Delta to begin paying flight attendants during boarding

(AP) - Delta Air Lines will start paying flight attendants during the time that passengers are boarding.

That's a first for a major U.S. airline.

Flight attendants in the U.S. generally don't begin getting paid until the doors close after boarding.

Delta said Tuesday that the change will take effect in June, and it comes on top of pay raises for flight attendants.

The pay increase comes as Delta faces another attempt by unions to organize its non-union flight attendants.