Originally Posted by
at6d
My spouse is a 26 year FA at WN. She says the same thing. She was a 200TFP/month flyer for a long time. She says the same thing—many senior to her just do recurrent and give everything away. The FA gig (especially for the senior ones) at SWA seems to be the best pay and QOL in the industry.
I understand why they do it, free medical care for them and the family, travel benefits, vacation pay….but every one of those folks is probably costing the company over 100k per person per year.
It seems like the first thing a labor board member, or member of congress forcing a contract would throw out. It’s not a hill I would choose to die on, but maybe they are just trying to get the company to give them something juicy in return.
The safety aspect of very aged FA is a little concerning though. Probably a topic for a different thread though.