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B. Temporary vacancies of seven (7) days or more will be filled in accordance with thestanding bid system.C. Employees will submit their bid form(s) four (4) times per year on February 1, May 1,August 1 and November 1 identifying their choice of assignments and temporaryassignments, and such bids shall be maintained utilizing the standing bid system.Every 30 days employees will automatically be placed on assignments of their choiceas identified on their standing bid form. Employees affected by board adjustmentsmade either prior or subsequent to the 30-day period will be placed in accordance withtheir standing bid form. (Side Letter 14)Question: An Extra Board Engineer is called to fill a vacancy at an outlining point.Can the Engineer be held on the assignment until theregular engineer returns?Answer: No, outlining point vacancies will be filled on a daily basis .(Q & A from Circular Letter 26-2002, September 16, 2002)Section 3Transfersl. Temporary TransfersA. In transferring Engineers from one Seniority District to another, the senior Engineer(s)shall have preference, and when returned to their home district they will be placed onassignments of their choice as identified on their standing bid form.B. Engineers temporarily transferred must be returned to their home Seniority Districtwithin ninety days of the transfer. The General Chairman and the General Managermay mutually agree to extend the ninety-day limit of a temporary service assignmenttransfer.Question: Will an Engineer retain his former merger prior rights or his formerconsolidated seniority district rights if he/she permanently transfers under paragraph 2- Permanent Transfers to another seniority district after the effective date of thisagreement?Answer: No, the engineer will forfeit all former seniority rights and establish a new dateon the new seniority district, except the engineer will retain all entitlement rights, suchas vacation entitlement.(Q & A from Circular Letter 26-2002, September 16, 2002)2. Permanent TransfersA. Engineers requesting to permanently transfer from one Seniority District to anotherwill forfeit their seniority rank on the District which they leave and will have a newseniority date established on the territory to which transferred. The General Managerof each respective Division must approve requests for permanent transfer.B. Seniority will be established (and cease on their former District) on the date theemployee first performs service as an Engineer following the date and time of hisreporting for duty to the company official in charge at the location where he has been22