FA’s don’t really get paid a “higher hourly rate”. In the US it’s been a sticking point for decades, especially at smaller airlines, that FA’s qualify pretty easily for food stamps or other public assistance. Also, what isn’t mentioned is that “door closed” doesn’t mean you get paid. The airlines have installed various systems that track when the aircraft actually pushes back and made that the start of the pay clock and not the closing of the door, so everyone can sit at the gate, closed up and ready to go, and not get paid while waiting out a gate hold for whatever reason. There’s lots of little gotchas the airlines make up to not get paid. Pilots IMO are mostly finally getting paid decently after decades of poor pay (again, especially at smaller airlines) but FA’s have been on instant top ramen wages for a long, long time even after years of working for a company.
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