Ward

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division CHARLES E. WARD, et al., Case No. 19-cv-03423-LB

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

v. CLASS CERTIFICATION

UNITED AIRLINES, INC., Re: ECF No. 42 Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiffs are a retired pilot and two flight attendants who — on behalf of themselves and putative classes — sued their employer United Airlines, claiming that United violates California law by how it pays flight crew on “reserve” status. Reserve status means that the pilots and flight attendants are on call for flight assignments (in contrast to other flight crew who bid for and fly on assigned schedules). Employment and payment for all pilots and flight attendants are governed by negotiated provisions in collective bargaining agreements (CBAs). The CBAs compensate flight crew on reserve status based on the higher of (1) the time spent on flight-related…