"Top hourly pay for some, not all Delta flight attendants"
AFA recently sent Delta flight attendants some information about Hawaiian’s pay scale, including noting that currently some steps of the scale are higher at Hawaiian and some are higher at Delta.
We don’t typically compare Delta and Hawaiian because its network and operations are substantially different from ours. However, AFA left a lot unsaid that is important to know, including:
- Currently, a Hawaiian flight attendant never reaches the Delta top-of-scale rate. Hawaiian’s top rate of $71.25 comes in at 25 years of service, compared to Delta’s top rate of $72.38 on the 13th year of service.
- It took AFA more than 3 years to negotiate this contract with Hawaiian.
- When the contract went into effect in 2020, Hawaiian flight attendants had not had a pay increase in 4 years (since 2016).
AFA also touts that Hawaiian flight attendants “know when and what raise they will get next year and the year after that.” Yes, Hawaiian flight attendants know that they will get a 2% pay increase in 2023 and another 2% in 2024 (just like they did in 2021 and 2022). After that, they will be in negotiations and will likely wait years until the next increase given the length of prior AFA negotiations. Delta, however, historically provides larger pay increases.
Finally, AFA says: “Don’t be surprised when [Delta] announces another raise for flight attendants,” claiming such announcement would be the result of AFA’s campaign. The real reason you shouldn’t be surprised when we announce a pay raise? Delta has already said repeatedly that there will be a pay increase in 2023, just like we have provided in 11 of the last 14 years. Delta is committed to leading the industry in total compensation including shared rewards and our unmatched profit sharing – don’t believe AFA’s claims otherwise.
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