NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC. v. F.A.A.

Nos. 84-1510, 85-1692.

795 F.2d 195 (1986)

NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, Respondent, Larry W. Morrison, Air Line Pilots Association, International, Intervenors. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1986.

As Amended July 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Stein, with whom Philip A. Lacovara and Patricia A. Dean, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for petitioner in Nos. 84-1510 and 85-1692.

Darlene M. Freeman, Atty., F.A.A., Washington, D.C., for respondent in Nos. 84-1510 and 85-1692.

Gary Green and Eugene B. Granof, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for intervenors, Air Line Pilots Ass'n, Intern., et al. in No. 84-1510.

Before MIKVA and BORK, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BORK.

BORK, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Northwest Airlines, Inc. seeks review of a series of decisions by the Federal Aviation Administration authorizing one of Northwest's former pilots, Larry W. Morrison, to fly commercial passenger airplanes. Morrison's pilot certificate had been temporarily suspended after he was found flying while intoxicated, an incident which led also to his discharge from Northwest. Morrison...

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