Given that we live in a world now, you may be asked by the payment screen that you want to be on Self-checking boothit may not be surprising that there is a problem with remuneration in a cabin of airplanes.
In fact, the tip tip on board did surprise passengers at first-time border airlines Shared experiences on Reddit A few weeks ago.
According to the post, Frontier does not provide free drinks or snacks during the flight, so the user effect Viverole7325 purchased these items using a credit card.
“When I ran the card, it asked me to choose the tip amount,” Redditor wrote. “Actually, I freeze and clicked on one, but then (still) I was angry.”
Border Airlines tip policy
Frontier has been tipping individual flight attendants for passengers who have provided flight snacks since 2019.
When you use your credit card to buy something on a border flight (airline Don’t accept Sky Cash), crew payment tablet you will display a prompt that provides the option to add 15%, 20% or 25% remuneration According to CBS News. Also, you can enter “Custom tip” or select “I don’t want to leave a tip”.
However, because the flight attendant is standing there, you may feel obliged to leave a tip even if you don’t want to. This is what happens to Reddit posters in this case, prompting Another user wants to comment“You just explained why it doesn’t go away. … You didn’t push back, you didn’t refuse, you didn’t avoid buying and told Frontier. You actually proved the model was successful.”
Regulations of other airlines on tip flight attendants
In this regard, other major airlines have not followed Frontier’s leadership. In fact, most operators, including American Airlines, Delta Airlines and United Airlines, Flyers are not allowed to accept prompts From passengers, although many policies allow for small amounts of thanks like candy.
Several airlines also provide flight attendant boards for those credit cards that convince passengers to register The crew is always in the Eagle When you try to take a nap, above the PA system.
From time to time you may hear telling customers to bribe them by flying extra cash Other cocktails or Seat upgradebut these strategies violate airline regulations.
According to records, the CWA Association of Flight Waiters Association is a union of more than 50,000 flight attendants representing 20 airlines. Opposes tilting in the airplane cabinalso. Alliance Chairman Sara Nelson noted in a statement responding to Frontier’s remuneration changes that the flight attendant “has been certified for our safety, health and safety work” rather than for our service role.
“Safety is not variable, so the basic compensation for safe work cannot be changed,” Nelson said.
According to the union’s statement, airlines should not rely on passengers to compensate the pilots, but should “intensify their efforts and pay the airline’s first responders that recognize their critical safety role on the ship.”
Nature, border spokesperson On-board tip options have been described As a way to “appreciate the excellent work of our pilots.” But obviously, you have to express this extra appreciation in a monetary way, because the company would rather not do it.
according to US News and World Reportthe median salary of the stewardess in 2023 is $68,370, with 25% of the best income paying about $87,000, and a minimum salary of 25% earning less than $50,000.
Prepare for shocking people: According to aviation blogs and online forums, border stewardess tend to be on the lower end of paid scales.
American Airlines It is reportedly provided to those workers Starting salary of $35.82 per hour (can go up to $82.24 after working for more than a decade), Border stewardess It is said that Nearly the first year of earning $26 per hour, it reached $67 per hour after 19 years.
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