U.S. Emergency Board No. 146 Records

Collection Number: 5061

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

U.S. Emergency Board No. 146 Records, 1962

Collection Number:

5061

Creator:

U.S. Emergency Board

Quantity:

1 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Records (documents).

Repository:

Kheel Center for Labor- Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Transcript of proceedings and exhibits of the Emergency Board No. 146, 1962. Trans World Airlines vs. the Flight Engineers' International Association, TWA Chapter, 1951-1962.

Language:

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The agreement between the parties -was scheduled to expire on January 1, 1961. Both the Company and the Association filed the required notices of intention to change the agreement in October 1960. Negotiations were begun in November and continued to the end of December when the parties requested the services of the National Mediation Board.

Numerous mediation sessions were held during the next four months, but no agreement was reached, so the National Mediation Board suggested arbitration as required by the Railway Labor Act. This was accepted by the Company and rejected by the Association, On September 15, 1961 the Mediation Board closed its file.

negotiations were resumed and continued to March 2, 1962 but no final agreement could be reached. On March 18, the Association notified the Company of its intention to strike on March 21.

There were more than one hundred separate proposals for revisions in the contract affecting recognition, scope, wages, hours, flight-time pay and credits, training, seniority, adjustment of grievances, vacations, sick leave, insurance benefits and many others, but the issue of crew complement was the central problem in this as in other disputes.

On March 20, 1962, by Executive Order 11011, the President created an Emergency Board consisting of James 0. Hill, Thomas C. Begley and Arthur W. Sempliner. Hearings were held from April 3 to April 18, 1962, and a report and recommendations issued on May 1, 1962.

SUBJECTS

Names:

United States. Emergency Board No. 146.

Flight Engineers' International Association--Sources.

Trans World Airlines--Sources.

Subjects:

Arbitration, Industrial--United States--Sources.

Collective bargaining--Aeronautics--United States--Sources.

Airlines--Employees--Labor unions--United States--Sources.

Form and Genre Terms:

Records (documents).

