FA Spot

[JETSETTER USA/INTL]

Hi all. I applied for the FA Spot for the East. just would like to ask a few questions.

1. Where is the Junior base CLT/DCA/PHL?

2. What are the none flight hr pay if anyone knows?

3. Is there anything I am missing that I should ask lol?

Thanks for your help... I love to fly and i hope that I will have a chance to fly for US.

 

[ggiby]

Hi all. I applied for the FA Spot for the East. just would like to ask a few questions.

1. Where is the Junior base CLT/DCA/PHL?

2. What are the none flight hr pay if anyone knows?

3. Is there anything I am missing that I should ask lol?

Thanks for your help... I love to fly and i hope that I will have a chance to fly for US.

1: I think the most junior base is DCA...

2: ???? Don't understand your question? Please elaborate?

4: Come up w/ more! LOL

 

[jimntx]

Hi all. I applied for the FA Spot for the East. just would like to ask a few questions.

1. Where is the Junior base CLT/DCA/PHL?

2. What are the none flight hr pay if anyone knows?

3. Is there anything I am missing that I should ask lol?

Thanks for your help... I love to fly and i hope that I will have a chance to fly for US.

1. Don't work for US. Haven't a clue.
2. As far as I know, there is NO non-flight hour pay. Oh, there are little dibs and dabs here and there. They are called duty rigs where you get paid so many hours of flight pay for some period not related to flying. For instance, at AA, I get 3.56 hours of flight pay for 1 day of jury duty. If I have to sit standby at the airport for 6 hours, I get paid 5 hours of flight pay. I'm sure there are similar examples at US.

The most important thing you need to keep in mind is that when you start and for some years afterward, you will be on straight reserve. You will fly when and where the company decides. I don't know if US allows reserves to pick up extra flying. We can at AA, BUT...if you pick up an extra trip on reserve, but you do not cover your guarantee that month with company-assigned flying, you have just flown that trip for free. The money you expected to make from working that extra trip is counted in your guarantee.

Find out what the reserve guarantee is. At AA it is 75 hours of flight pay on a reserve month. Multiply those hours by the starting hourly pay, then ask yourself a very serious question. Can I live on that? For instance, if starting pay is $25/hr, then if your guarantee is 75 hours, you will gross $1875/mo. Your union dues, taxes, insurance, and the like have to come out of that. You will be lucky to net $1500/mo. Can you live on that in a city like Washington, DC or Philadelphia? Are you willing to share a crashpad that sleeps 8 with up to 15 or 16 people in order to do this job?

I'm lucky in that I have an income from other sources; so, I am not totally dependent financially on my flight attendant job. Most months I take home around $2100-$2200. If I were trying to rent the condo that I own in Dallas and rent out right now, 1/3 of my take home pay would go to my rent. And, I would still have utilities to pay, groceries to buy, and gas to put in my car to drive to the airport. After 9 years of flying I still do not know how other flight attendants live on what we make.

 

[Furloughd4now]

Actually right now CLT is most junior for RSVs since displacements. Hopefully, that will change soon. But I would expect to be based in CLT for now. If/when the other bases open, its determined by seniority and there are some FAs that want to leave CLT.

RSV guarantee is 73 hours. Regarding mins.... long story. Someone else can expand upon that.

You will be on RSV for quite some time. Perhaps with our new contract things will change. We are waiting for December's Secondary Lines to come out to see how Junior that went. Last month it was 1997.

 

[Zarah]

Actually right now CLT is most junior for RSVs since displacements. Hopefully, that will change soon. But I would expect to be based in CLT for now. If/when the other bases open, its determined by seniority and there are some FAs that want to leave CLT.

RSV guarantee is 73 hours. Regarding mins.... long story. Someone else can expand upon that.

You will be on RSV for quite some time. Perhaps with our new contract things will change. We are waiting for December's Secondary Lines to come out to see how Junior that went. Last month it was 1997.

Hourly is $19 and change on the East. None Flight pay do you mean as in Holding pay, Per Diem, training...?

CLT is my guess for the new hires.

Good luck!

 

[JETSETTER USA/INTL]

Hourly is $19 and change on the East. None Flight pay do you mean as in Holding pay, Per Diem, training...?

CLT is my guess for the new hires.

Good luck!

