Originally Posted by
sailingfun
I am a little confused here. The contract states you can be reimbursed up to 50 dollars for laundry. What is there to discuss and what does past practice have to do with this? Past practice from a contract standpoint refers to a contractual area where something is not clear but has been dealt with in a consistent manner over a period of time. Past practice has nothing to do with contractual sections changed in a new contract. This is a new section and it appears to have no grey areas.
Trying to state the contractual 50 dollar limit is not valid because of past practice would be like trying file a pay grievance stating that we should be getting paid based on the pay rates in 2004 since that is past practice.
Hey Company Guy,
Did you read the exception to the $50 limit?
Exception: An international pilot is not eligible for reimbursement of laundry expenses under Section 5 F. if he utilizes the direct-billing laundry service at NRT or AMS (as described in LOA #10).
Pilots with a layover period in AMS may be lodged primarily at the NH Central Station North, provided that said hotel facility, or any successor at that location, shall at all times:
a. meet or exceed the requirements of Section 5 E.,
b. have a modern health club, including well-maintained exercise and weight
training equipment available for use at no cost to pilots, and shall provide at least 20 well-maintained bicycles for use at no cost to pilots (which may also be used by other Company employees),
c. provide scheduled van service to and from downtown Amsterdam with such service scheduled to operate every 15 minutes from each location between the hours of 4 PM and 11 PM local time and on demand at all other times. At least three vans (seating at least seven passengers) shall be maintained by the hotel for the use of Northwest personnel for transportation to and from downtown Amsterdam,
d. provide Monday through Saturday laundry services at the hotel, direct-billed to the Company,
e. provide rental lockers
Where does it say $50 limit to direct bill? Since LOA10 was incorporated from the JCBA
jointly negotiated I'd say past practice has become current.
Hmmmm.