KaiDaiz t1_iwqjtpy wrote
MTA do have a lot of fat that needs trimming. No reason why we are staffing stations with token booth workers and paying them OT for under capacity stations last 2 yrs during a pandemic. Axing that one segment of obsolete job will save MTA 100s of millions that will allow us to build a new 2nd Ave station every few yrs. I rather have new stations vs a token booth worker whos always sleeping on the job that all should have been axe a decade ago.
Grass8989 t1_iwqsqt3 wrote
I don’t think a new second ave subway station is going to be on the top of their of spending list. It cost $2.7 billion per mile for the last segment. Also, these are union jobs, you can’t just fire them.
KaiDaiz t1_iwqto97 wrote
They are useless and we been trying to find use for them and reassign for decades to other jobs. Regarding unions. let the MTA fail and state take over to renegotiate contract with them with aim of cutting these useless jobs
Nearly 200M a yr in payroll for them. That's 1 2nd Ave station every 5 yrs. Or 2 elevators every yr
TeamMisha t1_iws5jtw wrote
There's much to economize yes. Booth attendants and for example newer trains going DOO (driver operated only), one guy who does the driving and doors, but labor unions are too powerful
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