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That's exactly what the railroad expects. And as long as the wage is good, they'll find plenty of warm bodies to put in the seat in the cab to put up with it. But if the wage falls relative to other jobs the same people can land, forget it. No warm bodies. Then the railroad will change. Not one day before then. Check out Army and Marine recruiting (severe shortfall!) vs. Navy recruiting (surplus, call back next year!) Gee -- pays the same, one I get shot at, one I don't, no brainer. The only question is which one will change first, the Navy cutting its pay and benefits, or the Army and Marines raising theirs. Economics will prevail. I guess you could hope for regulation to change the way railroads call crews, but in this political climate? Not very likely, not without a much higher death toll to motivate the public into action. (I'm really aggrieved that the NY Times would spend so much ink on railroad safety, and totally miss the real stories and fall for these dumb sideshows. If I didn't know better, I'd almost suspect a really clever railroad lobbyist steered the NY Times onto this wild goose chase.) By the way: the way you framed the conflict is brilliant. One I've seen no one strip it to the economic essentials so nicely. OS
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