Low seniority wins a Mon-Fri bid.....Saturdays????

[iruhnman630]

... Center seniority dictates who works Monday-Friday.... Any high seniority driver that volunteers to work Saturday by accepting a T-S route must work every Saturday.

The 2 practices contradict each other.

The high seniority who sign a Tu-Sat bid are signing the bid as written, just as low seniority who signs a Mon-Fri bid.

 

[zubenelgenubi]

...even though they take an unpaid day off during the week...?

Short answer is yes. But to use the word "take" makes it sound voluntary. But even if it were voluntary it wouldn't matter.

 

[Wally]

The 2 practices contradict each other.

The high seniority who sign a Tu-Sat bid are signing the bid as written, just as low seniority who signs a Mon-Fri bid.

The way I understand it is, a high seniority person can choose to work T-S, but not the other way around for the low.

 

[zubenelgenubi]

The way I understand it is, a high seniority person can choose to work T-S, but not the other way around for the low.

If everyone of higher seniority passes on a particular route/schedule, who's it going to go to?

 

[Wally]

If everyone of higher seniority passes on a particular route/schedule, who's it going to go to?

Low man.

 

[zubenelgenubi]

Low man.

I must have misunderstood your last post.

 

[SaladTosser]

I have my own route. It is a training route. Stewards tell me that if someone is training on my route, I automatically get bumped to top utility driver and pick any route I want, or go home.

So maybe it isn’t so bad taking a training route, depending on your local.

 

[Rack em]

I have my own route. It is a training route. Stewards tell me that if someone is training on my route, I automatically get bumped to top utility driver and pick any route I want, or go home.

So maybe it isn’t so bad taking a training route, depending on your local.

I don't think that's accurate . If there is another driver with more seniority, he would be able to choose a route over you.

 

[iruhnman630]

The way I understand it is, a high seniority person can choose to work T-S, but not the other way around for the low.

That is the claim.

But in my opinion they are being inconsistent about whether the priority is on seniority or the specifics of the bid.

 

[Brown Down]

I don't think that's accurate . If there is another driver with more seniority, he would be able to choose a route over you.

I've heard it both ways. Never seem to get clarification on that issue in my area.

 

[Wally]

One problem is: A driver with higher seniority that takes a T-Sat job and then decides he or she wants Saturday's off. What do you do then?

I feel once the lines are established, that should be it. You stay on T-S until another position opens. Either that or make the line which you cannot cross.

 

[lolbr]

One problem is: A driver with higher seniority that takes a T-Sat job and then decides he or she wants Saturday's off. What do you do then?

I feel once the lines are established, that should be it. You stay on T-S until another position opens. Either that or make the line which you cannot cross.

They use an option day or call in sick.

They used their seniority to get the T-S route. If they don't want to work Saturdays, then they can bid on a M-friend route.

If they weren't given the option to bump off the route when it switched to T-S, they need to talk to their BA.

 

[iruhnman630]

One problem is: A driver with higher seniority that takes a T-Sat job and then decides he or she wants Saturday's off. What do you do then?

I feel once the lines are established, that should be it. You stay on T-S until another position opens. Either that or make the line which you cannot cross.

The line was supposedly established as signing the bid means accepting the description of the bid.

In this case, the bid is described as Monday through Friday, and the winning driver should be allowed to work Mon-Fri whenever he/she is on the route, and perhaps even when the route is being used for training as well.