Legal Opinion
Spellacy v. Airline Pilots Ass'n-International
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 12, 1998No. 97-7666PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BACKGROUND
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.
Pan American Airlines (“Pan Am”) went bankrupt. Plaintiffs-Appellants are 88 of the approximately 1600 pilots who used to fly for Pan Am. These pilots were represented by the Airline Pilots Association-International (“ALPA”), the certified collective bargaining representative for pilots employed by all the major airlines operating in the United States. Under ALPA’s union structure, the pilots for each airline elect a Master Executive Committee (“MEC”), of pilots. Subject to ALPA’s oversight, the MEC makes the collective bargaining decisions for the union in…
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