Originally Posted by
Lewbronski
Can you go into more detail as to what you mean by "anytime soon"? Can you point to something specifically like a particular section of the RLA or a particular RLA case which makes you feel the way you do? I might agree with you if you mean weeks or months. But at some point, and guidance does exist on at what point this occurs, the NMB does not have carte blanche to simply keep a dispute in mediation forever.
The NMB operates under what they call “The zone of reasonableness”. If they view you are in that zone you can expect a release. If they view you are out of that zone they can in fact hold you virtually indefinitely. Informally that’s known as Icing. They generally define that zone by your standing amongst your peers.