At our center they tell us we have a 15 minutes before start time rule to be able to bump to a route but most days recently they have extras in the middle and are asking people if they want to go home til past start time then they put whoever they want on a route and won't allow you to say that you want that route instead of the lower seniority guy they move to it. What can be done about this? If there is a 15 minute rule then they should be held to having the routes set 15 min before too.
I’m also in the southern. Here they put you wherever they want but they still have to work you based on seniority. As long as you’re working And getting your 8 hours that’s all the union cares about.
If it were me I would let them know you want your 8 hours and wait for instructions.
If they send you home before junior employees, file to be paid the time that the junior employee worked.
If they work you on a route you don’t know or like, communicate via diad that you will have service failures then run straight air, then straight businesses in Orion order, take your hour lunch 12-1, then pickups. Save all resis for last. Do not answer your phone and make them set meet points if they send you help.
They will learn to put you on a route that you know, and can make service on.