"I do not consider it a coincidence that in the
bargaining environment of the case, where the FAA has interpreted
and applied its unique bargaining statute to deprive the Panel of
jurisdiction to resolve bargaining disputes, one of its unions has
sought to resort to a form of force: not economic, but political
force, through the vehicle of a vote of its members on the agency's
proposals."
Source: An unnamed judge with the Federal Labor
Relations Authority, in ruling last week in favor of the
Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS), AFL-CIO, the union
that represents FAA systems specialists, regarding the FAA's Unfair
Labor Practice (ULP) case.