LITH-Based Flight Center Ordered to Pay $500,000 to Former Employee
The United States Labor Department found the employee was wrongly terminated after reporting actions by the Northern Illinois Flight Center to the FAA.
The United States Department of Labor has ordered the Northern Illinois Flight Center in Lake in the Hills pay more than $500,000 in back wages, benefits and damages to a pilot they dismissed in 2009. The Department of Labor determined the pilot was illegally terminated after he contacted the Federal Aviation Administration to discuss violations of the pilot certification process, according to a news release. "Firing pilots for reporting inaccurate procedures to the FAA endangers other pilots, their passengers and the public at large," said David Michaels, assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health, in a press release. "The Labor Department has a responsibility to protect all employees, including those in the …
John Dill
11:44 pm on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Thanks Phil, seems Northern Illinois Flight Center has had some other issues as well. Perhaps they deserve the penalty. more ›