July 06, 2023
Several cases are grappling with whether military leave is comparable to other forms of leave, signaling important rulings ahead. Here, Law360 explores five cases that show progress toward answering that question.
May 25, 2021
Alaska Airlines and its sister airline beat a class action lodged by a pilot who claimed the airlines should have paid pilots full wages while on military duty, after a Washington district court found the pilots couldn't equate military leave with jury duty or sick leave.
August 05, 2020
A Washington federal judge has allowed a suit accusing Alaska Airlines Inc. and a sister carrier of shorting pilots on pay when they took short-term military leave to move forward as a class action, although he narrowed the scope of the classes in the case.
June 19, 2020
Alaska Airlines Inc. and a sister carrier have urged a Washington federal judge not to give class status to a suit claiming the airlines shorted pilots on pay when they took short-term military leave, arguing the pilot who sued isn't actually in the military anymore.
August 09, 2019
A Washington federal judge won't reconsider or allow Alaska Airlines Inc. and its sister carrier Horizon Air Industries Inc. to appeal his ruling letting a pilot move forward with a proposed class action accusing the airlines of shorting pilots on pay when they take short-term military leave.
June 18, 2019
A Washington federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss a proposed class action accusing Alaska Airlines Inc. and its sister company Horizon Air Industries Inc. of shortchanging hundreds of pilots who took short-term military leave on pay and benefits.