Mac Wrote:
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> Mark Wrote:
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> > Smart man. With self driving cars & trucks 5-10
> > years off, its will be hard to make a
> believable
> > argument why railroads are different.
> Especially
> > in light of the last few accidents that appear
> to
> > have been driven by employee failure. The
> unions
> > are beating a dead horse when they keep trying
> to
> > blame it on fatigue. Remember that computers
> don't
> > have that issue.
> > Fighting the inevitable will cost the railroad
> > unions in the end. Better to make a deal to
> sees
> > than as many current employees as possible
> > preserve their jobs till retirement.
>
> You OBVIOUSLY don't understand RR's, their mgmt,
> the reliability of high tech equipment aboard, the
> astounding web of rules that "must be followed",
> the railroad retirement system, or even how to
> spot a former union hack named Frank Wilner who is
> now a railroad lobbyist trying to get rid of the
> very craft he lived off of when he worked for the
> UTU.
>
> Go be a test passenger for a pilotless trans
> atlantic flight.

How much would that pay?