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Re: Relief Crew
Author: theconductor
Date: 08-10-2016 - 10:53
Craig Tambo Wrote:
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> With Amtrak, each crew member is given the option
> of asking to be relieved. Sometimes the entire
> crew asks for relief, sometimes only one or two
> individuals do so, or maybe none of them do. It
> just depends on individual temperment, and what
> they saw or had to deal with. A look in the eye
> from someone an instant from being killed, or
> walking back and finding a severed head or a dead
> baby effects everyone differently, and no two
> incidents are the same.
This pretty much sums it up. It's a tough call. On my last incident, it wasn't just the act of running a man over that took its toll on me, but what happens next. I was interviewed by the city police, then the CHP, then the railroad police, then the UP manager. Just when I thought that was over, while waiting for a relief crew we were interviewed by the claims agent while she was there pulling the TIR tape.
After seeing it happen, then rehashing the story so many times over a few hours, I was done. We did pull the train off of crossings while waiting for relief though.
I don't see why one person couldn't have interviewed us and passed along the information.
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> With Amtrak, each crew member is given the option
> of asking to be relieved. Sometimes the entire
> crew asks for relief, sometimes only one or two
> individuals do so, or maybe none of them do. It
> just depends on individual temperment, and what
> they saw or had to deal with. A look in the eye
> from someone an instant from being killed, or
> walking back and finding a severed head or a dead
> baby effects everyone differently, and no two
> incidents are the same.
This pretty much sums it up. It's a tough call. On my last incident, it wasn't just the act of running a man over that took its toll on me, but what happens next. I was interviewed by the city police, then the CHP, then the railroad police, then the UP manager. Just when I thought that was over, while waiting for a relief crew we were interviewed by the claims agent while she was there pulling the TIR tape.
After seeing it happen, then rehashing the story so many times over a few hours, I was done. We did pull the train off of crossings while waiting for relief though.
I don't see why one person couldn't have interviewed us and passed along the information.
