Well again the point is missed. We are talking about LIRR jobs here and not just any union. You cant outsource the vast majority of these jobs because the of...
To deviate slightly from your main assertions - you say "It would be really difficult to outsource the ticket taker or conductor job to India." While that is...
Let them strike...who cares. The window clerks need to learn customer service. You sit their on your fat butts. Just help the people. Management needs to...
In a message dated 1/1/2005 11:11:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ghkcplus@... writes: All you conductors you need to realize we see you every day and in...
In a message dated 1/1/2005 11:11:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ghkcplus@... writes: Management needs to learn how to manage. Question why has the on ...
In a message dated 1/1/2005 11:11:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ghkcplus@... writes: The window clerks need to learn customer service. You sit their...
How about his LIRR email address? That is fair game. ... From: "mr beach" <mrbeach602@...> To: <LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, December...
I tend not to blame conductors for asking to 'see' my ticket. Except for the bozo who used to punch my arm every few days for it while I was napping in the...
Hey mailsailes, on which branch are you a conductor? Do the people on the trains give you a hard time? ... Except for ... was napping ... it). ... taken once,...
That's a pretty pure excuse. You don't like the job, get another one. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?...
... No I did not miss your point; maybe I did not explain myself... ... Actually I was only using the auto industry to explain what was once thought to be a...
Please go back and read through some of the older threads.. we had this discussion once in the past six months.. there is a lot of good (and bad) as it...
If it is actually work covered by the warranty, their is no reasonable reason why the LIRR commuter should pay somebody to do that work. A couple of weeks...
I've been reading the responses to this all morning and its making me rather glad to no longer be riding the LIRR. In particular I loved the response of the...
First day back to work in the New Year. Arrived at the platform (Hicksville) at 7:03 to catch the 7:06 to Penn, like usual (that is, when I'm not running...
In a message dated 1/3/2005 8:33:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ian_greenbaum@... writes: If it is actually work covered by the warranty, their is no...
But the 7:29 was their before both of those trains. Sitting and waiting for a good half hour before it was due to leave. Why is a full train sitting their a ...
Oh, sorry, even if that is the case, why would anybody be cross trained? Do you mean to tell me that the person who repairs the train can't move it around the...
In a message dated 1/3/2005 9:25:03 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, jeandupree@... writes: Now we finally have qualified personnell who want to service some...
Do you really want to have a discussion about qualifications? Didn't a few guys in the yard "Drop" a train because they didn't properly secure it? Were they...
In a message dated 1/3/2005 10:06:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ian_greenbaum@... writes: Do you really want to have a discussion about qualifications?...
Your loyalty is understandable - but your objectivity and "fairness" is questionable. Your tactic of attacking the qualifications of the manufacturer while...
I have made mistakes and been held accountable. You are the one who said, "If they were so qualified they would have built the trains right the first time"....
It is a rather simple, and obvious, tactic to start saying that because some other party is not "perfect" it justifys your mistakes. In fact they are not...
... You know, I've always wondered that myself! And the doors are usually closed until around 7:15 or so (I know this from the times I've JUST missed the...
Lets look at the facts for a second. Bombardier is going to be doing some work to some of the new M7 cars. The work is covered under warrantee, therefore, at...