AIR LINE PILOTS ASS'N v. C. A. B.

Nos. 80-1168, 80-1327 and 80-1676.

667 F.2d 181 (1981)

AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, INTERNATIONAL, Petitioner, v. CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD, Respondent, Fleming International Airways, Inc., Intervenor. AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, INTERNATIONAL, Petitioner, v. CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD, Respondent, Federal Express Corporation, Intervenor. AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, INTERNATIONAL, Petitioner, v. CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD, Respondent, Pacific Alaska Airlines, Inc., Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Tello, Washington, D. C., for petitioner. Gary Green, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for petitioner.

Mark Frisbie, Atty., C. A. B., Washington, D. C., with whom Michael Schopf, Deputy Gen. Counsel, and Alan R. Demby, Acting Associate Gen. Counsel, C. A. B., and Barry Grossman and Frederic Freilicher, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for respondent. J. Thomas Ezell, Atty., C. A. B., Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for respondent.

Allan W. Markham, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for intervenor Fleming Intern. Airways.

Nathaniel P. Breed, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on brief for intervenor Federal Express Corp.

Alan F. Wohlstetter and Edward A. Ryan, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for intervenor Pacific Alaska Airlines, Inc.

Before WRIGHT, MacKINNON and MIKVA, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge WRIGHT.

WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

The central issue in these consolidated cases is whether the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, which provides for phased restoration of market competition in the airline industry, also raises the minimum safety standards for new carrier applicants and creates an expanded role for the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB). Petitioner Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) relies...

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