i get that. but its just amazing how ups is completely absolved of any blame here. its just amazing new drivers with no cdl dont deliver anything for a week in atlanta. its insane there arent more alarms with how fast we have to move. its insane and im tired of peoples willful insanity on such a big scale that we all just accept it and then scourge the little guy for speaking up about it.
The railroad train me for three weeks. Gave me a signals test which I had to pass with at least a 99 out of 100… Next thing I knew I was switching rail cars and working as a qualified conductor on the Norfolk Southern. after walking for miles up and down a hot shot Intermodal train I climb up into the cabin and sit on the left seat next to the engineer… We monitor The infamous “TO“ which is trip optimizer: to the Lehman it looks like cruise control, but it’s purpose is not to automate the train operation, rather to conserve fuel. Which Class 1 RRs count like pennies.
sometimes, chip optimizer cuts out. With no alarm. If you are not “on it“, you will find yourself bumping the speed restriction given by two or 3 mph, and subsequently sitting in the managers office with your walking papers. There’s no alarm, it just shuts off and the train speeds up. You have to monitor it and you don’t have a choice to run it or not, if the locomotive is equipped with it, companies a man’s that you run it. And transportation we are given the God given responsibility Of being the “alarm” you claim is required to get the job done. We are the lifeline of safety for the general public solely due to the fact that as a professional in the transportation industry, we never simply trust, or just verify, but continually babysit and serve as a steward of life preservation for our fellow employees, customers, and the people who live along our line.
At railroaders, we take pride in moving America without incident and for your information it’s not $80 but 40 an hour, one day a month.