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Philippine Airlines, Inc. Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, NATHANIEL PINUELA AND PHILIPPINE AIRLINES EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 82471 | 1991-02-18

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

Private respondent Nathaniel Pinuela was ground equipment and tug operator of petitioner Philippine Air Lines (PAL), responsible for towing aircraft from the hangar to the ramp area and vice-versa. In line with his function, he held a professional driver's license and an operator's permit issued by PAL after he had passed corresponding theoretical and practical tests to operate PAL vehicles used for towing aircraft. He was already five (5) years in this particular line of work when the incident in question arose.

On May 31, 1985, Pinuela was assigned as a member of the group tasked to park and position the...