DONOVAN v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

No. 81-1392.

686 F.2d 267 (1982)

Raymond J. DONOVAN, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., a corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Timothy Ryan, Jr., Sol. of Labor, Mary-Helen Mautner, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Glen Walker, American Airlines, Inc., Legal Dept., Bickel & Case, Thomas L. Case, Louis P. Bickel, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, RUBIN and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The Secretary of Labor contends that individuals selected by American Airlines for training as flight attendants and reservation sales agents were employees of the airline, entitled to the benefits of the minimum wage and other provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act while attending American's training center at the commencement of their relationship. The district court held that these trainees were not American's employees within...

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