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Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
I am friends with a high up at an airline (not AC) and his explanation was sort of interesting. I guess decades ago it was an industry standard practice to only pay for the “flight time” for simplicity of tracking hours. The extra work performed was compensated to FAs by having a higher/inflated hourly pay. This was standard practice and deemed acceptable by the union for a very long time.
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Did your friend mention whether or not anything has changed in the industry in the “decades” since that practice began?
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After looking at the FA’s pay schedule they are compensated quite well given there is no post secondary education and only on the job training required. The job does require sacrifices, spending many nights away from home. But $30-$63 an hour is nothing to scoff at.
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Kinda tough to make a call on whether or not the hourly rate is “nothing to scoff at” without knowing how many unpaid hours are excluded.