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RELATED MATERIALS

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
Box 1	Folder 1	Transcript. 10 Volumes. 1739 pages.
Box 1	Folder 2	Carriers' Exhibit 1. Chronology of Trans World Airlines-Flight Engineers' International Association Basic Agreement Negotiations.
Box 1	Folder 3	Carriers' Exhibit 2. Trans World Airlines and Flight Engineers' International Association opening proposals compared to July 29, 1958 Agreement.	1958
Box 1	Folder 4	Carriers' Exhibit 3. Trans World Airlines Proposals to Flight Engineers' International Association.	1961
		December 1961.
Box 1	Folder 5	Carriers' Exhibit 4. Open items, Trans World Airlines-Flight Engineers' International Association Agreement	1962
		March 23, 1962.
Box 1	Folder 6	Carriers' Exhibit 5. Average Trans World Airline Flight Engineer.	1961
Box 1	Folder 7	Carriers' Exhibit 6. Excerpt "The Airline Financial Posture."
Box 1	Folder 8	Carriers' Exhibit 7. Table - Profit Margins, selected industries
Box 1	Folder 9	Carriers' Exhibit 8. Index, Price Stability, Fares and Prices.	1950-1961
Box 1	Folder 10	Carriers' Exhibit 9. Growth in Airline Traffic.	1951-1961
Box 1	Folder 11	Carriers' Exhibit 10. Trends in Passenger Mile Yield.	1951-1961
Box 1	Folder 12	Carriers' Exhibit 11. Trends in Revenue per Passenger Mile.
Box 1	Folder 13	Carriers' Exhibit 12. Coach-Economy Per Cent of Total Traffic.
Box 1	Folder 14	Carriers' Exhibit 13. United States Flag Carriers share of trans-Atlantic market.	1951-1961
Box 1	Folder 15	Carriers' Exhibit 14. United States Flag Carriers share of trans-Atlantic seating capacity.	1951-1961
Box 1	Folder 16	Carriers' Exhibit 15. Domestic Trunk line Earnings.	1951-1961
Box 1	Folder 17	Carriers' Exhibit 16. International Operations of Domestic Trunk lines and Pan American System Earnings.	1951-1961
Box 1	Folder 18	Carriers' Exhibit 17. Trans World Airlines World Routes.
Box 1	Folder 19	Carriers' Exhibit 18. Trans World Airlines Passenger Miles.
Box 1	Folder 20	Carriers' Exhibit 19. Distribution of Operating Revenue Dollar.
Box 1	Folder 21	Carriers' Exhibit 20. Trans World Airlines Earnings.	1951-1961
Box 1	Folder 22	Carriers' Exhibit 21. Trans World Airlines Net Profit Margin.
Box 1	Folder 23	Carriers' Exhibit 22. Trans World Airlines Financial Report.	1962
		February 1962.
Box 1	Folder 24	Carriers' Exhibit 23. Trans World Airlines Aircraft introduction dates and cost.
Box 1	Folder 25	Carriers' Exhibit 24. Productivity and Capital Investment.
Box 1	Folder 26	Carriers' Exhibit 25. Diagram of Jet Airplane Cockpit - List of carriers with 4-man and 3-man crews.
Box 1	Folder 27	Carriers' Exhibit 26. First Report of Feinsinger Commission.	1961
		May 24, 1961.
Box 1	Folder 28	Carriers' Exhibit 27. No information available.
Box 1	Folder 29	Carriers' Exhibit 28. Report of "Dash Board," Pan American and Flight Engineers International Association.	1961
		June 20, 1961.
Box 1	Folder 30	Carriers' Exhibit 29. Excerpt from Dash Board Report.
Box 1	Folder 31	Carriers' Exhibit 30. Second Report of Feinsinger Commission.	1961
		October 17, 1961.
Box 1	Folder 32	Carriers' Exhibit 31. Report of "Fisher Board," Trans World Airlines and Air Line Pilots Association.	1961
		December 15, 1961.
Box 1	Folder 33	Carriers' Exhibit 32. CAB Regulations Part 40, "Pilot in Command."
Box 1	Folder 34	Carriers' Exhibit 33. Company proposal on crew complement.	1962
		January 1962.
Box 1	Folder 35	Carriers' Exhibit 34. Flight Engineers International Association Supplemental Statement on Feinsinger Report.	1962
		February 23, 1962.
