Vets... well, there are a lot of them (unfortunately -- there shouldn't be), but let's just say that if I were hiring I sure wouldn't preference vets from recent wars. Nothing against them as people, but it shows very poor judgment and lack of safety-consciousness to have signed on post-Iraq.
Because there was nothing else going on like Afghanistan. But yeah let's just runs things like you think is appropiate, when people only serve when they like the president and his or her policies. Let's see how that works out.
And a "don't say no" attitude is actually all wrong if you're trying to create a safety culture... what do you do when you're given illegal orders to violate the rulebook? Mmm-hmm.
Perhaps you should provide some sort of evidence that railroads are hiring vets to circumnavigate regulation, as opposed to merely asserting it. Frankly, based on my actual experience as a vet working in a civilian transportation industry, I see why they would like us. We don't call in sick because we don't like the pairing or because we want that perfect weekend or our sports team is playing on TV. In the military you learn to show up on time and pull your weight whether the job is tough or the schedule inconvenient.
//start rant "Vet's preference -- sheesh - "Vet's preference" -- don't get me started -- my mom and dad and most of my cousins and aunts and my best high school buddy and my daughter are all veterans (ranging O6 to E3). So are a lot of unusable trash that never gave a damn and use the "vet" thing for their own psychopathic exploitative reasons -- should have got a dishonorable but the service gave them a general discharge.
//end rant.
Hey moron no one gets hired because they're a veteran without any other kind of consideration. Some file clerk who served a year before getting a general discharge isn't going to be competitive anywhere. The ones I know who've gone on to railroad careers had good paperwork and relevant trades such as engine troops, hydraulics, fields of that nature. If having a DD 214 guaranteed getting a career then the veteran unemployment rate wouldn't be as high as it is.
Delta Air Lines likes veterans too, didn't mean I got called to an interview the day after I seperated.