Are flight attendants paid in the same way pilots are paid?
It mightn't be a bad idea to specify which country you are talking about, as practices can vary throughout the world, and potentially even amongst individual airlines within the same country.

Last year I looked into becoming a FA for a smaller Australian airline. The pay arrangements were:


A guaranteed minimum annual salary (which was about $45k)
On top of that,  flying wages based on scheduled flight times (4.20 per hour, a bit extra per hour for the hours worked above an agreed number of hours in a month). Note that even if a flight is delayed it is still issued with adjusted scheduled times. The 'padding' applied to regular scheduling works in favour for the employees here.


However, I believe the US  works completely differently. And as I said, this is an example from only one airline.