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Just to expound on what has already been said, I worked rotating shifts for 26 years in a chemical plant.. I went to work for a railroad thinking that working odd hours was a "been there, done that , no big deal" kind of thing but what I came to realize was that, with no seniority, you can't make plans to do anything but work unless you mark off. Many times I have gotten the "call" while seated in a nice restaurant or attending a family function. Railroads always have needs that pop up at the last minute like maybe the guy ahead of you marks off or a "fresh" crew has to relieve a crew that has "gone on the law" so even when you check your standing on the extraboard with your home computer and think its safe to plan something special, your plans can get shot down in a skinny minute. Now let me tell you about the other side of the coin. The railroad I worked for hired a consulting firm to come up with more efficient routing of trains. We had 2 trains re-routed away from my home terminal so we all knew the work load was going to slow down and that furloughs would be likely. It didn't just slow down, it came to a screaching halt. It got to the point that I was working 2 or 3 days in a 2 week period. We limped along like that for about 6 weeks before I received word that I was furloughed. All this occured just before Thanksgiving 2001. I was called back in March 2002.
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