6th Circuit Denies Rehearing After Finding Vaccine Claims Must Go To Arbitration

( August 19, 2024, 8:06 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied a petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc filed by Kalitta Air LLC pilots after a panel affirmed a trial court ruling that their putative class claims over the airline’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate must go through arbitration first as minor disputes pursuant to the Railway Labor Act (RLA) because the dispute requires interpretation of the terms of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA)....