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DAB added flights for race week

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Will Express be handling all these extra mainline flights? I counted 6 daily from/to CLT, mostly 734s and one E90.
 
Not likely :
Article 3 – Recognition and Scope

The Company may add mainline flying into Express stations on a
seasonal basis not to exceed a single four (4) month period of
continuous flying in a calendar year.


And then there is this:


Article 1 11 – Seasonal Employee Transfer
2 Seasonal employees may be utilized in locations where there are seasonal
3 adjustments to the flight schedule or seasonal increases in passenger loads
4 which require additional personnel for a predetermined period of time. The
5 availability of seasonal transfers does not preclude the hiring of temporary
6 employees to fill short-term personnel needs. Seasonal transfers will be
7 awarded for a minimum of ninety (90) days and a maximum of one hundred
8 and eighty (180) days.
9 Vacancies available for seasonal transfers will be posted through Customer
10 Service DRS as early as possible. Seasonal transfer requests will be accepted
11 only after a seasonal vacancy has been posted in the DRS and transfer
12 requests will be valid for the specific posting only. Employees must meet the
13 minimum requirements listed in the DRS in order to be considered for a
14 transfer.
15 Seasonal transfers from active employees will be considered only if the
16 employee’s current location can operate without the covered employee based
17 on needs of service as determined by management.
18 A. Full-time Seasonal Vacancies
19 Full-time seasonal vacancies will be offered to eligible bidders, in
20 seniority order as follows:
21 1. Employees with full-time recall to the location and classification
22 where the seasonal vacancy exists.
23 2. Qualified active or furloughed full-time employees within the
24 classification.
25 3. Qualified active or furloughed part-time employees within the
26 classification.
27 B. Part-time Seasonal Vacancies
28 Part-time seasonal vacancies will be offered in seniority order as follows:
29 1. Employees with part-time recall to the location and classification
30 where the seasonal vacancy exists.
31 2. Employees within the classification who are working in or
32 furloughed from other locations.
33 C. Seasonal Transfer Awards
34 Employees awarded a seasonal position:
35 1. Must report to the seasonal location within two (2) weeks of
notification.
 
I'd be very happy to be wrong, but I bet the company will argue that these aren't "seasonal" additions, but merely extra capacity for a specific event. That said, is the staffing in DAB sufficient to handle the extra flights? They could TDY some mainline people to cover it.

Jim
 
Just like last year, the EN agents in DAB will handle these flights. I think they send a mainline load planner down there but that is it.
 
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