The unions have also rejected the wage increases proposed by the emergency board.

"I consider them very good contracts," particularly in light of the emergency board findings, he said.

Each emergency board triggered a cooling-off period, the second of which is about to expire.

That declaration would send the dispute to a Presidential emergency board.

The emergency board is to study the dispute and recommend a solution within 30 days.

Starfleet Command organized an emergency board of inquiry, and the results came not five minutes ago.

If experience is any guide, an emergency board was likely to settle the dispute.

Neither side has to accept the recommendations of the President's emergency board.

The President has the power to order the pilots back to work while an emergency board tries to resolve the strike.

The pilots' dispute now goes to the emergency board established by President Clinton.