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American Airlines is Issuing 'Poverty Verification Letters' For New-Hire Flight Attendants Because Their Wages Are So Low
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this post was submitted on 12 May 2024
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Well flight attendants have the luxury of not having to live in a single place. I would live in some cheap country.
Till you realize it will take you 2 days to fly back to your station.
Well you could also live in some Podunk in Atlanta.. Honestly I could see purchasing property in frequently traveled areas.. Even if you just have an RV in some lot.
Or maybe you should put pressure on a multimillion dollar company to pay their employees a living wage, rather than defend them while blaming the workers
Lol long term RV parking starts at about $700 a month. I am sure it is more expensive on the east coast. Pretty quickly you are paying about the same as renting a room. And if it is just sitting in an empty lot no way it will be in the same shape as when you left it. Plus why Atlanta, it is not the most dangerous city but it does rank in the bottom 1/3.
Atlanta is a huge Delta hub. With the RV thing I was saying that it could be kept in an employee lot at the airport. Then drive to some land.
You are just going to have to trust me on this. That isn't going to work. Airports are kind of picky about how they let employees park. Also there will be no American airlines flight attendants based out of Atlanta, so they won't be able to park employee parking. They will have to pay to park and I doubt that they would let you park an RV.
These flight attendants are literally being paid a poverty wage. Ain't no hustle and jive that's going to get around that.
You think flight attendants make enough for multiple homes in multiple property tax systems? Did you read the article?