I was let go today for what they are calling “dishonesty on my time card”.
Here’s why.
I start at 22:45 at night, go to Toledo, from there to lansing center, then bobtail to lansing airport. I park in a parking lot 500 feet from the gateway, and take my meal, this is around 3am, to 4am, depending on whether I get out of home base or toledo on time. I do this there so I’m not disturbed during my meal. They would constantly pester me during my break to try and get me to do work if I took my break inside the airport gate. The jets get down around 5am or later, and there is no work to be done except maybe air up a trailer for the rollers. Which I do when I roll in. And I enter the gate when the jets get down.
What I’ve been doing is my arrival and going into shift com (even though I don’t shift, but was told to do this) after my meal. This is where they are having the issue. Even though I’m 500 feet away from the gate, and the guys there have my number if the actually needed me to do something. But they are saying I was being dishonest when I did my arrival where I was. I didn’t think or believe it was an issue, I’m either in shiftcom inside the gate doing nothing or where I parked for my break 500 feet doing nothing.
they have apparently thought this was an issue for a while now (don’t know exactly how long) and never said anything to me about it till being fired.
I do plan to fight this and am going through the grievance process. What I’m wondering is will I be able to get my job back? And if I do, will I be able to use my seniority to get my run back as well?
I know of other feeder drivers that have done far worse and got their job back, so that gives me some hope. The timing of this just sucks as I’m about 3 weeks away from the north of my first child. So losing my benefits right now kind really sucks. Unless I can still pay for em
I do have to add, this does not affect how long my day is at all as i don’t leave the airport until my trailer is loaded, around 6am.
sorry for any spelling mistakes.
Here’s why.
I start at 22:45 at night, go to Toledo, from there to lansing center, then bobtail to lansing airport. I park in a parking lot 500 feet from the gateway, and take my meal, this is around 3am, to 4am, depending on whether I get out of home base or toledo on time. I do this there so I’m not disturbed during my meal. They would constantly pester me during my break to try and get me to do work if I took my break inside the airport gate. The jets get down around 5am or later, and there is no work to be done except maybe air up a trailer for the rollers. Which I do when I roll in. And I enter the gate when the jets get down.
What I’ve been doing is my arrival and going into shift com (even though I don’t shift, but was told to do this) after my meal. This is where they are having the issue. Even though I’m 500 feet away from the gate, and the guys there have my number if the actually needed me to do something. But they are saying I was being dishonest when I did my arrival where I was. I didn’t think or believe it was an issue, I’m either in shiftcom inside the gate doing nothing or where I parked for my break 500 feet doing nothing.
they have apparently thought this was an issue for a while now (don’t know exactly how long) and never said anything to me about it till being fired.
I do plan to fight this and am going through the grievance process. What I’m wondering is will I be able to get my job back? And if I do, will I be able to use my seniority to get my run back as well?
I know of other feeder drivers that have done far worse and got their job back, so that gives me some hope. The timing of this just sucks as I’m about 3 weeks away from the north of my first child. So losing my benefits right now kind really sucks. Unless I can still pay for em
I do have to add, this does not affect how long my day is at all as i don’t leave the airport until my trailer is loaded, around 6am.
sorry for any spelling mistakes.
