The Flight Attendants Fix Kit

Built for flight attendants.

Flight attendant pay is built from pieces: credit hours, per diem by the hour away from base, premiums, reserve guarantees and, at some airlines, boarding pay. Every piece is calculated by a system you don't see, from a schedule that changes after you bid it. The leak is not trusting your own logbook. This kit puts your trip records next to your pay stub, one piece at a time.

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The 7 leaks it covers

1 you can close it · 5 the other side owes it · 1 a pro decides

• Pay stub never checked against your own trip logWhere to look first: Keep your own log for every trip: report time, block out, block in, release, deadheads, reassignments.Keep it from coming back: Log every trip the day it ends, not when the stub comes.
  The other side owes it
• Per diem paid on fewer hours than you were away from baseWhere to look first: Per diem is usually figured on time away from base (TAFB): from report time to release. Check your contract for the exact start and stop.Keep it from coming back: Write report and release times in your log every trip.
  The other side owes it
• Boarding time unpaid, or paid but missing from the stubWhere to look first: Find out whether your contract pays for boarding time. Delta began paying flight attendants during boarding in 2022 (VERIFIED: Fortune, April 2022). Other contracts differ.Keep it from coming back: Spot-check boarding pay on one trip every month.
  The other side owes it
• Reserve months paid below the minimum guaranteeWhere to look first: Find your reserve minimum guarantee in your contract.Keep it from coming back: Total reserve credit on the last day of every reserve month.
  The other side owes it
• FMLA turned down because of an hours count that doesn't fit flight crewWhere to look first: Flight crew have their own FMLA hours test.Keep it from coming back: Keep a running 12-month total of worked and paid hours.
  The other side owes it
• Per diem above the federal rate taxed by surpriseWhere to look first: Look at your W-2 for per diem amounts. Per diem is generally excluded from income only up to the federal per diem rates; amounts above that on overnight trips are taxable (VERIFIED: ALPA tax guide).Keep it from coming back: File the per diem statement with your trip log each month.
  A pro decides
• Uniform, luggage and crash-pad costs paid out of pocket with no reimbursementWhere to look first: List what you paid for out of pocket last year: uniform pieces, alterations, luggage, shoes, crash pad, commuting.Keep it from coming back: Submit receipts the month you buy, not at year end.
  You can close it

Free: one full leak from this kit

No sign-up, no email. Here is leak 1 of 7 exactly as it appears in the kit, so you can see what you get before you buy.

Message to crew pay:


Trip [NUMBER] on [DATES]: my log shows [CREDIT HOURS / PREMIUMS], my stub for [PERIOD] shows [WHAT IT SHOWS]. Please review and correct. Log attached.
[NAME], [EMPLOYEE #], [BASE]

That's 1 of 7. The other 6 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.

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What people in this work look up

When flight attendants go looking for answers, they search things like “flight attendant per diem”, “flight attendant tax deductions”, “flight attendant pay” and “flight attendant reserve pay”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 7 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.

What you get for each leak

• Numbered steps to close each leak
• Your part, spelled out
• Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
• A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
• An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you

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Questions people ask

What it can't decide for you

This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.

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Next step

• Run your free LeakReceipts check — it reads your own receipts and records and shows where money is leaking out, line by line.
• TrueNET — the whole-picture money truth: what you actually keep after every cost, across everything you earn and spend.

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