It's industry standard for flight attendants' pay to be based on the time from wheels up to wheels down, although most airlines also provide some compensation for the time flight attendants spend at airports before and after flights. WestJet does not, and it's become a sticking point with flight attendants as minimum wages rise across the country. - WestJet flight attendant CBC News spoke with two flight attendants who each have more than 10 years' experience with WestJet. (Darren Bernhardt/CBC)So far, the labour department has not received any formal complaints from WestJet flight attendants. "That's a possibility and something we're exploring," said David Fleming, a CUPE representative who has been working for about a year to unionize WestJet flight attendants.

Source: CBC News March 16, 2018 08:00 UTC