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On 12/1/2002 9
08 AM Bear96 wrote:
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On 12/1/2002 7
17 AM RV4 wrote:
Why does 24,000 flight attendants only give up $412 Million compares to 13,000 mechanics being asked to give $600 Million?
Lets do some basic math:
$412,000,000.00 Divided by 24,000 F/A's = $17,166.66 each
$600,000,000.00 Divided by 13,000 Mechanics = $46,153.84 each
That appears to me that each Mechanic is being asked to give up $28987.18 more than each flight attendant. If fact, the concession per mechanic is nearly 3 times that of a Flight Attendant.
Now to which of you does that sound fair?
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It is interesting you choose to compare mechanics to F/A figures.
How about comparing what the mechanics are being asked to give up to what the pilots (who ratified their TA by a 95% margin) are giving up?
But anyways to answer your question. The F/As are giving up comparatively less for two reasons:
1. Because we MAKE comparatively less than the mechanics and pilots; and
2. It reflects that the pilots and mechanics started their concessionary negotiations from positions of "industry leading" compensation, whereas we started our concessionary negotiations from a position of "industry average" compensation.
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Industry leading...by what, a couple of pennies. Do I have to spend my entire career looking at the backs of AA,DAL,SWA,and now even Contiental???