Atlantic Conveyor,
The cadets that sued Atlantic did so because during the downturn last year when some FOs were let go, some cadets were informed that they would not receive flight training and were given a choice of another 12 months of fugly duties or leave the company.
The reward for twelve months or so of fug duties is of course funded flight training, so quite rightly those that did not progress to the flight training stage (CPL/IR) were only claiming wages for hours worked during their time as a fugly.