Box 1	Folder 36	Carriers' Exhibit 35. Anticipated Reduction Group A Flight Engineers.
Box 1	Folder 37	Carriers' Exhibit 36. Added costs of application of Commission recommendations.
Box 1	Folder 38	Carriers' Exhibit 37. Trans World Airlines Flight Engineer wage increase.	1950-1961
Box 1	Folder 39	Carriers' Exhibit 38. Annual wages private industries, Increases.	1949-1960
Box 1	Folder 40	Carriers' Exhibit 39. Changes in manufacturing wage rates.	1960-1961
		January 1960-June 1961.
Box 1	Folder 41	Carriers' Exhibit 40. Average Annual Salary, Flight Engineers, Big 4 systems
Box 1	Folder 42	Carriers' Exhibit 41. Trans World Airlines Flight Engineers wages versus price index and revenue.
Box 1	Folder 43	Carriers' Exhibit 42. Trans World Airlines Flight Engineer wages compared with other transportation.
Box 1	Folder 44	Carriers' Exhibit 43. Trans World Airlines Jet Flight Engineers, wages compared to other jobs.
Box 1	Folder 45	Carriers' Exhibit 44. Trans World Airlines Flight Engineers, percent of payroll and of employees.
Box 1	Folder 46	Carriers' Exhibit 45. Annual salaries, maintenance personnel.
Box 1	Folder 47	Carriers' Exhibit 46. Standard job description: Foreman, Maintenance.
Box 1	Folder 48	Carriers' Exhibit 47. Standard job description: Foreman-in-charge, Maintenance.
Box 1	Folder 49	Carriers' Exhibit 48. Operational Duty Pay.
Box 1	Folder 50	Carriers' Exhibit 49. Pegged Speed.
Box 1	Folder 51	Carriers' Exhibit 50. Trans World Airlines Jet Flight Engineers Monthly Pay.
Box 1	Folder 52	Carriers' Exhibit 51. Trans World Airlines Flight Engineers 1961 Annual Earnings: 50 most senior and 50 least senior.
Box 1	Folder 53	Carriers' Exhibit 52. Jet Flight Engineers non-productive credits for each dollar flight pay.
Box 1	Folder 54	Carriers' Exhibit 53. Earnings under Agreement as compared to Company proposal of December 12, 1961 at 80 hours.	1961
Box 1	Folder 55	Carriers' Exhibit 54. Flight Engineers domestic earnings by equipment flown (5 airlines) at 85 hours.
Box 1	Folder 56	Carriers' Exhibit 55. International Flight Engineers earnings by equipment flown (3 airlines) at 80 hours.
Box 1	Folder 57	Carriers' Exhibit 56. Union Counter Proposal on Wages.	1962
		February 22, 1962.
Box 1	Folder 58	Carriers' Exhibit 57. Comparison pay yields, Trans World Airlines-Flight Engineers International Association proposals.
Box 1	Folder 59	Carriers' Exhibit 58. Comparison pay yields, Flight Engineers International Association proposed yields at 70 hours versus current at 80 hours.
Box 1	Folder 60	Carriers' Exhibit 59. Flight Engineers International Association proposal at 70 versus 5 airlines.
Box 1	Folder 61	Carriers' Exhibit 60. Comparison of pay yields (international) 70 and 75 hours versus current 80 and 85.
Box 1	Folder 62	Carrier's Exhibit 61. Comparison Pay Yields International, Flight Engineers International Association 70 and 75 hours, 3 airlines.
Box 1	Folder 63	Carrier's Exhibit 62. Booklet: "Management for Service," ATTA
Box 1	Folder 64	Carrier's Exhibit 63. Pay hours versus actual flight hours.
Box 1	Folder 65	Carrier's Exhibit 64. Hours on Duty - Domestic
Box 1	Folder 66	Carrier's Exhibit 65. Hours away from home - domestic
Box 1	Folder 67	Carrier's Exhibit 66. Hours at home - domestic
Box 1	Folder 68	Carrier's Exhibit 67. Calendar days at home - domestic
Box 1	Folder 69	Carrier's Exhibit 68. Utilization - monthly hours - domestic
Box 1	Folder 70	Carrier's Exhibit 69. Hours on duty - international
Box 1	Folder 71	Carrier's Exhibit 70. Hours away from home - international
Box 1	Folder 72	Carrier's Exhibit 71. Hours at home - international
