§184 System, Group, or Regional Boards of Adjustment

Summary

Requires that disputes between an employee or group of employees and air carriers about pay, rules, working conditions, or other grievances — including cases pending on April 10, 1936 before the National Labor Relations Board — go through the normal grievance steps up to the carrier’s chief operating officer. If they still cannot agree, either side or both together can ask for the matter to be sent to an appropriate adjustment board and must give a full statement of the facts and supporting data. Every air carrier and its employees, acting through their chosen representatives, must set up an adjustment board with no more power than allowed under section 153. Such boards can be made for one carrier, a system, or a group of carriers, and can be temporary while a permanent National Board of Adjustment is being set up. Carriers and employees may also agree to create a temporary National Board of Adjustment with limited authority.