Originally Posted by
CrustyFDX
Where are the reinstatement rights for those of us that are involuntarily excessed? I hold a 3 part bid status; aircraft, seat and domicile. Now I will be force to another domicile with no recourse back to my rightful 3 part bid unless I bid back. Why?? We excess in reverse seniority order and reinstate in seniority order. It’s that simple. If not, once the economy turns around, I/we can be stuck in another aircraft/ seat/ dom for years as someone senior bids our vacancies.
I called the union and was told I must BID back to Mem. ***??????? They have not even thought about this issue. "Screw ‘em their junior!!!!!" I guess they have been concerned about getting their buddies back up front.
Interesting issue....
I think your point is that even senior folks have to typically wait for a "vacancy bid" once they decide to exercise their seniority and seek a different seat --- they can't just tap a guy on the shoulder and tell him to move out.
Listing virtually every seat in this bid with an "Excess" of at least "1" effectively allows this "tap on the shoulder" to happen --- and gives the guys who were "tapped" no rights to keeping that seat in perpetuity, as the normal vacancy process allows.
Hmmmm....
What would stop the company from running such a bid every year...or every few years, just to "adjust" the manning/seniority as they pleased?
One would think the company would be against it due to the training costs, but somehow it appears the company really isn't concerned about training costs today.
...a bit perplexing.
