‘Should Flight Attendants Be Paid During Boarding?’ Question Sparks Debate in Thread
Over the weekend, travel blogger @OneMileataTime posed an interesting question on Twitter: "Should flight attendants be paid during boarding?" The implications of such a question sparked debates all over Twitter and Reddit. Many were dumbfounded by the fact that only paying flight attendants for the time they spend in the air is common practice in the United States.
Though most people agreed that flight attendants should be compensated for every hour they work, other interesting questions arose from the topic, like at what point should workers in general start being compensated for their time? Keep scrolling for hot takes and insightful perspectives from the thread.
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Wait, you mean they don't get paid for boarding?
@jazzcatte added, "frankly your job should pay you from the second you leave your front door to the second you return"—a hot take that not everyone agreed with.
@KeithMowz shared @jazzcatte's sentiment. "Hotter take, everyone should be paid for their commute times too; even if it's not an exact rate, either calculate based on how far they live from their jobs, or at least a flat half an hour for everyone, more if a large percentage have to commute further."
@bulldozer799 disagreed, arguing that requiring employers to pay for commute time would lead to abuse and disincentivize employers from hiring people who don't live close to the place of employment. "So I can move as far as away as possible from work to get a payrise? Different county? Different county? It'll never work."
@goretexsocks made a point that employers would just fire workers for moving farther away. -
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Is it an American problem?
@Peckham_Heights chimed in about how the system is a little bit different in the UK (big surprise). "I'm a flight attendant (or cabin crew as it's known as here in the U.K.). I get paid by the hour from the moment l arrive at the crew room till the moment I get back regardless of duty. What's this nonsense about not getting paid for boarding??"
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Some argued that the airline industry is just unsustainable
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Flight attendants aren't just sitting around twiddling their thumbs during boarding
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The tweet made its way over to Reddit
Reddit echoed much of what people were saying on Twitter, but because the tweet made it to good ol' r/antiwork, the comments were a bit spicier.
"Oh hell no" said u/rartedrandom, "I'd land that thing and leave it right in the middle of the runway. You ain't payin me to park then I ain't doin it."
Redditor u/No_Supermarket_6810 implied that flight attendants ought to go on strike. "It's amazing how quickly the whole system can come crumbling down (in any/all industries) if the workers assessed their worth and went on strike. As a teacher I feel the concept of unpaid work very deeply, so I do hope they can modify this practice somehow. Flight attendants also have an *especially* strong bargaining position as it is *very* expensive to train replacements.
Redditor u/DisownedWaffle1 explained how much worse it can get for flight attendants depending on the airline they work for. "My fiancée was a flight attendant for a few years and I just asked her and she said she only got paid 'door close to door open.' She was also required to spend up to 20 hours a week on-call, at the airport, unpaid." 20 unpaid hours a week? Sounds like an internship.
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