American Airlines is Issuing 'Poverty Verification Letters' For New-Hire Flight Attendants Because Their Wages Are So Low - eviltoast
  • buzz86us@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Well flight attendants have the luxury of not having to live in a single place. I would live in some cheap country.

      • buzz86us@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        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.

        • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          6 months ago

          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

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          6 months ago

          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.

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            6 months ago

            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.

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              6 months ago

              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.

    • Glytch@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      You think flight attendants make enough for multiple homes in multiple property tax systems? Did you read the article?