Originally Posted by
Steve M
True, however that $10/hour comes with benefits (health care, retirement, paid sick and vacation leave, travel privileges) that make total compensation a lot higher, and a career track to go up from there. The outsourced jobs at the very bottom make even less per hour, and often have little or no benefits. Those are the ones truly at the bottom.
Yeah that is not true. FT people get benefits sure, but not PT workers, and there are only so many FT openings at places. Travel privileges were nice, but in speaking to former colleagues quite often, it has become extremely hard to get anywhere anymore with flight loads and things like basic economy. Not to mention it costs the airline nothing for you to fly on a seat they don't use. Many airline workers would gladly trade free flights for living wages. Heck, when you make $10hr free flights mean nothing when you cannot afford to go anywhere. The career track is not nearly as nice as you think. AA and the other big airlines love to outsource jobs all the time. Unless you can work in a hub, you are basically screwed. Take Detroit for example, AA got rid of mainline and outsourced it to Piedmont, the ground handling company they own... You are constantly under threat of being laid off for someone who bids cheaper.