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I was a bid Air Driver part-time for about 5 years. One of the best jobs I've ever had. Evening pickups which were the same every day, no mental stress, virtually same variables every day, and I only worked about 20-23 hours per week so I could still actually have a life. It was great...until I was replaced with a combo and sent back inside to do part-time center work for my inside rate, which was roughly half my Air Driver rate. They couldn't take my classification away so I kept my current pay rate and job title, but since I was doing inside work, I was getting my inside pay. Because there was nothing the union could/wanted to do about this, I decided to go Feeders and was red-circled my top Air Rate.
Feeders was very close to Air Driving in terms of mental stress and low difficulty of the job (once I got the hang of it). I got to drive big rigs, visit different states and see different hubs, and the work pace was great. I loved it...until I was DQ'd on day 28 and sent back to centers, where they didn't return me to my Air Driver classification. I talked to the center manager and he fixed my classification and current pay rate, although I still made my inside rate for doing inside work. I couldn't keep affording to pay bills with my checks being cut in half every week. Out of shear luck, there were many Twilight/Midnight combo jobs that became available around this time, so I bid on all of them and ended up winning a combo position. Again, I was red-circled my top Air Rate.
Combo Inside/Inside was one of the worst jobs I've ever had, because I was Unload/Unload. I didn't think it would be that bad. I mean, it's just unload. I've done it before as a shot to the Unload before I went into air driving. It's just putting boxes on a moving belt. Not that hard, and not as physically demanding as actually loading trailers instead of unloading them. Well, doing that part-time versus doing it for 8.5-9 hours per week is a much bigger difference than I thought. Anyway, did Combo for about 10 months and saw bids for the new Tuesday-Saturday FT Package Car positions. I bid on them, and ending up getting "the call" once again. However, I was not red-circled this time but instead brought in at the starting FT Package Car rate of $18.75. Brought this to my FT Sup's attention who is currently working with payroll on this issue.
Now. As a FT Package Car Driver, I'm aware of the 4 year progression. However, since I had already attained progression as an Air Driver, then worked as a 22.3 Inside/Inside, I get top ground driver rate not after 4 years, but instead 6 months, correct? Does me getting DQ'd from Feeders affect this?
- TLDR -
- Made PT Air Driver progression (bid driver).
- Went Feeders and was DQ'd.
- Went Inside/Inside Combo for 10 months
- Went Tues/Sat FT Package Car, currently under 30 days
Question: Because I was a Top Rate PT Air Driver who then went inside/inside combo, do I only have to wait 6 months instead of 4 years for top rate? Does me going Feeders and then getting DQ'd before I went Inside/Inside Combo affect this?
I was a bid Air Driver part-time for about 5 years. One of the best jobs I've ever had. Evening pickups which were the same every day, no mental stress, virtually same variables every day, and I only worked about 20-23 hours per week so I could still actually have a life. It was great...until I was replaced with a combo and sent back inside to do part-time center work for my inside rate, which was roughly half my Air Driver rate. They couldn't take my classification away so I kept my current pay rate and job title, but since I was doing inside work, I was getting my inside pay. Because there was nothing the union could/wanted to do about this, I decided to go Feeders and was red-circled my top Air Rate.
Feeders was very close to Air Driving in terms of mental stress and low difficulty of the job (once I got the hang of it). I got to drive big rigs, visit different states and see different hubs, and the work pace was great. I loved it...until I was DQ'd on day 28 and sent back to centers, where they didn't return me to my Air Driver classification. I talked to the center manager and he fixed my classification and current pay rate, although I still made my inside rate for doing inside work. I couldn't keep affording to pay bills with my checks being cut in half every week. Out of shear luck, there were many Twilight/Midnight combo jobs that became available around this time, so I bid on all of them and ended up winning a combo position. Again, I was red-circled my top Air Rate.
Combo Inside/Inside was one of the worst jobs I've ever had, because I was Unload/Unload. I didn't think it would be that bad. I mean, it's just unload. I've done it before as a shot to the Unload before I went into air driving. It's just putting boxes on a moving belt. Not that hard, and not as physically demanding as actually loading trailers instead of unloading them. Well, doing that part-time versus doing it for 8.5-9 hours per week is a much bigger difference than I thought. Anyway, did Combo for about 10 months and saw bids for the new Tuesday-Saturday FT Package Car positions. I bid on them, and ending up getting "the call" once again. However, I was not red-circled this time but instead brought in at the starting FT Package Car rate of $18.75. Brought this to my FT Sup's attention who is currently working with payroll on this issue.
Now. As a FT Package Car Driver, I'm aware of the 4 year progression. However, since I had already attained progression as an Air Driver, then worked as a 22.3 Inside/Inside, I get top ground driver rate not after 4 years, but instead 6 months, correct? Does me getting DQ'd from Feeders affect this?
- TLDR -
- Made PT Air Driver progression (bid driver).
- Went Feeders and was DQ'd.
- Went Inside/Inside Combo for 10 months
- Went Tues/Sat FT Package Car, currently under 30 days
Question: Because I was a Top Rate PT Air Driver who then went inside/inside combo, do I only have to wait 6 months instead of 4 years for top rate? Does me going Feeders and then getting DQ'd before I went Inside/Inside Combo affect this?