FDX -- trips not hitting open time?
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Joined APC: Sep 2006
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Noticed the same. Been trying to use 18 hrs of OTP before it gets taken out of my check with no luck. Suspect scheduling is holding back trips and assigning them to reserves to boost utilization. But there's no way to prove that since we can't see behind the curtain. Can any Reserves confirm my theory? Are they beeing used more? Anyway, so much for the transperancy that the last contract was supposed to provide...
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#6
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Joined APC: Sep 2006
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No luck with General make-up either. However, I can't just pick-up anything because I'm a commuter, so as a minimum I need a front end DH (or a trip that's far enough out that allows me to reserve a J/S). Thinking about filing a grievance if they take it out of my pay...SG
#8
Noticed the same. Been trying to use 18 hrs of OTP before it gets taken out of my check with no luck. Suspect scheduling is holding back trips and assigning them to reserves to boost utilization. But there's no way to prove that since we can't see behind the curtain. Can any Reserves confirm my theory? Are they beeing used more? Anyway, so much for the transperancy that the last contract was supposed to provide...
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#9
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Joined APC: Jul 2006
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As for a grievance if you can't find a trip meeting your preferences, good luck.
#10
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Joined APC: Dec 2008
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I think it has more to do with people being a little more conservative about dropping trips since the guarantees are going down. Then the trips that do get dropped are getting picked right up within a short period of time, for the same reasons.
Not really any different looking than the last 6-9 months, with the exception that there are not any standbys. Trips have not been hanging around in open time like they were in 2007...
Not really any different looking than the last 6-9 months, with the exception that there are not any standbys. Trips have not been hanging around in open time like they were in 2007...
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