Originally Posted by
lowerlobe
I don't think so Twiggs,your original post mentioned nothing of the sort,it did point out that you say you were only taxed 5% on your meal allowances and that would only inflame outsiders view of our pay and condidtions and now you try to redeem yourself with this beauty...
Quote from Twiggs "Most of the meal allowances cabin crew receive are tax free."
If you had read my original post with a little less rage, you may have realised that firstly, what I said was that only 5% of my allowances were taxable income, NOT I was only taxed 5% on my allowances
Secondly,that the part that you quoted was nothing new, I just deleted the next part which had the figures.
I do apologise to those who think it is damaging to do so.
As far as attacking Argus Moon by correcting his ignorance of the correct term (no I don't buy the typo excuse), I think that response was quite measured considering Argus Moon had just sent me an insulting personal message attacking my intelligence.
As far as damaging the cabin crew position, I feel I am defending it, by correcting statements about our conditions that are incorrect or exaggerated.
The sooner people like you realise how good we have it, the sooner we will be in a better position to retain jobs that have some resemblance of what they were in the past.
It has nothing to do with what anyone else thinks, the press, GD, the public.
No-one gives a toss about our position except us.
We have to be realistic.
With regard to allowances, I find it very frustrating when we have a formula for calculating allowances that is based on what time it is in the port we departed from.
I think it was back when EBA V was being negotiated, the company wanted to introduce "time of arrival into port" based calculations for allowances.
The union at the time decided to fight it because apparently the the company would save some money on allowances!
Never mind that when I arrive in London at 5am, the first allowance I receive in the northern winter is dinner! Then when I get back to Singapore I arrive at 6pm but I still get a lunch allowance from that day.
I think most people want to get an allowance that is reflective of the meal times they are experiencing at the local port, NOT what will end up giving them the most in the pocket at the end of the trip.
This mentality that we can't negotiate conditions that are of benefit to us and the company is totally warped and totally destuctive.