13:0088(23)CU - Adjutant General of New Hampshire, State Military Reservation,Concord, NH, 157th Air Refueling Group, New Hampshire Air NG and Granite State Chapter, ACT -- 1983 FLRAdec RP

 13 FLRA No. 23
 
 ADJUTANT GENERAL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
 STATE MILITARY RESERVATION
 CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
 157th AIR REFUELING GROUP
 NEW HAMPSHIRE AIR NATIONAL GUARD
 Activity/Petitioner
 
 and
 
 GRANITE STATE CHAPTER, ASSOCIATION OF
 CIVILIAN TECHNICIANS
 Labor Organization /1/
 
                                            Case No. 1-CU-20007
 
                    DECISION AND ORDER CLARIFYING UNIT
 
    Upon a petition duly filed with the Federal Labor Relations Authority
 under section 7111(b)(2) of the Federal Service Labor-Management
 Relations Statute (the Statute), a hearing was held before a hearing
 officer of the Authority.  The hearing officer's rulings made at the
 hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed.
 
    Upon careful consideration of the entire record, including the
 parties' contentions, the Authority finds:  The Granite State Chapter,
 Association of Civilian Technicians (ACT) was certified on June 5, 1973
 as the exclusive bargaining representative for a unit of all Wage Board
 and General Schedule Air National Guard technicians employed in the
 State of New Hampshire.  Essentially, the petition seeks to clarify the
 unit status of four employees who the Activity/Petitioner contends
 should be excluded from the bargaining unit on the grounds that they are
 supervisors, management officials or both.  /2/ SUPERVISORS /3/
 
    The Activity/Petitioner contends that the following individuals are
 supervisors within the meaning of section 7103(a)(10) of the Statute and
 should be excluded from the unit:  Thomas Bunting, Flight Instructor
 (Fixed Wing), GS-2181-GM13 Chief, Scheduling Section KC 135A);  John
 Recher, Flight Instr