NON-OPERATOR EXCEPTIONS. All revenue equipment of any type operated by the Authority will be manned by Operators who are qualified for such service, except that ATU represented employees who are qualified to operate said equipment may change off equipment in revenue service if no Extra Operators are available at the Division. The provisions of this Article shall not be construed to prohibit Mechanics, or members of the supervisory forces, from operating revenue equipment in cases of emergency or on test trips, or for the purpose of instruction where such trips do not involve transferring equipment between garages, shops or Divisions. In cases of emergency, or when qualified Operators are not readily available, Mechanics may transfer equipment between shops, Divisions and Terminals.
NON-OPERATOR EXCEPTIONS. 8 All revenue equipment of any type operated by the Authority will be manned by 9 Operators who are qualified for such service, except that ATU represented employees 10 who are qualified to operate said equipment may change off equipment in revenue 11 service if no Extra Operators are available at the Division. 13 The provisions of this Article shall not be construed to prohibit Mechanics, or 14 members of the supervisory forces, from operating revenue equipment in cases of 15 emergency or on test trips, or for the purpose of instruction where such trips do not 16 involve transferring equipment between garages, shops or Divisions. In cases of 17 emergency, or when qualified Operators are not readily available, Mechanics may 18 transfer equipment between shops, Divisions and Terminals. 20 SECTION 2. SUB-CONTRACTING, PARA-TRANSIT, NEW SERVICE 22 (a) Nothing in this Contract shall be deemed to preclude the Authority from contracting 23 for service with common carriers of persons operating under a franchise or license 24 for services, providing that no contracting shall take place (except as provided in 25 paragraph (d) below) unless there is insufficient equipment, or there are insufficient 26 operators to perform said service, and provided further that said contracting shall 27 not adversely affect the existing employees of the Authority. 29 (b) Nothing in this Contract shall prohibit the Authority from becoming an "umbrella" 30 agency with responsibility for administering, regulating, and contracting with respect 31 to Para-Transit Programs. 33 (c) At no time during the term of this Contract or any extension thereof between the 34 Authority and Union will the Authority reduce its hiring or layoff employees covered 35 by the said Contract as the result of the inclusion of subcontracting of Para-Transit
