by ExCon90
Yes, that would have been a better example to cite. It's exactly what can happen from engineer fatigue. The fact that it was transit rather than commuter rail is immaterial to the effect of fatigue.
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NorthPennLimited wrote:Another article from the Inky:so for $3 million per year SEPTA is degrading service for customers and potentially putting people at risk? In the scheme of things (total budget), $3 million is not an insurmountable number
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So the cost of an engineer is $150,000.00 annually between wages and benefits.
SEPTA needs 213 engineers to be fully staffed. They operate with 192 engineers.
They are saving $3.15 million dollars annually by compressing more work onto the existing manpower pool.
ExCon90 wrote:It would be interesting to know how many prospective engineers and trainmen (train-crew personnel?) flunk either the training program or a drug test compared with the number that started out. Also, I believe that at one time, because of differing wage scales, SEPTA was training people who left for other rail operators as soon as they could. Is that still happening, I wonder?Yes, people still leave for other RR's.