FAA to Pay Older Flight Controllers $44 Million Under Bias Pact

The Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation will pay more than 640 former flight service controllers roughly $44 million to settle a 2005 lawsuit that alleged they were fired because they were 40 or older, federal court records show.

The agencies are to separately provide annuity adjustments to another 25 class members in the 15-year-old case so that each receives sufficient additional service credit to qualify for an air traffic controller retirement, according to the agreement filed Wednesday with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Those 25 class members will not share in the $43.8 ...