The only seat the was not in excess was 27SM. So they can dump every body they want into that seat by the contract. Does it stink, esp since that seat was in excess 2 weeks ago? yes. Was it a complete hookup for near deads, yes. But it was legal by our contract. The company controls what is in excess with no input from the union.

I'm pretty new here, 4 yrs. But I will never take the Unions word (i.e. road shows or emails) verbatim again.