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Almario vs. Philippine Airlines, Inc.,

VICENTE S. ALMARIO, Petitioner, versus PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., Respondent.

G.R. No. 170928 | 2007-09-11

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
SECOND DIVISION
 

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

On October 21, 1988, petitioner, Vicente S. Almario (Almario), was hired by respondent, Philippine Airlines, Inc. (PAL), as a Boeing 747 Systems Engineer.

On April 28, 1995, Almario, then about 39 years of age[1] and a Boeing 737 (B-737) First Officer at PAL, successfully bid for the higher position of Airbus 300 (A-300) First Officer.[2] Since said higher position required additional training, he underwent, at PAL's expense, more than five months of training consisting of ground schooling in Manila and flight simulation in...