DELETE: Section 3. Any bargaining unit member who accepted a supervisor/management position after
September 12, 2008 and returns to the bargaining unit will have their cumulative seniority date set to the
day they return.

Rationale: Those individuals who have returned to the bargaining unit after taking a management position should have their seniority restored to their true, earned FAA 2152 time. If we continue to punish each other for stepping up or making a work/life balance decision, we will continue to breed bad managers.

CBA Article 4 Sec. 1 provides for union representation for BUEs who have chosen not to join the union, and they enjoy NATCA seniority time. Isn’t someone who decides to return to NATCA exhibiting more solidarity than an employee who shuns the union by leaving or not joining at all? Punishing returning members will keep facilities from reaching 100% and sends the wrong message….that mistakes are not allowed. This is an old “rule” that repels collaboration and shows that we don’t care about personal circumstances, and it’s time to move into the future.