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> Its utterly ridiculous that some of the nicest, caring people in the airline industry have to deal with such people as the general public (myself included, of
by temphn 15y ago
> Its utterly ridiculous that some of the nicest, caring people in the airline industry have to deal with such people as the general public (myself included, of course) and yet make less money than a manager at a McDonalds franchise. Day in, day out.
If you want to give them more of your money, or start a company that pays them better, or take up a collection for them, nothing is stopping you.
The airline is paying them a salary and you are paying them nothing. Yet you are mad at the guys who are providing their job in the first place?
- yid 15y agoWhat a vapid comment. GP is perfectly within his rights to gripe about people performing a stressful job admirably while receiving less money than they deserve. Saying "start your own airline" hardly advances the conversation. As a counterpoint, you could have linked to median wages for all flight attendants and pointed out a systemic issue.
- spiantino 15y agoWhile I don't think it was presented as such, the "start your own airline" comment is, to me, the correct response to "people aren't being paid what they deserve". It turns out we are unlikely to agree as to what people deserve to be paid for their jobs, so we have decided the most fair thing to do is rely on labor markets and competition.
- yid 15y agoI'm sorry, that's still as vapid as saying "you don't like Google search? Well, build your own search engine..."
- dualogy 15y agoBut exactly this line of thinking WAS needed for Larry+Sergej to DO "build their own search engine". It may taste vapid to you or not -- but it's entirely valid. In fact, Richard Branson at one point was so dissatisfied that he DID "build his own airline". Your point was?
- temphn 15y ago1) OP's opinions about flight attendant pay are his. Others think it's a bit more exciting to fly around the world than to manage a McD's, and that pay isn't the only measure of comp. 2) There are many things OP could do besides starting his own airline. Do some Kickstarter like thing for the ostensibly underpaid flight attendants. Do a Hipmunk like thing where there's a wage surcharge on each ticket, given directly to the flight attendants. In short, do something to put money in their pocket rather than pointing a finger at Branson, the guy who is actually putting money in their pockets today. Otherwise, it's all too easy to be generous with other people's money.