Originally Posted by
Freightpuppy
I don't understand how it violates seniority if VTOs don't? Can you explain? Don't they build the RDG lines with trips dropped for vacation?
No, they don't have to build RDG lines with trips dropped for vacation and that is a beef with the system.
Let's say that there is a desirable pairing. I dunno, let's call it RFD HOT. As we have it now, the company can put it in a bid line, where everyone can bid on it or not depending on their seniority, or they can designate it for an RDG line where not everyone can bid on it. Someone living in the area, say with a small child that they like to spend time with <G>, would not be able to bid on it as a line holder no matter what their seniority. The difference between that and having it drop out through the VTO process, is that it would have first been available for bid by everybody. Someone would have been awarded it by seniority and then dropped it for vacation or training.
Hope that I made it clearer