3 former students sue Hooters Air
Group says carrier used its ideas but didn't pay for them

By Mike Colias, Associated Press
June 16, 2005

CHICAGO - Three former aviation students sued Hooters Air on Wednesday, claiming the startup carrier used their business plan from a class project as the blueprint for launching the airline but never compensated them.

The former Southern Illinois University students said Hooters used their "concept, plan and work product" to start the airline in 2003 but never offered them management jobs or a stake in the company, according to a lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court.