Delta Air Lines, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Claimant, Cross v. Air Line Pilots Association, International, Defendant-Counter-Claimant, Cross-Appellee

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “courts have consistently upheld” state laws criminalizing drinking while operating an aircraft
• affirming vacatur of award reinstating pilot who had flown commercial aircraft while intoxicated, thereby ‘‘endanger[ing] the lives of his passengers and crew’’
• vacating arbitration award reinstating a pilot who flew a passenger airplane while under the influence of alcohol
• vacating an arbitration award that reinstated a pilot who flew while intoxicated, because he “endangered the lives of his passengers and crew.”
• assuming without discussion that public policy review is available under the RLA as well as under the NLRA
• refusing on public policy grounds to enforce an award reinstating an airline pilot where the adjustment board found that the pilot in fact had flown a plane while drunk

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