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<blockquote data-quote="LongTimeComing" data-source="post: 1124722" data-attributes="member: 45493"><p>Marshalling is a bid-able position in Louisville? So you get more money for marshalling? If not, your seniority doesn't mean much of anything...</p><p></p><p>As it has already been stated, seniority doesn't give you the right NOT to work as instructed. I'm going to assume this employee said they feel unsafe before they ever picked up a wand and got close to the aircraft. That's just a sleazy way of getting out of doing something they just didn't feel like doing. Wingwalking a plane isn't unsafe or rocket science. You stand on the wing-tip with a wand in the air. If the wing looks like it's going to hit something, you tell the push-back to stop. Now everyone on BC can be a wingwalker.</p><p></p><p>Ok, so the training video was done months ago. Fine. The supervisor (while a little late) is now doing the hands-on training. How is this considered improperly trained? Did the employee sign off on the training after the video was watched? He shouldn't have until after the hands-on...</p><p></p><p>Anyway, you can replace 'demand' with 'instructed', and 'forced' with 'assigned'. Management is allowed to train based off of need....and unless it's a bid-able position or involves extra money....they can assign who they choose. What if nobody 'accepts' to be trained on the push-back? I can't imagine the bitch-fest that would erupt if a management person did it...that would be grieved into the dirt, yet nobody steps up to do it. See how this becomes a problem? Again, what's the difference in assigning it to a long-time employee or a new employee? It's not for any extra money or different hours. It's still assigning it to someone against their desire. And if it really became that big of a deal, there's nothing keeping them from making it a required training for EVERYONE. </p><p></p><p>Look, best case scenario is that you have a willing person accept a particular assignment. This is common sense. But I see nothing wrong in this situation unless aircraft marshalling has magically become a bid position. As simple as marshalling is in the broad scheme of things, I'd tell your friend to buck up and do what was asked. There isn't some sort of travesty or earth-shattering problem here....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LongTimeComing, post: 1124722, member: 45493"] Marshalling is a bid-able position in Louisville? So you get more money for marshalling? If not, your seniority doesn't mean much of anything... As it has already been stated, seniority doesn't give you the right NOT to work as instructed. I'm going to assume this employee said they feel unsafe before they ever picked up a wand and got close to the aircraft. That's just a sleazy way of getting out of doing something they just didn't feel like doing. Wingwalking a plane isn't unsafe or rocket science. You stand on the wing-tip with a wand in the air. If the wing looks like it's going to hit something, you tell the push-back to stop. Now everyone on BC can be a wingwalker. Ok, so the training video was done months ago. Fine. The supervisor (while a little late) is now doing the hands-on training. How is this considered improperly trained? Did the employee sign off on the training after the video was watched? He shouldn't have until after the hands-on... Anyway, you can replace 'demand' with 'instructed', and 'forced' with 'assigned'. Management is allowed to train based off of need....and unless it's a bid-able position or involves extra money....they can assign who they choose. What if nobody 'accepts' to be trained on the push-back? I can't imagine the bitch-fest that would erupt if a management person did it...that would be grieved into the dirt, yet nobody steps up to do it. See how this becomes a problem? Again, what's the difference in assigning it to a long-time employee or a new employee? It's not for any extra money or different hours. It's still assigning it to someone against their desire. And if it really became that big of a deal, there's nothing keeping them from making it a required training for EVERYONE. Look, best case scenario is that you have a willing person accept a particular assignment. This is common sense. But I see nothing wrong in this situation unless aircraft marshalling has magically become a bid position. As simple as marshalling is in the broad scheme of things, I'd tell your friend to buck up and do what was asked. There isn't some sort of travesty or earth-shattering problem here.... [/QUOTE]
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