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.

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