All,
Hope everyone is having a good week. It feels like there is a lot going on in the building and many things being said about it. I would encourage you all to please just ask me if you have concerns about any issue going on. I am happy to explain to you what I can. I would much rather spend my entire break or time on my RDO talking with you about an issue than have misinformation spread.
Mid Shift Start Times
Thank you all for responding to the poll I sent out. I got 21 responses and almost all of them had detailed comments. The results were 85.7% in favor of me continuing the fight for 2300 mids and 14.3% against. So I will continue this fight and I will use the arguments that you all left in the comment section on the form. Again, I am concerned that Lee will use his mgmt rights to prevent us from getting 2300 mids, but I will continue to make the argument the best that I can.
Frequency Site Labels
You have probably seen the change in your CEDAR by now. Kevin Miller made us little cards to put on each sector showing what the old and new site labels are. I put them by the keypad in between the VSCS screens.
Metering
Last Wednesday we handed off a MFR AMF departure going to PDX at FL200 to the B area. They called upset and told us we had a 13 minute delay. So I told Kevin Miller in airspace that if we are expected to meter to PDX on the lows then we need to see a list. He told me that the D area is not expected to meter to PDX on low altitude. We are still expected to meter to SEA though so I would like to get that list added to the lows eventually unless someone has an objection to that. Long story short, until we hear otherwise or an agreement is put in place with procedures and all that, we do not meter to PDX on the lows. All that being said, if you happen to see a time and want to do the neighborly thing, I am sure it would be appreciated.
EEO Class
On this pay period that just posted, you will see some overtime and abnormal shift assignments to allow for everyone to attend a mandatory EEO class. This class is on October 15th, 17th, 21st, and 23rd. The times are 10-12 and 1330-1530. Obviously these times are not ideal for our schedule so special accommodations had to be made. Make sure you thoroughly check your schedule around those days as it may not be what you normally have.
Bidding
We are waiting until next week to finalize next year’s schedule because we will have more information about how many people we can bid. I haven’t received hardly any requests for non standard lines or AWSs so make sure you forward those to me or Angie ASAP. We likely won’t be able to accommodate too much with this year being a down year for staffing but feel free to request it. After we complete the schedule, we will just be waiting on MOU briefings and then we can get started bidding. It is looking like early October for that if I had to guess.
In Solidarity,
Drew