Legal Opinion
Paul Renneisen v. American Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 22, 1993No. 92-1213PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
In 1983, American Airlines was losing money in the wake of airline deregulation and rising fuel prices. In order to cut labor costs, it struck a deal with the pilots’ union. The union, Allied Pilots Association, relinquished wage and benefit guarantees for pilots not yet hired;, in return American promised to preserve the wages and benefits of current pilots. On November 4, 1983, American and the union memorialized their deal in an “Agreement” that divided the union into A-scale pilots with wage and benefit guarantees, hired before November 4, and B-scale pilots…
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