hahahah (thannks for exclusion) the vast majority of flight attendants do it, cause we like the job and the flexibility. i don't think it is just the airline industry, its an overall, decline in services, in this country as well as the next generation. no personal responsibility anymore, life isn't perfect, sue someone, i jokingly say "its an airplane ticket, not a lotto ticket" hahahah when i receive good service now a days, its the exception to the rules,(although i think the airlines still provide much better onboard service in general, compared to customer service in other industries) and quite surprising, sorry about your bad experience, as you can tell, more and more dept. are completely sub contracted to third parties. i can only speak for the f/a's, we are still paid less than we were 20 years ago, not counting inflation, either. and work 20% more, for 25% less pay, and then when you figure lost pension, lost medical benefits, lost wages, lost respect, it really is at a tipping point. (its better than it was, but with 100's of millions in bonus going to management, its hard to swallow the cuts) i know there are people lined up to take our jobs, but the problem is "we" have put in our 20-30 plus years, and now that it is time to collect on the promises, its being yanked out from under us. and while AA is hiring, we are also experiencing the highest attritition rate ever, among our new hires. they are literally eligible for food stamps. my starting salary in '86 was 950.00 a month, and you only got expense money if you flew (i picked up trips when the cupboard was bare, airplane food was better than no food). still a great job, love to travel, NO cubicle 9-5 for me. lets hope with the merger of the reservation system, and the rest of the synergies, we can build a team, if you loose the support of the employees, you might as well close the doors, cause its only a matter of time. GLTA and safe travels
