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American Airlines Gives Poverty Verification Letters To Newly-Hired Flight Attendants - View from the Wing
American Airlines flight attendants haven’t had a raise since 2019. At the end of that year their contract became amendable, and the value of their wages has been substantially eroded since then by more than 20% inflation. A new contract was delayed first by the pandemic The process of...
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American Airlines flight attendants haven’t had a raise since 2019. At the end of that year their contract became amendable, and the value of their wages has been substantially eroded since then by more than 20% inflation.
- A new contract was delayed first by the pandemic
- The process of negotiating all the myriad details is a long one. The current agreement (that flight attendants didn’t even approve) runs over 325 pages. And that doesn’t count a separate 15 page attendance policy and 18 page uniform policy among others.
- Plus, union politics (effectively needing to wait for incumbent officers to be re-elected) meant further delay.
The letter states that a new flight attendant will have a “projected annual salary [of] $27,315 per year before incentives and taxes” and concludes, “Any courtesy you can provide would be appreciated.”
It used to be a glamorous and respectable job. Now they are treated as no more than Walmart greeters with Walmart cliental trapped for hours in a tin can dealing with bullshit.
They should be replaced with LEO & CO trainees as part of curriculum on dealing with assholes.
Where’s my damn peanuts?