starting pay

[worldPerk]

what's the average starting hourly rate + expected work hours for a new FA? the ATA post says $17.49/hr & 75 hrs/mo, about $1300/mo before taxes. do the "majors" pay more or offer more hours?

[Vickie]

CAL pays $18.60 pfh with a min. of 83 a month. That's @ $1500 a month before tax, insurance, uniform and union fees taken out. This is for the first year. I have also heard that CAL gives bonuses for ontime performances. I think United, AA, and Delta pay a litte more. Not sure how much though.

[worldPerk]

thanks Vickie! not enough at this stage but when I'm ready to quit the corporate rat race after paying down the cards at least I know what to expect.

[PArefugee]

I work for dal and like everybody else you make very little for first 3 years and then it gets alot better. Here's a suggestion find out what language they need bite the bullit pay Berlitz $2500 and learn that language and your dues paying 3 years will be %100 better. I recently met brand new FA who had done only 2 domestic trips in 6 months. He was doubly blessed to speak Italian and German. His biggest problem was resentment from his flat mates over his great flying images/icons/cool.gif

[Celestina]

US Airways starts you out at $20 an hour with $2 for per diem. Also, you can have the option of working up to 85,95,or 105 hours a month (flight time that is). You get a minimum guarantee of 71 hours. I hope that helps.

[Delayed]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Verdana ">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Celestina:
US Airways starts you out at $20 an hour with $2 for per diem. Also, you can have the option of working up to 85,95,or 105 hours a month (flight time that is). You get a minimum guarantee of 71 hours. I hope that helps.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Just cuirous...At US Airways, do the pay scales go up every year? It was somewhat hard for me to firgure out if they did based upon their website.

[Celestina]

This is US Airways' payscale:
year/amount
1 = 20
2 = 21.15
3 = 22.50
4 = 23.13
5 = 26.22
6 = 34.49
7 = 36.34
8 = 37.24
9 = 38.46
10 = 39.68
11 = 40.56
12 = 41.51
13 = 42.42
14+years = 43.07