Gonzalez v. Aloha Airlines

940 F.2d 1312 138 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2202 , 119 Lab.Cas. P 10,871 William H. GONZALEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. ALOHA AIRLINES, INC., a Hawaii Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, and Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., a Hawaii Corporation, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant. Nos. 90-15518, 90-15585. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 10, 1991. Decided Aug. 9, 1991. S.V. Quitiquit, Case & Lynch, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee. Richard M. Rand, Torkildson, Katz, Jossem, Fonseca & Moore, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Before SCHROEDER, FLETCHER and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges. SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: 1 We must decide the appropriate statute of limitations under the Employee Protection Program ("EPP") of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, 49 U.S.C.App. Sec. 1552(d). Appellant William H. Gonzalez brought suit against Aloha Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines because of their failure to grant him a preferential hiring status to which he was allegedly entitled under the EPP. He filed the suit on February 13, 1986. 2 The…