Originally Posted by
ded0r
I don't know about the specifics of their discussion, but I have the feeling this is the same issue every 2 years (and in between its either ground staff or the Pilots)
Don't forget the ATC
As far as LH mainline FAs are concerned their bennies are being cut slice by slice the past decade and each time LHs argument has been: we're going thru tough times, help out now and we'll help you with profit sharing or some other intangible goodie later.
This time its clear LH wants the mainline crews with their bennies to stick to longhaul only and leave the mid/shorthaul to low(er) wage crews that get paid like LH cityline (two year limited contract, higher hours, lower wages etc). Mainline crews currently get their 70-90h/month in by flying two longhaul rotations and one week of regional flying (regional counts 1.1 to 1.3 times the hours depending on rank). This is definitely too little....