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American Airlines is Issuing 'Poverty Verification Letters' For New-Hire Flight Attendants Because Their Wages Are So Low
(www.paddleyourownkanoo.com)
this post was submitted on 12 May 2024
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How is being paid "from pushback to arrival" even vaguely legal?
they're salaried? only thing I can come up with.
If they're infact hourly... then work is work, and they're working off the clock.
They're hourly. I still can't believe this is legal.
Edit: found an article on it. Spoiler: it's legal because the government makes all sorts of exceptions for airlines. Their unions even have to get government permission to strike!
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/02/12/flight-attendants-don-t-earn-their-hourly-pay-until-aircraft-doors-close-here-s-why/
Thank you Railway Labor Act of 1926. It's actually not all bad, but it does put railway and airline workers in a different class. It all depends on how the National Mediation Board is feeling that day.