Originally Posted by
mike734
The real reason FAs get holiday pay is because twenty years ago they adopted the Southwest contract. The have kept it because of sick time use and they have not bargained it away yet.
Yes, mostly correct but the year was ‘93, 25 years ago. CEO Ray Vecci settled F/A contract negotiations by agreeing to a deal that adopted SW contract which included double time for holiday pay. For better or worse they lost crew meals, migrated to ‘trip’ (formerly hourly) pay, sick leave point system and ability to work above 85 hour cap with no upper limit.