Day 184 - 06 Nov 95 - Page 15
1 A. I do not know. I do not follow it closely.
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3 Q. OK. The performance reviews -- shall we call them "PRs" --
4 do you sometimes do PRs?
5 A. No, I am not. I do not touch those. The only thing
6 I do is SOCs.
7
8 Q. Can you explain what they are?
9 A. They are -- well, it is -----
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11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What does SOC stand for?
12 A. Station observation checklist.
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14 MR. MORRIS: So that is part of the performance review process?
15 A. Yes. They take the SOC average.
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17 Q. So you mark people as to how well they are doing on
18 particular stations, and that is part of the potential wage
19 increase they can get?
20 A. Yes. But there are other things as well; it is not
21 just fully based on the SOCs; it is also based on other
22 things.
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24 Q. Right. When a PR is completed, do you sometimes actually
25 do that with -- take the staff through the results?
26 A. I do not do that, no. I am not in charge of that.
27 Assistant Managers are.
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29 Q. Right. Do you have any input into the scheduling; do
30 Managers ask your opinion about scheduling?
31 A. The only input I have is if somebody tells me that they
32 would like to learn a new station or that they need more
33 hours; then I will tell the scheduling Manager; and if
34 someone calls in sick and I know they are looking for
35 hours, then I will call them. But that is the only thing
36 I have to do with scheduling.
37
38 Q. Managers do not ask your opinion about scheduling, then?
39 A. Patty is in charge of that.
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41 Q. Who?
42 A. Patty Dickens. She is in charge of that. She is the
43 scheduling manager, so she is -----
44
45 Q. She just gets on with it?
46 A. Yes.
47
48 Q. You do not have any input into who gets scheduled when?
49 A. Oh no, not that.
50
51 Q. Right. Do you have a Crew Handbook?
52 A. I just received one. Actually, I am sorry, before
53 I answer that question, can you just classify what you mean
54 by "Crew Handbook"?
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56 Q. I do not know. We have seen in America and in the UK and
57 other countries, in fact, a fairly standard Crew
58 Handbook ---
59 A. So -----
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