Deadheads. 1. Seating Accommodations
Deadheads. The deadheading of engineers to this service, through to the distant terminal, will not be counted as engineers worked. When an engineer in the Spokane-Whitefish pool, is deadheaded (Example: Whitefish Engineer), the like following engineer from the same list (Whitefish) will be moved up to the standing of engineer which has been deadheaded. This to apply to either Spokane or Whitefish engineers and to apply at either home terminal. EXAMPLE: Whitefish Engineer's Pool Spokane Engineer's Pool Whitefish: Call 1 - Work Spokane: Call 2 - Deadhead Whitefish: Call 5 - Work Spokane: Call 3 - Deadhead Spokane: Call 4 – Work The mileage earned by such deadhead crews will be counted toward equalization of miles as provided for in Section 6 of the June is, 1972 Agreement.
Deadheads. As has been shown, the first significant change in this Agreement was the elimination of the rotation, the second significant change is the handling of deadhead crews. The definition of a deadhead crew is a crew called at one terminal and deadheaded through to the distant terminal. A crew called to deadhead from Spokane to pick up a train that has expired on the hours of service at Troy, Montana 'and work that train to Whitefish, would not be a deadhead crew. This crew, in fact, would be "transported under pay" to Xxxx . and continue working through to the distant terminal. Under such circumstances, the first out crew would work through to the distant terminal and the second out crew would be transported to the intermediate point then work through to the distant terminal. It is very important that you understand the differences between, transporting under pay to an intermediate point, and deadheading through to the distant terminal. Crews deadheaded into the distant terminal will not be counted as a working crew. The examples in your Agreement illustrate this principle. Looking at the examples, the Whitefish Crew Call 1 - Work, was the last crew used to work through to the distant terminal. Spokane Crew Call 2 and Call 3 were deadhead crews through to the distant terminal. Spokane Crew Call 4 would be a working crew as the two deadhead crews do not count as a working crew. The every other crew principle picks up then when Whitefish Crew Call 5 is called to work. In operation, this principle will allow you to move crews to the distant terminal either to 'get them off of held away or to protect their turns at the distant terminal with much greater ease and flexibility than is possible by, the present system. Under the old system, when crew were deadheaded, a like number of distant terminal crews would wind up 1-2-3 waiting for service in the rotation.
