AIR LINE PILOTS (APA)
Union Fined $45.5 Million
On Apr. 15, U.S. Dist. Judge Joe Kendall in Dallas fined the Allied
Pilots Ass'n and two of its bosses $45.5 million to reimburse American
Airlines for losses due to APA's sickout in early 1999. On
Feb. 13, Kendall held bosses Richard LaVoy and Brian Mayhew as well
as the APA in contempt for violating his temporary restraining order to
halt a sickout. At that point, Kendall required APA to pay $10 million
and each boss $15,000 in escrow until the total fine was set. The union
is required to deposit a second $10 million by Apr. 28 and at that time
Kendell will decided the three parties’ remaining liability portions. [BNA
4/19-20/99]
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