AVMG 5090 CHAPTER 17 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What law governs labor-management relations in the
airline industry?
Answer:
The Railway Labor Act of 1926 (RLA), made applicable to the airlines
in 1936.
Question:
2. What was Congress's purpose in enacting that law?
Answer:
Congress's purpose in enacting the RLA was to minimize interference in interstate
commerce caused by labor disputes in the mass-transportation industries, while
ensuring transportation employees' rights to engage in collective bargaining and
collective action.
Question:
3. What federal administrative agency has the
responsibility for overseeing labor-management relations
in the airline industry under that law?
Answer:
The National Mediation Board (NMB).
Question:
4. Does the statutory and regulatory structure described
in your answers to questions 1-3 above apply to any non-
airline aviation companies? Explain.
Answer:
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What law governs labor-management relations in the
airline industry?
Answer:
The Railway Labor Act of 1926 (RLA), made applicable to the airlines
in 1936.
Question:
2. What was Congress's purpose in enacting that law?
Answer:
Congress's purpose in enacting the RLA was to minimize interference in interstate
commerce caused by labor disputes in the mass-transportation industries, while
ensuring transportation employees' rights to engage in collective bargaining and
collective action.
Question:
3. What federal administrative agency has the
responsibility for overseeing labor-management relations
in the airline industry under that law?
Answer:
The National Mediation Board (NMB).
Question:
4. Does the statutory and regulatory structure described
in your answers to questions 1-3 above apply to any non-
airline aviation companies? Explain.
Answer:
