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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Since the employees already got paid for their time why would they get something back if the business fails?
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The point I was making is the owners are not the only ones at a loss and I think you know that.
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And in general I think the rhetoric aimed at the manager/investors is misplaced here. Flight attendants make little money mostly because the general public does not significantly value their services.
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Now I’m confused, earlier in this thread people were saying they were paid a lot now they make little money because the public does not value their service. Even though that same public is now upset that that same service is being taken away.
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Let's imagine there was an airline that was equally convenient for schedule/routing but had the most friendly, most competent etc flight attendants. How much do you think the average person would be willing to pay extra for that? My guess is ~$0. If westjet/AC was even $1 cheaper people would still book them instead. And so none of the carriers invests more in FAs because their customers don't value it. There's a minimim number/quality for safety/regulatory reasons, and that's what we get.
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And yet people continue to pay more and more for the same flights with the same number of flight attendants. Since they do need to be there one would think that would imply the public at least somewhat values them.