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Rafael Enriquez, etal. Vs. R. B. Zamora, etal.

RAFAEL ENRIQUEZ and VIRGILIO ECARMA, petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE RONALDO B. ZAMORA, THE HONORABLE BLAS F. OPLE, NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, ARBITER NESTOR LIM, PHILIPPINE AIR LINES PILOT ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES and ORTIZ' GROUP, * respondents.

G.R. No. L-51382 | 1986-12-29

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, J:

In this petition for certiorari and mandamus, pilots Rafael Enriquez and Virgilio Ecarma seek the restoration of their seniority rights and other privileges which the Philippine Air Lines [PAL] declared as forfeited by the pilots who joined the mass retirement/resignation of the members of the Air Lines Pilot Association of the Philippines [ALPAP] to protest the dismissal of their president, Captain Felix Gaston.

Enriquez and Ecarma were employed by PAL on October 2, 1961 and March 3, 1966, respectively. Consequently, they became members of ALPAP. On October 3, 1970, Philippine Air Lines Employees Association...