Today B.D. contacted supervisors across the network.
He was his usual cheery self....swearing, threatening, angry....oh soo angry! The context of the 'conversation' went a little something like this....
If workers wish to continue making themselves unavailable for Overtime their access to 'Z' days will be altogether removed.
( Funnily enough not all departments get these 'Z' days and whilst they are unaccessable for the short term they still continue to build up ie. 1 per month. for those that do!)
All training will be cancelled
( He speaks as if there was a huge amount of training taking place as it is! No big loss there.)
Workers will have to change shift patterns to accomodate the lack of manpower.
( The lack of manpower demonstrated by the guys simply choosing not to work on their days off. Any change to roster MUST be approved by the workers affected, or the shift can be returned to a standard 8 hour roster. He thinks he has problems now....).
Aircraft being delayed now for any substantial period of time are being investigated (explaining ones self to management and other departments not uncommon).
Maybe he should start to consider what may happen if he really starts to p#ss the guys off! His tantrams and threats are remeniscent of the SDT Overtime bans a few years ago. Eventually management came begging the guys to lift their bans and asking what they wanted to make it happen. That was only one base..!
Keep fighting the good fight.