CA - Window Expired
ARTICLE I
C. If an assigned Engineer is not called within his twenty-four (24) hour call
window, he will be paid lost wages for each day missed and will
stand for his next scheduled trip out of the home terminal. Lost
wages will be based on the first CA assignment called during the
subsequent window. It is not intended to pay assigned crews laid
in on a holiday or laid in as a result of a major service disruption.
If you are NOT called before 3:30 P.M. for an on duty time of 5:00 P.M. within the 24 hour window of your schedule,
then your spot has expired and you are to be paid what the next CA Spot called makes for the round trip.
(Article I, Paragraph C)
If you are on a CA Spot and are turned back to the home terminal then you are entitled to what the CA Spot behind you makes for the round trip. There are no provisions for a FLIP trip and therefore you entitled to DP
difference in pay of what you made for the round trip and the spot behind you makes for the round trip.
In these cases you are to put in a PE claim for the both situations with complete comments and even a follow up call
to payroll to explain further. 800-624-4193 NS PAYROLL Department
If your on a CA Spot and deadheaded to Chicago and then placed on a train to turn back to home terminal, you are
entitled to 2 CA Trip rates as there is no provision in the CA Agreement for a Flip Trip. If the deadhead and
your return trip are combined, then you must call the NS PAYROLL 800-624-4193 to explain the mistake too
them to correct.
If you are on a CA spot and you are rested, available, and the caller calls a FC spot in your place, then your spot
is considered DEAD. They CAN NOT call you for any other assignment. If you were assigned the 5th
train and the FC takes it out of town, then you are to claim the same as your window expired as
explained above.
If All else fails call one of the representatives so that they can step in on your behalf !
