Originally Posted by flyprdu

That's the difference between a paid and unpaid meal break. Again, that sounds extremely reasonable. Since the FAs are not free to leave, it is considered a "paid" lunch.

Now there is a new court decision that has added 1 hour premium pay per workday for employees who does not feel free to leave.

https://www.natlawreview.com/article...g-meal-periods

And there it is. They are threatening to close bases and throw lives into chaos over 1 hour of pay for us.