W. Peter Carey v. J. J. O'DOnnell (President of Air Line Pilots Association) George S. Chaudoin v. Air Line Pilots Association

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated appeals 1 arise out of the merger between Delta Air Lines, Inc., and Northeast Airlines, Inc. approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board 24 April 1972. 2 Before us are appeals from dismissals by the District Court of actions raising various challenges to that order. Central to both appeals is the issue whether the District Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain a collateral attack upon an order of the Board approving an airline merger, subject to labor protective provisions, and upon the Board’s refusal to exercise its reserved jurisdiction to set aside an…