Hageland Aviation Services, Inc. v. Harms

OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Pilots of Hageland Aviation Services, Inc. filed a class action lawsuit in 2002 for unpaid overtime wages under the Alaska Wage and Hour Act. After the Alaska Legislature amended the Act in 2008 to exempt pilots from the Act's overtime compensation provision, Hageland moved to dismiss the lawsuit. The superior court held that the legislative change exempting pilots from the Act applied only from the amendment's effective date of July 16, 2008. The legislature again amended the Act in 2005 to make its 2008 amendment to the Act retroactive to 2000.…