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1 hour ago, thirtydaes said:

“Be prepared to stop within 1/2 your range of vision” gets broken down into two parts? That’s news to me. 

Correction it’s the 4th in the book ... every tss is gonna be different we had our orders switched due to an unofficial acronym that was given to us to help us remember

4 hours ago, MarkGuy said:

Thanks. How goes schoolcar? I know you began in  the June 10 class. Have you taken a train down the mainline yet?

Yeah 4 times already, we operated on the 3rd week of schoolcar lol , but it’s going well. First practical creeping up is next Saturday. It’s a lot to learn but it gets easier as time goes on. “ Its  not brain surgery “ as one of the instructors would say lol

21 minutes ago, MarkGuy said:

Oh ok. 

Take a look at this video just to get a glimpse 

We won’t be on no CBTC being new but i find this video to be helpful in giving a small glimpse from an internal point of view to people like me that came from the outside  

29 minutes ago, MarkGuy said:

Ive already memorized the restricted speed caution points (actually 5 if i recall) and some of the radio codes. Been peeking at the section about automatics and I realize some context might be needed for me to fully understand them. 

Correct it’s 5 ... but once you begin schoolcar the 5th gets broken down in 2 parts therefore it’s 6 

You signed up while in school car, it takes effect after 90 days of employment 

21 minutes ago, Operator Ace said:

100% sure. and don't they notify you if you failed anyway? im just gonna give it a week and if i dont hear anything then ill give someone a call.

I won’t give it no week I’ll be on the phone first thing Monday lol

For school car training, paperwork says gray shirt with collar, Do they care if it’s bit on the darker or lighter side ? 

Also, for anything in training , is this our uniform during training or will they provide us with uniform ?

1 hour ago, 2nice said:

I'm in your same position. Got called for pe 5/24 but I didn't go bcuz I'm supposed to be in the fdny academy in nov. I've already done everything for fd and I'm just waiting for the run letter. Makes no sense to join mta for 4-5 months just to waste their time, my time and take the chance away from someone else knowing I'm going to leave. Mta pays more upfront, but once u hit top pay as a firefighter you'll make more. Plus the scheduling is waayyy better. It's called the best job in the world for a reason. If u had more than a year available to work for mta then I would say go for it bcuz u could always go back if anything happened after u put 1 year in. If u left before that year is up u can't return. It's also another reason why I'm not taking the job, just leaving it in my back pocket just Incase for the future.

Thank you all for your input,

and i feel you 2nice,,, you a step ahead of me I just got called for medical and psychological... if I had the offer on the table i wouldn’t think twice but I don’t do I I figured what not take MTA it just sucks the timing they want me to go in... I’m going to call to see if they let me do it this week instead ... honestly FD for me is not a dream job like it is for most but my heart and calling is without a doubt in helping people in a postal cop now but the pay sucks my dream job will be mta police or port authority but I’ve heard so many positives about fdny .. I’m a family man so I know fdny will work best for that aspect of my life the only thing yet is that I don’t have the offer it’s only a medical and psychological, I’d hate to pass on MTA and then FD doesn’t or takes a while to call my list number is 137x

I’ll vent with y’all here as well ; I’m in for the June 10th class - I’m also in the hiring process for FDNY and today I received noticed they want me i for medical and psychological on June 11th 😩

Blessed to be in a stressful situation like this deciding what to do. At the end it’s obviously my call but I simply just wanted others people opinion on what they would do 

46 minutes ago, FatboyNYC said:

for those that went to medical till what time were you at 180 livingston?

I left around 130pm

2 hours ago, Schecter said:

I also recieved my 2nd PE yesterday list number 131X and they want me to come in June 10th but I was already sworn in yesterday for the conductor position what do you guys think I should do???

If your work ethic it’s where it should be and you can commit to dedicating to being an operator and do what you have to do and go in with a positive mindset ; you should do operator the pay it’s not just a few cents or a dollar more is wat more 

take what’s best for you and the family !!

5 hours ago, Fredman0220 said:

Congrats man. List number?

Thank you I’m 790

29 minutes ago, MarkGuy said:

I’m aware of that. Though transit has only confirmed the June 10 and July classes and is looking for dates for the July and  August class so I’m waiting for their confirmation on the exact dates honestly.

Just got sworn in a few mins ago. I asked the person that sworn me about a possible July or August class. She said she not aware that right now she can only confirm June 10

I however feel like they will have a couple more back to back classes 

19 minutes ago, acabral136 said:

Did u defer before or will this be your first medical? 

Deferred back in November 

Update 79x got my medical email for Wednesday 

1 hour ago, Fredman0220 said:

Thank you Conductor2015. This is getting pretty annoying now with all these so called educated guesses and wrong info. If you guys look at the top of the forum it states the highest called for P/E is 1800s and medical 800s. If people are being hired with a 600-700 list number still that has to be due to them being on hold for some reason or deferring previously. No one knows what list number they will get up to. A good number of people can be put on hold once again and the list will keep pushing as she stated before.

I’m 790 I’m speaking for myself, I deferred back in November , I been ready since February but what happened was as I was explained, after the list got officially established sometime after the new year, they restarted and went all the way down to the beginning of the list calling people like myself who had deferred before the list was officially established. Since then according to what I was told they have only reached the 600s for medical ( maybe higher now) as for me sitting at 790 they have not reached me and I attended pre employment May 15   

51 minutes ago, MarkGuy said:

Kevin also told me they’re calling Medicals this week. But Vargas again is not answering. I’ll also ask when it’s my turn Friday 

I got lucky again and she answered, I’m list 79x she said they in the 600s for medical. I’m trying to figure out myself what class I’ll fall under, it may be a close one for the June 10th 

48 minutes ago, MarkGuy said:

Did Vargas tell u that? She isn’t picking up when I call. Wonder if they’ll reach the 1100s for that class. Thx!

I guess I got lucky lol yeah she answered 

but honestly you deff will get called but I chances are is not going to be for June, I’m 79x and I’m not even 100% sure I’ll make the next class cause remember there are way lower numbers that deferred and may process for this class 

Found out next class  for TO goes in June 10th same day the conductor class begins 

26 minutes ago, FatboyNYC said:

all these guys coming in for pre employment, anyone know when's the next class scheduled for or have an idea?

Might be June, I asked but they didn’t know hopefully by Wednesday at pre employment they will have the date, I’ll post on here if anything 

2 minutes ago, Productions27 said:

What’s your List number ?

79x

5 minutes ago, Fredman0220 said:

Well will you look at God!! I just got a call saying to come in for Pre Employment on May 24th

Got one for the 15th!!

9 minutes ago, Schecter said:

Yeah because they're currently on list number 820, so they been passed your number I would call them asap next class is April 29th 

I’m 7xx and called them they haven’t re reached my number.

What happen was that after the list was officially established they started from the bottom again with the people that had for whatever reason deferred.  I was one of them but unfortunately they haven’t reached me yet but said most likely for the next one after April 29th I’ll be considered 

1 hour ago, MarkGuy said:

Promos should be done if they’re calling open competitive. They passed the 700s for meds too. 

Yeah but like me, there were others that deferred cause we were not ready to start when they first called so they have to start and consider those with lower list number if they ready to start now 

i was hoping to start April 29th but they won’t reach my number for this class 

6 minutes ago, Nexdup said:

thanks for the info, how did you find out about the vacancy quota?

I called up