Wichita ? A Boeing Co. engineer who also serves in the Kansas Legislature has settled his age discrimination lawsuit for an undisclosed sum.

The settlement was confirmed Friday by Jeff Spahn, the attorney for Rep. Mario Goico, R-Wichita.

Spahn said that under an agreement with Boeing, the terms of the settlement would be kept confidential.

A federal jury in November awarded more than $2.5 million to Goico, 59. Both sides had appealed portions of that decision.

“I’m glad we were able to resolve it. Both sides are satisfied with the outcome,” Spahn said.

Goico, a veteran pilot who has worked at Chicago-based Boeing’s Wichita plant for more than 20 years, had claimed he was wrongly denied assignment as a test pilot three years ago.

His lawsuit claimed that despite his experience – 5,800 military flying hours in the Air Force and the Air National Guard – Boeing ranked him last among seven qualified applicants for the two test pilot positions.

He had been a part-time test pilot for the company, and a full-time position would have meant a substantial raise.

The native of Cuba had also argued that bias against his heritage also contributed to his being passed over for the higher-paying job.

Goico remains on leave with the company, and his career there will end this summer.

He was in Topeka on Friday for a vote and the adjournment of this year’s legislative session.

“I’m looking for a job,” he said. “I hope that I can get to fly.”

Goico worked for Boeing from 1974 to 1977, then returned to the company in 1980.

He also worked for Cessna Aircraft Co. as a test pilot from 1966 to 1970 and from 1977 to 1980.

He was first elected to the Kansas House in 2002, representing the 100th district in west Wichita.