Originally Posted by
Cruise Check
The bottom-line is that THIS company chooses to take their former employees to court instead of assuming that their contracts are illegal. So, you may roll the dice and win the lawsuit, and you may even counter-sue to cover ALL your expenses in the initial lawsuit, but it may be a long road. This is all exacerbated by fighting a lawsuit in Indiana where you may live in Nevada, or wherever. TMC may be illegal, but they still have the upper-hand.
And all it would take is one pilot with a wealthy uncle to hire a smart trial attorney, refuse to settle, win big in a trial by jury then receive attorney fees and expenses, to set a nice precedent for other pilots and their attorneys to follow in future.
That's the problem with our court system, generally whoever has the most money and time wins.