Re: Engineer nearly kills other crew gets job back.
Author: John Serndon
Date: 08-09-2013 - 00:43
Jim Fransen Wrote:
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> The original poster of the thread clearly
> specified which board award number to search. It
> shouldn't be too hard to find it, but I was able
> to read it because it was emailed to me...also of
> interest, the BLE&T has posted the ruling at both
> Richmond and Fresno crew bases, all six pages of
> it.
>
> The key factor in Alan getting his job back was
> that the carrier did not allow Alan the right to
> question the carrier's witnesses, and the carrier
> failed to download the voice tapes and blamed the
> 'laptop kept locking up'. The arbitrator felt
> obliged to award for the claimant because of the
> carrier's gross failure to follow long-established
> investigation/hearing procedures. It had nothing
> to do with talent, friends, work record, or
> anything but the carrier's idiotic procedure.
WTF?! How friggin' STUPID can your local management get?!! How could they possibly screw up such an important investigation?
Who the hell is responsible for this mess???
BNSF: But Never Smart or Fair