Airline Pilots Ass'n v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.

PIERCE, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we consider whether the “status quo” provision of Section 6 of the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 156 (1982) (Act), prevents a carrier and a union1 from agreeing upon the rates of pay, rules, and working conditions that are to be in effect during a contract renegotiation period even though they may differ from those in effect immediately prior to the expiration of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement. Finding nothing in the Act or the relevant caselaw to support a conclusion that it does, we affirm the order of the district court which enforced…