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Employees of American Airlines-Owned American Eagle Make Less Than $10 an Hour (Now Congress Wants Answers)
Americans adore making money. Many respect it above all things. If you're rich, you're to be admired. Until, that is, you do something that makes people tweet bad things about you. Which brings me to American Airlines. Its CEO, Doug Parker, is fond of profit. He believes that taking things away from passengers can bring dividends. He also, some are saying, appears to believe that paying some of his employees a pittance is excellent business. (www.inc.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Whether someone makes $20 an hour or $200 an hour isn't the issue. NO-ONE, in this country should be earning less than $10 an hour. It isn't healthy for the individual and it isn't healthy for our economy. The fact that Congress can't or won't pass a new minimum wage rate, while passing legislation that only helps the very wealthy is a sign of just how sick our country is becoming.
Is a $1 an hour job better than No job... I love how people on this issue don't take time to learn they would rather just spout nonsense... Enjoy: youtube.com/watch?v=S6LtyFTEdis
Thanks Mark, you hit the nail smack on the head.
all I can say to some of those commenting here is "walk a mile in my shoes"..the majority of airline employees (not all) are represented by a union of some kind or other,from pilots to flight attendants to "rampers", to agents..the industry has changed dramatically throughout the last 10-20 years with mergers,outsourcing,cross utilization and other things,and the pay scales have changed accordingly..to say a person gets paid "what they are worth"is really an insult to a lot of people..the marketplace,whether its the airlines or burger king,sets the rate of pay depending upon federal regulation,demand and competition in whatever area..those with union representation have a bargaining representation as a group for better benefits and wages, and a basis for comparison to other industry pay scales..obviously pjshield has never needed that sort of backup..merit increases are no longer the "norm" in most large businesses,particularly in the airline industry,because it was found that a raise,no matter how small, was based upon an individual supervisors opinion (like or dislike) of a particular employee,rather than his or her actual business knowledge or work ethic,.the systems were changed to yearly cost of living raises for an entire work group,from top to botton,by seniority...I might add that those who work for "regionals" do a multi faceted job requiring a lot of different hats from working the ticket counter, to dispatching an aircraft, to loading bags and catering..
Ms.Watkins what do you know about commercial and executive aviation. That's the way the world works. Not perfect but it keeps moving people. That requires more than a dozen MBA's and twice that many on the legal end. You require specialties that are not common outside aviation. I will give you an example. Deicing airplanes is mandatory in inclimate weather. How much will DELTA use at their home base. Millions of dollars. Or insuring aircraft hulls is a license to print money. Fuel costs are a coin toss. But for airlines regional routes you can choose to fly on the "greenest aircraft in existancd, the C-Series and save 20% of the fuel. There are a lot of parameters. Inspections and mandatory maintenance. It an enormous undertaking. You also have to think fleet renewal. I can go on but I hope you see it from a former line pilots vision and experience.
respectfully sir..i appreciate the feedback..i know a bit more than you give me credit for however, as I was in the airline industry for many years and I was around when the "trunk" carriers as they used to be called,began pulling in the smaller regionals and branding them as their own..i do understand the way the world works..i also understand the cost of maintaining aircraft,fueling and deicing and the like,even in todays ever changing economy..i also understand the economics of having qualified personnel..mr parker as the article says, is fond of profit and he is running American in an entirely different way than his predecessors before the merger...
I never implied you didn't know anything. If offended I am most sincerely sorry. I have been flying since I was 15 and I am 63 retired. I will still fly sick kids around until they take my medical. Still, I've been to the same rodeo as you have. I was running from North America to Europe more times than I have bothered to count in a 767-300ER. What position did you hold, I don't need the company name, you are entitled to privacy as well. This is a friendly question. If you don't respond that's OK too!