Originally Posted by
Milksheikh
As I understand, the NMB has to offer binding arbitration and if one side refuses, it goes to the 30 day cooling off period. Is that the release being discussed?
Also, is requesting proffer basically asking the NMB to offer binding arbitration to both sides? Wouldn't the NMB think the union would just automatically reject binding arbitration to get to the 30 day cooling off period? Could that be why its taking this long?
Correct on all accounts. The NMB knows that a proffer will result in either a TA or a strike at the end of the 30 days.
Thank you for educating yourself, seriously. It would be nice if more pilots would do that.