Ninth Circuit sends pilots and flight attendants labor cases to Supreme Court [Updated]

In Ward v. United Airlines, Inc. and Oman v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., cases brought, respectively, by both pilots and flight attendants and by flight attendants only, the Ninth Circuit today asks the Supreme Court to decide questions of California wages law.

In the Ward case, the questions are:

(1) Wage Order 9 exempts from its wage statement requirements an employee who has entered into a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in accordance with the Railway Labor Act (RLA).  See 8 C.C.R. § 11090(1)(E).  Does the RLA exemption in Wage Order 9 bar a wage statement claim brought under California Labor Code § 226 by an employee who is covered by a CBA?
(2) Does California Labor Code § 226 apply to wage statements provided by an out-of-state employer to an employee who resides in California, receives pay in California, and pays California income tax on her wages, but who does not work principally in California or any other state?

In the Oman case, the questions are:

(1) Do California Labor Code §§ 204 and 226 apply to wage payments and wage statements provided by an out-of-state employer to an employee who, in the relevant pay period, works in California only episodically and for less than a day at a time?
(2) Does California minimum wage law apply to all work performed in California for an out-of-state employer by an employee who works in California only episodically and for less than a day at a time?  See Cal. Labor Code §§ 1182.12, 1194; 8 C.C.R. § 11090(4).
(3) Does the Armenta/Gonzalez bar on averaging wages apply to a pay formula that generally awards credit for all hours on duty, but which, in certain situations resulting in higher pay, does not award credit for all hours on duty?  See Gonzalez v. Downtown LA Motors, LP, 155 Cal. Rptr. 3d 18, 20 (Ct. App. 2013); Armenta v. Osmose, Inc., 37 Cal. Rptr. 3d 460, 468 (Ct. App. 2005).

The Supreme Court should let the Ninth Circuit know by the beginning of July — give or take — whether it will answer the questions.

[Update:  The Supreme Court has docketed the requests in Ward and Oman.]