November 06, 2023
The attorneys representing flight attendants who claimed Virgin America and Alaska Airlines shorted them on pay can get $10 million in fees after they secured a $31 million settlement, a California federal judge said, but he reduced the awards for two of the named plaintiffs.
May 19, 2023
A group of flight attendants asked a California federal court to grant their attorneys $10 million in fees after they were able to reach a $31 million deal to solve their suit claiming Virgin America and Alaska Airlines cheated them out of pay.
January 25, 2023
Virgin America and Alaska Airlines will pay nearly $31 million to a class of flight attendants following a California federal judge's direction to reevaluate the penalties the airlines owed for stiffing workers' pay after the case went to the Ninth Circuit.
June 17, 2022
A group of flight attendants cannot get a $14 million award in penalties under California's Private Attorneys General Act in their suit claiming Virgin America stiffed them on pay, the airline said, arguing the Ninth Circuit already denied the claim.
January 21, 2020
Lawyers for Virgin America flight attendants who recently won $77 million over claims the airline stiffed workers on pay and rest breaks were awarded nearly $6 million in fees by a California federal judge on Tuesday, which was about half the amount they had requested.