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solo@kbin.earth to Not The Onion@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

American Airlines is Issuing 'Poverty Verification Letters' For New-Hire Flight Attendants Because Their Wages Are So Low

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American Airlines is Issuing 'Poverty Verification Letters' For New-Hire Flight Attendants Because Their Wages Are So Low

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solo@kbin.earth to Not The Onion@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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American Airlines is reportedly issuing so-called ‘poverty verification letters’ for some new-hire flight attendants based in the most expensive metro areas in the United States, urging the recipients to help out the flight attendant because they are only set to warn little more than $27,000 per year before tax. The leaked letter is being provided…
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    Well flight attendants have the luxury of not having to live in a single place. I would live in some cheap country.

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        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.

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

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