Pilots for defunct Trans World Airlines have asked a federal judge to approve a $53 million settlement of litigation with their union over seniority rights lost when bankrupt TWA was taken over by American Airlines in 2001.

Counsel for the plaintiffs in Brady v. Air Line Pilots Association described the deal in court documents as the largest known settlement of its kind in a lawsuit against a labor union by its members.

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