Opinion ID: 785099
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: The Dunsford Arbitration

Text: 24 US Airways presents evidence of an arbitration between it and the IAM in 1991-1992 before the U.S. Airways-IAM System Board of Adjustment/Arbitration (System Board) which Professor John Dunsford decided (the Dunsford Arbitration). The issue before the System Board was whether U.S. Airways could outsource engine overhaul work because it lacked the facilities to perform the work in house. Professor Dunsford decided that it could, noting that the IAM had not met its burden of showing that there were facilities to do the work in house. While the parties agree that this award has become part of the CBA, they dispute its meaning. US Airways claims that Professor Dunsford relied on the second sentence of Section (G) of the Second Clarification in holding that even though the engine overhaul work customarily had not been contracted out, U.S. Airways could do so in that case because it lacked the facilities to do the work in house. In contrast, the IAM believes that Professor Dunsford relied solely on Section (I), which creates a specific exception for aircraft engine overhauling where there is a lack of facilities.