Best v. United States

ORDER

MOODY R. TIDWELL, III, Judge:

Plaintiffs in this action, aircraft mechanics and other technicians now or formerly employed at a United States Army Reserve Aviation Support Facility, seek review of wage setting practices and procedures, increase in salaries, back pay, and declaratory and mandamus relief. The case is presently before the court on defendant’s motion for summary judgment.

FACTS

A. Wage Schedule Procedure

Prior to 1968, no federal regulatory scheme existed to equalize pay scales of blue collar workers employed by different federal agencies in any given geographical area. As a…