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A total of 146 former pilots and flight attendants of Japan Airlines have filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court, seeking to nullify the carrier's decision to dismiss them at the end of last year as part of its rehabilitation efforts, Kyodo News reported.
The move comes on the first anniversary of JAL's filing for bankruptcy protection with the court under the corporate rehabilitation law.
The lawsuit is believed to be the largest in recent years in terms of the number of plaintiffs involved in a lawsuit seeking to nullify a struggling company's decision to fire its employees, according to the plaintiffs’ lawyer.
JAL, which has pursued its restructuring programme such as cutting air routes after filing for bankruptcy, fired a total of 165 pilots and flight attendants on December 31 as its scheme to get employees to retire voluntarily failed to meet its job cut target.
The plaintiffs account for nearly 90 percent of those who were dismissed.
(Source:www.cargonewsasia.com)
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