Originally Posted by Ken hAAmer
While my compensation while flying might be more generous than others, I suspect many people here are actually getting paid (in one form or another) while they are sitting in a seat. (And not "half pay.") That someone only gets ½ time to waste away in a plane seems like a patently bad deal, and all the more reason they should be in J.
On top of that, it wasn't even me that paid for the ticket, also like many others here, I suspect.
I don't buy this crap about people being PAID to sit in the seat. If that's the case, don't fly then & don't get to where you have to go, see whether you still get paid your salary minus what you were
paid to sit in the seat.
Oh btw, FA being paid ½ waste away in a plane? Keep in mind the plane is their office, once they get to the destination, their work is over. So they are basically being paid ½ to sit at the office and do nothing. While we're at it, keep in mind that a FA's hourly pay is not what a normal person earn because of the fact that they only work 75-80 hours a month so it's not like they're getting only $5/hr to sit on a plane.
Why don't you try and go to work on Monday, sit there and do nothing, tell your boss that you're deadheading to Friday and see whether he will pay you ½ of your salary or kick you out.