Only Retaliation Claims Survive RLA Preemption In Pilots’ Suit Over Vaccine Mandate

( June 28, 2023, 7:26 AM EDT) -- BAY CITY, Mich. — Cargo airline pilots who filed a putative class complaint against their employer challenging a COVID-19 vaccine mandate may proceed only with two retaliation claims as the religious and disability bias ones are “minor disputes” preempted by the Railway Labor Act (RLA), a federal judge in Michigan ruled....