Mr Blair (Witch Project) Blair (also known as the WARDEN, due to a comment he made in a mtg with TAESL mgt, "Are you letting the INMATES run the Prison?") will ask EVERYONE for their problems, peeves and pains (3P). He will ask for viewpoints on the 3Ps to mgt, union and workers. Then he will float corrective suggestions to the various groups. That is when he will start cutting down the forrest to eliminate a few trees. For example: C/C could not get QA to perform inspections within an hour of their clock out time, while the crew waited on the plane, usually for the NEXT shift of inspectors ( alot of LOST TIME!). The Warden's solution: Have sister docks clock in/out at the SAME TIME, along with QA, stores and support shop personnel! Talk about a MESS IN THE PARKING LOT! 2nd shift parks BEYOND first shift, causing a L O N G walk ( we walk for an HOUR more a week). Plus the fact he installed hand reader timeclocks in each work area, so one HAS to get to their timeclock, ON TIME! Result: RLs out the WAZOO! The Warden is a STICKLER for AA's RULES of CONDUCT. Sorry guys, NO MORE NAP TIMES! HE HAS WALKED OUT PEOPLE FOR SLEEPING! (at all hours) He got rid of the 4/10 work shifts because they were NOT PRODUCTIVE! TAESL AMTs turned down overtime IN PROTEST, thus the Production Goal for the year WAS NOT ATTAINED! (Maybe your DOUBLE DOUBLE SINGLES ARE GOING AWAY) That's the REAL REASON for his exodus.
DON'T wear an ORANGE T shirt saying " AFW INMATE "! He is a stickler for UNIFORMS. The Warden asked our Local 567 President to sign an agreement for everyone at AFW to wear LINE MAINTENANCE UNIFORMS! To our President's Credit, he said "After TULE gets/wears uniforms, then AFW personnel will also"! We were told that each AMT was to get, at AA's expense, 5 shirts and NO PANTS. That is a real HALF-ASSED PLAN.
GOOD LUCK!