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Originally Posted by ajcowing  Do you work for the UPRR, as a conductor? If so, you're already making more than most controllers. My dad works for the UPRR and conductors earn anywhere from $40,000 start to $75,000 after several years. At the little level 5 tower that I'm going to, I will only be making $43,000 after checking out, and I'm having to transfer halfway across the country to work there! You may be better off, with your degree and your railroad experience, attempting to get hired as a train dispatcher. The money is better, and I would imagine that it would be a whole heck of a lot less stress. Thats just my $.02. |
Heh, close. I work for the BNSF (Burlin. Northern Santa Fe). Yah, those earnings are about right (actually there are people at my work who break six figures, but they work like crazy to do that). I already have four years into it, so perhaps it's unwise to throw that away. Hmm, yah there was a conductor I knew who became a train dispatcher. Good suggestion, although I'm not sure I want to sit at a desk/computer for the rest of my career (which atc may be similar, but at least at a tower you can watch the planes you control).
Wow, only 43k after checking out? Maybe the next presidential administration will give you guys a super-raise to the old pay-scale? (cross your fingers)