"It saves the company money by using a reserve that makes 16 dollars an hour and not a line holder with xx amount of years at 37 an hours. It also helps meet the quote for the reserve. Also the line holder may not drop below 40hrs.
Isn't it time to start,
at least thinking about, raising the payscale for the reserves? Doesn't anyone else think that a reserve/or junior lineholder making less than $25,000 a year is too low? When AFA negotiates the contract, wouldn't one of the items to negotiate be a more equitable wage for the flight attendants who make less than $25,000 for an entire year, (and that's before taxes)? What percentage of flight attendants make a wage of $25,000 and less? Wouldn't a company that offered 10 billion to buy another company be in a position to have their crew members not qualify for food stamps? Does the AFA feel this is okay as long as the more senior flight attendants make a fair wage? Is it at all possible to raise the lower end of the pay scale without the upper end?
Do senior members, AFA and the company think it's okay for junior flight attendants to work for rent money and collect food money from the government? Does AFA collect the same amount of dues irregardless of vast differences in salary? Are the job qualifications/expectations more of a senior flight attandant than that of a junior flight attendant?
Does AFA realize that the most junior flight attendant has 6+ years with the company?
Three more questions:
1. Are my facts right?
2. Is anyone out there outraged about this? or is the status quo good?
3. What's wrong with my thinking?
and just to jump to one possible answer:
well, don't work for such a low wage. That probably would solve the problem for those making an adequate wage but I would think AFA's goal would be to keep mainline flying and not outsource more of our jobs, and to insure fair pay for fair work.
Thanks for reading my post.
