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[–] [email protected] 56 points 11 months ago (6 children)

School bus companies do this too. They only pay for driving the route, not the time at the yard pre-tripping and getting ready, not the drive to the route, and not the drive back from the route. Just the route.

It’s fucking bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (3 children)

From what I understand, flight attendants as well. They don't get paid until the door closes and stop getting paid when it opens.

[–] experbia 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I wonder if Alaska made an attempt to claim the attendants on flight 1282 stopped working once the plug door blew and were therefore ineligible for pay lmao

On the one hand, that seems so stupid to even conceive of that it's clearly a joke. On the other hand, you know some penny pincher MBA in Alaska's corporate office thought about it seriously for at least a moment or two.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

At Alaska Airlines? There was absolutely a guy thinking about that, and it wouldn't surprise me if it was the CEO. The current CEO was the CFO who failed to properly fund maintenance costs and killed over a hundred passengers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Coincidentally, I just watched the John Oliver segment on Boeing recently, and after that, I honestly would not be surprised.

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