Box 1	Folder 73	Carrier's Exhibit 72. Calendar days at home - international
Box 1	Folder 74	Carrier's Exhibit 73. Utilization - monthly hours - international
Box 1	Folder 75	Carrier's Exhibit 74. Flight Engineers Proposal - Hours on Duty - Domestic
Box 1	Folder 76	Carrier's Exhibit 75. Flight Engineers Proposal - Hours away from home - Domestic
Box 1	Folder 77	Carrier's Exhibit 76. Flight Engineers Proposal - Hours at Home - Domestic
Box 1	Folder 78	Carrier's Exhibit 77. Flight Engineers Proposal - Calendar days at home - Domestic
Box 1	Folder 79	Carrier's Exhibit 78. Flight Engineers Proposal - Hours on Duty - International
Box 1	Folder 80	Carrier's Exhibit 79. Flight Engineers Proposal - Hours away from home - International
Box 1	Folder 81	Carrier's Exhibit 80. Flight Engineers Proposal - Hours at home - International
Box 1	Folder 82	Carrier's Exhibit 81. Flight Engineers Proposal - Calendar days at home - International
Box 1	Folder 83	Carrier's Exhibit 82. Company Proposals - Flight Scheduling	1961
		December 12, 1961
Box 1	Folder 84	Carrier's Exhibit 83. Trans World Airlines versus National Airlines - Pay and Conditions.
Box 1	Folder 85	Carrier's Exhibit 84. Flight Engineers International Association versus National Airlines - Selected Provisions
Box 1	Folder 86	Carrier's Exhibit 85. Kennedy on shorter workweek.
Box 1	Folder 87	Carrier's Exhibit 86. Clement wire regarding flight engineer utilization.	1962
		April 5, 1962
Box 1	Folder 88	Carrier's Exhibit 87. Credit at 1 to 2 duty.
Box 1	Folder 89	Carrier's Exhibit 88. Credit at 1 to 4.
Box 1	Folder 90	Carrier's Exhibit 89. Credit at 1 to 2, 1 to 4.
Box 1	Folder 91	Carrier's Exhibit 90. Credit - actual or scheduled, how operational time determined.
Box 1	Folder 92	Carrier's Exhibit 91. Flight Assignments.	1962
		March 1, 1962.
Box 1	Folder 93	Carrier's Exhibit 92. International Flight Assignments - Turbine.
Box 1	Folder 94	Carrier's Exhibit 93. International Flight Assignments - Piston.
Box 1	Folder 95	Carrier's Exhibit 94. Pay hours.	1961
Box 1	Folder 96	Carrier's Exhibit 95. Working Conditions, Summer 1961	1961
Box 1	Folder 97	Carrier's Exhibit 96. Average Utilization of Flight Engineers.
Box 1	Folder 98	Carrier's Exhibit 97. Trans World Airlines Proposal "Trip Hours" - Definition.
Box 1	Folder 99	Carrier's Exhibit 98. Trans World Airlines Proposal "Operational Duty Hours" - Definition.
Box 1	Folder 100	Carrier's Exhibit 99. Civil Air Regulations "Airman Rules"
Box 1	Folder 101	Carrier's Exhibit 100. Flight Assignments (Domestic) as would be under Flight Engineer International Association proposal
Box 1	Folder 102	Carrier's Exhibit 101. Flight Assignments (International) as would be under Flight Engineers International Association proposal
Box 1	Folder 103	Carrier's Exhibit 102. International Flight Crew Assignments under Flight Engineer International Association proposal
Box 1	Folder 104	Carrier's Exhibit 103. International Flight Engineer Assignments under Flight Engineers International Association proposal, piston.
Box 1	Folder 105	Carrier's Exhibit 104. Cost Estimates - Flight Engineers International Association proposal
Box 1	Folder 106	Carrier's Exhibit 105. Summary - Monthly hours pay and credit (turbine and piston)
Box 1	Folder 107	Carrier's Exhibit 106. International Flight Crew Assignments (1 for 3.5 hours)
Box 1	Folder 108	Carrier's Exhibit 107. International Flight Engineer flight hours and requirements (piston) (1 for 3.5)
Box 1	Folder 109	Carrier's Exhibit 108. Comparison of Increased Expense at proposed rates
Box 1	Folder 110	Carrier's Exhibit 109. Company Proposal - Section IV - Training Pay.
