Originally Posted by haole
aloha bart, i have a question for you. what methods does tsa have in place for an article 15 procedure for screeners? i would hope that there is one in some form or another. i also would like to think that if a screener is not doing his/her job correctly, that they either mesure up or face a prospect of a job loss. mahalo.
Sorry to butt in but I have some experiences to share on this.
So far, I have seen 3 different procedures:
1. Documentation into the screeners official personnel file (OPF). Screener is retrained on deficiencies and returned to duty.
2. Screener placed on administrative while the legal department and FSD staff determine if the offense is grounds for termination. Sometimes, the process is lengthy. The end result is either documentation into the OPF or termination.
3. Screener is terminated immediately. This has to be a severe offense in which the screener could not be able to dispute.
When the decision to terminate is considered, the FSD staff and legal department have to make sure that all their ducks are in a row. Some folks that were terminated were in fact reinstated months later after appeals and were entitled to back pay for time lost, to include vacation and sick time as well as all other benefits.
This isn't Quoted TSA policy. It's solely what I have witnessed during my 3 years with TSA.