by turkeyhunter
Anyone seen any more money?
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GN 599 wrote:Actually a conductor is a promoted man. A brakeman is entry level trainman.Whatever brother...this ain't a thread to define railroad terms...FWIW,and it won't be worth much to you...Switchmen and foreman are both filled from the extra board where I work regardless of title.You can be one,one day and another the next.We don't even use "brakemen" anymore.
Christian65 wrote:I'm truly sorry for those who lost money on this deal. However, with all due respect, many of you, in your zeal for a position with CSX, positioned yourselves for a loss by agreeing to pay-for-training (PFT). In most other industries, employers pay employees for training. That's normal. You paying them for training so you can work for them is asinine and wrong. It's just another way for a company to make money.I don't think that that's a fair assumption to make. I'll admit, anyone who pays a company to train them is out of there mind, however nobody paid CSX a cent to train them. We are talking about a company who you pay to train you for a railroad job, no different then paying tuition to a college to prepare you for whatever field you are going into.
In the early 90's, many regional airlines operated the same PFT business practice, with pilots lining up like lemmings, forking over much larger amounts than $4500 - some cases, in excess of $10,000! Think about that for a minute...someone is willing to pay their employer for a job! I don't need a job so badly that I'm willing to pay for my training that the company should be providing at no cost to me. What happens if you spend the $4500 for training only to fail out of training? Who's on the hook for that? YOU.
Anyway, good luck to those attempting to recover their money.