Box 1	Folder 111	Carrier's Exhibit 110. Company Proposal - Section V - Deadhead Time.
Box 1	Folder 112	Carrier's Exhibit 111. Company Proposal - Section X - Vacations.
Box 1	Folder 113	Carrier's Exhibit 112. Vacation Allowance (Comparison between 11 airlines).
Box 1	Folder 114	Carrier's Exhibit 113. Company Proposal - Section XI - Salary Continuance for Sickness (B).
Box 1	Folder 115	Carrier's Exhibit 114. Company Proposal - Section XI - Salary Continuance for Sickness (C).
Box 1	Folder 116	Carrier's Exhibit 115. Company Proposal - Section XI - Salary Continuance for Sickness (F)
Box 1	Folder 117	Carrier's Exhibit 116. Company Proposal - Section XII - Leave of Absence.
Box 1	Folder 118	Carrier's Exhibit 117. Company Proposal - Section XVII - Reductions, Displacement, Furlough, and return from other duty.
Box 1	Folder 119	Carrier's Exhibit 118. Management Policy and Procedure Manual - Insurance.
Box 1	Folder 120	Carrier's Exhibit 119. Company Proposal - Section VIII - Expenses (C).
Box 1	Folder 121	Carrier's Exhibit 120. Flight Engineer Rates for Hotel-Motel (Domestic).
Box 1	Folder 122	Carrier's Exhibit 121. Percent Wage Increase, Pilots and Flight Engineers.	1952-1958
Box 1	Folder 123	Carrier's Exhibit 122. Interim Agreement (Bulletin).	1960
		October 14, 1960
Box 1	Folder 124	Association Exhibit 1. Union contract proposals
Box 1	Folder 125	Association Exhibit 2. Supplemental statement on report of Feinsinger Commission.	1962
		February 23, 1962.
Box 1	Folder 126	Association Exhibit 3. National Airlines letter to President regarding Feinsinger Commission report.
		November 2, 1961.
Box 1	Folder 127	Association Exhibit 4. Pamphlet, "Safety in the Jet Age."
Box 1	Folder 128	Association Exhibit 5. Leaflet, "Convair Traveler."
Box 1	Folder 129	Association Exhibit 6. Flight Engineers by status.	1962
		February 1, 1962
Box 1	Folder 130	Association Exhibit 7. Flight Engineer seniority list.	1962
		January 1, 1962.
Box 1	Folder 131	Association Exhibit 8. Flight Engineer seniority list.	1958
		January 1, 1958.
Box 1	Folder 132	Association Exhibit 9. Number and age of Flight Engineers.	1961
		July 1, 1961
Box 1	Folder 133	Association Exhibit 10. Types of Trans World Airlines aircraft.	1962
		March 28, 1962.
Box 1	Folder 134	Association Exhibit 11. Civil Air Regulations, Part 35.
Box 1	Folder 135	Association Exhibit 12. Civil Air Regulations, Part 40.
Box 1	Folder 136	Association Exhibit 13. Civil Air Regulations, Part 41.
Box 1	Folder 137	Association Exhibit 14. Cost of Living Index.
Box 1	Folder 138	Association Exhibit 15. Productivity factor, total private economy.
Box 1	Folder 139	Association Exhibit 16. Comparison of selected ratios, piston versus jet operations.
Box 1	Folder 140	Association Exhibit 17. National Airlines - Flight Engineers International Association Agreement; Engineers' pay scale.	1961
		August 24, 1961.
Box 1	Folder 141	Association Exhibit 18. Federal Aviation Administration Announcement for "Flight Engineer Specialist."
Box 1	Folder 142	Association Exhibit 19. Union's requested schedule of salary continuance by years of service.
Box 1	Folder 143	Association Exhibit 20. Trans World Airlines Group Insurance Bulletin.
Box 1	Folder 144	Association Exhibit 21. Trans World Airlines Group Insurance pamphlet
Box 1	Folder 145	Association Exhibit 22. Example of Flight Engineer pay, trip and duty rig.
Box 1	Folder 146	Association Exhibit 23. Qualifications - Flight Engineers.
Box 1	Folder 147	Association Exhibit 24. Wall Street Journal - Cooke on Trans World Airlines Troubles.
		March 26, 1962.
