Legal Opinion
Robert H. Tice v. American Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 29, 2004No. 04-1384PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in this suit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act are 14 American Airlines pilots who, having reached age 60 and thus become disqualified (by virtue of a regulation of the Federal Aviation Administration that is not challenged) to pilot the airline's planes, claim the right to downgrade to the position of flight officer. Some of American's aircraft have three pilots in the cockpit-the captain, the first officer (copilot), and the flight officer. The flight officer must ordinarily be a pilot, but his duties do not involve flying the airplane;…
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