http://beatofhawaii.com/inside-american-airlines/ Hawaii Travel Deals, Tips, Culture and Analysis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:11:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://beatofhawaii.com/inside-american-airlines/comment-page-1/#comment-1956 Chris Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:56:02 +0000 http://beatofhawaii.com/?p=1648#comment-1956 I, too, am a flight attendant for a major U.S. carrier. The author really hit the mark - I agree with all of his/her comments. I would also add that because of the 30% pay cuts, most of us fly a lot more than our base schedule. So the majority are flying 7- 10 days at a time with 12-15 hour workdays and usually very short layovers (often too short to get any where near 8 hours of sleep). So the workforce is actually literally exhausted and fatigued. Yet most of us seem to have found a way to 'fake it' and still do our jobs - maintain our safety duties and also remain courtious to the public. No raise in 5 years on top of a 30% pay cut. It's tough, but I think we're all hanging on for things to get a little better because though we may dislike the profession as it is today, we loved the profession before 9/11 and the chaos that followed for our industry. Chris I, too, am a flight attendant for a major U.S. carrier. The author really hit the mark – I agree with all of his/her comments. I would also add that because of the 30% pay cuts, most of us fly a lot more than our base schedule. So the majority are flying 7- 10 days at a time with 12-15 hour workdays and usually very short layovers (often too short to get any where near 8 hours of sleep). So the workforce is actually literally exhausted and fatigued. Yet most of us seem to have found a way to ‘fake it’ and still do our jobs – maintain our safety duties and also remain courtious to the public. No raise in 5 years on top of a 30% pay cut. It’s tough, but I think we’re all hanging on for things to get a little better because though we may dislike the profession as it is today, we loved the profession before 9/11 and the chaos that followed for our industry.
Chris

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