Box 1	Folder 148	Association Exhibit 25. Excerpt Eastern Air Lines Emergency Board Number 144, Transcript.
Box 1	Folder 149	Association Exhibit 26. Intercarrier comparison of Flight Engineer pay.
Box 1	Folder 150	Association Exhibit 27. National Air Line rates, DC-8, DC-7, DC-6.
Box 1	Folder 151	Association Exhibit 28. Comparison piston and jet Flight Engineer wages round trip, Rome.
Box 1	Folder 152	Association Exhibit 29. Comparison piston and jet Flight Engineer wages round trip, Frankfurt.
Box 1	Folder 153	Association Exhibit 30. Comparison piston and jet Flight Engineer wages round trip, Paris.
Box 1	Folder 154	Association Exhibit 31. Comparison Flight Engineer wages (International.	1959-1961
		1959 and 1961.
Box 1	Folder 155	Association Exhibit 32. Comparison Flight Engineer wages(International)	1959-1962
		1959 and 1962.
Box 1	Folder 156	Association Exhibit 33. Flight Engineers' hourly and per mile pay.
Box 1	Folder 157	Association Exhibit 34. Trans World Airlines Policy on third crew for jet.
Box 1	Folder 158	Association Exhibit 35. Trunk line 1961 On-Time performance.
Box 1	Folder 159	Association Exhibit 36. Costs converting 4- to 3-man crew, Boeing 707-131.
Box 1	Folder 160	Joint Exhibit 1. Agreement.	1958
		July 29, 1958.
Box 1	Folder 161	Joint Exhibit 2. Union's reopening notice.	1960
		October 26, 1960.
Box 1	Folder 162	Joint Exhibit 3. Company's reply.	1960
		October 27, 1960.
Box 1	Folder 163	Joint Exhibit 4. Union reply.	1960
		October 31, 1960.
Box 1	Folder 164	Joint Exhibit 5. No information available.
Box 1	Folder 165	Joint Exhibit 6. Union's request for mediation.
Box 1	Folder 166	Joint Exhibit 7. Company's request for mediation.	1960
		December 29, 1960.
Box 1	Folder 167	Joint Exhibit 8. Company telegram to Mediation Board regarding issues.	1961
		March 17, 1961.
Box 1	Folder 168	Joint Exhibit National Mediation Board telegram to Company regarding issues.	1961
		March 20, 1961.
Box 1	Folder 169	Joint Exhibit 10. National Mediation Board proffers arbitration.	1961
		July 19, 1961.
Box 1	Folder 170	Joint Exhibit 11. National Mediation Board letter to parties noting Union rejection of arbitration, and terminating services.	1962
		August 16, 1962.
Box 1	Folder 171	Joint Exhibit 12. National Mediation Board letter closing file.	1961
		September 15, 1961.
Box 1	Folder 172	Joint Exhibit 13. Union strike notice.	1962
		March 18, 1962.
Box 1	Folder 173	Joint Exhibit 14. Company News gram regarding strike notice.	1962
		March 19, 1962.
Box 1	Folder 174	Joint Exhibit 15. National Mediation Board telegram regarding Emergency Board.	1962
		March 20, 1962.
Box 1	Folder 175	Joint Exhibit 16. Union withdrawal of strike notice.	1962
		March 20, 1962.
Box 1	Folder 176	Joint Exhibit 17. Agreement, Pan American and Flight Engineers International Association.	1957
		November 1, 1957.
Box 1	Folder 177	Joint Exhibit 18. Agreement, American Airlines and Flight Engineers International Association.	1958
		May 1, 1958.
Box 1	Folder 178	Joint Exhibit 19. Agreement, National Airlines and Flight Engineers International Association.
Box 1	Folder 179	Joint Exhibit 20. Agreement, Eastern Airlines and Flight Engineers International Association.
Box 1	Folder 180	Joint Exhibit 21. Kelliher Award.
Box 1	Folder 181	Joint Exhibit 22. Decision of Judge Duncan (Air Line Pilots Association versus Trans World Airlines).	1962
		March 26, 1962.
Box 1	Folder 182	Joint Exhibit 23. Agreement, Trans World Airlines and Air Line Pilots Association	1959
		May 22, 1959

Contents

U.S. Emergency Board No. 146 Records

Collection Number: 5061

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library