United Airlines to Pay $305,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination

United Airlines will pay $305,000 to a Buddhist pilot and will provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the pilot was diagnosed with alcohol dependency and lost the medical certificate issued by the FAA.

The pilot, who is Buddhist, objected to the religious content of AA and sought to substitute regular attendance at a Buddhism-based peer support group.

United refused to accommodate his religious objection and, as a result, the pilot was unable

to obtain a new FAA medical certificate permitting him to fly again, the agency charged.

The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its process.

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