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nice congrats! see you in the tunnels. i’m on my 3rd week and so far it’s good. just a lot of information and lots of studying. it’s pretty cool honestly. just learned to cut and add today.

same thing happened to me. i immediately went to my doctors after the med i’ll with transit and they ran test and a few days later everything came back fine. i was just dehydrated since the job i used to do was physical and i never drank water. i used to work overnights and just work through my lunch etc. i also worked out the day before the medical and most likely that played a cause to it since again i didn’t drink enough water. but then again everyone is different. but see your doctor immediately and then once you got your documents from him shoot straight to 180 livingston next day at 630 am and say you’re there to clear up medical hold.

248 only for the first week. you can drive there. but school car is in different yards. you’ll get your full schedule from 248 TSS’s.

i haven’t heard of this. dope to know tho

what he said above. not sure who you saw wearing sneakers but that’s a huge NO. they will put you out of service just for improper wear of uniform. or just tell you to go home.

Meant to say lenient instead of liniment**

They say to NOT have any parking tickets. Pay those off immediately also red light tickets etc. If you have a moving violation like speeding , red light (but with the cop stopping you) anything summon related. Take care of it. Or first ask them if it’ll affect you if you plead guilty and get the points. Because if you were to go for Bus Operator then you’ll never get hired never. I’m telling you because I was a former bus operator. Only 4 points and below they will hire you. But anything higher before entering transit they will say no and to come back after it’s been removed. For trains is different. You do need your proof of license but I heard they are more liniment because technically it isn’t a car. It’s a train. You won’t be in contact with other “cars” on the tracks. And be honest with them tell them everything so they have nothing against you.

Don’t get me wrong I want to work the holidays. So I can bank them.

I think because next week is memorial day and they said we will not be working that day plus missing the holiday pay since we aren’t on work for 30 days yet. So they most likely switched that out. But yea couldn’t question it so we going in literally 0600 tomorrow shit sucks.

Yea, right there. I won’t know what Ima do since my class has to come in on sunday at 0600 to get our schedule. Everyone else got theirs today. But they didn’t have time to print ours out.

I believe so. I heard it’s called Rockaway Park. TSS mentioned it today.

It depends on the needs I am assuming. You can be there a lot. Or you can also be at the Far rock yard too. I believe they use you more on A,B,C and D lines. I heard E lines too and probably N. The rest you don’t see it. Was told by a previous operator who’s been there a few years now.

It sounds confusing. But once you see it done you’ll get it right away. It’s just you reading the runs/picks. Once you learn to read them you’ll know exactly which to get.

You’re better off B division. I live in Queens and I chose B division. It makes more sense. Only reason you would go to Manhattan 205 is for A line. And bronx for lines B or D. But mainly D.

Also you have steady RDOs as a extra extra. It’s just sometimes very rare the crew will change it. Most times they don’t since it’ll be work for them to do so. But they can send you everywhere tho as an extra extra.

Yes it does once you get to pick. That’s why they say when you’re extra extra for about 2 and a half years. After that you’ll pick and have a steady run and RDOs (days off)

Expect to be there about the same time as pre-employ. Yes you will be hired once everything is fulfilled. Next class you should already see it on your conditional offer. It’s probably June 20th. They start $37.49 for schoolcar. You will pass just pay attention take notes and study study study. Don’t be afraid just take your time.

Oh, so it’s $37.50 starting tomorrow?

Nice! I didn’t even know about that. Even the new hires get it?

Great info! appreciate you telling us new hires this. I start tomorrow and i’ve already heard from the past that this is a really hard job. So I know to expect this to be tough. But of course we can not let it get to us and like you said just study and be early and it’ll be alright. Can’t wait to meet some of you guys.

I’ll keep that in mind. If it ain’t too bad to get there by public transportation then I will do just that.

The coney island one isn’t far from me. Only thing is there’s always traffic there in the mornings or afternoons. But I live about 30 mins of driving from Coney Island maybe even less if I go there early in the morning like 530am. Jamaica Yards is close too like 15 mins for me. East New York isn’t too far either that’s about 20 mins for me right now And Pitkin Yards is about 25 mins. So not bad at all. I’ll definitely go with Division B. Only one is 207 I gotta pretty much travel a bit further out.

Great! And that’s not bad at all. Is the the only yard that is basically out of the way like mentioned before? Meaning it’s bronx/manhattan yard. I’m familiar with the area since I worked all over manhattan and bronx for work.

I’m better off in Division B myself then. I live literally in the heart of Queens. I start Monday. When are you able to pick the division you want to be placed in?

Exactly what I’m thinking of going for since I live in the heart of Queens.