I'll preface this post of displeasure with the fact that I'm still waiting for a OKC class date, but I just had to let everyone know my concerns regarding a recent post on the ask NATCA section.
http://www.stuckmic.com/ask-natca/94...0hrs-week.html
Quote:
Originally Posted by Doug Church
Hi and thanks for your question. I put your question out for comment and got three good responses that all carry a common theme -- you are indeed entitled to OT.
2. "Overtime work means all hours of work in excess of 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in a week which are officially ordered in advance. Here is the OPM site this is from OPM - Alternative Work Schedules/Flexible Work Schedules
"My guess would be yes anything over 40 in a week is overtime according to OPM. I am sure this is contradicted in some other regulation. Why not ask for the OT, when told no grieve it using this as support and see if you get the OT. I have won OT grievances locally even when I was not correct, I just did a good enough job convincing them I was right."
-Doug Church |
The bolded part of this statement is just ridiculous. If you are wrong in requesting OT, you do not deserve it and should forfeit any award granted. It does not matter how well you argued. It seems that attitudes like this from FAC reps are a major reason management has the hostility everyone says that they do. This was posted by a high ranking NATCA figure so he must obviously condone this type of unethical practice.
I have never been a pro union guy but was considering it until I saw this. OT is not the only time when additional monies are argued and this leaves me wondering how much of our tax dollars are being spent on undeserving people taking advantage of a system. Again, I know I'm new, but I really don't see how anyone can justify what is quoted above.