Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. Jetstream International Airlines, Inc.

WALTER E. BLACK, Jr., District Judge.

Plaintiffs Air Line Pilots Association, International (“ALPA”) and Captain Edward K. Quick filed their complaint for injunctive and monetary relief against defendant Jet-stream International Airlines, Inc. (“Jet-stream”), alleging that Jetstream violated the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 184 and 152, and breached its contract with Quick.

In early 1987, ALPA, a labor organization which represents commercial airline pilots, began a campaign to organize the pilots employed by Jetstream. Quick, a pilot employed by Jetstream at the time, was an active and open…