Well I live in CLT so that I would love to be at lol. the Per Diem i meant i am sorry 🙂 and on the days off from work can you pick up a trip and if so can it run into your RSV line

 

[cynic]

I suggest reading the flight attendant topic very carefully, those are people you will be working with on a daily basis.

 

[galley princess]

I suggest reading the flight attendant topic very carefully, those are people you will be working with on a daily basis.

Well now.

I am guessing that was a bit of a negative dig.

In actuality, I WISH this group was reflective of those you will fly with. The reality is quite different. Most of the people you will fly with are just trying to commute, get hours and keep their sanity in an often insane career. They are remarkably patient with the often rotten working conditions, hostile atmospere and absent tools that prevail on US aircraft. Most are woefully uninformed, not completely through their own fault, in that on the 10 days off a month they do have they're doing laundry or trying to have a life.

US F/as are a pretty nice bunch and we love the idea of having more people junior to us, just try to ignore the looks of pity that you're going to get. That has to do with the reserve system that ranks just above slavery. As a practice, you may want to acquire an animal collar and have someone jerk on it at intervals. Make sure they do it during the night. REM sleep is a great time. Throw in a chain that has you attached to a computer most of the day and that's a decent approximation of reserve life.

The F/As that post here are acutely aware that US F/As are at a critical juncture regarding a contract that will either doom us to low pay, rotten working conditions and zero control over our schedule, or a show of pride and self esteem in rejecting such a future.

Does that make us rowdy or opinionated? Maybe. But the strong women in the late 60's, early 70's that made flying an actual career rather than a husband search were viewed that way too.

In the final analysis, US as a company is not that much different than a lot of companies. The US contract for F/As is abysmal, a product of a bankruptcy court and utilized to the utmost by US. The contract is the focus of our wrath.

The most ideal way of being a F/A these days is to have something else as well. If you have a skill/ sideline the job isn't nearly as bad. Skills= power. A sideline means that you'll actually have cash for your layover, can pay your bills on time and not be at the mercy of the ETB or quick calls. Other than Southwest this probably applies to every other airline.

Good luck and just have your eyes OPEN.

 

[JetguyCLT]

How would one transfer from Airport Customer Service ACS to In-Flight. Since they appear to be hiring?

 

[JETSETTER USA/INTL]

How would one transfer from Airport Customer Service ACS to In-Flight. Since they appear to be hiring?

Well go to wings then click on careers

 

[JetguyCLT]

Well go to wings then click on careers

Duh! Thanks!

 

[Zarah]

Well I live in CLT so that I would love to be at lol. the Per Diem i meant i am sorry 🙂 and on the days off from work can you pick up a trip and if so can it run into your RSV line

You can use the Electronic Trade Board (ETB) to pick up trips on your off days that pay over the min. guarantee.

Per Diem: Domestic 2.00 and International 2.20

 

[InternationalDan]

You can use the Electronic Trade Board (ETB) to pick up trips on your off days that pay over the min. guarantee.

Per Diem: Domestic 2.00 and International 2.20

I was at the employee bus stop 2 weeks ago, and was chatting with a flight attendant, He was going to Rome...He had just picked up the 20 hour flight, he had 31 years....it was Friday afternoon, and would be back on Sunday...and he would be making about $1000 for the 20 hour flight time...

Dan

 

[Furloughd4now]

I was at the employee bus stop 2 weeks ago, and was chatting with a flight attendant, He was going to Rome...He had just picked up the 20 hour flight, he had 31 years....it was Friday afternoon, and would be back on Sunday...and he would be making about $1000 for the 20 hour flight time...

Dan

Don't mislead Dan, cause as a new hire, if they're lucky enough to even get Rome, they're not going to be making a $1000. ETB trips can be done but it is challenging considering you only have 11 days off (on the East side) You need 4 days off to get Rome (due to rest legalities) Its more logical to consider that if you get 3 days, you will get a domestic 2 day worth typically 10 hours, But if you can get 2 or 3 that adds up to nice extra cash.

 

[sameoldstuff]

I received my recall letter (from the VFLR) and I'm considering coming back after 5 years? What is the most junior base @ this time and are reserves flying @ all (in all 3 bases)?

Would anyone recommend coming back @ this time (both the pros and cons)? When I left I was based in CLT as a reserve (commuting).

I would appreciate any good or bad feedback.

Thank you!!!!