Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Air Line Pilots Association, International and Larry D. Schulte, Defendants

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

This labor-contract dispute between an airline and its pilots’ union came before the district court on cross-motions for summary judgment. The court granted the motion of defendants Air Line Pilots Association, International and Larry D. Schulte, the chairman of the governing body of the association’s local (collectively, “ALPA”), and denied the motion of plaintiff Eastern Air Lines, Inc. (Eastern). Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l, 670 F.Supp. 947 (S.D.Fla.1987). We now affirm.

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Eastern and its unions together faced a serious dilemma in the…