Oman

ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

On the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment, the core question is whether Delta’s Work Rules violate California’s minimum wage requirements. Given the complexities of scheduling and paying Flight Attendants, Delta has developed formulas for determining Flight Attendant pay. Thosé- formulas (“Work Rules”) are fully disclosed to Flight Attendants and form the basis for the minimum promised pay included in each Bid Packet for each Rotation that a Flight Attendant might want to work. Even where flights are delayed or rescheduled, a Flight Attendant will receive the 'minimum pay promised in the Bid Packet and the highest pay produced by applying each of the four Work Rules to the Rotation actually worked by the Flight Attendant. As explained in more depth below, I find that Delta’s Flight Attendants are compensated for all hours worked in California at an amount exceeding the minimum wage.

There is no dispute — even when considering all hours a Flight Attendant was on Duty within each Rotation — that the Flight Attendants always received at least the California minimum wage rate for each hour within that Duty period. That' Delta does…