GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

[Fritter]

From what ive been told is all the operating staff are on 90 trip/day probation once onxpress comes in... which means pretty much anyone could get fired for no reason

The only thing about letting operating staff go, is good luck finding a replacement in quick order. You can't hire some chump off the street and have them operate a train after a couple of online training courses.
Alstom already can't provide the staffing needs for the service Metrolinx wants to operate. From what I understand, there has been very few new operators in the industry in the last few years. There just has been a game of musical chairs wherein VIA will steal some operators from Metrolinx or CN/CPKC, and CN/CPKC will steal some from VIA or Metrolinx and so on.

 

[Bojaxs]

The only thing about letting operating staff go, is good luck finding a replacement in quick order. You can't hire some chump off the street and have them operate a train after a couple of online training courses.
Alstom already can't provide the staffing needs for the service Metrolinx wants to operate. From what I understand, there has been very few new operators in the industry in the last few years. There just has been a game of musical chairs wherein VIA will steal some operators from Metrolinx or CN/CPKC, and CN/CPKC will steal some from VIA or Metrolinx and so on.

The conductors and engineers will get transferred over. They're unionized.

The office staff who work for MX directly, their future is in question.

 

[Willybru21]

OnXpress will absolutely not be letting operators go, nobody knows what the future crewing requirements will be better than OnXpress, who designed the future service levels.

I've heard through the grapevine (so take it with a grain of salt) that the opposite of laying people off might happen, and former employees let go under Alstom will have an open invitation to return.

 

[Bojaxs]

OnXpress will absolutely not be letting operators go, nobody knows what the future crewing requirements will be better than OnXpress, who designed the future service levels.

I've heard through the grapevine (so take it with a grain of salt) that the opposite of laying people off might happen, and former employees let go under Alstom will have an open invitation to return.

How much can GO realistically increase service levels for their trains when Canadian regulations force them to operate every train with a 3 man crew?

If every station had level boarding, would GO still need a CSA in every train?

 

[crs1026]

How much can GO realistically increase service levels for their trains when Canadian regulations force them to operate every train with a 3 man crew?

If every station had level boarding, would GO still need a CSA in every train?

That would be a nice problem to have. Consider that it will take a decade or more to implement level boarding, if ever. That’s a third if the career span of existing operating staff. If that were ever to happen, the natural attrition of retirements of today’s operators would deal with most of any overage.

- Paul