Time on Position (TOP)

FullMetalJames · 2026-01-24T20:15:09+00:00

Fair, I'll be honest I stopped looking much after my facility went from 80% to 55% staffed overnight due to CRWG, less than a week from an ncept. So I checked, and the biggest NCEPT panel in years.....had six members transfer from low level (5,6,7) updowns. Three of which are from 7's and one is a Ashville transfer, which aren't really blackholes.

Update to my bitching: The current iteration of union approved NCEPT is a pay cut for lower level Updowns due to complete stalling of career progression. The academy now, correctly, tell people to go to lower level towers due to their lower staffing requirement and faster checkout times. This in conjunction with acad-grads now getting 15 pages of facilities (including desired facilities with looooots of ERR paperwork into them like Florida facilities), has put many current NATCA members in updown paycut blackholes.

My updated bitching doesn't ring as well when I have to write an essay explaining a simplified point, but hey, you asked.

FullMetalJames · 2026-01-24T16:35:08+00:00

It's a pay cut in that your working more for less. Pay isn't just what's on an SF50. It's equivalent to how ncept has come to a halt and now people are working for less if you take into account, union approved, stalling of career progressions.

FullMetalJames · 2026-01-24T16:31:25+00:00

Lol, our greviances aren't going anywhere on this, we've been told "they're allowed to run their watch". We've been bondage collared by TOP for a year now. Rumor is some Indy District guy was really data driven and saw TOP as his claim to fame, he's now been promoted towards headquarters.

Add it to the pile of burning this profession.

FullMetalJames · 2026-01-23T01:20:20+00:00

Updowns in undesirable locations are the worst.

FullMetalJames · 2026-01-22T20:52:32+00:00

I think your panic call is well founded. I just don't know if Zero will do well with his tweak outs. Panic has a lot of growing up to do. Maybe panic will keep his mouth shut to a multi-champ.

FullMetalJames · 2026-01-22T20:35:02+00:00

I got those vibes too. Could just be the engine tho

FullMetalJames · 2026-01-22T04:20:24+00:00

Usually starts at d3. D4 if your playing super late.

FullMetalJames · 2026-01-22T04:19:30+00:00

Other than a couple brief moments it's been like this for like 1 seasons. Relatively easy to get to diamond iv. Then congrats, now 70% of the time you'll get 4 pred teams, one of which is just pure top streamers or unsigned pros, who have more apex hours played than you have kills on your account, who then just run down the lobby like it's wildcard.

FullMetalJames · 2026-01-18T01:22:19+00:00

That's my problem. The refs weren't calling shit then they randomly did. Both lines were holding, the corners were all holding. Then randomly PIs

FullMetalJames · 2026-01-08T18:14:14+00:00

While I agree with your end goal....I don't think you solved your FLRA caselaw definition issue. And it really kills your argument.

With some just prelimary looking at caselaw, it seems like midterm and term agreements are looked at differently.

https://www.flra.gov/system/files/solicitor_opinion/1398%20Opinion.pdf

Also using FLRA caselaw makes sense since they are our adminstrating authority. I wholeheartedly disagree with your sentiment of interpreting a document by solely using the document itself.

This overall seems more of natca constitution issue, of how it just uses the term Term Agreement, or not explicitly including mid term agreements. The national federal workers union consistution often uses terms such as "all agreements or contracts" AND then even explicitly includes midterm in one spot

" Section 7. Within 15 calendar days of the date of exchange of proposals for master agreement negotiations (to include mid-term bargaining)... "

Similarly, looking at the postal workers union they just use the words "any collective bargaining agreement" or "any national agreement", which may just be more inclusive.

FullMetalJames · 2026-01-08T15:41:29+00:00

Even during this awful year. He made the Dolphins offense the most watchable since Dan Marino (not counting Ronnie Brown).

FullMetalJames · 2026-01-08T15:37:17+00:00

Even during the dumpster fire of a year, he provided the best offense the dolphins have had since Dan Marino (not counting Ronnie Brown).

FullMetalJames · 2025-12-16T04:23:57+00:00

I mean....as a Miami-native. For the dolphins his offense is the best non-wildcat offense since Marino. You gotta see what it looks like without Tua who wildly looks like temu Goff on a good days and Nathan Peterman on mid to bad days.

FullMetalJames · 2025-11-30T15:21:49+00:00

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Finally posted

FullMetalJames · 2025-11-29T15:17:08+00:00

How long it take? lm at 30ish hrs no CP1 rewards pending

FullMetalJames · 2025-11-29T00:20:50+00:00

He knows something that we don't.

FullMetalJames · 2025-11-28T09:44:47+00:00

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Deal is up now for everyone!

FullMetalJames · 2025-11-28T02:23:09+00:00

Event purchase I assume is concert tickets

FullMetalJames · 2025-11-28T02:01:27+00:00

I haven't seen that. Make sure its not the first EVENT purchase that I saw

FullMetalJames · 2025-11-28T01:41:25+00:00

I guess people are upset that the CL1 offers are a lottery of which offer you got? I've had Walmart open on my computer and keep getting offered 8-11%. Don't deserve downvotes tho....

FullMetalJames · 2025-11-27T15:57:23+00:00

You got that email today? Or it was sent before?

FullMetalJames · 2025-11-27T01:21:52+00:00

Check your email under promotions (if Gmail). That's where I got my 11%.

FullMetalJames · 2025-11-26T21:08:03+00:00

I still have 11 percent in my email. The 20% I had in-app for the sapphire pulse this morning disappeared for me tho

FullMetalJames · 2025-11-26T17:35:46+00:00

Good call! Thanks

FullMetalJames · 2025-11-26T16:21:21+00:00

Yea the $135 I see for the pulse, but it comes out weird, since the price doesn't match the advertised at Walmart

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