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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Limitedclear</i> <br /><br />AG- <br /> <br />The term is to "mark up". No, marking up isn't usually a problem. You simply call the crew caller and have them show you as marked up and ready for service. Depending upon how you are working, see above, you simply drop back on to the bottom of the XL or back into your crew assignment if you are on a pool or local crew. If you are on a pool and your turn is at the away terminal you will probably not be called until your turn is back in your home terminal and rested. <br /> <br />LC <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Thanks LC. <br /> <br />Though it might not be obvious from the way I've pursued this, my primary interest has been to try and understand how you guys make "manageable" a job condition that looks , as ValleyX put it, seemingly " hard to put up with". <br /> <br />Now it makes more sense. <br /> <br />Violating my earlier commitment of "one last question", because it would seem to me that everything has a "down side" one way or the other, and since "marking off" is not seen as a "bad thing" from the company' POV, is there a down side from The Engineers POV? For instance, is there much risk that if you "mark off" for two days (after a 40 hour week) that by doing so you may not/likely will not make your 40 hours the following week because of it? In other words, , is staying "marked on" constantly the only safe way to assure a full work week?
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