Originally Posted by
jj158
With everything going on, I imagine there have been quite a few grievances. Can someone please explain the grievance process (start to finish) with all appeals made. Thanks!
Don’t expect any immediate results. Our volunteers work tirelessly but the process to actually get in front of an arbitrator can take forever due to scheduling conflicts and feet dragging. Some things, where an exact dollar amount of damage can be successfully found out (IE you picked up a critical trip but it only paid out at 1.5 and for whatever reason the payroll discrepancy was denied) you might get your money. For other things (305 captains comes to mind) where they will say “well, so and so could’ve decided to take this upgrade instead of you, so we can’t tell who was financially hurt and how much”, don’t expect any sort of personal restitution. Those sorts of things can affect how the arbitrator looks and interprets company actions down the road though.
TLDR; Unless it’s very straightforward don’t expect much or that it will happen quickly. That isn’t to say holding people accountable isn’t worthwhile, but don’t expect to file a grievance and get immediate gratification.