Good on the American Folks!

[luckytohaveajob]

The pilot raises at AMR could be paid for by lowing the FA costs by 75% +!

 

[AAflyer]

Explain to me why unskilled FA's, with nothing more than a high school diploma, no prior training, and no to little customer service skills are making so much?

Why do they make $20-$50 per hour?
Why do they have a pension?
Why do they have 401k's?

Why are they not on five year contracts like JBLU pilots?

Why is being a FA's a career job?

We should be recruiting on college campuses, signing them on five year deals, not renewing their contracts, paying them $10 per hour like Skybus, and cycling them in and out like the unskilled workers they are.

Experience does not build or count serving drinks. How many real evacuations does a FA's do in their career? Are they studying evacuations on other carriers daily? No. They wouldn't even know if an evacuation occurred reading People magazine all the time.

Regionals recycle the ranks every five years. Majors should do the same and lower a wasted cost.

Interesting,

Kind of like the advertisement. "Hey, pay just $50k", and in 6 months you too can be an airline pilot."

No degree required, and no significant experience upon graduation. Yet we will get you in the cockpit of an airliner.

Flight attendants at all legacies make more than 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year regional FOs. Some make more than regional Captains.

Makes you wonder you is really stupid, doesn't it?

AAflyer

 

[A4Forever]

Hey Lucky. Just went over and checked the FA baord and didn't see that you had posted your suggestion there. Why not put it there and then get back to us on the PMs you receive. Talk about stirring up a hornet's nest!

 

[Future Furlough]

The question is legitimate. I doubt the company can withstand a 53% increase in labor costs. If the pilots get that, then every other union group on the property is going to want that same.

Dude, it's not the entire labor pool. Read the previous posts...an increase on .005 per mile equates to a 4% increase in operating costs. That is not a company breaker.