An airport should normally not be involved in establishing a minimum wage scale. On the other side it might be a clause in the rental agreement. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "David MR" <damiross3@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 4:04 PM Subject: Re: SFGate: Jet With Fuselage Hole Lands in Seattle > But is that a living wage? Shouldn't the airport make the employer pay > more to the person with a spouse and/or kids more than the person who > doesn't have a spouse or kids? > > People want to have low fares but in order to have low fares the airline > must reduce costs. Having an airport set a minimum wage doesn't help keep > costs down. > > David R > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "John W. Swiman" <Rinoflite@xxxxxxx> > >> As for what they call a living wage in Miami the Miami International >> Airport >> has a base hourly price of $11.23 for all people who are employed at the >> airport from people who are janitors, to skycaps, to those that work the >> ticket >> counter and the ramp. This also includes companies that do business with >> the >> airport or have concessions on the airport. >> >> Regards, >> John W. Swiman