MITCHELL v. U.S. AIRWAYS, INC.

Civil Action Nos. 08-10629-WGY, 08-10689-WGY.

858 F.Supp.2d 137 (2012)

Ben MITCHELL, Donald Chandler, Wilmer Preston, Ricardo Engerman, Dennis Cashman, Raji Lahcen, Donald Willoughby, Anthony Smith, Stephen Touma, Joseph Mathieu, Isaac Williams, Kevin Davis, Lee Hardin, Steven McCoy, Michael Kalinowski, Gerald Peet, Plaintiffs, v. US AIRWAYS, INC., Prime Flight Aviation Services, Inc., Defendants. Joseph Brown, Vincent McLaren, Philip Fields, Carlos Borges Carreiro, Patricia Shea-Scanlon, Dharam Saihgal, Elvis Butcher, Larry Holt, Scott Gordon, Michael Rashard, Lorenzo Wiley, James Brown, Gerardo Aguirre, Kevin Reaves, Michael Kalinowski, Plaintiffs, v. United Air Lines, Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

May 1, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon E. Liss-Riordan , Hillary A. Schwab , Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C., Boston, MA, for Plaintiffs.

Marylou Fabbo , Skoler, Abbott & Presser, Springfield, MA, Justin Ford , Michael McGuinness , Robert Siegel , Jillian R. Weinstein , O'Melveny and Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Ellen C. Kearns , Christopher M. Pardo , Jeffrey M. Rosin , Constangy, Brooks & Smith LLP, Michael J. Tuteur , Foley & Lardner, LLP, Boston, MA, T. Harold Pinkley , Kara E. Shea , C. Eric Stevens , Miller & Martin PLLC, Nashville, TN, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM & ORDER

YOUNG, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Over the course of the last century, airlines have been subject to varying levels of oversight by different regulatory bodies. The first significant national legislation regarding commercial aviation was the Air Commerce Act of 1926, vesting regulatory authority in the Secretary of Commerce to ensure air safety, and granting the President, the Secretary of War, and the states...

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