Thank you very much for the reply! When you say correct vision, do you mean like in terms of sight or color vision? The reason I ask is because I'm colorblind. I wear glasses so my vision is perfect, but I can't pass a colorblind test to save my life. Also Do you know which crews are based out of Seattle? Thanks again I really appreciate it!Well to answer a few ..depends on what job you work .. ( coast starlight 4 days on 6 days off, sunset 6days on 6 days off, southwest chief 6 days on 5 days off and redi crew is 2 days off 5 days on ) extra board it's depends. You have to have correct vision, our meals are included but if you work the suferliners you will be pay a amount in your check according to your contract . You must live within a 2 hour call out and yes there a shuttle but most obs paid for parking and some commute via train ( I do )
Thank you very much for all of your help.Well if you wear glasses let them know . The crew that works 7/8 is base of Seattle & they always hiring sa/ta .
1. OBS employees are paid more on a monthly basis than weekly. For example OT kicks in at over 180 hours for the month.Thanks for the replies. If anyone would rather PM me that is fine as well.
1. How many hours a week do you work?
2. Are you on the clock the whole time you’re on the train?
3. Does Amtrak provide your meals while you’re working?
4. How many days on/off do you get usually?
5. Do they have safe long term parking at the stations for when you go into work or do you have to get dropped off at the station?
6. How close do you have to realistically live to the station? I know Amtrak says 2 hours but is that 2 hours driving distance, or 2 hours getting ready and then getting to work distance?
7. Do you have to pass a colorblind test?
I’m sure I’ll think of some more but that is it for now. Thanks, I really appreciate it.
Thanks for the info. I would prefer Seattle so I'm going to wait until a spot opens up. Sounds like the crew bases are LA, Chicago, Seattle, NY, and Lorton VA for the auto train? Those are the only ones that I've seen come up in my research I've been doing.Crew base is determined by which one you originally applied to. If opportunities open up for transfer, that's possible, but it's not like the airlines where there are more or less desirable bases. L.A., Chicago, and NY are the bases which hire most frequently (and there are FAR more TandE crew bases than there are OBS).
You ought to try shift work. For a couple of years I was a Mission Controller (known there as an Ace) on the Cassini Saturn Orbiter project. The Ace works when the spacecraft is in view of a tracking station and scheduled. That means it could be anytime, literally. I worked shifts that started in the morning, afternoon, evening, graves. The shift would last as long as the track, 10-12 hours. I started work once at about 11:00PM on Saturday and didn't get off until Sunday morning at 11:30. On this shift I was the only one there at the project and the only one of about four people in the entire operation building (four windowless floors in a concrete building about 200 feet on a side.) This will truly mess up your circadian rhythms.I don't think I would enjoy the late night interruptions or the 5:30AM start time. I had to do some late night and early morning work at several remote sites recently and coming back to the home office schedule felt like heaven. I find that waking up to sun light and leaving work well before sunset is worth a lot to me, although it kind of precludes working for any major railroads. For those who don't mind the early hours or the late night interruptions more power to you.
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