Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
Well that's why I said "I believe"
I was just reading the order of things, which you've backed, and the way it was written made it sound as if the vote by the pilots to strike comes after the mediation. Mediation did begin in 2006 and since nothing has happened they did request arbitration. I didn't know if they were done or not with this step. The fact the pilots voted to strike led me to believe so. I'll have to get one of the PNCL guys to chime in.
Jan. 2005 bargaining began
Dec. 2005 "best offer" was made
--pilots rejected offer--
--Company has since stalled talks--
Sep. 2006 Mediation began
<<<somewhere in here arbitration was requested, possibly started and finished iono>>>
Dec. 2007 Pilots voted to strike
Yeah, but the NMB is the only entity that can release them from mediation. I don't believe that has happened. Even having both parties agree to arbitration would be HUGE news. If either would have happened it would have created multiple page threads.
