FRANKLIN E. TODD, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT,
v.
NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., APPELLEE
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The court affirmed the district court's approval of the System Board of Adjustment award regarding Todd's discharge.
Todd, a flight crew member, was discharged for encouraging a flight despite concerns about the pilot's condition. He leaked information about the pilo…
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PER CURIAM:
The final order of the district court approving an award of a System Board of Adjustment, impaneled under the Railway Labor Act, is affirmed. We do it on the basis of the district court’s decision, Todd v. Northwest Airlines, Inc., 324 F.Supp. 79.
Todd was the junior member of a flight crew and he has been discharged because he “influenced and encouraged the first pilot and other crew members to fly Flight No. 27 of January 1, 1964, at a time when he had good reason to believe the first pilot should not take out the flight in the interest of public safety.”
Todd was the one who “leaked” word of the first pilot’s condition on the critical day. Another system board disciplined Pilot Rail and co-pilot Lee, but did not order their discharge. That award was left undisturbed by Northwest Airlines, Inc., v. ALPA, Rall and Lee, 373 F. 2d 136 (8th Cir.), cert. den. 389 U.S. 827, 88 S.Ct. 77, 19 L.Ed.2d 83.
Much as we would like to see consistent results here, it is beyond our power to order them. We cannot say the trial court erred in approving the award of Todd’s board.
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