SCANLAN et al., v. AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP, INC.

  1. December 08, 2021

    DOD Pay Info Demand OK'd In American Airlines Benefits Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal court on Wednesday issued a subpoena for compensation data from the U.S. Department of Defense, following a joint request earlier this month from American Airlines and a class of pilots who allege they were shorted pay and benefits during military leave.   

  2. December 03, 2021

    American Airlines, Pilots Seek Military Pay Info From DOD

    American Airlines and a class of pilots alleging the company shorted military reserve pilots on benefits have jointly requested that a Pennsylvania federal court approve a subpoena for documents from the U.S. Department of Defense that contain compensation data for certain pilots who took short-term military leave.

  3. October 08, 2021

    Court Trims Class In American Airlines Military Leave Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday allowed a pilot to sue on behalf of a class of fellow American Airlines pilots over its policy of neither crediting short-term military leave in its profit-sharing plan nor paying for that leave, but limited the class to pilots.

  4. August 11, 2021

    American Airlines Pilot Wants Military Leave Suit Back On

    The suit of a pilot behind a proposed class action accusing American Airlines of shorting military reserve pilots on benefits should proceed now that the Third Circuit ruled on the service-member law central to his claims, the pilot said in a Pennsylvania federal court filing.

  5. May 06, 2020

    American Airlines Can't Dodge Military Benefits Claim

    A Pennsylvania federal judge is refusing to pare down a proposed class action accusing American Airlines of giving military reserve pilots the short shrift on benefits, finding the dispute at issue was not outside the court's bounds.   

  6. March 23, 2020

    American Airlines Says Court Can't Decide Union's Terms

    American Airlines urged a Pennsylvania federal judge Friday to toss a proposed class action alleging it shorted U.S. Air Force Reserve pilots on a benefit plan, arguing that the dispute is a union issue out of the court's bounds.

  7. February 28, 2020

    American Airlines Policy Hurts Reservists, Pilot Says

    An American Airlines pilot who serves in the U.S. Air Force Reserve wants a Pennsylvania federal judge to clear his class action for takeoff, saying the way the airline handled short-term military leave gave hundreds of pilots short shrift on pay and benefits.

  8. June 19, 2019

    American Airlines Can't Defeat Military Benefits Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has refused to ground the bulk of a proposed class action accusing American Airlines of violating federal anti-discrimination law by failing to give pilots credit for short stints of military leave when calculating profit-sharing awards.

  9. April 10, 2019

    American Airlines Wants Pilot's Military Leave Suit Tossed

    American Airlines has urged a Pennsylvania federal judge to ground a proposed class action accusing the company of violating federal anti-discrimination law by failing to give pilots credit for short stints of military leave when calculating profit-sharing awards.