Dispute Deemed Minor under the Railway Labor Act, Sent To Arbitration -

Flight Options, LLC and Flexjet LLC v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters

2017 WL 4583014

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Pilots’ Union) brought an action against merging airlines Flight Options and Flexjet, seeking a preliminary injunction that ordered the airlines to bargain in good faith over the union’s proposed changes to pilots’ rates of pay and working conditions, pursuant to Section 6 of the Railway Labor Act (RLA). The court granted the injunction and the airlines appealed.