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> Like many airlines, American pays its attendants only for the time the plane is in the air.Boarding passengers, waiting between flights, and traveling to and
by kermatt 2y ago
> Like many airlines, American pays its attendants only for the time the plane is in the air.Boarding passengers, waiting between flights, and traveling to and from the airport all mean flight attendants typically work about two hours for each “flight hour” they are paid.
I wonder how this is not considered wage theft.
- dustincoates 2y agoAccording to this, that pay structure has been generally supported by flight attendant unions, as it benefits more senior members, though at the expense of more junior ones: https://viewfromthewing.com/why-flight-attendants-havent-gotten-paid-for-boarding-most-crew-should-hate-their-union-for-it/ https://viewfromthewing.com/why-flight-attendants-havent-got...