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ROBINSON v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

Civ. A. No. 86-1674.

722 F.Supp. 757 (1989)

Cecil Alfred ROBINSON, Jr., Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 31, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Beckman, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Gregory S. Lewis, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, D.C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

THOMAS F. HOGAN, District Judge.

Congress, as part of the Employee Protection Program of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 ("ADA"), has imposed on covered air carriers an affirmative "duty to hire" dislocated employees, "regardless of age." Pub.L. No. 95-504, § 43(d), 92 Stat. 1751 (codified at 49 U.S.C.App. § 1552(d) (1982)). Congress thus recognized that "[o]lder employees looking for a new job might encounter difficulties...

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