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Re: Conductor Training - A Lot More to Come all employees
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 01-26-2011 - 11:58
trainjunkie Wrote:
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> Did all the engineers get a raise when the
> FRA required them to be licensed/certified back in
> the 1990s?
Not a raise, per se. If you work for a railroad that is unionized and signed a Collective Bargaining Agreement governing training with whichever organization covers engineer's, then you typically get something. For example, engineers on the former SP Western Lines (ex-SP west of El Paso) receive a daily rate for each day they are in class for training and recertification plus receive a $5 reimbursement to offset the cost of having their National Driver Record request form notarized. Not all CBA's are exactly like that. For example, I was told at the time that Cotton Belt engineers did not receive training pay. Non-union outfits may or may not have something similar. I recall about 10-15 years ago that one national shortline holding company would pay for the initial cost of training and certifying engineers for their railroads (they would not hire existing railroad employees), but if you quit within a certain number of years you had to reimburse the company when you left - it was estimated to be in the $20,000 range at the time. Maybe "Shortline Sammie" can tell us how it works on his railroad.
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> Did all the engineers get a raise when the
> FRA required them to be licensed/certified back in
> the 1990s?
Not a raise, per se. If you work for a railroad that is unionized and signed a Collective Bargaining Agreement governing training with whichever organization covers engineer's, then you typically get something. For example, engineers on the former SP Western Lines (ex-SP west of El Paso) receive a daily rate for each day they are in class for training and recertification plus receive a $5 reimbursement to offset the cost of having their National Driver Record request form notarized. Not all CBA's are exactly like that. For example, I was told at the time that Cotton Belt engineers did not receive training pay. Non-union outfits may or may not have something similar. I recall about 10-15 years ago that one national shortline holding company would pay for the initial cost of training and certifying engineers for their railroads (they would not hire existing railroad employees), but if you quit within a certain number of years you had to reimburse the company when you left - it was estimated to be in the $20,000 range at the time. Maybe "Shortline Sammie" can tell us how it works on his railroad.
