This is would absolutely be discoverable in a lawsuit under subpoena power and destruction of such could result in a judge using contempt power (jail time). Also what all of you folks are talking about would lead to a class of disenfranchised pilots who would likely have quite a payday over this deal. But the real effect after the verdict(s) comes back/ settlement(s) are paid would be creating corporate policy denying pilots from ever having input in hiring decisions ever again.... You could create case precedent of bias for essentially any unionized workforce from having the slightest hand in hiring decisions. Such precedent would not only be binding on pilots but pretty much any unionized labor sector in the national economy.