EXTRA BOARD. A. Each base having Operators shall have a Day Extra Board to fill those assignments left open, to fill any special work, and to fill overtime assignments according to the overtime assignment process. In addition, bases having night work shall also have a Night Extra Board for the same purposes. Day and Night Boards shall be open for selection at the pick by all Full-Time Operators by seniority. Operators may select any available position on either Extra Board. B. During a shake-up, any newly hired Operators shall be placed at the bottom of the Day Board. Selection of position shall be by seniority. C. All work assigned to an Extra Board Operator as part of his/her regular workday assignment will be within a spread of thirteen (13) hours unless voluntarily waived by the Operator or in the case of an extreme emergency. D. The Extra Boards shall be posted by 2:00 p.m. No Extra Board assignment will be final until 2:00 p.m. If the Extra Board is not posted by 4:00 p.m., each Extra Board Operator who is available the following day will receive one (1) hour of straight-time pay, except in case of extreme emergency. E. The Extra Boards shall be assigned according to the following rules: 1. All available work will be sorted into two (2) categories as follows: a. Category A shall include: 1) Straight-through day runs which quit at 8:00 p.m. or earlier. 2) Day reports which have a quit time of 10:00 p.m. or earlier as determined by a 13-hour spread. 3) Combos which quit at 8:00 p.m. or earlier. 4) Tripper combinations which quit at 8:00 p.m. or earlier. 5) Tripper and report combinations which have a latest quit time of 8:00 p.m. or earlier as determined by a 13-hour spread. 6) Special work which has an estimated quit time of 8:00 p.m. or earlier. b. Category B shall include: 1) Runs which quit later than 8:00 p.m. 2) Reports which have a quit time later than 10:00 p.m., as determined by a 13-hour spread.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
EXTRA BOARD. A. Each base having Operators shall have a Day Extra Board (Day Board) to fill those assignments left openopen assignments, to fill any special work, and to fill overtime assignments according to the overtime assignment process. In addition, bases Bases having night work shall also have a Night Extra Board (Night Board) for the same purposes. Day and Night Boards shall be open for selection at the pick by all Full-Time Operators FTOs by seniority. Operators FTOs may select any available position on either Extra Board.
B. During a shake-up, any newly hired Operators FTOs shall be placed at four positions up from the bottom of the Day Board. Selection of position shall be by seniority.
C. For System Board assignments, METRO will determine the number of positions at each base during each biweekly pay period. Each Operator shall list bases in order of preference. METRO will assign Operators to bases for each biweekly pay period, honoring preferences according to seniority. During the biweekly pay period the System Board Operator will fill the position on the board that s/he selected at pick and will be assigned work according to the assignment provisions of this Section.
D. All work assigned to an Extra or System Board Operator as part of his/her regular workday assignment will be within a spread of thirteen (13) 13 hours unless voluntarily waived by the Operator or in the case of an extreme emergency.
D. E. The Extra Boards shall be posted by 2:00 p.m. No Extra Board assignment will be final until 2:00 p.m. If the Extra Board is Boards are not posted by 4:00 p.m., each Extra or System Board Operator assigned to that base who is available the following day will receive one (1) hour of straight-time pay, except in case of extreme emergency.
E. F. The Extra Boards shall be assigned according to the following rules:
1. All available work will be sorted into two (2) categories as follows:
a. Category A shall include:
1) Straight-through Straight day runs which quit at 8:00 p.m. or earlier.
2) Day reports which have a quit time of 10:00 p.m. or earlier as determined by a 13-hour spread.
3) Combos which quit at 8:00 p.m. or earlier.
4) Tripper combinations which quit at 8:00 p.m. or earlier.
5) Tripper and report combinations which have a latest quit time of 8:00 p.m. or earlier as determined by a 13-hour spread.
6) Special work which has an estimated quit time of 8:00 p.m. or earlier.8:00
b. Category B shall include:
1) Runs which quit later than 8:00 p.m.
2) Reports which have a quit time later than 10:00 p.m., as determined by a 13-hour spread.
3) Combos or other combinations of work which quit later than 8:00 p.m.
4) Special work which has an estimated quit time of later than 8:00 p.m.
2. Category B assignments shall be assigned first, beginning with the Night Board, from the bottom of the board, according to quit time, latest quit time assigned first.
a. If there are more available Operators on the Night Board than assignments in Category B, then the remaining Night Board Operators shall be assigned Category A work with the latest start time assigned first.
b. If there are fewer available Operators on the Night Board than available assignments in Category B, then remaining Category B assignments shall be assigned to the Day Board, latest quit first, from the bottom up.
3. Category A work shall be assigned next to the Day Board, from the top of the board down, according to quit time, with the earliest quit assigned first.
4. Quit time of special work shall be estimated by METRO for the purpose of establishing assignment sequence. There is no guarantee that special work will quit at the estimated time.
5. If two or more Operator assignments within the same category quit at the same time, they shall be assigned as follows:
a. A run will be assigned before a report.
b. An assignment with more pay will be assigned before an
c. If two assignments pay the same, the assignment with the lesser
d. If two assignments pay the same and have the same amount of work including report time and travel time, they will be assigned at the discretion of METRO.
