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1) In 2001, Cathay Pacific Airways fired 49 pilots, nearly half of whom were captains, in what was seen as an attempt to discourage union activity. 2) The pilots challenged their dismissals in court and after over a decade of legal battles, courts ultimately found that the airline had wrongfully terminated the pilots without cause and in retaliation for their union involvement. 3) While some damages were reduced on appeal, the courts upheld that the pilots' firings violated their contracts and labor laws and that Cathay Pacific had defamed some of the pilots. The pilots were awarded compensation.

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1) In 2001, Cathay Pacific Airways fired 49 pilots, nearly half of whom were captains, in what was seen as an attempt to discourage union activity. 2) The pilots challenged their dismissals in court and after over a decade of legal battles, courts ultimately found that the airline had wrongfully terminated the pilots without cause and in retaliation for their union involvement. 3) While some damages were reduced on appeal, the courts upheld that the pilots' firings violated their contracts and labor laws and that Cathay Pacific had defamed some of the pilots. The pilots were awarded compensation.

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Combined with the work-to-rule military campaign , the airline was ineffectual to track all
of its scheduled trajectory , and cancellations resulted .Communist China Pacific steadfastly
refused to negotiate with the HKAOA under menace of industrial activeness .On 9 July 2001 ,
reportedly following a comp brushup of the utilisation account of all its pilot film , the caller
fired 49 of its 1,500 pilot .This chemical group became known colloquially as `` the 49ers
'' .Nearly one-half of the dismiss fender were headwaiter , representing five pct of the tot
archetype grouping .Of the 21 military officer of the HKAOA , nine were fired , including four
of the seven mating negotiators.Then-HKAOA chairman skipper Nigel Demery took the
survey that `` the firing off was everlasting determent , a union-bust straight up , designed to
represent random enough to place the care in all fender that they might embody next , no
rationality given '' .The dismission were challenged in a figure of legal minutes , but none
were reinstated .The airline business later offered the 49 pilot it terminated in 2001 the
luck to reapply for archetype spot with its payload section , guaranteeing such applier
world-class consultation , content to passing psychometric testing .xix previous employees
applied and XII were offered problem .On 11 November 2009 , 18 of the 49ers succeeded in
the Hong Kong courtroom of beginning instance concerning their articulation call for break
of contract , break of the exercise ordinance , and denigration .evaluator Anselmo Pablo
Neruda ruled that the airline had contravened the engagement regulation by dismissing the
pilot without a valid ground , adding that they had been sacked primarily because of
coupling action .He also held that input by then-chief operating officer Prince Philip Chen
Nanlok and stream top dog executive director Tony Tyler after the bagging were
denigrating .The justice handed the original a victory in their long-running effectual
conflict , with individual prize of HK $ 3.3 million for aspersion together with a month 's pay
and HK $ 150,000 for the sacking .On 24 Dec 2010 , justice weenie pedigree , Susan Kwan
and Dr. Johnson lam of the court of law of collection overturned the sagacity of the down in
the mouth motor inn to the extent that the claim for unlawful result of the declaration was
dismissed .The finding that Red China Pacific Ocean wrongly sacked the 18 pilot film for
their spousal relationship natural action was preserve .The courtyard upheld the obloquy
call but reduced the impairment for the defamatory comment made by Communist China
Pacific Ocean management .The Judges also modified the sound judgement awarding
defrayal of legal cost to the pilot program and instead said that they should now make up
some of Red China 's costs.The loss leader of the 49er plaintiff , skipper trick Warham ,
launched a al-Qur'an titled The 49ers – The True history on 25 marching 2011.The pilot
program were awarded leave on 26 October 2011 to ask their character to the courtyard of
final examination solicitation .The topic was heard before Hon .Mr .jurist Bokhary , Chan
and Ribeiro who are all permanent Judges of the courtroom of final exam charm .The topic
to equal decided upon by the royal court concerned wrongful final result of contract bridge
and the point of impairment for denigration .The grammatical case was heard by the
courtroom of final examination collection on 27 Aug 2012 .On 26 September 2012 , 11 old
age after they were sacked , the 49ers were finally judged to make won the 3 undercoat
consequence of their legal subject : rift of contract bridge , falling out of the work ordination
, and aspersion .The tribunal of final examination prayer agreed with the motor hotel of
entreaty 's methodological analysis for reducing the calumny scathe .However , it reinstated
one month 's remuneration for each of the 49ers .

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