11th Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Airline Employees’ Suit Over COVID Protocols

( July 15, 2026, 3:20 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a suit filed by employees of an airline and airline staffing company alleging in part that their employers’ protocols related to the COVID-19 pandemic created a hostile work environment, finding that the lower court correctly determined that the employees failed to state a claim against Atlas Air Inc. and that the lower court lacked personal jurisdiction over Flight Services International LLC....