Breeze Airways is now hiring part-time flight attendants, and this is arguably the least controversial hiring practice we’ve seen from the airline.
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Looks like their business model is to really screw their employees at every possible opportunity.
Makes me wonder if that's how they will be treating their customers.
flight scheduling will make it impossible to have another job or goto school ...
"This might be a cool gig for someone who has wants to become a flight attendant, but doesn’t want to work full-time" yo man. I dont think anyone actually *wants* to *be a FA*. they want to travel the world, and not "part time"
Look at all these “experts” on here. I’m sure you’ve started 4 successful airlines too
Not uncommon in Europe to employ part-time/freelance flight attendants. I myself work as a freelance flight attendant for a central European airline while pursuing a physician career - which in situations as we give the airline all flexibility as well as enthusiastic still motivated staff.
I completely agree with these methods and have considered the same for years as a way of maintaining high quality crew instead of unpolished warm bodies just biding their time until contractual seniority and all its benefits come in. As a veteran FA, I am astounded by too many poorly recruited/retained FAs. I am even aware of a former stripper with severe personality defects at A major carrier.
JetBlue has part time flight attendants, and that program is seniority based and in great demand. However, you need to work full time for a year before you can apply for the part time. They need to be sure the attendants actually know the job.
Tough to say. A 5 hour per day duty rig is usual. No mention of health care, pay per hour, or other benefits. I can't imagine travel agreements with other airlines, and I'd expect exclusively turnaround flying in an effort to save money. How long employee excitement can be sustained with a setup like that I don't know.
The middle eastern airlines hire FA's for a set period of time. Its not a ending career position and a reason you don't find a out of shape bad attitude FA on many foreign carriers. The Union system delivers entitled foul US and Brit FA's. My opinion
Employees will have no benefits and no medical. Pilots will have little experience. Sounds like a very nice airline and Im sure you can't wait to fly them
What an abuse and exploitation of workers. How can anyone have a second job with this? It's not the McDonalds on the street corner two blocks away and then go to the Walmart 5 blocks away, it's going to an airport far away and then probably start working and coming home at ungodly hours. I hope this airline fails.
I think Mr. Neeleman is scared to death of bankruptcy. It may damage his reputation. He's not hiring full time flight attendants because they will not have any power within the Company. He doesn't have to pay benefits. They can't start a union. And the "pay scales" are toooo low - it will put more money into Neeleman's pockets.
The only people who would work there are the ones who are desperate for a job. And even they will quit for better opportunities when Covid is over and NORMAL airlines begin hiring.
Sounds like a win win for all. Opportunity to be an FA for those who likely wouldn’t have otherwise had a shot. Low costs for the company. This should also keep the angry old FA types that we have come to expect on US legacies out of the picture.
Serve some time, gain experience, then apply to a major with major benefits at a later date. Seems like a square deal to me.
All the folks throwing around the word “exploitation “ neglect to consider that there’s no man with a gun forcing anyone to apply for or accept these jobs.
Samuel I don’t see this as abuse or exploitation.
Some people may be very happy with steady part time work because it fits in with other aspects of their life. Not just other jobs but education or around a partners schedule and caring responsibilities.
What is an abuse of workers is where employers only offer limited hours part time work so they avoid the costs of benefits and so people need two or more jobs to make ends meet.
If one finds the conditions of employment onerous, then don't apply for a position.
If, for some reason, one objects to a company's employment or operating practices, fly with a different airline.
If they are hiring part-time FAs in the South East it probably means that region is not a priority instead of the contrary.
Don’t worry about the negative comments. You will see the same people looking for a cheap fair and they will fly Breeze. That’s because they are cheapskates... and don’t want to pay the higher fair on a major airline. All they can do well is make bad comments... GET A LIFE !!!
Go Breeze! Well thought out start up plan and a way to contain the costs ....and a
very unique opportunity for those who want to educated into the ways of the airline world.
This is brilliant. Only concern for them is how this will work on the crew scheduling side of things, especially if many of the part-time FA's commute from somewhere else in the Southeast besides the airport they'll originate from.
The cheapskate pilot salaries will last as long as there is a glut of pilots due to covid, and that may not last until Breeze starts up. Then Breeze will just be a way for pilots to build up hours while they look for a job, hope a GTF on a Breeze A220 doesn't blow up like the United 777 with an inexperienced pilot at the controls.
Great Idea.
I was a Former Full time Flight Attendant for about 7 years and my last post was a Purser in-charged of International Flight with 18 crew under me.
Job burned out, I choose to joined the Priate Jet company as a Flight Attendant for a Charter Flight as Full time.. later one of the owner took me as his Personal Flight Attendant in his Private Plane ( not for Charter ) that was full time..
Slowly, he travelled less and I end up Flying as a FA on the Private Plane as Part-time... which was great..because... I can plan around my personal life and other part time job easily.
However, the pay and perks have got to be reasonable.. example good pay, cash upon arrival at destinations... basic salaries, medical, dental etc... and a monthly basic salary ...