The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found in favor of an AirTran Airways pilot fired in 2007 in what OSHA deemed “an act of retaliation” after he raised safety concerns about flight operations. AirTran fired the pilot after he filed ten (10) reports in one day about the imbalanced wheel on an aircraft. OSHA ordered that the pilot be immediately reinstated and receive more than $1 million in back pay and damages – one of the largest awards in OSHA history.
OSHA assistant secretary David Michaels said in a statement: “Airline workers must be free to raise safety and security concerns, and companies that diminish these rights… must be held accountable”.
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