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Attachment (c) SYSTEM AGREEMENT -
INSTRUCTOR ENGINEERS Instructor
Selection/Retention
1.
The Carrier will determine the number of Instructor Engineers
needed in a particular territory.
The availability of that number of Instructor Engineer designations
will be advertised.
3. The
appropriate Carrier officer and the BLE Local Chairman will review
the applications and select
the successful applicants. In
order to ensure that the most qualified applicants are selected,
consideration should be given to the following factors:
Skill as a locomotive engineer. Communication
skills.
Safety/discipline record.
Experience as a locomotive engineer.
Seniority.
As the purpose is to select the most qualified applicants, the
parties must display the utmost objectivity and fairness in making their
selections.
In the unlikely event that the Carrier Officer and Local Chairman
are unable to agree on selection the selection will be made by the Carrier
officer.
4.
The Carrier will develop and utilize a feedback mechanism which
will allow student engineers to evaluate Instructor Engineers. The appropriate Carrier Officer
and BLE Local Chairman will periodically review the evaluations for the
purpose of identifying performance deficiencies.
5.
Where appropriate, the Carrier officer should consult with the
Instructor Engineer and the BLE Local Chairman in an attempt to correct
any performance deficiencies
prior to removal. The
Carrier may remove a particular locomotive engineer from the list of
designated Instructor Engineers.
6.
Instructor Engineers may voluntarily relinquish their designation
as such. Training
Conditions
1 .I Instructor
Engineers will be responsible for the proper -supervision of student
engineers during their on-the-job training.
2.
Instructor Engineers will permit student engineers to operate the
locomotive and perform other functions of an engineer.
3. (a) The
Instructor Engineer will not be held responsible for broken knuckles,
damaged drawbars or rough handling or missed platforms when the
locomotive is operated by the student engineer.
(b).
Instructor Engineers will not be held responsible for
rule violation(s) committed by the student engineer so long as
the instructor took every reasonable Precaution to prevent
the rule violation(s) and alleged negligence on the part of
the Instructor Engineer neither caused nor directly contributed to; the rule
violation(s).
4.
The Instructor Engineer will complete any required report regarding
the performance of the student engineer. Compensation
1 .
Instructor Engineers will receive one of the following allowances,
in addition to all other earnings, for each tour of duty with a student
engineer or with an engineer taking a Recertification trip required by the
FRA to maintain his or her locomotive engineer's license:
Yard Service: $14.00
Road Service (including local and road switcher): $28.00 --
Note: The foregoing allowances are "frozen" (i.e. not subject to
future wage increases).
2.
The presence of a student engineer will not affect the Instructor
Engineer's rate of pay when operating without a fireman. Special
Qualifications
1 . The
Carrier may establish special qualifications for Instructor Engineers such
as additional training courses designed to enhance their abilities as
locomotive engineer and/or instructor.
2.
Locomotive engineers will be given a reasonable time following
selection as an Instructor Engineer to complete any such special
qualifications.
Q-1: If the need
arises for a student engineer or an engineer re-certifying to ride and an
instructor is not available may another engineer be used?
A-1: Yes.
Q-2: What will
the non-instructor engineer be paid?
A-2: The same as
an instructor engineer under the compensation provisions of this
agreement. Side Letter #1 INSTRUCTOR ENGINEERS
The parties recognize that it is the intent of this agreement to
provide sufficient engineer instructors to meet the needs of the
service. This benefits
currently working engineers because it assists in providing additional
manpower to meet the needs of new business and the normal attrition of
current engineers. The
interruption of training due to an insufficient number of trainer
applicants or the voluntary relinquishment of trainer positions could
adversely affect the training of student engineers and result in current
engineers working additional assignments.
Therefore, if a sufficient number of applicants are not received in
a given area or voluntary relinquishment of trainer assignment causes an
insufficient number of trainers to meet the needs of the service, then the
Carrier may revert to the former method of assigning students to engineers
in that area and the pay provisions that existed previously shall also
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