Ask an MTA worker

[radio rahiem]

I take the E train and the R to work and my stop is Roosevelt Ave then to grand ave and if you ride that line you know no low lives get off there. Just whites getting ready flood Jackson heights and long time Asian and Spanish people. At night you get bums on the train but they cracked down on them earlier this year so it's much better now. Going to work u rarely get a seat but going home it's fine. Now what I want to know is how the hell did 23st Ely stop get 90% white all off a sudden, I had plans to move there but now the rent must be crazy . Edit : I don't work in transit I run a design showroom .

gentrification.
the L and the G are conduits for that

 

[Spatial Paradox]

What's a typical workday look like? Do you work the same line all day or do you work different lines in a given day?

 

[newworldafro]

favorite cinematic action scene in a subway/train or station??

 

[ZEupTWN]

i'm only here a short while, but yea, pretty much you get the same passengers most times on their way to/from from work


i took it 4-5 years ago..it was fairly easy.
hardest part was waiting for the call

so you where a bus driver before??.....how was that and what where the pre req's like did you have to have a minimum/perfect right up record or some shyt...

 

[radio rahiem]

What's a typical workday look like? Do you work the same line all day or do you work different lines in a given day?

same line all day. caught the R train today
but being i'm a "rookie" i bounce different lines day to day.

favorite cinematic action scene in a subway/train or station??

the whole unstoppable movie. shows why safety features are needed on the tracks.
but [ame=http://youtu.be/2L6UEbEeHUo]Final Destination 3 - End of the Line - YouTube[/ame]

 

[radio rahiem]

so you where a bus driver before??.....how was that and what where the pre req's like did you have to have a minimum/perfect right up record or some shyt...

i was never a bus driver..and the reqs were ged, clean record no drugs. the no drugs is real...you randomly get tested every so often..

 

[datmass]

the threats are there but have you seen anyone get ticketed for jumping over a turnstyle?

 

[GollyImGully]

mta.info | Employment Opportunities

breh mta had a posting hiring for conductors up a couple weeks ago. i applied

how long does that take before i receive a call back? and whats the hiring process like? do you have to take one of the generic tests like for firefighet, nypd, corrections etc.

 

[datmass]

i'm only here a short while, but yea, pretty much you get the same passengers most times on their way to/from from work


i took it 4-5 years ago..it was fairly easy.
hardest part was waiting for the call

i was taking that test looking like will smith from mib they gave us that map and it was bigger than the desks in the room, i left midway thru

 

[Clem]

i don't know where the next trains are unless we see each other on the approach.
for me personally..if i see it coming, i'll wait.
late night though, it's only 20 minutes if you miss it. i know it sucks after the party or whatever, but it's better than most subway systems where they shut down after a certain hour or once per hour

@ BART. shyt had be acting like Cinderella at night trying to get home from Oakland back to San Francisco.

 

[Serious]

cool thread bro...

 

[Kings County]

http://www.the-coli.com/4809648-post1576.html
@Mr. Jack Napier help a brother out with this
@Mike Ock
@Spatial Paradox
@Francis White
questions...go

how long it take u to get a call back ?

thought about taking the test once but not tryna wait 2 years for a call back

 

[radio rahiem]

the threats are there but have you seen anyone get ticketed for jumping over a turnstyle?

i've seen people get busted moving car to car.. jumping the turnstile though, i'm sure they have been caught. i've seen some people jump right in front of me..i'm like sit down and stfu

breh mta had a posting hiring for conductors up a couple weeks ago. i applied

how long does that take before i receive a call back? and whats the hiring process like? do you have to take one of the generic tests like for firefighet, nypd, corrections etc.

mta got the testing now, i took it when it was dcas. so nowadays, i can't tell you anything about what the testing includes, or the call back. i just know the old heads are finally retiring

@ BART. shyt had be acting like Cinderella at night trying to get home from Oakland back to San Francisco.

cool thread bro...

i appreciate it

 

[radio rahiem]

how long it take u to get a call back ?

thought about taking the test once but not tryna wait 2 years for a call back

took me 3.5 years. came at the right time because i was close to packing up and leaving.
but my advice is take the test and keep it in your back pocket.

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

Yo breh @radio rahiem is that your real pic?