(Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship
( Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station
( Employes
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(George P. Baker, Robert W. Blanchette and
( Richard C. Bond, Trustees of the Property of
( Penn Central Transportation Company, Debtor



(a) The Carrier violated the Rules Agreement, effective February 1, 1968, particularly Rule 6-A-1, when it assessed discipline of 90 days suspension, later reduced to a reprimand, on W. C. Parr, Grew Dispatcher, Trenton, N. J., Eastern Region, Philadelphia Division.

(b) Claimant W. C. Parr's record be cleared of the charges brought against him on or about February 1, 1973.

OPINION OF BOARD: The record clearly indicates that the Claimant was
properly charged in connection with those errors
made by him during his tour of duty as crew dispatcher on January 29-30,
1973. Such errors should not be overlooked when they indicate a pattern
of carelessness which might interfere with crew-dispatching operations.

The adjusted discipline - reprimand - was neither an excessive nor an unreasonable penalty for the C
In view of the foregoing, we find that the Carrier was neither arbitrary nor capricious and that the adjusted reprimand was not unreasonable.





That the Carrier and the Employes involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Employes wit the Railway Labor Act, as approved June 21, 1934;

That this Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and










ATTEST:
        Executive Secretary


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 29th day of August 1975.