Total Service Disruption today?

[floridays]

I am sure you think you do.

Enjoy your Bluegrass life buddy. I'm out.

 

[Oldfart]

Enjoy your Bluegrass life buddy. I'm out.

You are out there. That we know for sure.

Any inside information on what the company is doing to prepare for the bad weather predicted for this week around the country. You THINK you have all the scoop.

 

[Operational needs]

I got my four hours.

 

[McFeely]

I got my four hours.

Good deal! Happy Monday. Hope it isn't the show that Friday/Saturday were.

 

[Operational needs]

Good deal! Happy Monday. Hope it isn't the show that Friday/Saturday were.

I heard our plane didn’t come in until yesterday. Lol. Still, a light day today.

 

[McFeely]

I don't think our SDR freight came in at all on Saturday. I'm off today so I'm not sure what today is like there. I declined my manager's kind offer of working today

 

[Operational needs]

We’ve already been told that our start time is an hour late tomorrow. Apparently it’s snowing in Memphis right now.

 

[dezguy]

We’ve already been told that our start time is an hour late tomorrow. Apparently it’s snowing in Memphis right now.

We're being pulled over an hour early, today. Sunny and clear here. Love explaining to customers we have to pick up an hour earlier than usual because of weather that isn't even happening where I am...

 

[floridays]

Any other early pulls tonight?

 

[Route 66]

We're being pulled over an hour early, today. Sunny and clear here. Love explaining to customers we have to pick up an hour earlier than usual because of weather that isn't even happening where I am...

Yeah, when it’s happening in Memphis it suddenly becomes a global state of emergency.

 

[Operational needs]

Any other early pulls tonight?

None here. I asked.

 

[floridays]

None here. I asked.

East coast?

 

[Operational needs]

East coast?

Yes.

 

[Yankeefan]

1-3 inches of snow tonight from 8 pm - 7 am prime time for most of the planes

 

[Star B]

Any other early pulls tonight?

We are. Half an hour.

 

[Star B]

Yeah, when it’s happening in Memphis it suddenly becomes a global state of emergency.

Well here's the thing. You have so many large aircraft going in and out of that airport so quickly. It is difficult to de-ice them all in time for everybody sorts. To de ice a widebody Airbus takes at least 20 minutes add more time if you have to anti ice.

This maybe one of those problems that will never be able to solve without dumping a lot of wasteful cash into deicing equipment that will sit idle 10 months out of the year.

 

[Oldfart]

Yeah, when it’s happening in Memphis it suddenly becomes a global state of emergency.

Floridays has the REAL reason there is a disruption and flight delays. Apparently ice and snow in Memphis is just as excuse according to him.

 

[59 Dano]

I can understand why you would think that.

PBP does state that NON-Meal breaks can not be forced due to no available work. It also states that meal breaks near the beginning or end of a shift are discouraged.

However, it does say that meal breaks may be required early in the shift due to operational emergencies.

That's there for those employees who want to take a meal break early in the shift due to operational emergencies (might not be able to get a break in at a more normal time, for instance), not a mechanism that allows managers to dictate that employees wait for freight off the clock.

More guidance was given that outlines what can and can not be done by management. It was 3 or 4 items each. I do not remember all of them. It explicitly states that management CAN mandate meal breaks after the first hour.

They can give all the guidance that they want, but the policy is what the policy is and HR will (perhaps begrudgingly) back an employee who raises a complaint about being told to take a meal break at 0830 because it's convenient for his manager's numbers.

 

[Maui]

That's there for those employees who want to take a meal break early in the shift due to operational emergencies (might not be able to get a break in at a more normal time, for instance), not a mechanism that allows managers to dictate that employees wait for freight off the clock.



They can give all the guidance that they want, but the policy is what the policy is and HR will (perhaps begrudgingly) back an employee who raises a complaint about being told to take a meal break at 0830 because it's convenient for his manager's numbers.

Negative. In the districts I worked (Western Region) HR backs mandated breaks after the first hour. An employee took it to corporate HR and was told that management can in fact require breaks during flight delays. I'm speaking specfically about 30-60 minute meal breaks. I am 100% sure this is correct.

 

[Oldfart]

Negative. In the districts I worked (Western Region) HR backs mandated breaks after the first hour. An employee took it to corporate HR and was told that management can in fact require breaks during flight delays. I'm speaking specfically about 30-60 minute meal breaks. I am 100% sure this is correct.

Sounds like someone who actually knows what they are talking about finally chimed in.

Good to know.