In the Matter of the

REPRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEES

of

ALOHA ISLANDAIR, INC.

Fleet and Passenger Service Employees

25 NMB No. 116

CASE NO. R-6570

CERTIFICATION

September 4, 1998

The services of the National Mediation Board were invoked by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on December 15, 1997, 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 "Fleet and Passenger Service Employees," employees of Aloha IslandAir, Inc.

At the time this application was received, these employees were not represented by any organization or individual.

The Board assigned Mediator Richard A. Hanusz to investigate.

FINDINGS

The investigation disclosed that a dispute existed among the craft or class of Fleet and Passenger Service Employees, 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 John J. Bavis, Jr. who was assigned to count the ballots in this case.

Number of Employees Voting:
IBT	Number of Employees Eligible
Fleet and Passenger Service Employees	41	79

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 Fleet and Passenger Service Employees, employees of Aloha IslandAir, Inc., its successors and assigns.

By direction of the NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD.

Stephen E. Crable

Chief of Staff