MTA Metro-North Railroad Hiring Process

chipz150 wrote:Thank you for awnsering the previous questions but of course i have some more.

1.Are they days off consecutive? or are they spread apart?

Scheduled days off are always consecutive.

ex. im off tues, wed, If they call me in 2 minutes before my weekend and im guarenteed two days off will that shift count as working on my day off and will i recieve another day off for it or will it just count as me working on my scheduled ON CALL day?

If you are tue/wed off , and on list they could call you in to report at 11:59 pm on monday (technicaly), the time would still be straight time as your start is in the 5 work days of the job.

2. also before i asked about permanent schedules....what i meant was how long are you on the extras list before your able to "select" a shift due to seniority or wateva the case may be. I understand the shift will change every so often when people select there shift and whats left on the bottom the ac's with the least seniority wil get. i was just wondering whats the average amount of time before your able to "select"
I have seen new hirees get awarded regular jobs a week out of class, trick is don't aim high, take jobs few people want , like late starting jobs with mon/tue off.
someone who already had 2 days off between wednesday/sunday is not likely to bump you if you still have rest days pending.
You may if junior in class even be forced assigned to jobs that keep going no bid.?

chipz150 wrote:alright so if in the case i do get called in a min before my weekend the most amount of hours they can work me is 12 for that day...also if im off tues wed that means they can call me in 12:01 am that wed night or techinically thurs morning.

Correct

also does the 6 months training count towards your seniority...ex. training 6 months then 6 months later my salary goes up or is it a year after i get out training?

Seniority starts the day classes start, the seniority is set by sequence, that medical was given to group.
You start at 70% of rate
after one year it goes up to 75%
after second year it goes to 80%
after third year it goes to 85%
after fourth year it goes to 90%
after fifth year you make 100%

chipz150 wrote:does this 11:59pm and 12:01am occur more often then not? I definitely want this position i just want to know what im getting into so that when i take it im not one of those guys complaining all the time like i didn't know how it really was.

Does it happen, yes, does it happen often, no

Are most terminals at the location of the train stop? or futher away from it?......if your late for a train besides being penalized what happens do you have to wait for another shift or do you get sent home?

Terminals or crew bases are GCT, Harmon, Poughkeepsie, North white plains, Brewster, Wassaic, Stamford, New Haven, Danbury.

If your late you get warning letter, if it happens again you get 5 days off (no pay)

DutchRailnut wrote:If railroad uses a Conductor from new class as conductor, the persons denied promotion can time claim the railroad.
in other words the railroad must pay the person who was bypassed a days pay or differece in pay for job .

chipz150 wrote:so if you get bumped you just wait around in the station untill you get another shift...what is the maximum time they can do it?..is it until you get a job?....also for how many years is this capable happeneing to i know the ones with more seniority dont get bumped as much?

so they'll call u in to gct..you get there they tell u that you have been bumped to go to waisac. you go there and you get bumped...it's kind of liked that right...for how many hours can this occur in one day and what happenes if u get called a hour before your weekend and keep getting bumped for several hours...what's the stipulation on that