In 2017, plaintiff Julie Gunther, a flight attendant who lived in California, questioned whether Alaska Airlines properly paid her and other California-domiciled flight attendants the appropriate wage rate. Gunther sued her employers, Alaska Air Group Inc. and Alaska Airlines Inc. She alleged that the defendants’ actions constituted violations of the California Labor Code. Gunther claimed that she noticed that her paychecks were not consistent for similar trips and that her wage statements did not have enough information to explain the discrepancies. She also claimed that when she asked Alaska Airlines to supply additional information, the company failed to do so. Gunther’s counsel noted that California employment law allows employees to pursue compensation if a company committed a “knowing and intentional failure” to follow California pay stub requirements. Counsel contended that Alaska Airlines and Alaska Air Group failed to provide proper wage statements to Gunther and the other California-domiciled flight attendants and that as a result, Gunther and the other flight attendants could not verify if they were being paid correctly. Defense counsel contended that because most of the flight attendants worked in the air and not on the ground in California, Alaska Airlines and Alaska Air Group were not bound by California law., Gunther began working for Alaska Airlines in 2015. She eventually filed a lawsuit against Alaska Airlines and Alaska Air Group in 2017 after allegedly noticing inconsistencies in her wage statements. Gunther sought recovery of lost income as a result of the alleged discrepancies in her pay stubs.