Troy and I have talked with the front office. We have agreed to the conversion of all 16NF shifts to Flex 1615 shifts. Therefore one person will be required come in between 1545 and 1615. They will be assigned to one of the bid 16s each week in reverse seniority order. I will be putting out a sheet on Thursday night asking for volunteers to take all the 1615 shifts for their crew. Please sign up if you don't mind working them. I will be contacting each person on the list to confirm first.
In two weeks I will be meeting with Gus to evaluate how this is working to alleviate workload for the Mids. Also, we will be looking at traffic levels from last year to determine a date to go back to normal Bid Schedules.
During this time C area FLMs will also be working later shifts so that we have supervisors familiar with the area to make decisions instead of just casting us off into isle coverage obscurity. Im sure not all nights will have one since we don't have 7 FLMs but the front office said they will make an effort.
Over the next few weeks I need feedback from you all on what your opinions are on this so I have something to take to Gus. So please send me an email or make comments in this post. Thank You.