Originally Posted by F9 Driver

The goal is to get an actual member(s) of the NMB to take a look at what has been happening during mediated negotiations, and push the parties forward. This is also the first step in moving beyond mediation to proffer of binding arbitration. After the proffer, and assuming that one of the parties refuses, comes the 30 day cooling off period.

This is an ALPA doc that details the steps in Section 6. It doesn't call it a "status conference", but we are at the top of p.4

https://crewroom.alpa.org/alafa/Port...06%20Final.pdf