Old fella wrote:
Hard to understand(but I see your point). FA salary at this New AC Rouge is just terrible - nothing less, just plain horse shit. I mean a person(F/A) in a widebody aircraft heading to points in Europe and beyond commands less than 30K per year. One of my youngins is just entering the medical profession(ok a few letters after her name and a prefix Dr.) she will get nothing less that 150K per year as a start. There are a good many with Dr. before their name so no big effing deal believe me.
There is some responsibility on a B767 heading to the wide yonder as compared to GAP/Subway---- call centers jobs yet wages are the same........ just plain shit. Hope AC Rouge has difficulty getting people or better still their jobs as FA becomes a revolving door.
No need to curse at me, just trying to paint an accurate picture of the state of the industry. Air Canada isn't competing with Pan Am circa 1960 anymore, the air travel business has turned into a commodities business, the market (especially the segment Rouge is targeting) is driven by cost pressures. On Expedia, the lowest price wins, right?
It is designed to be a revolving door, and, according to the original poster a 3 year revolving door. The pilots carry the bulk of the burden of responsibility, and the real outrage (in my opinion of coarse) is the fact the there will be 767 FO's earning $48/hour at Rouge.
I'm glad your daughter will be starting at $150K, she deserves every penny of it as she's earned it.
Does anyone here know what Canjet's pay scales start at? How about Sunwing? Porter? Transat? JetBlue? Alliegent? How much do the guys loading bags for Swissport or Menzies earn? It seems that the low wages that Air Canada is paying to new ramp personal, check-in staff, and flight attendants are outrageous to some people, not because they feel they are below industry standard, but because it's Air Canada offering them.