Senior Applicant to Extra Board

Senior Available Applicant to Conductor Extra Board When Vacancies are Filled by Other Means

CLAIM INFO:

• You will claim the lost wages when not used for a conductor vacancy if you were the senior available applicant to the conductor extra board.

• This includes situations when the Carrier:

  • drops turns

  • steps up other crews

  • etc.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION:

• A copy of the Federal Tie-Up, call sheet, or job history of the crew which was used improperly.

• A copy of the earnings of the assignment missed.

• A copy of the permanent bid list for the protecting extra board.

• A copy of your job history showing you were available

  • if not senior bidder, but was senior available, include job histories of those ahead of you showing their unavailability.

REQUIRED CLAIM LANGUAGE:

At _____ hrs on (date)  Conductor  (Name)   was called to step up for the (job/turn id)  .   (list the turns which were dropped, if applicable) I was the senior available applicant to the  (circ 7 & board id) , which protects this service, and should have been called for this vacancy as required by Item 43(d). Claiming  ($ ) for all lost round trip earning from the lost work.