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I would love to know what the company’s plans are for ensuring their flight attendants get paid a liveable wage, as well as to be paid for ALL of the work we do. If we are required to be checked into the plane and perform a multitude of work tasks before the main cabin door is closed, we should be paid for that time, just like with any other job. If we are required to leave our house, put on our uniforms, and be on the plane, why don’t we get paid for it?! Why is the railroad act still in place? This company is overworking us and stealing our time by not fully compensating us for our work.
Ivy Murphy
Absolutely we are always pushing for more money! We do have a few different policies we are pushing for to give you more money for the work being done! As soon as we have one set in stone we will announce it! The railway act only says that we will come to the table and negotiate not what we can ask for! So we will push forward to achieve better work rules and pay!
Erika Robertson (SIA VP)
Since the Railway Labor Act is a federal law, the best resource to have it removed would be to contact your congressman or congresswoman. Until the federal law is changed, all US airlines will continue to pay using the same pay structure as SkyWest which is the majority of your pay is based on flight hours as opposed to duty hours. One US airline (Delta) currently has boarding pay and we have been in talks with the Company regarding adding boarding pay since Delta began their current pay program. We were very hopeful that other airlines would quickly follow suit, but several airlines have recently ratified multi-year contracts without boarding pay. Nevertheless, we are pushing forward with our talks with the Company regarding compensation for all of our time spent on the plane.
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