You aren't gonna like this answer, but the fair wage is whatever level it takes to fill the seats.
Most of my airline-employee friends are part-timers in it for the flight benefits. They work a shift or two per week in addition to higher-paying career jobs. Careers that require education and allow them to own homes here in Los Angeles. Some of them have spouses with high-paying careers, and the flight benefits are the only real motivation. Homemakers who get to fly standby for free. My FA friends are in that category. Husbands with decent careers who like flying the family for next to nothing.
Some jobs allow a person to support a family. And other jobs are best for students or as second jobs. Res Agents at less than $10 don't look like family-supporting career positions.
There's a whole host of jobs that don't fit the bill as family-supporting career positions. Included in that list would be anything at a fast-food restaurant that isn't management. Anything at Wal-mart that isn't management. Millions of other similar jobs.
High school guidance counselors have said it for decades now: If you don't get an education, you may not be satisfied with your lifetime earnings potential.
h34r: That in a nut shell is the problem. They can fill the seats at 8.00 ph
