Average decline in compensation for flight attendants, 2001-06:

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=admin/registration/register&destination=login&nextstep=gather&application=reg30-business&applicationURL=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/24/AR2006082401423.html

The Washington Post
August 25, 2006 Friday
Final Edition
Financial; D01
42 words
Pay Plunge

Average decline in compensation (combined wages and benefits) for flight attendants, 2001-06:

Northwest Airlines

14%

Delta

Air Lines

11-20%

United Airlines

11%

US Airways

7-13%

American Airlines

2-5%

SOURCE: Association of Flight Attendants
August 25, 2006

[rzemanfl]

1. Are these numbers adjusted for inflation? n/t

[Omaha Steve]

4. I only found this....

Remember US Airways

7-13%

http://www.afanet.org/default.asp?id=825

For Immediate Release: August 7, 2006
Contact: Corey Caldwell 202-434-0586

US Airways Flight Attendants Outraged By Management Pay Increases

Management Continues Demand for Cost-Neutral Contract

Phoenix, AZ - While flight attendants from US Airways and America West, both represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA), are striving in negotiations to reach a combined contract, the company announced last week that a three percent pay increase for management will take place this fall. This disturbing announcement comes at a time when management continues to insist at the bargaining table that the merged flight attendant contract include zero cost increases, or in other words, takes the worst from both contacts and merges them into one.

"This hypocritical posturing by Parker and his management team for a cost-neutral contract must stop now," said Gary Richardson, America West Master Executive Council President. "The flight attendants at the new US Airways are as integral to the success of this company as any other employee group, including management. We deserve and expect fair enhancements to our wages and working conditions. And yes, we are ready, willing and able to take the steps necessary to secure those enhancements." The majority of America West Flight Attendants have not had a pay increase since their contract became amendable in May, 2004.

Negotiations have been largely unproductive, leaving even non-economic issues unresolved due to management's insistence on the worst of both contracts.

In addition to giving raises to management, CEO Doug Parker cashed in approximately nine million in stock options, and issued the following statement concerning the management increases: "The past year has been more challenging and more successful than many of us anticipated going into the US Airways/America West merger. Today, we are on track for a profitable 2006, even with transition-related expense and with continued high fuel costs and that is good news...I'm delighted that we're in a position to offer increases."

"US Airways flight attendants gave over $154 million per year in contract concessions, including the forced termination of our pensions, in order for the airline to survive and be a partner in the merger," said Mike Flores, US Airways Master Executive Council President. "And now, this management team, who are giving themselves raises and cashing in their stock options hand over fist, demands that our hard work and sacrifice remain unrecognized. It was on the backs of the flight attendants that this merger has been successful, and we are determined that we will obtain a merged contract with improvements in working conditions, benefits and compensation. Our paltry profit sharing yields us at the very best less than three per cent of our annual givebacks.

For over 60 years, the Association of Flight Attendants has been serving as the voice for flight attendants in the workplace, in the aviation industry, in the media and on Capitol Hill. More than 55,000 flight attendants at 20 airlines come together to form AFA-CWA, the world's largest flight attendant union. AFA is part of the 700,000-member strong Communications Workers of America (CWA), AFL-CIO. Visit us at www.afanet.org.

[sweetheart]

2. 'they fuck you at the drive through.'

cheapsourced to the bottom, as long as the buns are tight and
the sexual inference is there, however removed by layers and layers,
disenfranchised, nonresident flesh to be perused and mindfucked on
your flight home to the missuz... how sweet.

[RC]

3. Now, if someone could come up with

the % of pay increases of the management and the Board of directors.

[fuzzyball]

5. Old rule of supply & demand applies!!! So long as there are willing

applicants at wages offered why would the airlines
offer more compensation? I am afraid businesses don't
operate for charitable or just causes. Just profit.

[spartan61]

6. My daughter is a FA for American Airlines and her

concession was a lot more than 2-5%. She has been with AA for 13 years and is now earning only a little more than what she earned her first year with the company. The AA FAs also had 1/3 of their earned vacation time taken away and their health coverage costs went up. I won't even go into the work rules that were imposed on them except to say that they get no food at all and are often on duty for as much as 14 hours per day. Sometimes they are lucky enough to have a chance to buy something at an airport to eat, depending on how much time they have between flights. They used to have 8 hours behind closed doors on a lay over, but no longer. Does that make you feel safe? BTW, Don Carty, the CEO during this period, was forced out when the FAs found out that there was a secret clause protecting the mucky mucks' pensions, etc. while all the other employees took huge concessions. Of course he was sent on his way with a very large golden parachute. I don't believe the numbers in this WP article. The FAs for all the airlines who were not laid off took massive cuts in their wages. There were also thousands laid off and will never be recalled.

[yorkiemommie1]

7. they don't get to even eat on the flights????

that's outrageous!