C Area,
How the OT assignments work and what to do when you get to work.
Mids - Both Mids have 10 minutes of OT beginning of shift and are expected to sign in, check weather, cedar, etc and relieve the Evening shift just like normal.
Days - 5 people on the day shift. 2 of the 5 will have 10 minutes of OT beginning of shift and are expected to sign in, check weather, cedar, etc and relieve the Mid shift. The other 3 people on the Day shift are to call the area before entering the control room and expect instructions from there. You could be told to go on break or could be told to come in, etc. The point of this is to limit as much exposure as possible.
Evenings - 4 people on the evening shift. 3 of the 4 will have 10 minutes of OT beginning of shift and are expected to sign in, check weather, cedar, etc and relieve the Day shift. The other person on the Evening shift is to call the area before entering the control room and expect instructions from there. My guess is you will be told to go on break. Again, the point of this is to limit as much exposure as possible.
I’m expecting OT assignment will be in accordance with our OT MOU.
If someone calls in sick/fatigued we will be running the area short and if there is a traffic situation TMIs will be used before an extra person is called in unless in an absolute emergency. As mentioned before this is to limit exposure of crews between each other. There is a chance you could go over 2 hours on position durning this Dynamic Schedule.
Lastly, I’m not expecting the YKM Tower LOA to be out before Sunday evening. I’m planing on calling/texting everyone that has the first Evening shift to touch base and see if there are any questions/concerns. For anyone else that’s not on Crew A Evenings that has questions please feel to call me anytime. My hope is we’ll have the LOA out sometime during the first week.
Thanks again for everyone’s understanding and patience with this. As mentioned before this is all subject to change. Also, sorry for the spelling and grammar errors in my last update. I have since fixed most of them on our local website.
James Darlington
NATCA C Area Rep
904-347-3065