Carder v. Continental Airlines, Inc.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, members of the United States Armed Forces Reserves and Air National Guard, are currently employed as pilots by Appellee Continental Airlines, Inc. (“Continental”). Appellants filed a class-action complaint in the district court purportedly on behalf of all similarly situated employees at Continental. The complaint raises a number of claims against Continental under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (“USERRA”), a statute adopted to prohibit civilian employers from discriminating against their employees because of their…