
American Airlines gives flight attendants extra pay during holiday season
LAS VEGAS (KLAS)– American Airways is offering flight attendants a bonus in an effort to reduce yet another operational meltdown all through the getaway time.
According to an internal memo, that was shared with 8 News Now, American flight attendants who perform among Nov. 23 to Nov. 29 and Dec. 22 to Jan 2. will get a 150% high quality.
For personnel, who have no absences among Nov. 15th and Jan. 2nd will get a 300% premium for the vacation hrs they get the job done.
“To be certain we’re offering certainty for both equally our customers and crew members, we’re doubling down on our initiatives related to our plan and staffing,” COO David Seymour claimed in a staff members notice on Friday. “On the schedule front, we’ve ensured that November and December are built to satisfy client desire and that they are entirely supportable by our staffing.”

The just one-time high quality for peak getaway vacation periods is remaining available to aid American Airways fulfill the anticipated shopper demand from customers.
“We are welcoming again a lot of workforce members and aggressively onboarding several new hires as very well,” Seymour stated. “Approximately 1,800 flight attendants have returned from leaves in Nov. and that’ll continue in
Dec. with 800 far more.”
American adds that the airline anticipates 4,000 new team members will be becoming a member of the enterprise in the fourth quarter and that they will have far more than 600 new flight attendants sign up for the crew by the finish of Dec.
This comes as the airline is nonetheless trying to switch furloughed flight attendants during the pandemic.