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Bi-weekly.

Well, from exam 3101, if you didn't receive anything in the mail, that's good - which means you passed the exam. As far as exam 4600 is concerned, my educated guess is that we will take the BOSS exam for that sometime this year - either in June (before summer vacation) or in September.

You're welcome. In addition, if there was a freeze, like in 2009 (if my memory recalls correctly), not only would this affect other city agencies, but it would also be on the news as well.

There is no freeze. Let me remind you and everyone else of the situation: In January of 2012 B/O Exam 2613 was given. Out of the 36,000 people that passed, only 10% passed. As a result, B/O Exam 4600 was given in December of 2012, since not everyone passes training, not everyone comes clean with the drug test, not everyone successfully passes medical, etc. In addition, keep in mind that Bus Operators can also move on to Train Operators, Superintendents, etc. As far as Exam 2613 is concerned, they are still calling people. Last time I looked at the 2613 thread, they are up to the 700's. When that list is finished, then they will start calling from this list. If the HR Dept. of NYC Transit processes close to 200 people a month for this position, then don't expect to get called for at least another year. In addition, just as a friendly reminder, we also have to take a BOSS (Bus Operator Selective Survey) examination before the final list can be produced...

You're welcome. Glad to help in any way I can.

The union dues that were taken out of my check were $27.00. I don't know about the other stuff, especially since I still live with my own parents even to this date. Sorry...

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When I was in 10-day training from February 10th to February 21st, I got paid for the following items: a) Regular Pay - 80 hours @ 20.9675/hr b) NYCT Overtime Pay - 16 hours @ 10.483750/hr (see below for reasons) c) Night Differential - 8 hours @ 0.9839/hr As far as 'B' and 'C' are concerned, on Thursday, February 13th we had a snowstorm which dumped quite a bit of snow. Therefore, we had to make up the class on Saturday, February 15th (Day 1 of O/T). In addition, Monday, February 17th was Presidents Day (Day 2 of O/T). In addition, one day (that Saturday) we started at 6 AM, which explains the "Night Differential." Hopefully this will answer your question.

Yes, there will be one eventually.

I did not fail the BOSS test...I corrected my post to what it should have said...sorry.

Yes you have to take it again. So far I took it twice, once for 2613 (not successful) and for 3101...as far as I recall, its the same test.

http://web.mta.info/nyct/hr/appexam.htm (scroll towards the bottom)

Now on the mta.info website, this upcoming June is filing for "Stock Worker" under MaBSTOA. Do I have to wait 5 years for that too, or just the Bus Operator positions? I know someone at Zerega said that this has nothing to do with the track worker test I took, which is good...

I agree, however I finished with my college studies on December 18th, took the second drug test the next day and got called for medical on December 31st, so in a way I didn't have time...I also didn't know that it was going to take close to a month to get the medical hold cleared since I couldn't get an appointment ASAP with the neurologist... Oh well. I'm just glad I took the other exams (3600 for trackworker, 3101 for OA and 4600 for TA)...we shall see what happens.

According to post # 3141 (http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/topic/34980-bus-operator-exam-2613-questions/page-315), somewhere in the 500's. I called DCAS (212-669-1357) for curiosity and they said they are in the 550's, however I don't know how accurate that is.

Part 1 - thanks. It hurt, but I learned my lesson the hard way. Part 2 - Click on my name "YoungNYCSubwayFan" (its in white above the Corona Maintenance Shop picture). This will bring you to my profile. On the right, click on "send me a message." Type your message and hit 'send.' Simple as that. Part 3 - no clue.

Send me a PM if you want to know...not willing to discuss this in a public forum, especially in detail Long story short...on day 9, came very close to hitting a construction cone with the back of the bus and the pressure was just on for day 10 with 2 superintendents watching me. It was a lot easier to qualify on day 9 looking back...fortunately I took exam 4600 (TA), 3101 (OA), 3600 (TA - trackworker) and I plan on filing for the 2 exams offered this June, so we shall wait and see.

Unfortunately this is true...refer to the 2613 thread, everything is posted there.

I have taken BOSS and not received a rejected letter. My list # is 41*, and I thought I heard or read that they started calling the first 400 people already. Time should tell folks...

You're welcome. Glad to help in any way I can.

If you pass the vision, you're good. If you fail the vision because you need glasses, they will probably put you on medical hold until you come back with a pair to resolve the issue. The sooner you come back, the better.

What they made me do for the medical was a EKG, hearing, vision, B/P, weight. They took the blood pressure from both arms, they recorded both readings and they went with the better reading. Next, the doctor had me change into a gown so she could check my breathing, in addition to simple exercises, like squatting, tilting your head, etc.

The key word is approximately, since most of the high schools will be closed and unavailable 9 months after the initial civil service exam, which was given in December/2013. Therefore, with this information, expect it to be given in September, once the high schools are available for use.

Well, from the experience I've gone through with exam 2613, they gave the exam in January of 2013, and I think they ideally wanted to give the BOSS exam 6 months later, especially since they were finishing up calling people from exam 8006 (http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/downloads/pdf/noes/200808006000.pdf). However, in 6 months, a good majority of the high schools were going to be unavailable due to summer vacation. Therefore, the TA gave the BOSS exam in June of 2013, 5 months later, right before the schools closed for the summer. Keep in mind that they started hiring from this list 5 months after that in November, so they were anxious to do it. As far as exam 4600 is concerned, my educated guess will be 6 to 9 months, so if they do not administer the BOSS exam before this current 2013 to 2014 school year comes to a close in June, my educated guess is that the exam will be administered in September or shortly after. Again, this is NOT official, just my educated guess. Keep in mind that they are still working with exam 2613, and out of the 3,621 people that took the exam in January of 2013 and successfully passed (out of 36,000 people), not even half of those people have been called yet as of today. As far as them getting back to us if we are "nuts or not," similar to the exam this past December, we have to bubble our answers in and it will be graded by NYC Transit, probably and most likely at 180 Livingston Street. If you get a notice in the mail saying that you failed the BOSS exam, then that's not good. If you get a notice in the mail with your final score and list number, then that means you successfully passed the exam.

Thanks! That's not a problem, as long as someone else (not mentioning any names) will not only stop being our 'rep', but also stop telling us that we all must get our CDL Licenses, which is not true. That's all...