Pilot seeks over $1 billion from Delta for knocking off his flight crew app
Jul 15, 2021, 6:04 PM 2
Back in August 2016, after a five-hour power outage forced Delta Airlines to cancel hundreds of flights costing the airline more than $150 million, Captain Craig Alexander came up with a brilliant idea for a text messaging app for flight crews. Alexander claims to have spent $100,000 of his own money and developed the QrewLive app which is designed to help flight crews communicate when issues surface after a disrupted flight.
Pilot develops app which he claims Delta stole to create its own version; lawsuit seeks more than $1 billion from the airline
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Pilot Sues Delta for $1 Billion Claiming the Airline Stolen Crew App
Christopher Yasiejko, Bloomberg News Delta Air Lines Inc. planes parked at gates at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. U.S. airlines are bringing back more pilots as they prepare for an expected travel rebound. Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg , Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) Delta Air Lines Inc. was sued for more than $1 billion by one of its own pilots, who claims he developed a text-messaging app for flight crews that the airline stole and used as the basis for its own app.
Captain Craig Alexander sued Atlanta-based Delta for trade-secrets theft in Georgia state court on Monday. He claims he spent $100,000 of his own money to develop his QrewLive app, which he pitched to the airline as a way to address crew communication snafus after disrupted flights. Delta turned him down but went on t