GONZALEZ v. ALOHA AIRLINES, INC.

Nos. 90-15518, 90-15585.

940 F.2d 1312 (1991)

William H. GONZALEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. ALOHA AIRLINES, INC., a Hawaii Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, and Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., a Hawaii Corporation, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 9, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S.V. Quitiquit, Case & Lynch, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee.

Richard M. Rand, Torkildson, Katz, Jossem, Fonseca & Moore, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants.

Before SCHROEDER, FLETCHER and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges.


SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

We must decide the appropriate statute of limitations under the Employee Protection Program ("EPP") of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, 49 U.S.C.App. § 1552(d). Appellant William H. Gonzalez brought suit against Aloha Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines because of their failure to grant him a preferential hiring status to which he was allegedly entitled under the EPP. He filed the suit on February 13, 1986.

The EPP guarantees...

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