Airlines Triple Pay For Pilots, Double For Flight Attendants Amid Widespread Cancellations

Various airlines are more than tripling pay for employees amid widespread flight cancellations.

As The Daily Wire previously reported, firms are canceling flights as they experience staff shortages due to the Omicron variant. JetBlue, for instance, nixed 1,280 flights between December 30 and January 13.

CNBC reported that United Airlines will significantly hike compensation for pilots who take extra trips:

United and the pilots union, the Air Line Pilots Association, reached an agreement for higher pay to cover open trips, Bryan Quigley, United’s senior vice president of flight operations said Friday in a staff note, which was seen by CNBC.

Pilots will be offered three-and-a-half times their pay for flying open trips between Dec. 30 and Jan. 3 and triple pay for picking up trips between Jan. 4 and Jan. 29, the note said.

Spirit Airlines is doubling pay for flight attendants, according to CNN Business  – READ MORE