rise to the level of interfering with the entire flight. talk aboute it or this, i would like to be as brief as possible, so that we can get to your discussion, because safety and security does not just happen. it happens because people in this room decide just talk about change. promote these discussions with ourselves, our airlines and with federal agencies. i cannot thank you enough for your focus on that and your effort to bring real attention to this issue. first and foremost, senator fighting andabout the division in the country. and creating atmosphere at the airport and in airplanes whether his respect and credibili

i'm sara nelson, representing the flight attendants at 20 different airlines, and some of them are hereith us today, i'm proud to say. but this is a that you shall we face every single day on the job and those incidents that are reported by iota, those are not even the true toll of how many times we face these issues on a daily basis. because flight attendants have become experts and spend the majority of their time practicing deescalation skills so that the conflicts between the passenger do not rise to the level of interfering with the entire flight. i want to be as brief as possible to get to your discussion. safety and security doesn't just happen. it happens because people in this room demands it happens. it happens because you're engaged. it happens because we have unions that promote these kinds of discussions with ourselves, with our airlines, with the federal agencies and i cannot thank you enough for your focus on that and your efforts to bring real attention to this issue. so, first and foremost, senator casey talked about the fighting and the division in the country, and cre

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