Where is the year going? It’s hard to believe that it is already the Fourth of July weekend. As always, please be safe and enjoy time with your family during what will no doubt be a different Fourth experience than we are used to.
Partially Qualified Employees
Partially qualified employees have slowly been making their way in and out of the operation. We know the situation is not ideal, but please do your best with what we have to work with. We encourage you all to wear masks if you are able while we undergo this unique situation. Continue to work with your crew mates to accomplish this task and get back to our “usual” routine. Thank you for your hard work and your continued patience as we take on the additional stress that bringing more bodies into the operation presents.
Training
The suspension of training MOU is set to expire on July 15th. At this time there is no plan to extend the MOU further. There is a national work group that is set to release their plan to resume training shortly. We do not expect to see things go back to normal, but we do expect training to resume in some fashion. Once we have the details of what this looks like, we will begin working with the area reps to accomplish whatever the work group comes up with. There are some overzealous managers taking this to mean scheduling trainees starting the 16th but it’s important to remember that they don’t have any more information than we do at this point and we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.
Backpack Program
ZSE has received 31 backpacks from NATCA Charitable Foundation and $1000 to fill them. We are looking for someone that is interested in doing some internet shopping to fill them. Amy has the information from the first couple of years so it wouldn’t be without help. These backpacks will go to Auburn Food Bank to distribute them to children in the area. Please just let us know if this interests you.
Just a reminder, this situation has created the perfect breeding grounds for rumors to grow like wildfire. Please keep this in mind when you hear new information (especially when it comes from the front of the control room). If you have concerns about things you have heard, please come to us and we can either confirm, deny or put into perspective what is floating around.
Have a wonderful holiday weekend,
Derek Adams and Amy Sizemore
