Texas Supreme Court Affirms Pilots Union Can Sue Boeing On Behalf Of Members

( June 24, 2025, 11:53 AM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas Supreme Court majority opined in affirming a state appellate panel majority’s judgment that the Railway Labor Act (RLA) does not preempt claims made by a Southwest Airlines pilots union that it has standing to assert members’ arguments that the Boeing Co. misrepresented the safety and airworthiness of its 737 MAX aircraft in convincing the union to put references to the aircraft in a collective bargaining agreement, causing pilots to lose millions of dollars in pay due to the aircraft being grounded....