Article 38 reminder
As our area continues to get pummeled by unwanted overtime assignments, I wanted to remind everyone about a provision tucked into our contract. Section 4 of Article 38 (overtime) states:
An employee shall be relieved of an overtime assignment when, in the judgment of the agency:
a. The health or efficiency of the employee may be impaired; or
b. personal circumstances make it impossible for the employee to perform the overtime duty.
Part B seldomly gets used at ZSE, but I want to remind you all that you are entitled to get out of a specific overtime shift if you have something on your calendar that prevents you from being at work (i.e., you’re going to be out of town). In this event, I would advise your supe after you’ve been assigned the OT shift that you have personal circumstances preventing you from working it. You may need to provide them with a copy of airline tickets or hotel receipts.
This video by Natca Northwest Mountain has more info about this.
Please let me know if you utilize this provision of the contract and get any pushback from management.
S46 LOA being finalized
Derek Adams put in a ton of work on our behalf to negotiate the new S46 LOA. Those negotiations are mostly complete, and airspace is working to finalize the new letter.
Once airspace is finished with their work, the LOA gets sent off to the region for final approval. After that happens, the workforce will be briefed on the changes and the LOA will go into effect in conjunction with a chart change. Airspace told me yesterday that they estimate that will happen sometime in the spring.
The kids are growing up (and my how we need them to)
Since my last update, several of our trainees have received certifications.
Mike Draper got certified on R3/12, becoming our newest CPC. Zach Nelson got certified on R1/31. Jared Fenton and Mike Sampson both got certified on R2/32.
Luke Bradley got certified on D1/31. Kyle Moore got certified on D2/32. Zack Reeves got certified on D1/31. And – last but not least – Tucker Enzien got certified on D2/32.
Congratulations to all of you. Keep going. We need you. Really bad.
In solidarity,
Dan Rasmussen
801-860-3821