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Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 17:54:01 -0500
From: APA Communications Director
Subject: APA Information Hotline
This is the APA Communications Director, with the APA Information Hotline for Tuesday, July 22.
COURT RULING: Judge Joseph E. Irenas of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey issued a ruling today in APA's favor in the class-action lawsuit against APA concerning the American Airlines-TWA pilot seniority integration. The suit had alleged that APA breached its duty of fair representation when we agreed to the terms of the integration. Judge Irenas dismissed all complaints against APA.
With this ruling, Judge Irenas has upheld the legality of the American Airlines-TWA pilot seniority integration. While the plaintiffs may choose to appeal the judge's ruling in an appellate court, the American Airlines-TWA pilot seniority integration methodology has withstood a significant legal challenge. If and when there are additional developments in this case to report, we will share them with you."
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Big news this afternoon for former TWA pilots.
The group sued the Air Line Pilots Association in 2002 — claiming that ALPA had not fairly represented them during the American Airlines/TWA merger. The pilots argued that ALPA had acted in bad faith in regard to negotiations with the Allied Pilots Association (which represents pilots at American) and the eventual seniority list that was created.
Today a federal district court jury in New Jersey ruled in the pilot group’s favor, as it agreed the Air Line Pilots Association had “violated its duty of fair representation” to the TWA pilot group.
In addition, the jury agreed with the pilots that ALPA’s violation of its DFR “directly caused injury to some of the TWA pilots.”
That opens the door to — damages.
As of now, the amount and extent of damages has not been determined.
Great day for the former TWA pilots. Not such a good day for ALPA.'