ALPA sent a letter to the US National Mediation Board (NMB) on behalf on the Hawaiian Airlines pilots, formally requesting that the NMB end its mediation efforts and issue a Proffer of Arbitration to both parties. Should the NMB make a proffer and either ALPA or Hawaiian decline to enter binding arbitration, the two sides would be released from mediation and would enter a 30-day cooling-off period following which the pilots could strike.
In a strike authorisation vote taken earlier this autumn, 98% of participating Hawaiian Airlines pilots voted to allow their leadership to declare the strike if the NMB releases ALPA to self-help. This would be the first strike in the airline's 80-year history.
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