Judge sides with United Air in dispute with pilots

A federal judge has ordered the pilots union at United Airlines to end an "unlawful campaign of sick leave abuse, pilot intimidation and other actions" that has caused hundreds of flight cancellations.

The airline's parent, UAL Corp, said on Tuesday the court granted a motion for preliminary injunction against the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) and four individual pilots that UAL has accused of deliberately disrupting operations.

UAL alleges the union actions were payback for the company's decision to cut 950 pilot jobs this year.

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