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Was there an application earlier this year that I missed? Anyone know when the next application will be out?

#569x got a letter to go in next thurs

15 minutes ago, mimic101 said:

I'm in Queens and was placed in the A division.  My commute time is usually 1hr 40min to 2 hr to the Bronx yards then the same for going home.  In total around 4 hours of commuting each day.  It's honestly brutal.  The training it self doesn't make me tired, it's the commuting.  Every day I think about quitting. 

However, I tell myself that if I do make it out of school car that I'll move to somewhere in the Bronx.  I'm not sure if that is a good idea, but I'm sure that I'll have to report to the Brooklyn and Queens locations for jobs.  I honestly have no idea what to do, but I know that I cannot keep up this commute for long. 

either move to bx for a div or transfer to the b div

3 hours ago, trackerjack said:

are we really?  everytime i see the crew rooms filled to the brim. seems popping to me

i guarantee it. There's upcoming promotion exams for dispatcher and supervisor so a lot of train ops will be moving up.

pretty sure this list will go into the 8000s at the very least. We're still very short on people

On 6/21/2022 at 4:00 PM, d4rkst4r said:

This zoom session has been so poorly organized.  It's been extremely frustrating.  I really hope the actual job isn't such a mess.

oooh you're in for a treat, especially if you work the  

4 hours ago, FilippoSironi said:

so once you are XX for a while and you're on top of the list they give more consistent locations and start times?

no guarantee about that. Maybe 75% of the time report locations will be convenient

10 hours ago, Jericho said:

As an extra extra list employee, your tour and RDO can change from week to week. Your first day of the week, you can report early in the day and by your fifth day, late in the day. Ex. the PM tour is between 1200-2200 hours. Your first day can start at 1200 and your fifth day can start as late as 2100ish. You will be sent to any terminal or yard where they need you and not necessarily whichever is closest for you.

Tour/RDOs don't change from week to week, more like pick to pick (roughly half a year) and even then it's a maybe because you're also moving up on the XX seniority list. Consequently, you're most likely to request the tour or days off you want with the preference sheet. I was XX for 2 years and my tour/RDOs never changed on a weekly basis. I also happened to fall back to the bottom of the XX seniority list after losing a temp. bid and even then, I stayed on the same tour and RDOs. So in this regard, it's not that brutal.

However, what is brutal are the random start/finish times and random start/finish locations. The only thing that fluctuates on a weekly basis are the amount of hours you work. XX can randomly expect 40-60 hours per week. 

On 2/21/2022 at 10:58 PM, Mtahopeful2287 said:

How are the instructors in school car personality wise?

a lot of wise guys

14 hours ago, Toba817 said:

Hey all hope all is well and safe. I need some advice or another view on this. I took this exam years back, and I'm in year 14 of being a city employee(schools) . I work 182 days a year with summers off , and make almost top pay of what a conductor makes. Now I got the email yesterday to report for conductor, but they also sent out a text to report for bus operator.. I never took that exam. Since we've all took this exam years back I've moved on with my current career I have a pension ,vested now . I'm closer to 40 now, took this exam in 2015-2016 I think, I was in my early 30s. I've always wanted to work for transit but as the years went by and I've gotten older, being sent out all over the city essentially being a rookie (lol) & having odd ball schedules doesn't sound to appealing but damn, being part of a train crew sounds fun as heck! Any advice? Thank you all in advance for your help. 

i would stay, you won't see summer off until another 15+ years. And at this time, conductors are moving up very slowly. I have friends who started almost 4 years ago, basically the beginning of this list and they still can't pick anything and are on extra extra list. You'd have to work 5 years for top pay as a conductor and it'd take 10 years to be vested at 50%. 

If this list gets extended another 4 years to 2026, they can call people as far as the 6-7k... I spoke to someone who took the 2009 test and was hired in 2016-2017, his number was somewhere in the 6000s.

can't believe I'd be one to say this (with only 33 months), but we need bodies down here bad

it's kinda stupid to use the 1 in 3 rule now since we're so short on crews. TA needs to hire anyone they can get

Just got the email canvas for due date of June 28th, list # 29xx

10 hours ago, Djf22 said:

In schoolcar now I have an unrelated question for anyone who wants to answer. Does anyone actually pay for all the extra insurance they try to sell you orientation the disability and the injury insurance?

nah, it's a waste of money

On 6/13/2021 at 8:42 PM, NycTO said:

Class in August and class in November. TSS says 

Wow, 3 month gap from May? Those are probably gonna be big classes?

Well i just got drafted to work trains so 1 less revenue service operator on the road depending on how much capital construction TA wants to accomplish.

6 hours ago, Djf22 said:

What kind of back pack is acceptable for school car 

don't worry about that, everyone gets the same thing. There is no requirement. The only thing they want you to do is to carry it by hand when crossing tracks. I used a sports duffle bag and I had the strictest by the books instructors.

list 3000 did Opa like nov of 2017 , still waiting

2 hours ago, nycraised03 said:

Hello. Everyone. New here. So in 2018 I was in the process for TO. It didnt work out then. Around October 2020 I emailed DCAS and put my name back on the hiring list. Jan 8th I got emailed the canvass letter. Jan 15th I had the drug test. Jan 26th I had the medical and final processing. Everything worked out fine and got appointed same day. Long day but it was worth it. I was one of the last ones if not the last one that day. Im in for the Feb 22 start date. Excited for what is to come. Looking forward to it. List 9X

This is a lesson to never doubt reinstating! it works!

https://brooklyn.news12.com/brooklyn-woman-claims-mta-wrongfully-fired-her-for-taking-too-many-sick-days?fbclid=IwAR2LzHMf-kMidKqT9xzSJ50FktzQ6Sz864R_vN8sleZCBaNuJfK-jqcjA-E

Just so you people know what you're getting yourselves into, a backwards agency

On 10/8/2020 at 7:34 PM, BKNYC said:

I got an email today stated I would be disqualify, because I don’t have in my resume that I done any kind of electrical work. But I did do some work as an Electrical  Helper, I worked with an electrician for a little while and I still do from time to time. I’m sick to my stomach right now hearing that from them. I just can’t catch a break.

I suggest you update your resume and submit it along with a contact number for the electrician whom you have worked with.

20 hours ago, BxJay120 said:

I’m sure there were more but they didn’t arrive at 6:30. Maybe a few minutes later . Oh and I forgot to mention that at least myself and two other ladies that were there had low list numbers 600s-700s. They also received last minute emails like me yesterday to report. Someone definitely messed up and sent emails to people who list numbers were higher disregarding people who has lower numbers . That’s why a lot of people got emails saying not to come . It’s like they put people in the stack and instead of flipping it over and starting from the bottom up they started from the end of the stack down .. If that makes any sense ... 

You'll learn that nothing makes any sense in the MTA, especially in Rapid transit ops. Nothing, zilch. Things that should be...are never be.

2 minutes ago, Jericho said:

The August class had to go back to schoolcar for a two day "enhancement training". We just reviewed bulletins and had a road op day.

Most of the August class are on the road now.

oh, are they now? Last I heard they were struggling to road post cuz no one wanted to take students

On 8/4/2020 at 12:47 PM, STtoMTA said:

Also, if this is really from recently (which it must be because of the masks, we have deff got something already going on 

 

 

that's probably one of the 2019 summer classes (june,july,or august) that got stuck in limbo and couldn't go road posting because of the pandemic. They got stuck working in yards and in stations for like 3 months I believe