In the Matter of the

REPRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEES

of

ATLAS AIR, INC.

Flight Deck Crew Members


26 NMB No. 45

CASE NO. R-6654

CERTIFICATION

April 28, 1999



    The services of the National Mediation Board were invoked by the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)on February 1, 1999, to investigate and determine who may represent for the purposes of the Railway Labor Act, as provided by Section 2, Ninth, thereof, personnel described as “Flight Deck Crew Members,” employees of Atlas Air, Inc.

    At the time this application was received, these employees were not represented by any organization or individual.

    The Board assigned Mediator Patricia Sims to investigate.

FINDINGS

    The investigation disclosed that a dispute existed among the craft or class of Flight Deck Crew Members, and by direction of the Board, the Mediator was instructed to conduct an election by secret ballot to determine the employees' representation choice.

    The following is the result of the election as reported by Mediator Sims who was assigned to count the ballots in this case.


Number of Employees Voting:
ALPA
IBT
Any Other
Org. or Individual
Number of Employees Eligible
Flight Deck Crew Members
264
106
3
487



    The National Mediation Board further finds that the Carrier and employees in this case are, respectively, a Carrier and employees within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; that this Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and that the interested parties, as well as the Carrier, were given due notice of the Board's investigation.

CERTIFICATION

    NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Section 2, Ninth, of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, and based upon its investigation pursuant thereto, the National Mediation Board certifies that the Air Line Pilots Association, International has been duly designated and authorized to represent for the purposes of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, the craft or class of Flight Deck Crew Members, employees of Atlas Air, Inc., its successors and assigns.

    By direction of the NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD.



     Stephen E. Crable
     Chief of Staff

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