Dunn v. Northeast Helicopters Flight Services, LLC — dissenting

Summary

The dissent would affirm the judgment for the employer, concluding that the proposed sharing of future FAA examination fees concerned a separate, unrealized business venture rather than wages or money connected to the employment relationship. It reasons that the employer did not use continued employment to coerce a financial concession because the employee was free to reject the proposal and the employer was free to terminate an at-will employee. The dissent also concludes that the same analysis should apply whether the proposal was made during hiring or during existing at-will employment.