(Source: Metro, February 10, 2015)
PHILADELPHIA — On February 10, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) held a hearing on whether to extend a safety waiver that SEPTA was granted in October 2012. The waiver lets the agency put engineers on 14-hour, six-day work schedules to make up for shortages in manpower. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, which represents roughly 200 Regional Rail engineers, and the SMART’s Transportation Division, which represents 380 conductors in the Philly area, say the waiver should be ended.
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