The services of the National Mediation Board were invoked by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on October 20,
1998, to investigate and determine who may represent for the purposes of the Railway Labor Act, as provided by Section
2, Ninth, thereof, personnel described as "Ground Instructors," employees of AirTran Airlines, Inc.
At the time this application was received, these employees were not represented by any organization or individual.
The Board assigned Mediator Gale L. Oppenberg to investigate.
FINDINGS
The investigation disclosed that a dispute existed among the craft or class of Ground Instructors, and by direction of the
Board, the Mediator was instructed to conduct an election by secret ballot to determine the employees' representation
choice.
The following is the result of the election as reported by Mediator Oppenberg who was assigned to count the ballots in this
case.
The National Mediation Board further finds that the Carrier and employees in this case are, respectively, a Carrier and
employees within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; that this Board has jurisdiction over the dispute
involved herein; and that the interested parties, as well as the Carrier, were given due notice of the Board's investigation.
CERTIFICATION
NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Section 2, Ninth, of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, and based upon its
investigation pursuant thereto, the National Mediation Board certifies that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has
been duly designated and authorized to represent for the purposes of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, the craft or class
of Ground Instructors, employees of AirTran Airlines, Inc., its successors and assigns.
By direction of the NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD.
Stephen E. Crable
Chief of Staff