Rest Cycle
Opt In/Out
(Voluntary  Boards Only)

• All rest days on voluntary rest cycles will default to "working". Any engineer who wishes to observe their rest days will need to change their rest cycle override. The rest days override can be changed on each cycle or by default to observe the rest days.

• Only boards with a voluntary rest cycle can opt out of their scheduled rest days.

• Rest days must be consecutive.

• Requests to opt in/out of rest days must be submitted a minimum of 24 hours in advance of the rest day(s) starting. If you do not opt in/out prior to 24 hours in advance you will be required to observe at least one rest day (24 hours) before you can mark up.

• All request to opt out must be made using TSS (Mainframe Emulator) Option 26, Option 2. Instructions are listed below.

By default all rest days will be set to working. You can either opt in to individual rest days or can opt in to all rest days by default. Follow the instructions below to opt in to the rest days.

All Rest Days

1. Logon to the BNSF Mainframe

2. Option 26 – Rest Cycle Inquiry

3. Option 2 – Override Request Maintenance

4. Enter your logon info

5. Enter “L” in the blank line next to Employee Default in the top right corner. This can only be "L" or left blank. You should not enter "M" as the default for the board is to markup. 

6. PF5 to commit the changes

Individual Rest Days

7. Logon to the BNSF Mainframe

8. Option 26 – Rest Cycle Inquiry

9. Option 2 – Override Request Maintenance

10. Enter your logon info

11. Select the days you want to observe by entering “L” in the blank next to the date. Note – if you modify any day you must enter an option for all days in that rest cycle. (Employee Default in the top right corner must be blank to change individual rest days)

12. PF5 to commit the changes