World released for 30-day cooling off

[GogglesPisano]

World Air Is Released From Mediation
Thursday December 29, 9:54 am ET National Mediation Board Releases World Air and Pilots' Union From Mediation
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (AP) -- World Air Holdings Inc., parent of World Airways, said Thursday the National Mediation Board released it and its pilots, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, from a mediation that began nearly two years earlier.
The National Mediation Board issued notice of the release Dec. 28, initiating a 30-day cooling-off period. World Air and the pilots' union had requested to be released from mediation after the union negotiating team rejected the company's final offer.
Negotiations have been continuing for more than two years, since the contract became amenable in June 2003. The pilots rejected an earlier tentative agreement in March 2004.
World Air employs 430 pilots operating wide-body passenger and cargo aircraft for military and commercial customers. The pilots' contract has a provision that military flying would continue uninterrupted if a strike was called at the end of the cooling-off period, expiring at midnight on Jan. 27.
Union representatives did not immediately respond to a call left by The Associated Press.

 

[(o) (o)]

any world guys here can tell us if your management is planning on hiring scabs if the strike goes down?

good luck to all (the pilots)

 

[redneck jihad]

any world guys here can tell us if your management is planning on hiring scabs if the strike goes down?

I don't think World management is into "planning".

 

[AdlerDriver]

I guess World management doesn't have as much $$ as UPS to line the pockets of the NMB. Good Luck guys.

 

[Bellerophon]

I don't think the MD-11 rated professionals at Fed Ex, UPS and Gemini will leave to scab at World Airways. Otherwise its 50K a copy to rate new MD-11 pilots.

 

[Whale Rider]

Yep, those 30 days go so fast, its up before you know it. Good Luck Guys...

 

[(o) (o)]

I heard from a friend that he received an email from Capt. RK to "wait" for an interview.

Base on that, I am curious if they have some kind of a plan to bring people in if a strike goes down.

Wish you all the best.