TRAINING AND START-UP. A sufficient number of operators will be trained and certified to fill all positions necessary to operate the start-up service upon completion of integrated testing, and to establish an Extra Train Operator List for the start-up service. The Extra Train Operator List will not exceed 20 positions. The Authority reserves the right to train Operators at any time based on service requirements. The name of any Operator who fills a Train Operator position, or who is placed on the Extra Operator List for start-up service will be removed from any other Train Operator eligibility list where the operator’s name appears. Operators who are in training and choose not to complete the training or do not meet qualifications, and therefore do not successfully complete the training, may not reapply for the position of Train Operator until at least two (2) years from the date the Operator left the training program and the names of such operators will be removed from any other Train Operator eligibility list where their names appear. These operators who do not complete the training will return to their home division, subject to Article 9, Section 5. Operators hired for start-up must agree to remain in their Train Operator position on the start-up service from the date of entry into the position until the expiration of one full year of revenue service on the new line and/or extension. Operators will return to their home division, subject to Article 9, Section 5. . Operators filling positions on the start-up service will not be entitled to take vacations until revenue service commences. However, if Operators assigned to start-up are permitted to take vacation, operators from the Extra Train Operator List for start up will be brought up in seniority order to provide vacation relief. When the permitted vacation period is over, the Extra Train Operator will be returned to the Extra Train Operator List. The Authority will give first consideration to retired Train Operators for temporary support positions related to the Rail System, on an as needed basis. Additionally, the Authority and the Union will meet and confer, as outlined in Section 1 above, when said support positions are needed. Effective with the first day of revenue service on the start up service:
TRAINING AND START-UP. 29 A sufficient number of operators will be trained and certified to fill all positions 30 necessary to operate the start-up service upon completion of integrated testing, and to 31 establish an Extra Train Operator List for the start-up service. 33 The Extra Train Operator List will not exceed 20 positions. The Authority reserves 34 the right to train Operators at any time based on service requirements.
