Originally Posted by SpinOn2

Some AA workers contracted are also owned by AA. Piedmont and Envoy for example are owned by AA and perform many job duties like ticket counter, gate, entire ramp. A lot of these places pay starting out at a pathetic $10 an hour. In some places like outstations, workers are actually forced to train and learn all job functions (ticket counter, gate, entire ramp, bag office) and do not get anymore compensation for this compared to someone who does gate only all day. I would know, I started with Piedmont in US Air days before I moved on.

The airline industry in general pays its employees poverty wages. Work FT, missing holidays, working weekends, staying late all the time, working in inclement weather, all to make $20k a year if you're lucky.

So I am rooting for the workers.