Compass Airlines Reviews

No buddy passes. Also, because of its relationship as a Connection carrier with Delta Airlines, free and reduced employee and parent travel is reserved and boarded at a lower priority than mainline Delta employees and retirees. This includes travel on our own airline. This can be and is a real burden on families with children or retired parents. In addition, though the Delta Connection airlines (of which there are five or six) operate around 50% of all Delta domestic service and get better scores than Delta mainine, they do not get bonuses or profit sharing from DL. Pay is average, a recent union contract got the flight attendants out of one of the lowest paid Flight Attendant tiers and up to industry standard and longevity raises for regionals. Career opportunities upward into management is limited, inflight service and training has been hired predominantly from outside the company. Needs more diversity in management and pilot hiring.

Pay for 1st year is $17.40 per flying hour. Let me explain what that means. You do not get paid while on duty. You only get paid when the airplane doors are shut. So for example let’s say your plane is having mechanical problems you are stuck at the airport for 6 hours. You are not getting paid for that time at all expect for $1.55 an hour per diem. So you can be at work in your uniform for up to 16 hours but only get paid for flight time which usually is about 3 to 5 hours a day. In addition there is no minimum pay required unlike main line airlines. What this means is if after 3 hours you are delayed the main line airline will start paying you your hourly wages. Regional airlines like Compass won’t. Plus they can keep you on duty for 16 hours. And only give 10 hours of rest time between trips. That 10 hours start from the when you get off the plane not at the hotel. Another example let’s say you are working a flight from LAX to PHX. That flight only pays 1 hour. But they have you on a 4 hour layover. You only get paid for that one hour. In addition because so many people can’t afford to live on this pay they quit plus the moral is taking its toll cause the ones that are left have to pick up those trips and you can’t drop a trip and they assign you whatever schedule they want and your stuck with it. So when they say you will get 75 hours a month that really means about 120 hours on duty but you only get paid 75 hours. Regional Airlines contracts are weak, unlike mainline contracts protect the flight attendant so there are minimums in place. Working for any regional airline is like working for Walmart. Also this is not a stepping stone job because you don’t need flight attendant experience to get a job as a flight attendant. You just need to fit the companies profile and image they are conveying. I hope this comes off as factual and not like I’m bashing Compass. I just didn’t know the difference when I accepted this job and I’ve since educated myself and realize this is why regionals can’t hang onto to employees. They loose on average 15 flight attendants a month. My advice keep on applying to main line airlines they respect employees rights and value them. No high turn over at main line airlines.