Delta Airline has few hundreds jobs available, guess how many applied?

[Svnla]

Not a few hundreds, not a few thousands but....

http://www.ajc.com/business/delta-hiring-hundreds-85-683179.html

More than 85,000 people have applied for jobs (pay $1,746 a month during training) as Delta Air Lines flight attendants since the Atlanta carrier announced two months ago that it planned to hire.......The airline said in July, for example, that it expected about 65,000 people to apply for 1,000 openings for reservations and service agents it had at the time.

Hummm.... summer of recovery, eh? Hundreds of billions spent on the stimulus program, where are the good paying shovel ready jobs?

 

[Turin39789]

Where are you quoting that from? Because you seem to be missin some elipses. In the article when discussing pay they don't mention just the training pay, but also the full pay and working hours. Didn't see that exact text on there, maybe it was a summary before you clicked the full article?

Instead

The jobs pay $1,746 a month during training. At top scale with 12 years of seniority, Delta flight attendants make about $41,000 a year if they work an average of 75 hours a month, according to Laughlin.

So union jobs with lots of travel and good pay are in demand?

 

[ebaycj]

Where are you quoting that from? Because you seem to be missin some elipses. In the article when discussing pay they don't mention just the training pay, but also the full pay and working hours. Didn't see that exact text on there, maybe it was a summary before you clicked the full article?

Instead



So union jobs with lots of travel and good pay are in demand?

I can't imagine a place in the US that $41,000 is considered "Good Pay".

It's OK at best, unlivable at worst. Even in the boondocks.

 

[her209]

Wait, I thought unemployed Americans were lazy unemployment check collecting whores?

 

[Vette73]

I can't imagine a place in the US that $41,000 is considered "Good Pay".

It's OK at best, unlivable at worst. Even in the boondocks.

41k a year is above average pay in the US. No its not great in newyork city, DC, SF, etc... but those are very small parts of the complete US.

 

[ayabe]

I can't imagine a place in the US that $41,000 is considered "Good Pay".

It's OK at best, unlivable at worst. Even in the boondocks.

That's better than average and is almost better than the average household income which is I believe hovering around $50K.

Not unlivable by any means.

 

[dawp]

I can't imagine a place in the US that $41,000 is considered "Good Pay".

It's OK at best, unlivable at worst. Even in the boondocks.

well, considering that is based a 75 hrs a month, which is about half of what I work in a month, that does seem to be a fair wage to me. and I make about double that for a 40 hr work week.

 

[rudder]

I can't imagine a place in the US that $41,000 is considered "Good Pay".

It's OK at best, unlivable at worst. Even in the boondocks.

You can live comfortably in nashville on 41K. Plus as a flight attendant you can jumpseat down to Atlanta for work.

 

[rudder]

well, considering that is based a 75 hrs a month, which is about half of what I work in a month, that does seem to be a fair wage to me. and I make about double that for a 40 hr work week.

actually that 75 hours is from the time the plane closes its door to when it lands and opens its doors (some airlines vary on calculating time).. but they also get per diem, etc.

But there is a lot of work done outside those 75 hours. You usually show up an hour before the flight.... and a duty day that has 6 hours of flight time can last 12-14 hours. Then there is the crappy passengers to deal with. But for the most part it is an easy job and the pay is inline with knowledge requirements I suppose.

 

[BAMAVOO]

You can live comfortably in nashville on 41K. Plus as a flight attendant you can jumpseat down to Atlanta for work.

Really, do you? I live just outside of Nashville and there is no way you could live comfortably on 41k. Tell us how you do it.

 

[aldamon]

Really, do you? I live just outside of Nashville and there is no way you could live comfortably on 41k. Tell us how you do it.

I imagine the first step is not becoming house poor.

 

[CPA]

I can't imagine a place in the US that $41,000 is considered "Good Pay".

It's OK at best, unlivable at worst. Even in the boondocks.

Are you telling me that a single person making $41K plus benefits on 75 hours a MONTH can't live decently in this country? You must live in San Francisco or somewhere on the West Coast.

 

[Dekasa]

Want to point out that $41k is after 12 years of working there, so they weren't applying for $41k a year jobs, they were applying for closer $30k. And I think the point is that while many are saying, "Get off your lazy butts and get a job" that that's not an easy proposition. If 80 applicants for a single job is fairly average, that means it could be a long while before you manage to find something, regardless of how hard you work at it.

 

[DesiPower]

Wait, I thought unemployed Americans were lazy unemployment check collecting whores?

Those are still out there, but these are difficult times, a lot of actual hard working Americans who are not all those things you mentioned, are out of jobs too and are desperately looking for something.

 

[her209]

Those are still out there, but these are difficult times, a lot of actual hard working Americans who are not all those things you mentioned, are out of jobs too and are desperately looking for something.

Hey, I'm just paraphrasing what was said when the unemployment benefit extension was being debated.

 

[nonlnear]

Flight attendant postings at major airlines always get a flood of applications. This is not news.

 

[kitkat22]

I can't imagine a place in the US that $41,000 is considered "Good Pay".

It's OK at best, unlivable at worst. Even in the boondocks.

Seems pretty good to me. I'm living off of that here in Columbus, OH, in a decent 3BR/2.5BA house with 2.5 kids, and 2 cars. I have no credit card debt and one car is paid for and the other will be next year. I have an LCD 40" tv, 3 computers and frequently travel. I save up for stuff and can usually get it. I make sacrifices here and there. My cars are at least 5 years old and still look like new. I've got health benefits, retirement and other perks. I don't live like a king, but I'm pretty close.

Oh, and I'm 10min from downtown.

 

[Svnla]

Ok, people, read the article again.

41K is the top scale pay AFTER you have 12 years or more. You DO NOT get pay 41K right of the bat, $20,952 will be the starting pay.

My point is where are all the "shovel ready" jobs from hundreds of billion stimulus? People are desperate for jobs and there are A LOT of competion for a small number of jobs (not great paying) available.

 

[irishScott]

Seems pretty good to me. I'm living off of that here in Columbus, OH, in a decent 3BR/2.5BA house with 2.5 kids, and 2 cars. I have no credit card debt and one car is paid for and the other will be next year. I have an LCD 40" tv, 3 computers and frequently travel. I save up for stuff and can usually get it. I make sacrifices here and there. My cars are at least 5 years old and still look like new. I've got health benefits, retirement and other perks. I don't live like a king, but I'm pretty close.

Oh, and I'm 10min from downtown.

*gasping* There's nothing to do downtown!

 

[theeedude]

Ok, people, read the article again.

41K is the top scale pay AFTER you have 12 years or more. You DO NOT get pay 41K right of the bat, $20,952 will be the starting pay.

My point is where are all the "shovel ready" jobs from hundreds of billion stimulus? People are desperate for jobs and there are A LOT of competion for a small number of jobs (not great paying) available.

Ask the Republicans. NJ governor shut down 1000 shovel ready jobs with the tunnel cancellation.

 

[boomerang]

Ask the Republicans. NJ governor shut down 1000 shovel ready jobs with the tunnel cancellation.

Nice spin, made me laugh.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

maybe this country should just start a few more wars in iran and north korea to put a couple hundred thousand people to work

 

[Throckmorton]

Wait, I thought unemployed Americans were lazy unemployment check collecting whores?

I was thinking the same thing....

 

[Amused]

Can't think of Delta without this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpI7UzqqJAs

 

[JSt0rm]

41k is good pay? fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. God damn I love my work.