Betts v. Airline Pilots Association

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION KATHLEEN BETTS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 17 C 2709 v. ) ) UNITED AIRLINES, ) Judge Thomas M. Durkin ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER Plaintiff Kathleen Betts sued defendant United Airlines under the Railway Labor Act,

45 U.S.C. § 153

(First) (q) seeking to vacate a System Board of Adjustment award that upheld her discharge from her job as a pilot with Continental Airlines (which later merged with United). Currently before the Court is United’s motion for summary judgment [51]. For the reasons explained…