Independent Federation of Flight Attendants v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

The Independent Federation of Flight Attendants (IFFA), appeals from the denial by the District Court 1 of a preliminary injunction to prevent Trans World Airlines (TWA) from centralizing its crew scheduling operations. The union claimed that the unilateral decision by TWA to switch from individual-domicile scheduling planners to a computerized central operation constituted a substantial alteration of established working conditions of TWA flight attendants (FA’s) and a violation of the collective bargaining agreement between the parties, in violation of the Railway Labor…