I have been a flight attendant with AA for 5 1/2 years but have been with this company for 16 years. I am voting NO on this. AA knew exactly what it was doing when they extorted this out of APFA, they have every intention of declaring BK but they want the blood to be on labors hands by voting this down.
They are driving a major wedge between Flight and Inflight.
With this TA you can not even plan on getting paid for what you are scheduled. I fly transcons out of BOS and frequently we are 45-60mins early, at the end of the month I am going to get paid 4-6 hours less than what was scheduled. I noticed that the pilots DO NOT have this in theirs, as AA knows that there would never be an early flight arrival. Crew meals I can live without but it does suck to have to cook cockpit crew meals while cabin crew don''t get any. Per Diem, is it cheaper for me to eat on a layover than a pilot? The previous complaints are not directed at the pilots but at AA''s way of dividing us.
Now, for management, they are not "feeling the pain" as we are. For anyone making 30K or less, which is what most F/A''s make, they are taking a 4% paycut, that means our cut is almost 400% more. There isn''t any mention for how long these cuts last, ours are going to be at least 6 years and more likely 8-9 years as we all know how timely AMR is when negotiating a contract. They keep 10 paid holidays and their vacation time is capped at 6 weeks and in my book which is the biggest slap in the face is they get severence pay while we get dick for furlough pay.
I am prepared to go down with the ship, I have been making preparations for this since Sept 2001. I have paid off my credit cards, got my mortgage way ahead, paid off my car and started working part time with the option of full time employment which looks like will be next month. I won''t quit as I want the furlough.
As I told my friends this morning, I don''t care how you vote, it''s none of my business but VOTE, that is the most important thing.
Mike-BOS
They are driving a major wedge between Flight and Inflight.
With this TA you can not even plan on getting paid for what you are scheduled. I fly transcons out of BOS and frequently we are 45-60mins early, at the end of the month I am going to get paid 4-6 hours less than what was scheduled. I noticed that the pilots DO NOT have this in theirs, as AA knows that there would never be an early flight arrival. Crew meals I can live without but it does suck to have to cook cockpit crew meals while cabin crew don''t get any. Per Diem, is it cheaper for me to eat on a layover than a pilot? The previous complaints are not directed at the pilots but at AA''s way of dividing us.
Now, for management, they are not "feeling the pain" as we are. For anyone making 30K or less, which is what most F/A''s make, they are taking a 4% paycut, that means our cut is almost 400% more. There isn''t any mention for how long these cuts last, ours are going to be at least 6 years and more likely 8-9 years as we all know how timely AMR is when negotiating a contract. They keep 10 paid holidays and their vacation time is capped at 6 weeks and in my book which is the biggest slap in the face is they get severence pay while we get dick for furlough pay.
I am prepared to go down with the ship, I have been making preparations for this since Sept 2001. I have paid off my credit cards, got my mortgage way ahead, paid off my car and started working part time with the option of full time employment which looks like will be next month. I won''t quit as I want the furlough.
As I told my friends this morning, I don''t care how you vote, it''s none of my business but VOTE, that is the most important thing.
Mike-BOS
