seniority

Can anyone tell me why this is a thing? We just had multiple people at my facility move up several spots in seniority because some BFE tower they used to work at joined NATCA. How the fuck can they get NATCA seniority from a tower they never paid dues at? I support it if you were in the...

Context: So I am currently an FAA employee, been one for the last year and a half. I was military and a DOD 2152 for 4 years. I transferred from the DOD to the FAA- all my leave carried over, my time and everything. I understand my facility wasn’t natca but we were in a union (Liuna). I was...

Kind of a story... I took a sup bid at my first smaller facility about six years ago. Long story short, I hated it and quit immediately. Obviously, I didn’t do my due diligence and accepted the seniority consequences of my actions. Fast forward to six years later and the official national...

Bidding in full swing this time of year. Trying to help a new journeyman. He checked into the facility as a direct VA hire and arrived 2 weeks before an acadamy grad, yet the acadamy grad was placed above the VA direct hire. The VA mentioned he OPT for checking in 30 days from signing FOL...