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azspeedbullet t1_iwpo3cc wrote

why give the mta more money? they dont need it. audit the ceos and the big wigs. that is where all of the money goes to instead

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TeamMisha t1_iws5amd wrote

> audit the ceos and the big wigs

No lmao google "LIRR overtime king", there are/were employees literally making more than the CEO and board members for abusing OT policies. Biometric time keeping is helping now but there are still a lot of make work jobs around on contracts and because so many staff were let go during pandemic it's taking overtime by remaining staff to fill the gap due to the time delay in training new drivers

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mp90 t1_iwps13o wrote

Don't forget tons of conductor and operator overtime: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-24/ny-mta-overtime-soars-as-pandemic-hiring-freeze-haunts-system

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Grass8989 t1_iwpttr3 wrote

The MTA lost 150+ employees to Covid. They need to have conductors to keep the trains running. You have to pay overtime if they work more than 40 hours a week. The civil servants aren’t the problem.

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organizim t1_iwqarcg wrote

Remember when Cuomo visits a train yard that was supposed to have a bunch of people working OT and NOONE WAS THERE? They ain’t all bad but there’s a ton of folks getting OT and not showing up.

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GettingPhysicl t1_iwpvj0i wrote

Theres gotta be fucking trains that do not need conductors. they run on the same damn track its not a car.

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lovemeinthemoment t1_iwq277b wrote

You go first. Let us know.

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GettingPhysicl t1_iwsci62 wrote

...are you under some impression that its more dangerous and i wouldnt try it? i use the subway. please, automate my line first if you want i mostly use the 1.

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Grass8989 t1_iwpwn0k wrote

Reworking the entire subway system to have conductorless cars would cost probably 100X what they pay the conductors in overtime.

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chug84 t1_iwq7nha wrote

So, you'd rather see people lose their jobs instead of the entire agency get audited for corruption and theft?

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GettingPhysicl t1_iwq9e4x wrote

id rather both. we don't hire people for its own sake. if you want universal basic income just say that don't hide it behind jobs we do not need.

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socialcommentary2000 t1_iwq7l2q wrote

This city still custom fabricates replacement parts for installed equipment who's original fabricators haven't existed for the better part of a century.

If the USA had an actual social contract and wasn't just a loosely associated group of assholes that happen to sit under the same legal system, we'd have modernized our marquee transit system in our Alpha World City ages ago.

Alas, we have shit culture so we get shit results.

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73577357 t1_iwq3lgv wrote

You're not going to win any union votes with that kind of attitude.

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Understanding_Naive t1_iwpvyh9 wrote

They need something to make sure everything is clear and the train can leave the train station. I think recently a guy was dragged to death because his foot got caught between the train and the platform.

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139_LENOX t1_iwqfxcx wrote

Pretty sure the 7 is like that. It's called CBTC.

That said, conductors are not the problem here.

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kd10023 t1_iwyyirn wrote

The “tons of conductor and operator overtime” is legitimate … we actually have to out in the hours and actually work during our OT on the NYCT side. You guys are so ignorant I swear. I understand when you think MTA you simply think NYCT because you live in nyc. But the abuse is 90% of the time coming from the LIRR and Metro North. Your bus driver or train operator / train conductor is actually working for whatever OT they are getting paid.

We dont get the double pay , we aren’t even allowed to strike unlike the rail roads. Shit, check seethroughny, the salaries are public info. Top guys are always LIRR and MTA police by a long shot

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