USAirBoyA330 said:
The VF8 results will not be posted as scheduled. It will be at least 7-10 days before they can be posted. Long story and still be worked out but the 200 furloughs will have "first right of refusal" before anything is awarded. We are still waiting on a final VF8 totals.
USA330,
The process by which management wants to go to the INVOLS and "recall" them first, IS HALF ### BACKWARDS. The arbitrat. rendered a decision, and this mangement took that decision and flipped it on its "head".
THE FIRST THING MANAGEMENT MUST DO IN THIS PROCESS IS
AWARD THE VF
FIRST, because that is the "driving mehanism" that reveals how many "recalls" of involuntary furloughees must take place. With a VF, it becomes a 1-to-1 ratio....1 active invol to 1 active VF participant.
Not the other way around.
Once again management asked for no "input" from AFA.
The next thing mangement must do after they award the VFs is separate out the 352 (of the 552) f/as and let them "default" to what status they
were on. They should be completely
out of this equation. Because, if this management would have honored our contract language, these folks would not have been included in order to "capture" 200 active junior folks.
After that, than the "recalling" of the 200 actives and asking them if they want to return (according to 19.2) or "bypass" this recall, can take place.
If ALL 200 "BYPASS" recall, then mangement moves on down the list of 2,200 INVOLUNTARY FURLOUGHEES that are out there and notify them for "recall" until they get 200 back on the property.
THIS IS THE CORRECT WAY. Anything short of this process above is a violation of our contract again, in additon, a violation of past practice in handling these VFs.
This process will allow those f/as who "bypass" recall to go to MAA if they had chosen, and life goes on.....