This. Pay me my hourly rate at duty time. If i'm required to be at work, pay me for it.

We have FA's that make LESS than federal minimum wage when you calculate their duty hours for ready reserve + flying duty for the month. I don't know how this is not illegal. Pilots aren't much above that..

We should at least be paid federal minimum wage for every hour we are "required" to be on duty sitting at the airport + flight pay. I don't know how a crappy contract gets around the basic laws and rights of every other US citizen.