28 NMB No. 40

January 9, 2001

John E. Higgins, Jr.

Solicitor

National Labor Relations Board

1099 14th Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20570-0001

Re:	NMB File No. CJ-6692

NLRB Case Nos. 6-RC-11804 and 6-RC-11805

Aerolink International, Inc.

Dear Mr. Higgins:

This responds to your June 15, 2000, request for the National Mediation Board's (NMB) opinion regarding whether Aerolink, Inc. (Aerolink) and its employees are subject to the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 151, et seq (RLA). The record established that Aerolink is wholly owned by Worldwide Flight Services, Inc. On October 23, 2000, Charles L. Knox, President, Drivers and Employees of the Petroleum Industry, Teamsters Local No. 273, withdrew Case No. 6-RC-11805. On December 15, 2000, William Rudis, Grand Lodge Representative, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO, withdrew case No. 6-RC-11804, as well as the related unfair labor practice charges in cases Nos. 6-CA-31359 and 6-CA-31413.

Knox and Rudis withdrew these cases based on the Transport Workers Union of America's certification pursuant to the RLA as the exclusive representative of Aerolink employees in Worldwide Flight Services, Inc., 27 NMB 93 (2000). Therefore, the request for an NMB jurisdictional opinion is unnecessary. The National Labor Relations Board's records are being returned.

Based on the record in this case, Aerolink and its employees are subject to the Railway Labor Act. This decision may be cited as, 28 NMB 243 (2001).

By direction of the NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD.

Stephen E. Crable

Chief of Staff

Copies to:

Lisa M. Passarello, Esq.

Edward R. Noonan, Esq.

Mr. R. Thomas Buffenbarger

Mr. Robert Roach

David Neigus, Esq.

Mr. Ray Benning

Roland Wilder, Esq.

Mr. Charles L. Knox