Metro short on train operators

The operator of a Red Line train who blew past track workers at an excessive speed had been working for 30 days straight, a report found.

He had to work 30 days straight because Metro is short on train operators

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/loca ... s/3233298/

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/loca ... e/3233067/

davinp wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 7:45 am The operator of a Red Line train who blew past track workers at an excessive speed had been working for 30 days straight, a report found.

He had to work 30 days straight because Metro is short on train operators

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/loca ... s/3233298/

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/loca ... e/3233067/

Um, yeah, whoever allowed that person to do that amount of overtime gets demoted down to train operator... and the schedule gets reverted to what they have + some extras on the board.

Does the union contract require overtime be distributed fairly, or does it go by seniority?

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eolesen wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 11:28 pm Does the union contract require overtime be distributed fairly, or does it go by seniority?

Note that I only know MTA Maryland's union Collective Bargaining Agreements. Those usually went by seniority for pick.

However, in this case, I think the overtime became mandatory... and that spells trouble no matter what. MTA Maryland's police force was on mandatory overtime when I left, and you could hear it in the officer's voices whenever I talked to them on their tracking systems I was coding up at the time.