Originally Posted by
NuGuy
This might be a matter of terminology. Scheduling disputes were considered grievances at NWA, whereas at DAL they are not.
When you had a scheduling issue at NWA, you were told by Contract Admin to "put in a sheet", and that began the grievance process.
At DAL you do essentially the same thing, except there is no form, and someone in the Scheduling Committee takes down your information.
In both systems, they go into a pile, and are eventually worked out with the company. Both systems produce the same result with albeit a slightly different philosophy.
Nu
This. I've had a few disputes at Delta. I write an e-mail to the scheduling comittee, get a case number, and either never hear anything again or get an e-mail 6-12 months later telling me I'm getting paid a few hours for something I can't remember. Always told that they are really backed up. We might not officially call them grievances, but they are exactly what the majority of the open grievances at Northwest were. They almost always have to do with reroutes or IROPS.