If are a current or former United Air Lines pilot who participated in the United Airlines Pilot Directed Account Plan and took and returned from Long-Term Military Leave, You May Be Eligible To Receive Supplemental Pension Contributions from the United Airlines Pilot Class Action Settlement.
United Air Lines, Inc. (“Legacy United” or “United” or “Defendant”) has reportedly agreed to a proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit against United Air Lines in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado (captioned as Tuten v. United Air Lines, Inc., Case No. 1:12-cv-01561-WJM-MEH (D. Colo.) alleging, among other things, that from 2000 to 2010 United made employer contributions to pilots’ United Airlines Pilot Directed Account Plan accounts in a way that failed to comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (“USERRA”) since the earnings that United used to calculate employer contributions allegedly were not, but should have been, based on each pilot’s average monthly hours from the twelve months prior to the period of Long-Term Military Leave, according to the United Airlines Pilot Directed Account Plan Employer Contribution & Long-Term Military Leave class action settlement notice.
Who Is Included In The United Airlines Pilot Directed Account Plan Employer Contribution & Long-Term Military Leave Class Action Settlement?
The United Airlines Pilot Directed Account Plan Employer Contribution & Long-Term Military Leave settlement class reportedly includes, unless otherwise excluded:
All former or current United Air Lines, Inc. pilots who were participants in the United Airlines Pilot Directed Account Plan at any time from January 1, 2000 to October 31, 2010, who were on a Long-Term Military Leave that started and finished during January 1, 2000 and October 31, 2010 and for whom United made defined contributions to the United Airlines Pilot Directed Account Plan based on the monthly minimum flight hours guaranteed under the United pilots’ Collective Bargaining Agreement CBA and whose average flight hours during the twelve month period that preceded Long-Term Military Leave (or, if less than twelve months, the time of employment preceding the military leave period) exceeded the monthly minimum flight hours guaranteed under the United pilots’ Collective Bargaining Agreement.
What Settlement Benefits Does The United Airlines Pilot Directed Account Plan Employer Class Action Settlement Provide?
The United Airlines Pilot Directed Account Plan Employer Contribution & Long-Term Military Leave class action settlement will reportedly provide for the creation of a settlement fund of $6.15 million to settle the law suit, and to pay, among other things, supplemental pension contributions to class members’ United Airlines Pilot Directed Account Plan accounts. Under the settlement, United will also reportedly change the way it calculates the amount of employer contributions it makes to the Pilot Directed Account Plan for United pilots who take and return from Long-Term Military Leave in the future.
Where Can You Obtain More Information About The United Airlines Pilot Directed Account Plan Employer Contribution Class Action Settlement?
For more information about the United Airlines Pilot Directed Account Plan & Long-Term Military Leave settlement, contact the settlement administrator by writing to United Pilots Class Action Settlement Administrator, P.O. Box 43034, Providence, RI 02940-3034, by calling 1-855-330-5890, or by visiting the United Airlines settlement website at unitedpilotsclassaction.com
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