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04-18-2014, 02:16 PM

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SawF16

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Originally Posted by Roadkill

This is the massive downside to increased reserve utilization and productivity. Ability to tweak sched drops to nil and QOL is taking a huge hit. Very difficult to swap or drop.

After doing some research- it looks like this issue is popping up all over in categories where there are a large number of new hires- the issue is the new hires have been awarded non-shadow reserve days with the expectation that they will complete IOE in time to be available- but many of these folks won't do their line check until late in April. The reserves available matrix won't reflect their on call days until the LCA puts them into the system as complete. For the NYC 320B, every single weekend reserve for the month of May is a new hire who is not yet "qual" but is also not a shadow bidder- hence with 10 guys on reserve, we currently show zero available.

This has more to do with the fact that the new hires are clustered into a few cats than any productivity gains.

04-18-2014, 02:47 PM

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Razor

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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

you could always put it on the swap board first and see if anybody picks it up.

You would be amazed what people will do to avoid the pick up limit.

Good point. Thanks everyone!

04-18-2014, 05:56 PM

#154253

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Originally Posted by hookshot123

Say you are on a single X day when scheduling calls to leave a message assigning rest starting at midnight after the X day till 6 am to get a 30 hour break.

If you wait till 2 am after the X day ends to acknowledge the rest, did you just break the rest period and negate the 30 consecutive hour break?

Capt. Hook

They can't require you to acknowledge a voice mail during an X day.
Just ignore it and go on long call at midnight. You will NOT have had a 30 hour break.
If they want to give you a 30 hour break they have to assign it before it starts.

04-18-2014, 06:04 PM

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So, for the first time I got to mess around with a Suface 2 at Best Buy. I have to say, I was impressed. I own an Ipad 2, $400, neat but not crazy about it.

The Surface I was messing with had a keyboard and Office (word, excel, etc). And a usb port.

So what is it about this thing that people don't like?

04-18-2014, 06:28 PM

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Alan Shore

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Quote:

Originally Posted by hookshot123

Say you are on a single X day when scheduling calls to leave a message assigning rest starting at midnight after the X day till 6 am to get a 30 hour break.

They can't do that. You must be notified of a 30-hour rest period before the rest begins. You cannot be notified at the end of an X-day that you're getting another six to count as the 30.

04-18-2014, 06:56 PM

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gloopy

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Originally Posted by hookshot123

Pretty sure that is [highly] illegal. Rest requirements are now prospective. If you didn't start your X day knowing about the +6 they can't just tack it on at their leisure. Call DALPA ASAP and don't acknowledge that assignment until its clarified. Even if they take it off, still call and let them know scheds is trying to do this. Eventually they will find someone who will accidentally fall for it and subject themselves and the company to an illegality.