Pointing out that only three times in 33 years has the government chosen to intervene in airline industry disputes through appointment of a Presidential Emergency Board, Hall said that the negotiating process can work to resolve labor-management disputes at the bargaining table if the government stays out.
Mediation is dragged out too long, often for years.
And worst of all, the airlines have come to count on delay and then fight us over retroactive pay - a real paycheck issue for our members. It delays negotiations. It strings them out for two, three, four, and even five years. When the carriers exhaust the time limits and procedures as set forth they then turn to the court system to seek injunctions against our members.