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Originally Posted by H2O_Goalie
What's your point? Is overtime a new concept for you, or do you just think hourly employees should work for free once they put in more than 40 hrs a week? We have laws about that, you know, so you can't blame unions for that one.
Overtime is not guaranteed and so there is no "avg" about it. It may be widely available at some of the larger hubs, but unless someone calls in sick I am doubting it's routinely available at places like GNV which has about 4 flights a day.
The bottom line is that most of you here don't have a clue what the avg mechanic or custodian takes home at the end of the year, yet you spout your opinions as if you were experts on the subject.
One can only hope that lots of NWA employees (and especially FAs, GAs, TAs) read this forum. It would surely open their eyes about the elitist F passengers they constantly attend to and provide service for. If it was me, I would be sorely tempted to accidently spill a few drinks in a few laps over the next serveral months.
No, overtime is not a new concept for me, as I used to work a gig where I was paid overtime. Do you know how much overtime you'll get in a year? Of course not...although if you've worked the job for a couple of years you'll have a pretty good idea. Regardless, when you're talking about the average income of employees you include both base pay
and overtime. Why?
Because it's all income, regardless of whether it's base pay or overtime.
As for your suggestion that FAs, GAs, TAs, etc. "spill a few drinks"...that does nothing but highlight your lack of maturity and intelligence. The airline isn't in enough trouble to begin with...now they should alienate people that actually buy their product.
Dude, you're a genius.