Timeline for Can an airline lay off its flight attendants and use pilots to fill the role?
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| Oct 6, 2020 at 8:11 | comment | added | Criggie | And the risk of permanently annoying the flight attendants who would also prefer to continue with paid employment. | |
| Aug 5, 2020 at 6:26 | vote | accept | vasin1987 | ||
| Jul 21, 2020 at 22:46 | comment | added | quiet flyer | The solution to the dual problem of soothing the bruised egos of pilots converted to flight attendants, and the issue of their possible lack of experience in getting cooperation out of unruly passengers, is to arm these people with really big guns, openly carried. And cowboy hats. And cattle prods. | |
| Jul 19, 2020 at 23:51 | comment | added | Michael Hall | @FreeMan, true enough, but lay off is still a better term than fire in this context. | |
| Jul 19, 2020 at 22:02 | answer | added | Daniele Procida | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 19, 2020 at 14:42 | comment | added | FreeMan | On the bright side, if this happens, there won't be any panicked announcements in the cabin, "Does anyone here have any flight experience?" ;) | |
| Jul 19, 2020 at 14:40 | comment | added | FreeMan | @MichaelHall "firing", "furlough", "laid off", "reduction in force"... doesn't matter what you call it, people still end up without income. Sure, they may get some severance pay, but it won't last forever. | |
| Jul 19, 2020 at 12:01 | history | edited | AEhere supports Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 18, 2020 at 19:00 | answer | added | John K | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 16:55 | answer | added | Robert DiGiovanni | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 15:47 | history | edited | Michael Hall | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 18, 2020 at 15:45 | comment | added | Michael Hall | As an aside, "firing" an employee is generally for cause, i.e. they did something wrong, and it carries a negative connotation. | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 15:19 | comment | added | Manu H | I think there are requirements to be flight attendant that pilots don't meet (because it is not their job). I'm thinking of handling hardly-controllable passengers (whatever the cause (medical, alcohol, hooligan,...)), everything related to first aid in flight (remember that historically flight attendant were nurses), and I may miss lots of aspects (I'm not a steward, I don't know much about this job). | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 15:13 | history | edited | Manu H | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 18, 2020 at 15:07 | answer | added | Michael Hall | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 11:51 | comment | added | vasin1987 | I agree to your understanding. I read it as two pilots are in front and other off duty pilot (maybe four for a 737) work as flight attendants. | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 11:49 | comment | added | Bianfable | @GdD If I understand the linked article correctly, the pilots will still be working as pilots on some flights, but as flight attendants on other flights because they currently have more pilots than they need. If your options are doing that or quit / being fired in the current situation, I guess most pilots would do it and be happy they still have a job. | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 9:42 | comment | added | GdD | I think most pilots wouldn't work as flight attendants regardless of airline's wishes. | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 8:42 | history | asked | vasin1987 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |