“American CEO Robert Isom this week sent a video message offering a 17% wage increase, just enough to push new Boston and Miami flight attendants above food stamp eligibility.”
So… wait… they need a 17% raise to just barely beat the food stamp threshhold?
In my state, for a single person, that’s $29,160 a year or $565 a week.
Their income would have to be 24,924 a year for a 17% raise ($4,237.08) to put them barely ahead of the food stamp line, $29,161.08.
479.31 a week to 560.79 a week.
So right now they’re making $11.98 an hour? The new wage would be $14.02 an hour?
Should we be tipping them now?
Until they are senior the pay SUCKS ass, especially if they are on reserve. Sit around for hours and hope to get paid. The are only paid once that aircraft door gets closed to the time it gets opened at the destination.
Source: Used to work for American Airlines, not as a FA, thank Jebus
“…they fight for airplane meals…”, now we know what goes on behind the curtain, a Mile-High Fight Club!
But I was told it’s just people freely entering into work agreements with their employers completely by choice. 🤔
