In a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal district court, the Allied Pilots Association challenges American's solution for handling situations in which one of the pilots going through training in a flight simulator is absent.
FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines and its pilots' union are fighting over the airline's plan to change the way it picks pilots who help conduct a key part of training.
The union says that in such cases, the empty seat is currently filled by a “check” pilot who is specially trained to evaluate fellow pilots. American wants to use regular co-pilots to volunteer as substitutes. The union accuses American of proposing the change because it doesn't have enough check pilots to hire and train new pilots — a contention that the airline disputes.
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