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Source: The Lift

Lawsuit filed against Vision Airlines may uncover rendition evidence?

Vision Airlines is a U.S. government contractor doing work in Afghanistan and Iraq. The company is being sued now by employees who say it withheld millions in government hazard pay they earned for flying into war zones. The case was filed as a public record on Jan. 20. (Case 2:09-cv-00117-RLH-RJJ in the US District Court of Nevada PDF available here)

Three days later however Vision attorney Harold Gewerter requested that the case be temporarily sealed, which was agreed upon four days later by Judge Robert Johnston in the Federal Court. The case remains temporarily sealed until Johnston makes a final decision. Sealing the case, according to Vision attorney Harold Gewerter, is matter of protecting “confidential and classified information, wholly irrelevant to the ultimate claims of the plaintiff.” At its heart, this lawsuit is a payroll dispute.

The 28-page document sat open to the world for one week however, and some of the elements of the document which were open to the public for one week might confirm some of the alleged participation of Vision Airlines in the CIA’s extraordinary rendition programme, as documented in the 2006 report of Dick Marty to the inquiry of the European Parliament. (See p. 26 here on the use of Vision plane N368CE.)

The class action lawsuit alleges that at least 300 current and former employees were shortchanged when Vision decided it could “capture a financial windfall if it simply retained all the hazard pay … for its own benefit.” (par.38) The hazard in that hazard payi s explained clearly, as (par.10-11) “aircraft typically arrives under the cover of darkness which require all exterior and interior aircraft lighting (except for cockpit instruments) to be turned off,” which is a typical feature of a rendition flight as well.

In May 2005 Vision began providing air transport services, moving personnel and cargo twice weekly to and from Kabul Internationl Airport. (par.31) In addition to transporting cargo, Vision flew “diplomatic and other personnel” (par.33) to and from Kabul and Baghdad. A former Vision pilot, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Home News that the passengers typically included CIA and State Department personnel along with employees of private security contractor Blackwater.



Vision Airlines, formerly Vision Air, is an airline headquartered in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The airline operates flights for their tour business of the Grand Canyon, Marble Canyon, Hoover Dam, and Monument Valley out of North Las Vegas airport utilizing Dornier 228 and Dornier 328 aircraft. In addition, during the summer months, Vision Airlines transports white water rafters to various destinations along the Colorado River.

Vision Airlines also operates a charter division that utilizes Boeing 737, Boeing 767, Dornier 228 and Dornier 328 aircraft. Vision Airlines operates out of three hubs: North Las Vegas Airport, Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport and Miami International Airport.

When you need spies swapped out fast, who do you call? Why of course, Vision Airlines. So, Anna, did you have a nice flight? I understand the shrimp cocktails in first class are served chilled.

Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport (IATA: GPT, ICAO: KGPT, FAA LID: GPT) is a joint civil-military public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Gulfport, a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. It is owned by the Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport Authority.