![]() I have no connection to the airline industry, I just like to peek into a world I have no desire to inhabit (horrortown!). Sad all the horrific comments against FA's on other blogs, such that I can't stomach reading any of these comments for fear of reading more vitriol. keep it in mind the next time you diminish their job or their value as the Captain's Steward when you are riding on the Captain's aircraft ( because you are subject to the Captain's rules when that aircraft pushes away from the ramp). So they make 19-20 dollars an hour, they only get paid for 30 percent of the time they are owned by their employers. That's 14 hours, but because the door on the aircraft door is not closed (the only time they get paid is when the door is closed, railway workers rules.) they only get paid for 4-5 hours for the 14 hours their employer own's their time. Understand, a flight Attendant may work from 530 am to get the airplane ready for boarding at 7am, and at regional airlines, load and unload passengers 4 to 6 times a day and their day ends at 730 pm. The aircrew (non-pilots) are governed by the railway workers guidelines when it comes to how we are paid. Hello all, I am an aircraft mechanic who is married to a former Flight Attendant (now a Pilot recruiter). (Tip of the hat to Points, Miles & Martinis) What do you make of Delta adding flight attendant boarding pay, and do you think other airlines will follow? Now we’ll just have to wait and see if other airlines match. It’s nice to see Delta making this change. Paying flight attendants during boarding makes perfect sense, since it’s probably the most stressful part of the job. Delta flight attendants will receive 50% of their standard hourly pay for a scheduled boarding period of 40-50 minutes, which will could up across hundreds of flights. Bottom lineĭelta has become the first major US airline to add boarding pay. Now the big question is if or when other airlines will follow. The fact that Delta is proactively adding boarding pay, while other unionized airlines don’t have this, will make unionization efforts at Delta more complicated. Over the years there have been several campaigns to get Delta flight attendants to unionize, and management has always tried to avoid that.Īdding boarding pay isn’t cheap, but I imagine Delta management views this as a worthwhile investment when it comes to labor relations. But I find Delta leading the way here to be particularly noteworthy.ĭelta is the only major US airline where flight attendants aren’t unionized. It’s interesting to see Delta do this firstĭelta is known for treating its employees relatively well, and the airline has historically had the most generous profit sharing scheme on any US airline. ![]() It’s worth emphasizing that this pay is based on the scheduled boarding time, so there will be no additional pay for extended delays on the ground. Hourly boarding pay rates are anywhere from $16.10 to $36.19 per hour (50% of the standard hourly pay), so an extra 40-50 minutes of pay per flight at that rate would translate to anywhere from $10.79 (for a first year flight attendant on a domestic narrow body) to $30.04 (for a 12th year flight attendant on an international flight) per flight. International flights will get 50 minutes of boarding pay.Domestic wide body flights will receive 45 minutes of boarding pay.Domestic narrow body flights will receive 40 minutes of boarding pay.Delta flight attendants will be paid 50% of their standard hourly rate for boarding: As of June 2, 2022, Delta will be introducing boarding pay for flight attendants. ![]() The lack of pay during this period has finally started to get more attention, and we’ve seen online petitions calling on airlines to start paying flight attendants during these periods.Īt least one major US airline will be changing its policy regarding this. At the same time, the logic has been that flight attendants are instead paid a higher rate than they might otherwise be once the door closes. This of course sounds ridiculous, since you should get paid when you’re working.
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