U.S. flight attendants threatening to strike over this old airline pay policy

High on the priority list for attendants is being paid for hours worked, not just when the aircraft is in motion.

Alaska Airlines flight attendant Rebecca Owens works 10 hours a day but only gets paid for half that time—a legacy of a common U.S. airline policy to pay cabin crew members only when planes are in motion. Owens, and thousands of cabin crew like her, wants that to change.