O'DONNELL v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS

No. 107, Docket 22496.

200 F.2d 929 (1953)

O'DONNELL et al. v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, Inc. et al.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phil E. Gilbert, Jr., New York City (Thayer & Gilbert, New York City, on the brief), for petitioners-appellants.

George J. Solomon, New York City (Landis, Taylor & Scoll and James M. Landis, all of New York City, on the brief), for appellees Former Pilots of American Overseas Airlines, Inc.

John C. Pirie, New York City, for respondent-appellee Pan American World Airways, Inc.

Henry Weiss, New York City, for respondent-appellee Air Line Pilots Ass'n, International.

Before SWAN, Chief Judge, and CHASE and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

When in 1950 the Civil Aeronautics Board, acting on instructions of the President of the United States, approved the acquisition by Pan American World Airways, Inc. (PAA) of the assets and business of American Overseas Airlines, Inc. (AOA), it left unsettled, among other problems, the difficult question of seniority among the two groups of pilots. The PAA pilots desired seniority based upon service with PAA, while the AOA pilots desired in substance...

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