Originally Posted by
interceptorpilo
I think I already explained your points 2 and 3. On point 1. You would use median because a stage length of LAX to SYD for one crew of flight attendants throws off the average when most flight attendants are doing 4 or 5 legs a a day on short flights. You are trying to capture what the average day is like not get an average for the number of miles flown. If you could tell me the average number of legs flown by a flight attendant in a day or a bid period then that would capture what boarding pay is really doing for flight attendants.
Adding to my point number 2 -
Looking back at the past 15-20 years flight attendants generally received annual raises in the first semester of the year. Anywhere between January 1st to June 1st. It wasn't until a couple of years ago that the "annual review" was postponed by the company to later in the year and thus the annual raises were moved to the Fall. So one year we waited longer than 12 months for such annual raise whereas pilots continued to receive annual raises on January 1st. You can keep saying that we got 1 additional raise in 2019 but it just isn't the case and looking back 15-20 years and comparing the annual raises you can just see that the November annual raise received by flight attendants just catches us back up with the annual raise received by pilots...you just receive your annual raise months before we do because yours is contractual and ours is based on the goodwill of the company.
Also, most flight attendants aren't doing 4-5 legs per day. There's 0 trips build with 5 legs in a duty day. Even 4 legs per duty day is rare to see. The average systemwide legs per duty period is around 2.20-2.40 with Atlanta having the highest around 2.50 legs per duty period. In Atlanta for example, International trips and regular turns (1-day trips) make up a majority of all block hours. 99% of these trips are 1-2 legs per duty period.