Sleet-fighter Overtime (All Rail Vehicle Maintenance)
Winter weather means "Sleet-Fighter" season! That also means plenty of opportunities for relatively low-stress, voluntary overtime for those who are immune to motion sickness . However, the managers are not always consistent about contacting workers for overtime opportunities. Sleet-Fighter is a Repairer-priority job. That is, Repairers install, refill and repair Sleet-Fighter equipment on the trains. So the Repairers have first dibs on operating or tending the equipment for in-service trains. That must be offered in three-levels: Specific Shop Section System Basically, if no Repairers or Servicers in that manager's Shop accepts Sleet-fighter overtime, the manager cannot call for a Servicer or Motor Blower at another Shop in the Section or System before calling Repairers at another Shop in the Section or System . Below is the order for Sleet-Fighter OT calls should be made by management per Shop Location (example in parenthesis). For this example, we ...
