PYLES v. UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

No. 93-4920.

79 F.3d 1046 (1996)

Paul J. PYLES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED AIR LINES, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Lee Bailey, Bailey, Fishman, Freeman & Ferrin, West Palm Beach, FL, for appellant.

Peter W. Zinober, Zinober & McCrea, P.A., Tampa, FL, Charles A. Powell, IV and Robert A. Siegel, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, California, for appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, COX, Circuit Judge, and DYER, Senior Circuit Judge.


TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:

Appellant Paul J. Pyles, a former Pan American Airlines pilot, appeals the district court's dismissal of his case against United Airlines. The district court dismissed the case on the grounds that appellant's claims are preempted by both the Railway Labor Act ("RLA"), ch. 347, 44 Stat. 577 (1926), 45 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq. (1988), and the Federal Aviation Act ("FAA"), Pub.L. 85-726, 72...

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