IN RE: AMR CORPORATION (2021)

SUMMARY ORDER

The Plaintiffs-Appellants are pilots formerly employed by Trans World Airlines, Inc. (“TWA”) and now employed by American Airlines, Inc. They appeal from both an October 2, 2019 judgment of the District Court (Kaplan, J.) and a December 18, 2019 judgment of the District Court (Wood, J.). Each judgment affirmed orders entered by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (Lane, B.J.) granting summary judgment in favor of Allied Pilots Association (“APA”) and American Airlines on some claims and dismissing all other claims on a motion to dismiss. The Plaintiffs-Appellants claimed that APA, the union representing all American Airlines pilots, including legacy TWA pilots, breached its duty of fair representation, and that American Airlines colluded in that breach. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and prior record of proceedings, to which we refer only as necessary to explain our decision.

We affirm the dismissals of the Plaintiffs-Appellants’ claims against APA and American Airlines for substantially the reasons stated (a) by the Bankruptcy Court in its opinions and orders entered June 3, 2014, September 3, 2015, September 22, 2015, April 14, 2017, and June 12, 2018, (b) by Judge Kaplan in his opinion and order dated October 2, 2019, and (c) by Judge Wood in her opinion and order dated December 17, 2019.

We have considered the Plaintiffs-Appellants’ remaining arguments and conclude that they are without merit. For the foregoing reasons, the judgments of the District Court are AFFIRMED.