6. If the number of Extra and System Board Operators available for work on a regular workday is greater than the number of available runs, reports and special work which fits the definition of a run, then tripper combinations may be inserted in the assignment sequence according to their quit times. Tripper combinations will be made with trippers, pieces of work and special work under seven hours and eleven minutes at METRO’s discretion. Tripper combinations with more than one split will be paid straight-through for the lesser split. Any tripper combination split of 29 minutes or less will be paid straight-through. To be paid, an Operator must submit complete and accurate reports.
7. If the number of Extra and System Board Operators available for work on a regular workday is less than the number of available runs, reports and special work which fits the definition of a run, runs may be taken out of the assignment sequence. The runs to be removed from the assignment sequence will be combos, late day runs with a quit time from 6:01
8. All weekday pieces of work open before the Extra Board’s 10:00 a.m. cutoff will be assigned to Full-Time Extra and System Board Operators, who are qualified and available, as a regular assignment. Any remaining work, except part-time trippers, will be assigned first according to the overtime assignment sequence, then to PTOs on the Additional Tripper List, except as prohibited in this AGREEMENT. Part-time trippers will be assigned first to the Additional Tripper List within a 13-hour spread, then to FTOs according to the overtime assignment sequence in Section 10, Paragraph D.
9. On holidays, an Operator left without an assignment shall receive the day off at holiday pay. All Operators in a base who request the holiday off via the day off book will be excused before any Operator in the same base is forced to take the day off.
10. An Operator who is qualified in accordance with Section 12, but who is not qualified on the specific assignment s/he would normally receive, shall be passed over until the first assignment for which s/he is qualified becomes available. If work is not available to match an Operator’s qualifications, the Operator shall be placed on report and may be sent out to qualify. The eight-hour guarantee shall apply for that day. If the last Operator available does not qualify for the last assignment available in the assignment sequence, then the next latest quit
11. Any Extra or System Board Operator who receives an assignment out of sequence, except as provided for elsewhere in this AGREEMENT, shall receive one hour of straight-time pay, except in case of extreme emergency. Any FTO who receives an overtime assignment out of sequence, except as provided for elsewhere in this AGREEMENT, shall receive pay to equal the assignment s/he should have had or the assignment s/he received, whichever is greater.
12. The following provisions shall apply to Extra Board Operators who
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EXTRA BOARD. 24 A. Each base having Operators shall have a Day Extra Board (Day Board) to fill those assignments left openopen assignments, to fill any 25 special work, and to fill overtime assignments according to the overtime assignment process. In addition, bases Bases having 26 night work shall also have a Night Extra Board (Night Board) for the same purposes. Day and Night 27 Boards shall be open for selection at the pick by all Full-Time Operators FTOs by seniority. Operators FTOs may select any available 28 position on either Extra Board.
1 B. During a shake-up, any newly hired Operators FTOs shall be placed at four positions up from 2 the bottom of the Day Board. Selection of position shall be by seniority.
3 C. For System Board assignments, each biweekly pay period METRO will determine 4 the number of positions at each base during each week of the pay period. Each Operator shall list 5 bases in order of preference. METRO will assign Operators to bases for each separate week of the 6 pay period, honoring preferences according to seniority. The System Board Operator will fill the 7 position on the board that they selected at pick and will be assigned work according to the assignment 8 provisions of this Section.
9 D. All work assigned to an Extra or System Board Operator as part of his/her their regular 10 workday assignment will be within a spread of thirteen (13) 13 hours unless voluntarily waived by the Operator or 11 in the case of an extreme emergency.
D. 12 E. The Extra Boards shall be posted by 2:00 p.m. No Extra Board assignment will be 13 final until 2:00 p.m. If the Extra Board is Boards are not posted by 4:00 p.m., each Extra or System Board 14 Operator assigned to that base who is available the following day will receive one (1) hour of straight-straight- 15 time pay, except in case of extreme emergency.
E. 16 F. The Extra Boards shall be assigned according to the following rules:
17 1. All available work will be sorted into two (2) categories as follows:
18 a. Category A shall include:
19 1) Straight-through Straight day runs which quit at 8:00 p.m. or earlier.
20 2) Day reports which have a quit time of 10:00 p.m. or earlier 21 as determined by a 13-hour spread.
22 3) Combos which quit at 8:00 p.m. or earlier.
23 4) Tripper combinations which quit at 8:00 p.m. or earlier.
24 5) Tripper and report combinations which have a latest quit 25 time of 8:00 p.m. or earlier as determined by a 13-hour spread.
26 6) Special work which has an estimated quit time of 8:00 p.m. 27 or earlier.
28 b. Category B shall include:
1 1) Runs which quit later than 8:00 p.m.
2 2) Reports which have a quit time later than 10:00 p.m., as 3 determined by a 13-hour spread.
4 3) Combos or other combinations of work which quit later than 5 8:00 p.m.
6 4) Special work which has an estimated quit time of later than 7 8:00 p.m.
8 2. Category B assignments shall be assigned first, beginning with the Night 9 Board, from the bottom of the board, according to quit time, latest quit time assigned first.
10 a. If there are more available Operators on the Night Board than 11 assignments in Category B, then the remaining Night Board Operators shall be assigned Category A 12 work with the latest start time assigned first.
13 b. If there are fewer available Operators on the Night Board than 14 available assignments in Category B, then remaining Category B assignments shall be assigned to the 15 Day Board, latest quit first, from the bottom up.
16 3. Category A work shall be assigned next to the Day Board, from the top of 17 the board down, according to quit time, with the earliest quit assigned first.
18 4. Quit time of special work shall be estimated by METRO for the purpose of
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement