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Getting paid next to nothing!!
Look at whats going on around you ..
Check In Agent...JQ/DJ..
Take all of 30mins to train in basic check -in, $18-$22 per hour on a loaded rate ..not bad..what is the comparison..hospitality,what do they get?? Travel Agent ..what do they get?? Requires just about the same skills,check out at Woolies,I bet they dont get anywhere near that..
Look at whats going on around you ..
Check In Agent...JQ/DJ..
Take all of 30mins to train in basic check -in, $18-$22 per hour on a loaded rate ..not bad..what is the comparison..hospitality,what do they get?? Travel Agent ..what do they get?? Requires just about the same skills,check out at Woolies,I bet they dont get anywhere near that..
Last edited by clearone; 27th Jan 2010 at 20:16.
Lets just get a few things clear.
1. Check-in staff take at bare minimum 4 days to train, this may well be death by power-point, but going through the systems, rules etc. and safety procedures takes time. Admittedly yes you could learn the computer program in 30 minutes, but it's not that easy, otherwise it would be even cheaper.
2. The pay. You can compare anything really - but to be honest my girlfriend earns more at a shoe store, and she certainly doesn't have to go to the expense of renewing an ASIC, training etc. Anyway you look at it though you can't tell me between $18-22 hour is good when you only do an absolute maximum of 38 hours per week? Some people do these jobs because in the GFC they have become redundant in other fields of Aviation like myself, and when QF and JQ and even DJ direct staff get paid almost double what I'm on, yes it is a little hard to understand. Which brings me to 3.
3. Money. If the bean counters see that they're saving $30 on a turn, they are going to hire the competitor. Pure and simple.
1. Check-in staff take at bare minimum 4 days to train, this may well be death by power-point, but going through the systems, rules etc. and safety procedures takes time. Admittedly yes you could learn the computer program in 30 minutes, but it's not that easy, otherwise it would be even cheaper.
2. The pay. You can compare anything really - but to be honest my girlfriend earns more at a shoe store, and she certainly doesn't have to go to the expense of renewing an ASIC, training etc. Anyway you look at it though you can't tell me between $18-22 hour is good when you only do an absolute maximum of 38 hours per week? Some people do these jobs because in the GFC they have become redundant in other fields of Aviation like myself, and when QF and JQ and even DJ direct staff get paid almost double what I'm on, yes it is a little hard to understand. Which brings me to 3.
3. Money. If the bean counters see that they're saving $30 on a turn, they are going to hire the competitor. Pure and simple.
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I reckon your Girlfriend is on a casual rate,also does she get a Uniform supplied?
$18.00 to $22.00 with S/L and A/L ,add approx 20 to 25% % on that for casual.
Well we could go back to the good ole days ,Check-In,Ramp Etc gets $100k per year with no or little productivity,air travel unaffordable for most of the masses, then everyone would be happy.Except when you want to take your family on a holiday ,cant afford an air ticket..wow..lets take a bus or train!!
Air Transportation today..
Move massive amount of mass from A-B the cheapest, safe and quickest way!
$18.00 to $22.00 with S/L and A/L ,add approx 20 to 25% % on that for casual.
Well we could go back to the good ole days ,Check-In,Ramp Etc gets $100k per year with no or little productivity,air travel unaffordable for most of the masses, then everyone would be happy.Except when you want to take your family on a holiday ,cant afford an air ticket..wow..lets take a bus or train!!
Air Transportation today..
Move massive amount of mass from A-B the cheapest, safe and quickest way!
We're both on casual rates, but she doesn't get uniform. Didn't mean to get on the backfoot, but in good old YBCS we run our arse off and for the most part the aircraft have quick turns and OTP is ok. I can't speak for other bases, but the new design of the airport couldn't be more rubbish. I know workers shouldn't blame their tools, but when it takes passengers 5 minutes to walk from the gate to the aircraft you begin to wonder what they were thinking....
