Originally Posted by Coastiejoe

I will not lie. I only read the first page and a few other posts. I am a FAM and have been for 3 plus years. As noted most are in the "I" pay band at this point. Most of the time our pay is not hard pay to earn. However, when we earn it it will be in about a 15 second period. And if it is as bad as we have been led to believe one of us will die for our money.

I have flown about 10 times not on duty. I have NEVER been upgraded to first class. I have NEVER asked to be upgraded. Rest assured that I will always fly armed. Just because I am in 28D instead of 2B does not release me of my duty to you and the others in that plane. I get no discounts of any kind. I pay full fare and ride in coach when on personal travel.

The government does pay for the tickets. They pay "C" class which is as high as it gets. No one pays higher.

As far as bumping people off standby,,,, yes, that does happen. Why,,,, the airlines over sell as well as let people get onto the stand by list in all cases. If people do not show up then the stand byers get a ticket. Many times we (FAMS) do not show up due to delays or an incident that delayed us from getting to our next flight. In those cases the airlines re-sells our tickets.

There are some issue I can not comment about due to security. Trust me when I tell you the above info is correct.