Originally Posted by
sailingfun
The NMB would not agree.
Once mediation begins, the NMB-appointed mediator controls when and where negotiation sessions will occur.
Show me in the RLA where it's written that direct negotiations are prohibited when mediation begins. I'll wait.
The mediator controls MEDIATED sessions. There is NOTHING that prohibits Casey and Jody from getting together with Bobby J and AW over some hot wings and quesadillas at the DoubleTree and hammering out a deal, at ANY time.