[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways Motorwoman story

[Fred Schneider]

II would like to believe it was valid originally because they still  
had old-look buses without power steering and they forgot to rewrite  
the specifications.   It might also be because the want to use any  
driver to drive a tow-truck.  Otherwise it smells of sex discrimination.

On Aug 13, 2006, at 8:04 PM, <hrbran99 at adelphia.net>  
<hrbran99 at adelphia.net> wrote:

> God only knows! Unless it had something (however remote) to do with  
> setting trolley poles on the wires.
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> HrB
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> ---- Jim Holland <prcopcc at p-r-co.com> wrote:
>> Back in the 1970s Seattle required ops / drivers to lift a 100 pound
>> weight over their head.
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>> Fred Schneider wrote:
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>>> Herb:
>>>
>>> I was just looking at Denver, Colorado's requirements for a bus
>>> driver.       Everything looks normal except they require applicants
>>> to be able to push or pull repeatedly a 70 pound weight.        
>>> Got any
>>> idea why that might be relevant to the description of a bus driver?
>>>
>>> Fred Schneider
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