Common use of Forced Promotion to Engine Service Clause in Contracts

Forced Promotion to Engine Service. Employees will be required to accept transfer to engine service. If the number of applicants for engine service on the seniority district is insufficient to meet the Company’s needs, such needs shall be met by requiring Employees to transfer to engine service in inverse seniority order. Existing practices regarding instruction and examination in effect prior to the implementation of this agreement will continue. Employees failing to pass the transfer requirements for engineer will result in automatic termination of all seniority and rights to work under this Agreement. Employees who fail to successfully pass the required promotion examinations referenced in these Sections 8 and 9 on the first attempt will be afforded a second and final opportunity to complete the examination(s) previously failed. Such attempt must be given in not less than five (5) days and not more than fifteen (15) days.

Forced Promotion to Engine Service. Employees will be required to accept transfer to engine service. If the number of applicants for engine service on the seniority district is insufficient to meet the Company’s needs, such needs shall be met by requiring Employees to transfer to engine service in inverse seniority order. Existing practices regarding instruction and examination in effect prior to the implementation of this agreement will continue. Employees failing to pass the transfer requirements for engineer will result in automatic termination of all seniority and rights to work under this Agreement. Employees who fail to successfully pass the required promotion examinations referenced in these Sections 8 and 9 on the first attempt will be afforded a second and final opportunity to complete the examination(s) previously failed. Such attempt must be given in not less than five twenty-four (524) days hours and not more than fifteen (15) days.