I heard via grape vine that BNSF asks specific candidates for employment to take a sleep study now to see if they are suceptible to Sleep Apnea, and if found they are that BNSF mandates they use the cpap device. I am curious if this is something new or if they have been doing this for a while?
There's a lot of attention being given sleep apnea. Given the railroads' odd schedules, it makes sense they would all be paying attention to it.
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This way the railroads can say the fatigue problem is mostly the employees' fault, not working conditions that the railroads may have some control over.
Jeff
This may well be an issue that the motor carriers also have to deal with.
Jeff: ref your observation, funny how it always works in favor of management and not employee. Actually, that is not confined to RRs. Take the government in place of management, you are a loser everytime in that "give and TAKE" endmrw1013221429
Cotton Belt MP104Jeff: ref your observation, funny how it always works in favor of management and not employee. Actually, that is not confined to RRs. Take the government in place of management, you are a loser everytime in that "give and TAKE" endmrw1013221429
'The House' always wins. Employees are not the house.
It takes real talent to bankrupt the house.
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Don't the airlines and FAA require apnea testing for certain pilots?
York1 John
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