MIDWEST FLIGHT ATTENDANTS v. BROTH. OF TEAMSTERS

No. 11-1921.

662 F.3d 954 (2011)

COMMITTEE OF CONCERNED MIDWEST FLIGHT ATTENDANTS FOR FAIR AND EQUITABLE SENIORITY INTEGRATION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS AIRLINE DIVISION and Teamsters Local 135, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 30, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Bartos (argued), Paul E. Knupp, III , Attorney, Guerrieri, Clayman, Bartos & Parcelli, P.C., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Marianne G. Robbins (argued), Attorney, Previant, Goldberg, Uelmen, Gratz, Miller & Brueggeman, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

The McCaskill-Bond Amendment to the Federal Aviation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 42112 note, provides that a transaction "for the combination of multiple air carriers into a single air carrier" requires the combined business to merge the seniority lists of the two carriers' employees. Republic Airways Holding acquired Midwest Airlines in July 2009 by purchasing its parent, Midwest Air Group. The seniority lists for mechanics, baggage handlers,...

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