LETTER OF
UNDERSTANDING NO. 37
SUBJECT:
MATERIALS DELIVERY AND INVENTORY
PROCESS
The Company and the Union agree that parts, materials, tools, kits and
other goods or products furnished by an internal or external supplier, vendor,
contractor, or subcontractor may be delivered or presented to the Company at
any location to be designated by the Company, including but not limited to
staging areas, parts control areas, materials and tool storage areas, and/or
factory locations where parts or assemblies are installed. In addition, internal and external suppliers,
vendors, contractors, or subcontractors may, at the Company’s request, perform
inventory transactions, which may include tracking use, disbursement,
acquisition, and/or inventory of parts, materials, tools, kits, and other goods
or products.
The Company will conduct a quarterly review with the
Nothing in this Letter of Understanding will be construed to permit
suppliers or vendors to install parts or components on the airplane, unless the
vendors or suppliers are correcting errors or performing warranty work.
The Company agrees that bargaining
unit employees will not be laid off as a direct result of the Company’s
conversion to the Materials Delivery and Inventory Process, unless the
employees are unwilling to change jobs (including a downgrade), shifts, or
locations within the bargaining unit. Employees who are employed as
forklift drivers as of September 2, 2005
will continue their regular assignments for the term of the contract, including
but not limited to the movement of supplier and vendor parts from local
receiving areas within the factory.
Dated: September 4, 2008