Originally Posted by
DeltaboundRedux
Serious question:
Anyone know if it’s just the House who imposes contracts on labor groups governed by the RLA at this stage, or does it take both chambers?
Congress is out of session (barring an emergency session) until the new Congress convenes next year.
Hard to imagine Team X taking the heat on this when they can just pawn it off to Team Y next year.
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The public hasn’t seen an RLA governed strike in a long time. However it plays out will set public and Congressional expectations for any pilot groups going down that road.
A “post-PEB Congressional intervention” requires Congress to pass a special law applicable specifically to this dispute that says whatever Congress wants it to say. It could impose the terms of the TA some of the unions rejected, it could extend the status quo, etc. It’s made into law in the same way as any other law. It’s done entirely outside of the RLA.