Industry Wage and benefits
Mechanic 12 years or longer 2 Licenses 2[sup]nd[/sup] shift
Compensation
Airline & Union Base Rate License Pr 2 Shift Pr Longevity (12 yrs). Total/ Hour Total/year
Southwest-IBT AMFA $31.00 $4.00 $.56 $1.30 $36.86 $76,668.80
Northwest- AMFA $29.70 $4.30 $.51 $0.12 $34.63 $72,030.40
Delta- None $29.02 $4.00 $.51 $0.36 $33.89 $70,491.20
Continental- IBT $28.30 $3.50 $.51 $1.00 $33.31 $69,284.80
United-IAM AMFA $25.00 $5.23 $.53 $0.30 $31.06 $64,604.80
American- TWU $25.25 $5.00 $0.01 $0.00 $30.26 $62,940.80
Benifits
Airline & Union Paid Holidays Paid sick days Paid Vacation Contract Length
Southwest -IBT AMFA 12 12 1-5 year - 2 weeks 3 years(2005)
5-10 years - 3 weeks.
10-18 years - 4 weeks
18 years - 5 weeks
Northwest- AMFA 10 12 1-4years - 2 weeks 5 years
4-9 years - 3 weeks (2005)
9-16 years - 4 weeks
16-24 years - 5 weeks
24-29 years - 6 weeks
29 years - 7 weeks
Delta -None 11 10 Weeks a year 1-5 years - 2 weeks No Contract
6-11 years - 3 weeks
12-17 years - 4 weeks
18 years - 5 weeks
Continental -IBT 10 12 1 year - 1 week 4 years
1-4 years - 2 weeks (2006)
5-9 years - 3 weeks
10-16 years - 4 weeks
17-24 years - 5 weeks
28-29 years - 6 weeks
30 years - 7 weeks
United -IAM AMFA 10 12 1-4years - 2 weeks
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bsp; 4-9 years - 3 weeks
9-16 years - 4 weeks
16-24 years - 5 weeks
24-29 years - 6 weeks
29 years - 7 weeks
American -TWU 5 4 (2 @ 50%, 3 at full pay) 1-5 years - 1week 5 years
5-10 years - 2 weeks
10-17 years - 3 weeks
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p; 17-25 years - 4 weeks
25-30 years - 5 weeks
30 years - 6 weeks
Dec.31 2008
American Airlines Mechanics are the lowest paid of the top 6 Airlines
American Airlines Mechanics have less vacation time than the top 6 Airlines, up to 5 years we have only 1 week whereas the other Airlines have at least 2 weeks at 4 years.
The top 6 Airlines all have at least 12 paid sick days a year except American Airlines Mechanics we have 3 at full pay and 2 at 50% pay at each occurrence !!
The top 6 Airlines all have at least 10 holidays a year except American Airlines Mechanics we have 5 holidays a year. However, at the company's discretion we may not have ANY paid holidays. Instead the company can make us work the additional 8.5 hours on all the so called holidays for an additional 4 hours of pay per 'Holiday, in other words for half pay.
When you consider that Continental went BK twice, Northwest once, along with United, but they are all making more than us you have to wonder, was BK the worst possible thing that could have happened to us or is Jim Little the worst thing that could possibly happen to us?
43 PM FWAAA wrote:
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