Train Conductor

[Ill Mitch]

The BN doesn't have anything about paying for training, in fact it states BNSF conductor training program provided, and they even pay you well during training, I would call that a pretty good Class 1 to work for.QUOTE]

Give it a while, it will be there. If you want to be a train dispatcher with BNSF, you have to pay for training thru a community college. So, BNSF does it also.

Not to mention, comparing pft practices with the railraods and aviation is apples and oranges.

 

[HowlinMadMurdoc]

Heck, if the airline industry continues to slide downward and I get furloughed, maybe it'll be time to drive trains for a living

Both industries have a long and storied history and helped create the US.

HMM

 

[falcon20driver]

That's funny, comparing a sh!tty railroad (CSX) to a top notch airline, the BNSF would be a better comparison to Southwest.
I have a 737 type rating because that's the only way I could use my GI Bill to get an ATP certificate.

psysicx, here's one I would look into http://www.careerlink.org/emp/upr/po/008057.htm?house=1121&biscuit=974674211&clicks=5&doco=