Veteran Employee’s Lawsuit Claims American Airlines Violated Gender Pay Laws

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American Airlines, Inc. finds itself as the defendant in a long-time employee’s lawsuit that alleges that even after the woman submitted a gender-based discrimination charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in February 2015 that resulted in her receiving a salary increase, the woman’s compensation was still lower than that of similarly situated male employees.  

The plaintiff, who since December 2013 has worked as a Grade 167/Level 4 Senior Business Analyst for American Airlines, claims the alleged gender-pay dispute arose after a March 2014 conversation with a male colleague whom she mentored in the past. The lawsuit claims that this colleague, despite being hired two years after the plaintiff and working as a lower-level Lead 1 Analyst, had a base salary that was at least 20 percent higher than the plaintiff’s pay. From here, the lawsuit describes alleged inaction by American Airlines to respond to the plaintiff’s pay discrimination claims, as well as what supposedly came next once the EEOC became involved: