Good morning, everybody.
I wanted to send out a quick note before we commence bidding this weekend. As many of you know, my sweet, sweet father-in-law passed away unexpectedly this week. I want to say thanks to every single person who’s reached out and expressed love and concern for myself and my sweet wife. I still can’t wrap my brain around the fact that he’s no longer with us. Please, please tell the people you care about that you love them. Life is so short, and you never know when someone is going to be gone.
I had intended to send out a long update earlier this week with a whole bunch of things in it. That’ll have to wait for a later date.
But I do want to send out a few notes before we begin bidding:
Based on the feedback we received at the facility level, we’re going to start BWS bidding and annual leave bidding at separate points. We’re hoping to start BWS bidding today, and we’ll turn on annual leave bidding after we’ve gotten through some of the BWS bidding.
Due to the new nationwide fatigue-mitigation rules, we’ll also be bidding limited slots for OT. Several people have expressed interest in bidding this ASAP so that they can plan their annual bidding around it, which I totally get. However, the OT MOU is still being negotiated at a facility level, so we can’t bid it yet. Damien and I have been working with other people in the facility to develop a form for that part of bidding. As soon as the MOU has been agreed upon and signed, we’ll start bidding for those limited slots. Radar trainees will bid limited slots with CPCs and will have slots that only they can bid (so we can keep all of the CPC slots balanced across the workweek).
I will be in and out of availability this weekend. If you have bidding questions or run into any problems, please reach out to Damien (253-350-9068) or Derek (360-510-5913).
Please log onto bidATC now to ensure that you can log in and that you’re signed up to receive notifications when it’s your turn to bid. When you look at the overview of lines in bidATC, it appears as though all of the lines are 8-hour days. However, all of the mid lines have 9-hour swing shifts and a 6-hour 530 shift on the day preceding the mid. The rest of the lines are 8-hour shifts.
For trainees: I hope to have you all bidding by the end of next week. As soon as we’ve completed the BWS bidding for CPCs, we’ll sit down with management and agree upon BWS lines for you. Then you’ll start bidding. For first-time bidders, I will try to find you all before you bid. But please reach out to someone if you have any questions.
In solidarity,
Dan Rasmussen
801-860-3821