“American CEO Robert Isom this week sent a video message offering a 17% wage increase, just enough to push new Boston and Miami flight attendants above food stamp eligibility.”
So… wait… they need a 17% raise to just barely beat the food stamp threshhold?
In my state, for a single person, that’s $29,160 a year or $565 a week.
Their income would have to be 24,924 a year for a 17% raise ($4,237.08) to put them barely ahead of the food stamp line, $29,161.08.
479.31 a week to 560.79 a week.
So right now they’re making $11.98 an hour? The new wage would be $14.02 an hour?
I’m not in the know so Im not sure if progress has been made in this regard, but traditionally they also have HOURS on HOURS of unpaid time, IIRC only paid for flight time basically.
“American CEO Robert Isom this week sent a video message offering a 17% wage increase, just enough to push new Boston and Miami flight attendants above food stamp eligibility.”
So… wait… they need a 17% raise to just barely beat the food stamp threshhold?
In my state, for a single person, that’s $29,160 a year or $565 a week.
Their income would have to be 24,924 a year for a 17% raise ($4,237.08) to put them barely ahead of the food stamp line, $29,161.08.
479.31 a week to 560.79 a week.
So right now they’re making $11.98 an hour? The new wage would be $14.02 an hour?
Should we be tipping them now?
I’m not in the know so Im not sure if progress has been made in this regard, but traditionally they also have HOURS on HOURS of unpaid time, IIRC only paid for flight time basically.
Edit: https://viewfromthewing.com/why-flight-attendants-dont-get-paid-until-aircraft-doors-close/