Seniority or more qualified?

[DB.Cooper]

Thank God it goes by most senior RCA. I would have never gotten a route.

I was never a good @$$ kisser so I probably would have had problems as well....

 

[eunomios]

Has anyone ever seen a route that has gone up for bid be given to a more qualified RCA than an RCA that has the most seniority?

No, but...

There are instances where this clause in the contract can be invoked and the NRLCA could/would support it. Usually when mnmgt plays shadow games and gets someone they know to win a bid who shouldn't have (b/c of work limits, or mountains of discipline like being AWOL for weeks) - or even converting who they want to win to ptf out of nowhere prior to the bid posting.

I know of 1 instance in particular that I won't share for privacy reasons.

 

[DB.Cooper]

No, but...

There are instances where this clause in the contract can be invoked and the NRLCA could/would support it. Usually when mnmgt plays shadow games and gets someone they know to win a bid who shouldn't have (b/c of work limits, or mountains of discipline like being AWOL for weeks) - or even converting who they want to win to ptf out of nowhere prior to the bid posting.

I know of 1 instance in particular that I won't share for privacy reasons.

I think there would have to be a fair amount of documented discipline to disqualify a more senior RCA....

 

[Gotrope]

Yup, seen it at least twice that I can recall. All for reasons as stated above. Usually discipline, AWOL and refusing to work.