Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
That one is just my guess.
From what I've heard/read Pinnacle made "their best deal" and the pilots turned it down. The company has sense sat there doing nothing. The pilot group has sense voted for and approved a strike by an overwhelming amount. Are they not in their "cooling-off" period yet? There was talk awhile back about it before the vote. Looking at the relation of things it seems a strike comes after the period. The strike has already been voted on by the pilots. Maybe they voted prior to the mediation. Any PNCL guys here to shed light?
What you wrote does not equate to a cooling off period. As your quote states, there has to be a proffer of arbitration made. Then either party has to decline such proffer. Then the NMB has to relase the parties from mediation. Then they are on the cooling off period. The strike vote is just to increase leverage before getting to the cooling off period. The NMB has NOT released them from mediation, as I understand at least.