Burman v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WILL, District Judge.

This is an action brought by thirteen flight officers employed by Trans World Airlines (“TWA”) seeking injunctive relief against TWA and against the Air Line Pilots Association International (“ALPA”), the labor organization representing the pilot-employees, pursuant to the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 151, et seq. and 28 U.S.C. § 1337. Plaintiffs seek to enjoin the enforcement by TWA and ALPA of a provision contained in a collective bargaining agreement of April 7, 1982, that prohibits pilots from wearing beards. 1 Plaintiffs contend that ALPA…