Locomotive engineers are required to have medical exams. When you're driving around hundred of tons of hazmat, that makes sense. (And as I implied, but didn't say: conductors don't "fly" trains.) On Mar 20, 2004, at 4:27, Bahadir Acuner wrote: > It's not a direct comparison. I don't think train conductors have to > go back > to the simulator every so often with the possibility of losing their > jobs. > Let us not forget the medicals.. -- | Kenton A. Hoover / Private Citizen / San Francisco, California USA |