Delta Air LinesIt will pay flight attendants at boarding. This is a first in the United States for any major airline, and it comes as part of a labor drive to unionize its largest work group.

Most flight attendants get paid when the boarding doors open.

Delta plans to start the boarding pay, half of flight attendants’ hourly rates, on June 2, according to a company memo. Delta is increasing the time it takes to board narrow-body planes to 40 minutes, up from 35. According to a memo by the company, this is one of many steps they are taking to improve resilience in their operation.

As a result, the pay increases were made public. union campaignThe Association of Flight Attendants, which was established in late 2019, is gaining momentum again because of the pandemic crisis for airlines.

Delta has more than 20,000 flight attendants, but they aren’t unionized like other U.S. carriers.

AFA released a statement saying that management was becoming more nervous as we near the deadline for filing for our union ballot. It is home to the nation’s largest union of flight attendants, and represents cabin crews. United, Spirit, Hawaiian, Alaska FrontierYou can also find other useful information at

“In this case, they also know that changing domestic boarding time from 35 to 40 minutes without adding a benefit would create an uproar — just as the ‘test’ in Atlanta did back in October,” the AFA said.

You will be charged a boarding fee in addition to the regular rate. 4% raisesDelta announces in March that employees will receive their first annual raise since 2019.