Topped out Aircraft Mechanic for the Largest airline in the World

[jetmechjer]

:down: After more than 20 years with the the largest ariline in the freeworld I am in the lower 25% of pay. Despite the fact that I am a topped out aircraft technician for this the largest airline in the world. Thanks mostly to Jimmy do Little, who by the way has recieved at least 8% pay raise every year since we gave concessions totalling approximately 35% of our pay!!! Also thanks to AA and thier missmanagement who wants to be like SouthWest airlines but surely will not pay me the $38 dollars and hour with thousands of dollars of stock options each year that a real airline is willing to pay an experienced aircraft technician. AA has not kept one promise that they have made to me in 20 years.........except my pension and I am sure that it is only time before Jimmy Do Little gives that away in some under the table deal!!!
PULL TOGATHER WIN TOGATHER!!!
WE PULL THEY WIN!!!

http://aolsvc.salary.aol.com/careersandwor...8&fterangecode=

 

[TWU informer]

But wait!

That chart did not count your $25 AIP Bonus pay.

 

[AMFAMAN]

Pretty sad, didn't even make the low end, ket alone the median level.

But this was funny.

Time off. Companies offer paid time off in the form of vacations, holidays, personal leave, and sick days. Typically, employees receive two to four weeks of vacation plus 10 to 12 holidays yearly. Companies also grant between one and four personal days, while sick days can vary from five to 15 days a year. Some companies have written policies that include paid time off for election, bereavement leave, military service, and jury duty.

 

[TWU informer]

Pretty sad, didn't even make the low end, ket alone the median level.

But this was funny.

Time off. Companies offer paid time off in the form of vacations, holidays, personal leave, and sick days. Typically, employees receive two to four weeks of vacation plus 10 to 12 holidays yearly. Companies also grant between one and four personal days, while sick days can vary from five to 15 days a year. Some companies have written policies that include paid time off for election, bereavement leave, military service, and jury duty.

And that is a simple reminder of why the AMFA drive started to begin with. It never was about Bankruptcy or Not, it never was about headcount reductions and lay-offs, it never was about strikes and work stoppages.

It was about the profession and that the TWU clearly SUCKS!

 

[PRINCESS KIDAGAKASH]

A sincere letter from AA's CEO.

Dear jetmechjer,

I know you're mad that your pay sucks, but I have suffered too in these hard times. The $10,000,000 in stock options I have received since 2004 just wasn't enough for me to make ends meet either. The Carribean island I was going to buy will just have to wait till later. I was going to trade my Ferrari for a new Aston Martin but my compensation just won't allow it at this time. So, you see jetmechjer,I have sacrificed just like you have. ALL of us executives have felt your pain and it hurts us to see you suffer like we have. Our prayers and thoughts are with you as we know how much you sacrificed to help AA out in our time of need.

Huggs and Kisses, Gerard Arpey

 

[Bob Owens]

That graph should be printed out and posted in every readyroom in the country.

 

[Bagbelt]

:down: After more than 20 years with the the largest ariline in the freeworld I am in the lower 25% of pay. Despite the fact that I am a topped out aircraft technician for this the largest airline in the world. Thanks mostly to Jimmy do Little, who by the way has recieved at least 8% pay raise every year since we gave concessions totalling approximately 35% of our pay!!! Also thanks to AA and thier missmanagement who wants to be like SouthWest airlines but surely will not pay me the $38 dollars and hour with thousands of dollars of stock options each year that a real airline is willing to pay an experienced aircraft technician. AA has not kept one promise that they have made to me in 20 years.........except my pension and I am sure that it is only time before Jimmy Do Little gives that away in some under the table deal!!!
PULL TOGATHER WIN TOGATHER!!!
WE PULL THEY WIN!!!

http://aolsvc.salary.aol.com/careersandwor...8&fterangecode=

Don't worry, that "real" airline will catch up. It's pattern bargining in reverse.

 

[Oneflyer]

More ignorance.

Your pension and healthcare easily make up an extra $15k, considering under the benefits tab they are only listed as around $2k.

 

[AMFAMAN]

More ignorance.

Your pension and healthcare easily make up an extra $15k, considering under the benefits tab they are only listed as around $2k.

That's great news, I didn't know I was getting Aprey's plan.

FYI..according to jetnet, my total value including pension, benefits, travel, etc., etc., etc., isstill less than $70k for year end 2004(2005 is not out yet) or about $7k more than my earnings, but go ahead and forward me the other $8k, we'll just call it a bonus. That $70k total package doesn't even put me on the chart with benefits listed. :down:

 

[Bob Owens]

More ignorance.

Well at least you warned us before you posted this time.

If you look at the chart those figures were for Salary only,if you click on the benifits tab you can see that total compensation was $96,359.

So if our "total Value" package is worth as much as $70K that puts us at $26k from the top.

If working for the number one airlines gets you 26k less then why try to be Number One? May as well work like you are paid.

 

[DalMD88]

Airline management will not be satified until all of the quality mechanics are chased away from this line of work. The executives can't stand to see a mechanic working an odd shift with crappy off days make a middle class wage.

 

[ICEMAN]

I am confused by this survey. In Roanoke, Texas the median yearly
salary is reported as 70,302. When I typed in Kansas City, Mo. and the
median annual salary reported was 70,865. In Tulsa the median salary
reported for a jet mechanic is 68, 423. In Roanoke (which covers AFW) and
Kansas City the majority of jet mechanics employed in the area are probably
AA employees. In Tulsa, AA probably employes upwards of 90 percent of
jet mechanics in the area. It stands to reason that the median salary
(the midpoint of all salaries paid to jet mechanics) is probably paid to
an AA mechanic. It seems to me that you are comparing your salary with
the salary data supplied by AA in this survey.

 

[AMFAMAN]

It seems to me that you are comparing your salary with
the salary data supplied by AA in this survey.

Maybe AA gave them their management salaries, certainly not the real workers salaries.

 

[TWU informer]

Airline management will not be satified until all of the quality mechanics are chased away from this line of work. The executives can't stand to see a mechanic working an odd shift with crappy off days make a middle class wage.

I am not sure that only includes Airline management.

The Transport Workers Union of America have had their hands in the AMT cookie jar as well.

 

[eolesen]

The data in CareerBlunder is obviously skewed somehow.

When I plugged in Duluth, MN, which is home to the now-shuttered AMFA/NWA base, and a few cities where I know outsource vendors are located, I got the following results:

Roanoke, TX	  $62,620  $70,302  $75,462  
Duluth, MN	   $62,550  $70,223  $75,378  
Greensboro, NC   $61,925  $69,522  $74,625  
Mobile, AL	   $59,395  $66,681  $71,576  
Lake Charles,LA  $60,845  $68,309  $73,323  
Abilene, TX	  $58,461  $65,633  $70,451

Do the folks working at MRO's in Mobile, Greensboro and Lake Charles really only make $3-4K less per year than a union mechanic at AA?

How 'bout the Eagle overhaul employees in Abilene?

I seriously doubt it, and having previously looked at salary comparisons with CareerBlunder before, there's no way I'd even consider using it as a benchmark for figuring out what to ask for when on an interview...