Rachford v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n, International

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

HAMILTON, District Judge.

On September 30, 2004, and October 1, 2004, the court conducted an evidentiary hearing on the question whether Emery Worldwide Airlines, Inc. (“EWA”) and the Air Line Pilots Association, International (“ALPA”) had reached an agreement in which they settled the grievance filed by ALPA on behalf of airline pilots who lost their jobs when EWA ceased flight operations in December 2001.

At the evidentiary hearing, the parties presented witness testimony of Marcus Migliore (“Migliore”), in-house counsel for ALPA; Captain Howard Attarian…