Alaska Airlines, American and United could all be disrupted as air crew demand fairer share of vast profits

Alaska Airlines, American and United could all be disrupted as air crew demand fairer share of vast profits

  • 2piradians@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    1 year ago

    I hope this domino effect continues. It’s time corporations remember who contributes value to their businesses, and it’s not the leeches, er, shareholders.

  • athos77@kbin.social
    36·
    1 year ago

    Good for them! All this bullshit about “you only get paid when the doors shut”, while ignoring the time wasted during flight delays and the time worked before and after the flight is just that - bullshit. Plus they act like the “perks” should offset the low pay, completely ignoring how the pay never kept pace with the economy and the “perks” are continually eroded.

  • Drusas@kbin.social
    34·
    1 year ago

    Good for them.

    “There are instances where flight attendants are sitting anywhere from two to four hours, what becomes a mechanical rolling delay, where that full time is not accounted for and paid for. So, it’s not just the boarding, but it’s anytime that we are required to be on duty at work in uniform, that we are advocating for pay,” she said.

    The union provided annual pay estimates for Alaska Airlines flight attendants, with average base pay ranging from $24,000 to $27,000 a year, which they note is not nearly enough to keep up with the high cost of living, especially in expensive cities where Alaska Airlines bases are located, including San Francisco, Seattle and Los Angeles.

    This should be criminal.

    Alaska Airlines is headquartered in Seattle. $24,000 is enough to last you a few months in Seattle.

    • Pat12@lemmy.world
      41·
      1 year ago

      It’s absolutely crazy that flight attendants don’t get paid until the plane doors close.

      i think it’s similar for pilots?

    • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      1 year ago

      I don’t see the issue with it as long as they are getting paid a good rate.

      For instance if you’re collecting 250k a year from doing this work it doesn’t matter much if it were salary or if the doors are closed because it’s good money either way.

      The problem here is that they aren’t getting that 250k because their rates are so low.

      • Shadywack@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        1 year ago

        Agreed, whether it’s pay by mile, from when the door’s shut, when boarding, or set off by the time a certain phone call dispatches you, that’s just semantics. If you’re making a good wage or salary, what of it? The real issue is 24k-27k a year. That’s 13 bucks an hour on the top end. 13 bucks an hour when you have 2k a month rent for the cheap roach infested slums in most cities.