Oh , I just cruise around the board from time to time and make sure everyone is happy and try to squash out hate and discontent when I can!!
what sucks about the mandatory (every Friday) backup is that it is not needed out west, and we have proven that over the past couple years..kinda like a backup in Oakland, Ca. because of bad weather in Chicago...I agree there are some places that need it, just not everywhere....lacks common sense, a kneejerk decision...
I'll start it since noone else has.
What are your thoughts?
The way I see it is this; There are multiple reasons for the back-up. One may be to get all the city freight they can, but I always understood policy was that anything picked up after 5:30pm wasn't to move that night. Another is to allow time for head-loads to be built, but the outbound crew have one thing on their minds...going home on Friday night, so that shoots that that plan in the foot. But the third reason works well every Friday night....tons per man hour. LH drivers work harder Friday nights than any other night of the week in an effort to get home earlier. If the head-loads were actually being built on the outbound it might would make for a decent night...
At least they canceled it for 7-03, might just have a shot at a decent 4th......
Someone important told me that Clark called for the 2 hour back up without checking with the bosses 2 days early ... he got shot down by Dave and Bruce ... good call guys !!! You have been listening