Pool Regulation Clause Samples
Pool Regulation. Unless otherwise agreed to, this pool will be regulated with a high end of 22 starts per month to those assigned to the pool. Pool adjustment dates will be governed by existing agreements:
a. A flip trip will be considered as one (1) start for purposes of regulation.
Pool Regulation. A. Unless otherwise agreed to, this pool will continue to be regulated under current agreements.
Pool Regulation. Effective immediately, pool regulation will be modified as follows for through freight pools.
A. All pool service will be regulated on starts rather than mileage. A start is defined as any trip (terminal to terminal working trips, terminal to terminal deadhead trips, combined deadhead and service or combined service and deadhead trips, turnaround trips, etc.) made by either a pool turn or makeup turn in a pool.
B. Pool service will be regulated as follows: Pool Mileage (Trip) Monthly Starts Target Up to 160 miles Between 20 and 23 161 -190 miles Between 19 and 22 191 - 250 miles Between 18 and 21 251 miles or greater Between 17 and 20
C. The above monthly starts targets may be modified by mutual agreement.
D. Pools will be regulated no more than once per week.
E. The checking period for pool service will begin each Sunday for the previous twenty (20) days (including Sunday). The following formula will be used to determine the average monthly starts per turn:
a. Calculate the number of monthly starts for the pool by multiplying the number of starts made by the pool during the checking period by 1.5.
b. To determine the average monthly starts per turn, divide the number of monthly starts for the pool by the number of regular pool turns.
F. If the average monthly starts per turn are within the parameters for the pool outlined in B above, no adjustment is necessary. If the average monthly starts per turn are outside the parameters for the pool outlined in B above, the pool will be adjusted so that the average number of monthly starts per turn is within the applicable range for the pool, as close as possible to the middle of the range. When mid -range adjustment is the objective, resulting turn fractions of .51 will be rounded up and .50 and below will be rounded down.
G. The parties recognize that the regulation method provided is intended to meet operational obligations, achieve manpower stability and provide sufficient earning opportunity for the involved employees. To ensure the successful application of this provision, the monthly start regulation range of a specific pool may be modified by mutual agreement between the parties if the regulation results in the following:
1. Consistently depressed earnings for involved employees;
2. Consistent need for adjustment;
3. Consistently excessive RSIA mandatory unavailable time;
4. Consistently excessive make-up turns necessary;
5. Trains consistently held for employees;
6. Less than consistently predictable time o...
Pool Regulation. (a) Regulation factors will be determined for each pool on the system by assessing the normal operation of the pool with respect to mileage earned for an average trip over a twelve (12) pay period study period. Using the average trip data, bi weekly high and low regulation factors will be established to permit weekly regulation of the pool based on dispatchments in the preceding fourteen (14) day period.
(b) To establish the bi weekly high and low regulation factors, the monthly regulation minimum and maximum (as adjusted pursuant to Section 1 above) covering the pool will be divided by the average trip mileage to determine the number of trips needed to work the minimum and maximum mileage per month. The number of trips will then be divided by 2.16 to determine the bi-weekly high and low regulation factors.
(c) The Local Chairman and Carrier officer with jurisdiction will decide which day of the week should be utilized to adjust the pool.
(d) The following will apply in the regulation of engineer pool crews:
(i) On the agreed to day each week, the Carrier shall furnish the Local Chairman having jurisdiction a statement for the pool showing the total number of pool crew dispatchments, including terminal terminal deadheads and extra crews called to supplement the pool during the preceding seven (7) calendar days. NOTE: A terminal terminal deadhead paid for separate and apart from a service trip will be counted as a percent of a dispatchment based on the percentage relationship between the actual distance and the basic day. For example, a separate deadhead over a 230 mile territory will be treated as .5 (50%) of a dispatchment.
(ii) The pool will be regulated so that there will be an average between the low and high dispatchment factors per turn bi weekly.
Pool Regulation. A. This pool will continue to be regulated under current mileage agreements which require indexing of mileage agreements and use of trip rate miles. In addition, the use of both “home-cycle” time component and historical layoff percentages may be considered in the regulation of these pools.
i. Should BNSF foresee an exigent increase or decrease in traffic/volume at any location they will immediately present the Local Chairman with information concerning that increase/decrease and the number of turns that may need to be adjusted to account for the change.
Pool Regulation. A. Unless otherwise agreed to, these pools will be regulated between 16-20 starts per month to those assigned to the pools.
Pool Regulation. (a) Regulation factors will be determined for each pool on the system by assessing the normal operation of the pool with respect to mileage earned for an average trip over a twelve (12) pay period study period. Using the average trip data, bi weekly high and low regulation factors will be established to permit weekly regulation of the pool based on dispatchments in the preceding fourteen (14) day period.
(b) To establish the bi weekly high and low regulation factors, the monthly regulation minimum and maximum (as adjusted pursuant to Section 1 above) covering the pool will be divided by the average trip mileage to determine the number of trips needed to work the minimum and maximum mileage per month. The number of trips will then be divided by 2.16 to determine the bi-weekly high and low regulation factors.
(c) The Local Chairman and Carrier officer with jurisdiction will decide which day of the week should be utilized to adjust the pool.
(d) The following will apply in the regulation of engineer pool crews:
Pool Regulation. A. The number of PWS turns in this pool will be determined by BNSF (following consultation with the designated SMART-TD representative) prior to the start of the bulletin period for the PWS schedules.
B. The number of UTF turns in this pool will be based on a range of 14-18 starts (unless otherwise agreed to). The number of UTF turns will bedetermined through negotiations between the proper BNSF officers and Local Chairmen, or their designated representatives. UTF pool adjustment dates will be governed under existing agreements.
Pool Regulation. In an effort to promote manpower stability, provide sufficient earning opportunity for the involved pool engineers and develop a clear and consistent manner in which to regulate freight pools, the parties have agreed that the below will supersede all agreements, or pertinent parts thereof, and/or practices in effect regarding regulation of freight pools. In this respect, the following regulating factors will be used: