What's yellow and sleeps six?

City Light line truck.

Just how long do you want the power to be off after an historic level windstorm. Those Linemen deserve every penny and every moments rest. Electricity is not important, your computer is not needed, nor your TV, electric heat, cooking, etc. Just send them all home until the next day. Only let them work 8 hours and a five day work week.

Brice,

I thought it was funny.

It is always amazing what winds some people up. I love the coment about how they "deserve every moments rest." It appears imhance understands what you are talking about as well.

Lighten up...

Bill

FORUM........Humor

As a lineman, truth hurts, good work if you can get it. Around here the line trucks are white, its PENNDOT trucks that are yellow.

Seattle City Light has a long history of featherbedding and nepotism. Last year several linemen pulled in over $200,000. If you want to see scurrying, approach a crew with a camera. They don't like it one bit. I might add that Seattle isn't exactly the hurricane capitol of the world.

Another high paying gravey job is Calif fireman. Talk about milking it!

Union rules prohibit more than 2 in a cab. The estimated shortage of linemen in the Northwest alone is projected to be 50,000 in the next ten years. lets see how funny that is then. Gianni

The line trucks here have a big second cab behind the first. They carry several men and , occasionally, women.

I have read about projected shortages, but it seems unlikely unless the shortages are artificial, induced by limited access to the profession. Of course, the union (IBEW) would never do such a thing, would it?

Average age in the NW for a lineman is over 50. Utilities train apprentices and they leave to go booming for the big bucks. The industry is looking at a retiring work force of over 50% in the next 10 years. The problem arises from finding people willing to work a 50-60 hour work week in an occupation the insurance adjusters have determined that is to risky to extend life insurance too. Many locals now have an open inrollment, if you can cut it go sign up basically. [I'm a Gas guy not a lineman]