Sarah Lee makes $28,000 as a flight attendant for the American Airlines-owned PSA Airlines, which serves more rural communities.

She told KERA News she struggles to pay her bills.

"They keep us living in poverty," she said.

Lee and other union PSA Airlines flight attendants and members of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants stood outside Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Monday in the 95 degree heat to demand better pay, benefits and work-life balance.

"They tell you you need somebody at home to help support you, but the job requires that you're gone five days out of the week, and it's set up so that you can't have a normal home life," she said. "You can't have a successful relationship because you're never at home."

The protest came amidst ongoing negotiations

See Full Page