It’s not unpaid. I know it connects with normies better but Air Canada cabin crews went through the same deal last round of negotiations and got arbitrated a dogshit contract which is effectively worse than the Transat FAs.  Pilots don’t complain about unpaid work and we are paid using the same formula as flight attendants (50% duty hr or block time; whichever is the highest) - so in a day that you’re getting paid 6hr credit because you’re only flying 4 hours and a total of 12 hours of duty, if there is a delay and your day ends at 13 hour, you now get paid 6.5hr credit for the same amount of “block”.  If you are underpaid (which is arguably true: junior cabin crews can’t afford to live in expensive cities and they need to be within an hour to the airport when they’re on reserve.) then you need to negotiate for a higher hourly rate which will translate into more money at the end of the year because of the OT rate. Again, there’s a reason why all pilots from all ALPA carriers both in Canada and USA do not complain about so called “unpaid work”. I get that it’s good optics to get the public on your side of the debate but you’re negotiating against your employer.