Beauregard, Dupéré and Bourgon and Treasury Board (Transport Canada)

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166-2-26956, 26957 and 26958
Beauregard, Dupéré and Bourgon and Treasury Board (Transport Canada)

Before: Y. Tarte
Appearances: P. Barnacle, for the Grievors; M. Berlin, for the Employer
Decision rendered: July 16, 1996

Acting pay - Air traffic controller trainees - prior to coming to the Ottawa Control Tower, two of the grievors had checked out at the AI-I level and one at the AI-2 level - the Ottawa Control Tower is organized into four work stations, three of which are staffed by AI-4 air traffic controllers - they are referred to as Airport, Ground and Clearance Delivery - the fourth station is normally staffed by operation support specialists (OSS) - in order to get a full AI-4 licence, an air traffic controller must check out in all four stations - grievors successfully completed Phase I of the Ottawa training program and were checked out at the AI-4 level in the OSS and Clearance Delivery positions - they were then given letters of authority to work alone at the clearance delivery position - time spent in clearance delivery under a letter of authority does not count as training - the air traffic controller trainee can work independently under a letter of authority for a period of up to one year - the actual duration of this work period will depend on the availability of a training slot in Phase 2 of the program - during this period the grievors were paid at the AI-I and AI-2 levels respectively although they performed all of the duties that would normally be performed by a fully licensed AI-4 air traffic controller at a clearance delivery station - a fully licensed AI-4 air traffic controller can, however, work at any of the work stations of the Ottawa Control Tower which the grievors could not do - adjudicator concluded that grievors were entitled to acting pay at the AI-4 level for their periods of independent work between Phases I and 2 of the training program.

Grievances allowed.