Skywest Flight Attendant Lawsuit
04-05-2016 | 01:34 PM
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Skywest Flight Attendant Lawsuit
Skywest Flight Attendant Lawsuit | Unpaid Wages | ClassAction.org
The brief itself is at http://www.classaction.org/media/pdf...-v-skywest.pdf
So supposedly this suit is right now awaiting the Judge ruling on Skywest's request for dismissal - I don't know when that will happen, or which way the ruling will go. If it's not dismissed, then it will proceed to a full suit.
I've gotta say, the same things apply to us pilots - we get paid for block time, but we have duties before/after flights that are required per the FAR's and we do NOT get paid for those.
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The brief itself is at http://www.classaction.org/media/pdf...-v-skywest.pdf
So supposedly this suit is right now awaiting the Judge ruling on Skywest's request for dismissal - I don't know when that will happen, or which way the ruling will go. If it's not dismissed, then it will proceed to a full suit.
I've gotta say, the same things apply to us pilots - we get paid for block time, but we have duties before/after flights that are required per the FAR's and we do NOT get paid for those.
Thoughts?
04-05-2016 | 03:02 PM
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04-05-2016 | 03:06 PM
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While I understand that labor groups can negotiate their rights to overtime and other labor laws, I've never understood how SkyWest can get away with it, given that no legal CBA exists with any of its labor groups. As hourly workers, we should be paid for all duty time, including overtime.
04-05-2016 | 03:25 PM
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04-05-2016 | 08:31 PM
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If you took two seconds to read the first sentence you would know they were former FAs and a win would be good for the, since it would likely be in the form of back pay.
04-05-2016 | 09:17 PM
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While I understand that labor groups can negotiate their rights to overtime and other labor laws, I've never understood how SkyWest can get away with it, given that no legal CBA exists with any of its labor groups. As hourly workers, we should be paid for all duty time, including overtime.
But lack of a union makes it easier for a subset of the labor group to challenge the validity of the "arrangement". Easier, but no slam dunk. They have to claim that their interests were not adequately represented, ie that the "representative group" which "negotiated" the contract is controlled by the company.
04-06-2016 | 04:49 AM
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Pathetic. Suing an employer for paying you according to the work rules you agreed to work under when you took the job? Simply and utterly pathetic.
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