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Delta becomes first major US airline to pay flight attendants for boarding time
Delta Air Lines will start paying its flight attendants during boarding time, becoming the first major U.S. airline to do so. Flight attendants, who previously got paid once the aircraft doors closed, will now receive half of their hourly rates as customers board, beginning June 2, according to a company memo obtained by CNBC. Boarding time for "narrow-body flights" will also increase from 35 minutes to 40 minutes, as "one of several steps we’re taking to add resiliency to our… (www.msn.com) Más...Always thought an airline employee was paid from their start time till they clocked out again. Silly me shows I am really getting old.
I never understood how one industry can not pay employees when they are working for the company. In my field (health care) we would be in violation of federal law if, for instance, we only paid nurses for their time with patients but not for shift change preparations, etc.
Because it’s what they can get away with. How do they get away with charging $30 to check a piece of luggage? (I’m still fighting that with Delta). Or adding a fuel surcharge for a ticket when aviation fuel prices shoot up?
At least they don't (yet) apply a retroactive fuel surcharge after the ticket is paid for. Some of the cruise lines do this.