By Andrew Longstreth

As Crain's New York Business reported last month, Delta announced in 2007 that John F. Kennedy International Airport would become one of its major hubs so it could "challenge American Airline's dominance," even as American unveiled its new $1.4 billion terminal.

So American was understandably perturbed when Charles Imhof, its top New York sales rep, left for Delta this spring. American promptly sued, alleging in New York federal district court that Imhof, a 22-year veteran of American, decamped with documents that contained trade secrets. In May, Judge Lewis Kaplan granted American's request for a temporary restraining order that severely restricted what Imhof could do at Delta.

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