Legal Opinion
Abdu-Brisson v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 15, 1997No. 1144, Docket 96-7721PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, JR., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants are 488 former pilots of Pan American World Airways (“Pan Am”) *80hired in 1991 either as captains or first officers by defendant Delta Air Lines at the time of Pan Am’s bankruptcy. As a part of a bankruptcy transaction Delta also acquired certain of Pan Am’s routes, aircraft, and other employees not involved in this litigation.
The problem at the heart of this case arises because plaintiffs, Pan Am’s pilots, are generally older than Delta’s pilots with whom plaintiffs had to be integrated. To effect the pilot assimilation the Air Line…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
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