$2,000,000
United Airlines agreed to make a lump sum payment to the pilot union, Air Line Pilots Association, International (“ALPA”), for retroactive pay that was supposed to compensate pilots for a nearly three year delay in reaching a new collective bargaining agreement. The union, however, created special rules and exceptions to its distribution methodology for a minority group of management pilots that artificially and arbitrarily reduced their share of retroactive pay or cut them out all together. After diligent investigation, our attorneys discovered numerous conflicts of interest that invalidated an arbitration ruling against the pilots. We then obtained a settlement that compensated each class member with a significant portion of their lost pay.
