Jock Creach and I both attended a 4 hour Ground Equipment and Facility Maintenance Seattle Station Review meeting with Ray Ames (Field Service Maintenance) and Eric Younquist (Vendor Planning) both company representatives from WHQ. We we're the third stop on their itinerary, HNL (1/28), PDX (1/29) & SEA (1/30). They will continue on with the East Coast next week. It sounded like they would do the NY point first (JFK, LGA, EWR), then BOS then PHL then SAN. They weren't certain whether or not they could have this done before the 2/9 ORD meeting.
The above Company representatives used a PowerPoint along with copies of the 2009 GQ/PV Planned Budget in order to conduct the Station Review by directing questions at Jim Witzman (Station Manager), and Wendell Nascimento (SEAGQ/PV Manager) while providing opportunities for the Union to add in their commentary.
They seem to be focused on a comparison of 1) Hub, 2) Line, and 3) Field Service cost/unit data, primarily on the GQ side, PV data seemed more obscure. I asked Ray Ames which "industry leading service providers" they were looking at and he responded with Johnson Controls, ASIG and JBT. The tone of the meeting was courteous and professional.
Phillip C. Stewart III
Teamster Local 986
SEAGQ/PV Chief Steward
