FAA, DOT pay recordbreaking $43.8m to settle age-bias class action

The FAA and US DoT will pay $43.8m to settle a longrunning age-discrimination lawsuit claiming the agencies unlawfully outsourced thousands of flight service specialists’ jobs to Lockheed Martin Corp, according to a court filing on Wednesday. The FAA, DOT, and lawyers for the class of former flight service specialists from Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll and Gilbert Employment Law announced the deal in a filing in Washington, DC, federal court. The agencies denied wrongdoing.<br/>
Reuters
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4/29/21