You may recall that after AirTran and its pilots came to terms on a tentative agreement this year — union officials went back to the airline after beginning their road shows and told management  essentially that the agreement was not going to fly.

So back to the table both sides went.

Today, it was just announced that the pilots at AirTran have voted down the successor to that TA — and by a resounding margin.

Pilots voted voted down the proposed agreement by a margin of 61.37% to 38.63%.  87% of the pilot group voted.

There were 1,477 eligible pilots and 1,284 voted.

After being informed of these results the National Mediation Board, which has been overseeing negotiations since September 2005, put  talks in recess until after the New Year.

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