One of the TOP 10 Blue Collar Jobs!

[Pilotbob3]

from Forbes.com
Railroad and subway conductors, along with flight attendants, are at the top of the blue-collar pay scale, not withstanding the job squeeze in the airline industry. Their high pay is an exception to the general trend that pays service workers in the public sector more than their private-industry counterparts.

 

[accinelli]

And your point is? Given that they stand around and do nothing other than provide shoddy service (if you can call it that) and ensure a horrible travel experience --- conductors and FAs are indeed overpaid.

 

[FlyBoeingJets]

I'm not sure where you are going with this....

I think its clear we are still, technically, in a "white collar" job. But, as with many white collar jobs, we have seen an institutionalized (National) campaign to reduce our pay and benefits that make us look more and more blue collar.

White collar education, training and professional expectations but with a Blue collar bent during pay negotiations. Just like many in cubicle he11 in America.

That is the wet dream of managements in America. Pay us what they want thru tricks and business friendly policies and laws. All the while getting rich and selling their story to Forbes on how they achieved "success".


If all the corporate boards in America cut the paycheck of CEOs by 50% they couldn't do a thing about it. What are they going to do, strike? They sure don't want to go start their own business. Not lucrative enough.

We are all pawns.

 

[FlyUnited]

And your point is? Given that they stand around and do nothing other than provide shoddy service (if you can call it that) and ensure a horrible travel experience --- conductors and FAs are indeed overpaid.

Why so insulting to your co-workers? Or do you think this way about all women?

 

[Getter]

Why so insulting to your co-workers? Or do you think this way about all women?

Kind of sexist to assume all F/A's are women, eh? Its about 50/50 where I am. Of course, 10% of those guys may not consider themselves straight, but that is a whole different thread.

 

[GuppyPuppy]

I saw this article on my AOL homepage under "news". Forbes published the list and stated that flight attendants made an average of $60,000/year! WTF???

I've been flying professionally for 14 years and have never made $60k in any calendar year.

I think the author needs to do a little more research.

GP

 

[FlyUnited]

Another incredibly UNDERresearched article. He's under the impression that f/a's work 40 hours per week. Idiot.

$ 29.85 X 40 X 52 = $ 62,088

 

[altscap]

And your point is? Given that they stand around and do nothing other than provide shoddy service (if you can call it that) and ensure a horrible travel experience --- conductors and FAs are indeed overpaid.

Yeah, you're right. The primary responsibility of getting passengers safely out an airplane after an accident/incident is irrelevent. It's all about how well they can pour a beverage in moderate turbulence. Maybe they should spend more time in waitressing school to learn how to open your beer can without breaking a nail. All that over-water training, jumping out overwing exits and sliding down escape slides is just a huge waste of time.

 

[Green]

How many times does a FA practice jumping out of an overwing exit during a typical 40 year career? If getting pax safely out of an aircraft following an accident was the primary responsibility of the job don't you think there would be a mandatory retirement age? It's hard to imagine a typical 70 year old FA being useful in an accident. But who knows?