Originally Posted by
Kirks gusset
Above average salaries ( some even swing tax free)
Cheap staff travel
Free Food and water
4/5 star Hotels
High level of respect from customers
Much envied position/ glamour perceived
Free clothing
As you are from Dublin, you are surely aware that the points above mentioned as perks in a based large airline do not exist... Let us go through the list:
- Above average salaries - A London Tube driver earns a higher basic salary, as do many bus drivers, teachers, doctors, we can go on for a long time in this list;
- Cheap staff travel - non existent for many staff, and for those with access to it looking into recent flights revealed full fare price sometimes work out cheaper;
- Free food and water - only water provided due latest EU security reglations preventing crew to bring their own, food has never been "on the house" and must be taken at cost from a crew members' home or purchased at a airport prices;
- 4/5 star hotels - no night stops, but if operating out of base, your travel and accommodation requirements are yours for being rostered to do so, in your own time travel there and stay at what you want to pay for (or can find);
- High levels of respect from customers - let's not even start there, the incidents and comments heard on a daily basis would will a blog in itself;
- Much envied position/ glamour percieved - So much envied that most are looking for that opportunity to fly elsewhere, company requires more crew to be trained to replace them when they are successful, whilst growing at a rate which already demands sensational training levels required to achieve so;
- Free clothing - the uniform is paid for by staff out of their own pocket, a privileged link to a selected uniform provider who can provide all elements of the required uniform is given, but they charge 25-50% more then other providers.
Please review your understanding of many crew in modern days as not all have any of the privileges you mention, in fact none. When you can come to that conclusion, then look at those crews and see what other stresses lay hidden underneath that ironed uniform worn by these young men and women in front of new shiny jets.