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New Metro-North president to recertify as locomotive engineer
Glad to see an executive getting “back out in the real world” to see what is going on.
Wonder if the Union is on board with this?
Now this makes about as much sense as a football coach becoming a tight end or a quarterback just to understand the job. Do we see a episode of CBS undercover boss in the works here?
The CRAP/CREU/CR…, whatever, union isn’t going to like this. Their ‘brothers’ won’t be able to sleep on-the-job if Joe Guilietti walks into the cab and kicks them out. BTW, Joe carries a Glock 10mm.
The NY “Daily News” needs a transportation writer who is knowledgeable about railroads. “Grand Central Station” indeed! (at least 2x today).
Giulietti goes to re-certify and comments are nonsense about unions and of course a silly gun reference thrown in for good measure.
Union! Pffft. When I was member of Brotherhood decades ago, they did more to SITFLE employee creativity, than they did to further employee bene’s/job protection. Union is interested in ONE THING, dues paying members. Period. Full stop. I hope this new prez gets re-certified, hell, even pay his union dues, and ACTUALLY DOES run a train or two. USA has far too many “execs” who have totally forgotten what it’s like “in the trenches”. There is something about an exec who rubs shoulders with their subordinates, a bond if you will, that by definition, means “i am, or once was, ‘one of you’…”
I agree with the Millers. All too many managers don’t have the first idea of what their employees jobs entail.
I believe it’s essential that management should be certified to run the equipment. At least he or she can still have a taste of what he employees have to deal with in the course of the job.
Im happy about this, but Doubt Unions will be, but HEY , most of OUR work is “viewed” and “reviewed” in other jobs…
Running the equipment will give him an idea how well it is maintained, too.
Miller is absolutely correct.
Permut had no real operating experience (he was a marketing guy) and Giulietti needs to see first hand the situation at hand before he can fix things.
Miller is absolutely correct.
Permut had no real operating experience (he was a marketing guy) and Giulietti needs to see first hand the situation at hand before he can fix things.
Back in “The Good Old Days” most companies in America had you come up through the ranks to get to the top. Delta Airlines aways had a person that started at the bottom. I still remember when they built a new terminal at LaGuardia they did the building design themselves. The construction company kept looking for design changes and none came along. The end result was it was completed under time and under budget and functioned fine.
Yeungling brewery has always been a family owned brewery “but” the next generation has to buy out the previous generation and they have to start at the loading dock working there. End result is the latest owners know the business from one end to the other and have a vested interest. Unfortunately most US companies now have a college grad running them that only cares about getting the best possible performance bonus no matter how many short cuts it takes.
Can’t have it both ways: complain that management is so far removed from the craft that they don’t understand what it’s like to be in the ranks, yet, at the same time, make light of the fact that someone who once made his living with a throttle in his hand will now be at the top. What you learned and experienced as a locomotive engineer, you don’t forget.
It is great the the top management knows railroading as may do not fully understand what goes on out in the operating world. I know of some who have no idea of truly is going on out in the field. When something was bought to their attention the answer was you got over it didn’t you until you did not then it was your fault.
It is great the the top management knows railroading as may do not fully understand what goes on out in the operating world. I know of some who have no idea of truly is going on out in the field. When something was bought to their attention the answer was you got over it didn’t you until you did not then it was your fault.
It is great the the top management knows railroading as may do not fully understand what goes on out in the operating world. I know of some who have no idea of truly is going on out in the field. When something was bought to their attention the answer was you got over it didn’t you until you did not then it was your fault.
If he wants to run a train, fine. But, the engineer is away from the public. He should also be qualified to be a conductor. The conductor is the boss of the train and has to deal with the public. And I hope that the union lets him do this. I think that it would be good to have someone who knows both sides of the situation.